Patent ID: 7145621

Claim:
A fringe field switching liquid crystal display comprising: upper and lower substrates arranged while forming a space between the upper and lower substrates; a conductive black matrix formed on a upper surface of the upper substrate except for a predetermined region of the upper substrate said conductive black matrix having a saw-tooth shaped fringe portion; a common electrode formed on an upper surface of the lower substrate, said common electrode having a saw-tooth shaped fringe portion, edges of which align with the edges of the conductive black matrix saw-tooth fringe portion; a gate insulation layer formed on an upper surface of the common electrode; and a pixel electrode formed on an upper surface of the gate insulation layer, wherein the pixel electrode forms an electric field having a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction together with the conductive black matrix and the common electrode as voltage is applied thereto such that the electric filed is applied to liquid crystal, and the pixel electrode includes a fringe portion having a saw-tooth shape the edges of which align with the edges of the common electrode saw-tooth shaped fringe portion and, which forms one of 1-domain and 2-domain between the conductive black matrix and the common electrode.