Patent ID: 6897928

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first insulating substrate; a first wiring line assembly formed on the first insulating substrate including a plurality of first wiring lines; a second wiring line assembly crossing over the first wiring line assembly including a plurality of second wiring lines to define pixel regions and insulated from the first wiring line assembly; a pixel electrode formed at each pixel region, the pixel electrode is formed in a substantially rectangular shape having a long side and a short side; a thin film transistor connected to the first wiring line assembly, the second wiring line assembly, and the pixel electrode; a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate; a common electrode formed on the second insulating substrate; a first domain partitioning member formed at any one of the first and the second insulating substrates; and a second domain partitioning member formed at any one of the first and the second insulating substrates, wherein the first and the second domain partitioning members partition the pixel region into a plurality of left and right domains, directors of liquid crystal molecules in the left and right domains are arranged substantially parallel to the short side when an electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and a plurality of upper and lower domains directors of liquid crystal molecules in the upper and lower domains are arranged substantially parallel to the long side when an electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and an area occupied by the upper and lower domains is larger than the area occupied by the left and right domains.