Patent ID: 8339533

Claim:
A vertical alignment liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises: a first insulation substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the first insulating substrate; a first semiconductor disposed on the gate insulating layer; a first data line disposed on the first semiconductor; a second semiconductor disposed on the gate insulating layer; a second data line disposed on the second semiconductor; a passivation layer disposed on the first data line and the second data line; a first pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer; a second pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer; and a first alignment layer disposed on the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the second substrate comprises: a second insulation substrate; a patterned conductive layer disposed on only a portion of the second insulation substrate which is above the first data line and the second data line; and a second alignment layer disposed on the patterned conductive layer, the liquid crystal layer includes vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules, the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are disposed in a same layer on the first insulation substrate, and the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode each comprise: a projection portion; a longitudinal stem portion; a transverse stem portion; and branch portions extending from the longitudinal stem and the transverse stem, the branch portions forming about a 45 degree angle with both the longitudinal stem and the transverse stem.