Patent ID: 8120737

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of spaced and opposed substrates; an electrode and a first alignment layer formed on one substrate; an electrode and a second alignment layer formed on the other substrate; and liquid crystal filled between said pair of substrates, wherein said first alignment layer defines two regions of different alignment directions, within one pixel, with said two regions of the first alignment layer being separated by a first boundary, where the two different alignment directions of the first alignment layer are generally parallel to said first boundary, but extend in opposite directions, and where each region of said first alignment layer is treated to realize an alignment with a pretilt angle by the irradiation of ultraviolet rays, wherein said second alignment layer defines two regions of different alignment directions, within said one pixel, with said two regions of the second alignment layer being separated by a second boundary, where the two different alignment directions of the second alignment layer are generally parallel to the second boundary, but extend in opposite directions, and where each region of said second alignment layer is treated to realize an alignment with a pretilt angle by the irradiation of ultraviolet rays, and wherein said first boundary crosses said second boundary.