Patent ID: 7385662

Claim:
A substrate for a liquid crystal display comprising: an insulated substrate that sandwiches a liquid crystal in combination with an opposite substrate; a plurality of gate bus lines formed substantially in parallel with each other on the insulated substrate; a plurality of drain bus lines formed such that they intersect the gate bus lines with an insulation film interposed therebetween; pixel regions provided in the form of a matrix on the insulated substrate; a pixel electrode having a plurality of electrode units formed in each pixel region, slits formed between the electrode units, and connection electrodes for connecting the plurality of electrode units with each other; and a thin film transistor formed in each of the pixel regions, wherein the electrode units have a plurality of trunk sections, a plurality of branch sections that branch and extend from the trunk sections, and spaces between the branch sections, wherein the plurality of trunk sections are formed such that they intersect each other; and the electrode units have a plurality of alignment regions which are defined by the plurality of trunk sections and in which a liquid crystal is aligned in respective different directions, wherein the connection electrodes have extensions that are provided between branch sections belonging to electrode units adjacent to the drain bus lines and extending toward the drain bus lines and that extend in parallel with the extending direction of the branch sections and a connecting portion connecting the extensions and extending substantially in parallel with the drain bus lines.