Patent ID: 7511790

Claim:
A vertically aligned liquid crystal display, comprising: a vertically aligned liquid crystal layer disposed between a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode, the orientation of said liquid crystal layer being controlled by an electric field, wherein: said common electrode comprises a plurality of orientation controllers formed in areas corresponding to respective pixel electrode among said plurality of pixel electrodes; each of said plurality of pixel electrodes is divided by a plurality of slits or projections into a plurality of electrode regions, which are electrically connected and arranged in parallel with each other, and said plurality of orientation controllers have portions extending along a longitudinal direction of the plurality of slits or projections of each of said plurality of pixel electrodes and are disposed alternately with the plurality of slits or projections of each of said plurality of pixel electrodes when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of each of said plurality of pixel electrodes; and wherein the orientation controllers control the orientation of the liquid crystal in reverse about the orientation controllers.