Patent ID: 7944533

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: an insulation film region at least one location in each pixel on one substrate of a pair of substrates of an active matrix multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display in such a manner to cause electrical potential gradients in at least two directions in a liquid crystal region corresponding to the boundary area of the insulation film region by differentiating electrical potential to be applied to a certain area of a liquid crystal from that to the other areas when a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal, wherein the insulation film region comprises an aperture formed in a primary pixel electrode on the substrate that is opposed to a color filter, an insulation film that covers the aperture and parts of the primary pixel electrode adjacent to both end portions of the aperture, and a secondary pixel electrode on the insulation film and having the same width as the insulation film by disposing the insulation film between the secondary pixel electrode and the primary pixel electrode in an electrically floating configuration.