Patent ID: 8482709

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes, each pixel electrode corresponding to one of a plurality of pixel areas; a second substrate comprising a common electrode facing the pixel electrodes; a first alignment layer disposed on the first substrate and comprising a first region aligned in a first direction, a second region aligned in a second direction different from the first direction; a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate and comprising a third region aligned in a third direction different from the first and second directions, and a fourth region aligned in a fourth direction different from the first to third directions; and a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in different directions in each of a plurality of domains in the liquid crystal layer, the domains defined in each pixel area by the first to fourth regions of the first and second alignment layers, wherein each pixel electrode comprises an extension part extending in at least one of the first to fourth directions at a portion of the pixel electrode corresponding to at least one of the domains.