Patent ID: 8462305

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix on the first substrate, each of the plurality of pixels comprising a pixel electrode comprising a first pixel electrode electrically connected to one of a first transistor and a second transistor and a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the other one of the first transistor and the second transistor, wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are separated from each other; a second substrate facing the first substrate and comprising a common electrode; a storage electrode line extending across the pixel electrode; a data line extending in a first direction; a gate line extending in a second direction; a drain electrode electrically connected to the pixel electrode through a contact hole; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; and a polymer disposed close to the first and second substrates, the polymer configured to facilitate pretilting of the liquid crystal molecules, wherein the polymer comprises a photopolymerized material, wherein the liquid crystal layer on at least one of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is divided into first, second, third, and fourth domains, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth domains is defined by an orientation direction of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied to at least one of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, wherein an electric field generated between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode is different from an electric field generated between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode, and wherein the liquid crystal molecules are vertically aligned with respect to the first substrate in the absence of the electric field.