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Liquid crystal display having wide viewing angle

  • US 9,041,891 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2014
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

  • a first substrate comprising a common electrode;

    a second substrate opposite the first substrate;

    a pixel electrode formed on the second substrate;

    a black matrix pattern formed along a boundary of a plurality of pixel regions defined on the first substrate substantially in a matrix form;

    a light shielding part formed on the second substrate, and disposed inside the pixel region and under the pixel electrode;

    a first domain divider and a second domain divider formed in each pixel region on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate; and

    a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy and aligned substantially in a vertical direction to the first substrate when no electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal layer being interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and divided into a plurality of domain areas by the first domain divider and the second domain divider inside the pixel region when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer,wherein the first domain divider and the second domain divider in each pixel region are linear, respectively, are arranged substantially in a shape of chevron and are slantingly extended with respect to the gate line or the data line, respectively,wherein shapes collectively defined by the first domain divider and the second domain divider in adjacent pixel regions in a pixel row direction are different from each other, andwherein at least one of the first and the second domain dividers is arranged in a parallel direction with an extending direction of the light shielding part.

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