Fringe field switching mode LCD

A fringe filed switching mode LCD comprising:

• a first transparent insulating substrate;
• and
• a second transparent insulating substrates arranged opposite to the first substrate at a distance;
• a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first and second substrates;
• a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of data bus lines formed on the first substrate, wherein an area formed by two gate bus lines intersecting two data bus lines substantially defines a unit pixel;
• a thin film transistor formed at a selected intersection of the gate bus line and the data bus line;
• a counter electrode made from a transparent conductor material disposed in each unit pixel;
• a pixel electrode also made from a transparent conductor material arranged in each unit pixel and insulated from the counter electrode to generate a fringe field in the liquid crystal layer,
• wherein the pixel electrode has a plurality of upper slits parallely arranged at a first tilt angle in a portion of the unit pixel and a plurality of lower slits parallely arranged at a second tilt angle in another portion of the unit pixel.
• wherein the upper slits and the lower slits are arranged in the unit pixel as mirror images of each other such that the tilt angle is measured with respect to the axis that divides the upper and lower slits into mirror images, and
• further wherein no upper slit is connected to any of the lower slit;
• a first alignment layer arranged between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer;
• a second alignment layers arranged between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrates;
• a first polarizing plate arranged on the outer side of the first substrate;
• and
• a second polarizing plates arranged on the outer sides of the second substrates.