Multi-domain liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorJung Hyun Kim
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device (LCD) is provided. The LCD includes first and second substrates; a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of pixel regions; a thin film transistor at a crossing intersection of the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode in the pixel region, the pixel electrode having a zigzag slit pattern formed therein, the slit pattern dividing the pixel electrode into at least two domains; a dielectric protrusion on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
Claims23
A liquid crystal display device (LCD) comprising:
- first and second substrates;
- a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate;
- a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of pixel regions;
- a thin film transistor at a crossing intersection of the gate line and the data line;
- a pixel electrode in the pixel region, the pixel electrode having a zigzag edge and a zigzag slit pattern formed therein, the slit pattern dividing the pixel electrode into at least two domains;
- a dielectric protrusion on the second substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates,
- wherein the slit pattern has a different zigzag angle from the zigzag edge of the pixel electrode.
An LCD (liquid crystal display device) comprising:
- first and second substrates;
- a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate;
- a plurality of zigzag data lines crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of pixel regions;
- a thin film transistor at a crossing of the gate line and the data line;
- a pixel electrode in the pixel region, the pixel electrode having a zigzag edge and a zigzag slit pattern formed therein, the slit pattern dividing the pixel electrode into at least two domains;
- a zigzag dielectric protrusion on the second substrate;
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- a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates,
- wherein the slit pattern has a different zigzag angle from the zigzag edge of the pixel electrode.
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device (LCD), the method comprising:
- providing first and second substrates;
- forming a gate line on the first substrate;
- forming a data line crossing the gate line with an insulating layer therebetween to define a pixel region;
- forming a pixel electrode in the pixel region, the pixel electrode having a zigzag edge and a zigzag slit pattern formed therein, the pixel electrode being divided by the slit into a plurality of domains;
- forming a dielectric protrusion on the second substrate corresponding to the domains, the dielectric protrusion being parallel to the zigzag slit pattern;
- and
- forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates,
- wherein the slit pattern has a different zigzag angle from the zigzag edge of the pixel electrode.
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