| US 7,525,623 B2 | ||
| Liquid crystal display | ||
| Hee-Seob Kim, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); Doo-Hwan You, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Joon-Hak Oh, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Jong-Lae Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Sung-Kyu Hong, Seongnam-si (Korea, Republic of); and Young-Chol Yang, Kunpo-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 12, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/777,067. | ||
| Application 11/777067 is a continuation of application No. 10/864494, filed on Jun. 10, 2004, granted, now 7,256,849. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0037595 (KR), filed on Jun. 11, 2003; and application No. 10-2003-0037604 (KR), filed on Jun. 11, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0018842 A1, Jan. 24, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/1368 (2006.01); G02F 1/139 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 349—129 [349/96; 349/124; 349/128; 349/130] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
first and second panels facing each other, interposing a gap therebetween, and the first panel having a first field generating
electrode and the second panel having a second field generating electrodes;
a liquid crystal layer filled in the gap and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; an insulating layer disposed
under the first field generating electrode;
first and second tilt direction defining members disposed on the first and the second panels, respectively, and giving a first
tilt direction to a group of the liquid crystal molecules; and
a third tilt direction defining member disposed on one of the first and the second panels and giving a second tilt direction
oblique to the first tilt direction to the plurality of liquid crystal molecules,
wherein the third tilt direction defining member comprises a plurality of trenches formed at the insulating layer and disposed
in the area defined by the first and the second tilt direction defining members.
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