A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first electrode; a second substrate, disposed so as to face the first substrate, having a second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer, including liquid crystal molecules, interposed between the first and second substrates, with a plurality of pixels being defined therein in a matrix pattern. The liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are oriented in a direction substantially vertical to a surface of the substrates in the absence of an applied voltage across the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode of the first substrate includes a first slit at least in a portion of a periphery of each pixel, the first slit substantially dividing the first electrode into an inner electrode portion and an outer electrode portion, whereby the outer electrode portion shields the inner electrode portion from an electric field coming from an outside of the first electrode.
A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The display includes a first substrate having a first surface, and a second substrate having a second surface being in parallel and opposite to the first surface. A pixel area is defined on the second surface. The display further includes a first electrode positioned on the first substrate, a pixel electrode positioned on the pixel area of the second substrate, a first slit positioned on the pixel electrode along a first direction, and a plurality of negative liquid crystal molecules positioned between the first electrode and the pixel electrode. The longitudinal axis of the liquid crystal molecules are positioned along a second direction horizontally. A first angle is formed between the second direction and the first direction. When a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the pixel electrode, a biased electrical field is formed such that (a) a first horizontal biased electric field is formed near the first slit, and perpendicular to the first direction to rotate the liquid crystal molecules and make the longitudinal axis of the liquid crystal molecules near the first slit rotate in parallel to the first direction, (b) the longitudinal axis of the liquid crystal molecules near the first electrode maintain in the second direction because no horizontal biased electrical field is formed near the first electrode, and (c) the liquid crystal molecules between the first electrode and the first slit gradually rotate from the second direction to the first direction.
A LCD panel having the large cell gap tolerance includes: an LC (Liquid Crystal) having properties changed by input voltage and changing a transmittance rate change of light incident from the outside; electrodes for applying voltage to the LC; base plates on which the electrodes are formed, each base plate having an LC layer located at prescribed intervals to inject the LC between the electrodes; a slit pattern or a floating electrode formed inside each electrode, changing voltage applied to the LC and compensating a cell gap change; and a micro-lens attached on one side of one of the base plates and gathering lights, which are incident from the outside, on a central symmetric line of the slit pattern or the floating electrode. The LCD panel of large cell gap tolerance and the LCD projector using it include LCD panels having large LCD cell gap tolerance.
A multi-domain liquid crystal display device is disclosed. In the device, a first pixel electrode is connected to a drain electrode. A second pixel electrode is formed to surround the periphery of the first pixel electrode. A resistor is formed between the first and second pixel electrodes. Accordingly, a viewing angle and an aperture ratio can be improved.
