Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first pixel and a second pixel for displaying different colors, the first pixel and the second pixel each including a first sub-pixel electrode receiving a first voltage; a second sub-pixel electrode receiving a second voltage; an insulating layer disposed between the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode; and a common electrode receiving a common voltage. A first portion of the first sub-pixel electrode and a second portion of the second sub-pixel electrode overlap each other, a difference between the first voltage and the common voltage is larger than a difference between the second voltage and the common voltage, and a ratio of the second voltage to the first voltage for the first pixel is different from a ratio of the second voltage to the first voltage for the second pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first subpixel electrode, a connecting electrode, and a second subpixel electrode. The first subpixel electrode is on the first substrate and includes a first stem extending in a first direction and a plurality of branches extending from the first stem. The connecting electrode is electrically connected to the first subpixel electrode. The second subpixel electrode is on the same layer as the first subpixel electrode and includes a plurality of separation electrodes that do not overlap the connecting electrode. At least one of the separation electrodes is between a first sub branch and a second sub branch, which neighbor each other from among the branches. The second subpixel electrode is a floating electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including an insulating substrate, a first electrode disposed on the insulating substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the insulating substrate and disposed to be insulated from the first electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the display panel; and an alignment-inducing layer disposed between the display panel and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment-inducing layer includes a compound having a structure represented by Chemical Formula 1-A: In Chemical Formula 1-A above, R1 is a hydrophilic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, and A is an alkylene group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyleneoxy group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a single bond.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first pixel and a second pixel for displaying different colors, the first pixel and the second pixel each including a first sub-pixel electrode receiving a first voltage; a second sub-pixel electrode receiving a second voltage; an insulating layer disposed between the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode; and a common electrode receiving a common voltage. A first portion of the first sub-pixel electrode and a second portion of the second sub-pixel electrode overlap each other, a difference between the first voltage and the common voltage is larger than a difference between the second voltage and the common voltage, and a ratio of the second voltage to the first voltage for the first pixel is different from a ratio of the second voltage to the first voltage for the second pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a partial plate electrode along with a minute pattern in a pixel electrode thereby increasing the viewing angle and the lateral visibility of the liquid crystal display, as well as the response speed A step provider is provided to reinforce the control force of the liquid crystal molecules, thereby reducing the texture generated in the center of the pixel.

Abstract: A display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a negative-type C plate compensation layer, and a B plate compensation layer or an A plate compensation layer, and retardation values provided by the liquid crystal layer and the compensation layers are set to allow light perpendicular to a lateral transmittance angle, which is an angle formed by a transmissive axis of the upper polarizer with respect to a transmissive axis of the lower polarizer when viewed from a specific position on a lateral side, to be transmitted to the upper polarizer when the display panel displays a black color.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, including a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the data line and comprising a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate. Each of the first sub pixel electrode and the second sub pixel electrode includes a transverse stem; a longitudinal stem; and a plurality of minute branches extending from transverse stem and the longitudinal stem. A width of the first sub pixel electrode is different from a width of the second sub pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode; and a backlight unit including a light source to provide light to the liquid crystal panel. The pixel electrode includes a longitudinal electrode having a bar shape and extending in a vertical direction; a transverse electrode having a bar shape, crossing the longitudinal electrode, and extending in a horizontal direction; and a branch electrode having a bar shape, extending from the longitudinal or transverse electrode, and including an oblique part extending in an oblique direction. The common electrode overlaps the longitudinal electrode, and a longitudinal opening extending in the vertical direction is defined in the common electrode, and a width of a part of the pixel electrode where the longitudinal and the transverse electrodes cross each other is substantially the same as a width of the transverse electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal photoalignment agent includes: a copolymer of diamine and dianhydride; and a compound Formula 1 below, wherein an amount of the compound of Formula 1 is less than about 10 weight %, based on a total weight of the liquid crystal photoalignment agent: R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted tetravalent organic group derived from an acid dianhydride, wherein the acid dianhydride is at least one of an aliphatic cyclic acid dianhydride or an aromatic acid dianhydride, R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent organic group derived from an aromatic diamine, at least one of R1 and R2 is substituted with CF3 or a silyl group, R3 is a residue of a compound including a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group with a carbon number that is equal to or greater than 6, n is 1 to 5, and * represents a point of attachment.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device includes: a substrate; and an insulation film disposed on the substrate and which includes a flat portion and a projection pattern unit protruding from the flat portion in a direction perpendicular to the flat portion; and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first stem electrode and a second stem electrode extending along a first direction and disposed to be spaced apart from the first stem in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of branch electrode extending from the first stem electrode and the second stem electrode, and the projection pattern unit includes a first projection pattern extending along the first direction and partially overlapping the first stem electrode, and a second projection pattern extending along the first direction and partially overlapping the second stem electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first alignment film and the second substrate. The first substrate has a surface curved in a first direction and the second substrate has a surface curved in the first direction. The first alignment film includes a polymerization initiator and a polymer chain that is a copolymer of a dianhydride-based compound and a diamine-based compound. The polymer chain includes a main chain including a repeating unit including an imide group, a first side chain, including a vertical align group, bonded to the main chain, and a second side chain bonded to the main chain. The functional group includes a biphenyl group or a terphenyl group.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a partial plate electrode along with a minute pattern in a pixel electrode thereby increasing the viewing angle and the lateral visibility of the liquid crystal display, as well as the response speed A step provider is provided to reinforce the control force of the liquid crystal molecules, thereby reducing the texture generated in the center of the pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, and a first pixel which is disposed on the first substrate, and includes a pixel area and a circuit area adjacent to the pixel area where the first pixel further includes a first pixel electrode in which a slit extending in a first direction is defined, a first sub-pixel electrode disposed on one side of the slit, and a second sub-pixel electrode disposed on another side of the slit, the slit, the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are disposed in the pixel area, and the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are directly connected to each other in the circuit area.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a base unit, a gate line disposed on the base unit, a data line disposed on the base unit and crossing the gate line while being insulated from the gate line, a shielding electrode disposed on the data line and overlapping the data line and isolated from the pixel electrode and a conductive bar, the conductive bar disposed on the same layer as that on which the shielding electrode is disposed, isolated from the shielding electrode, and extending in parallel to the data line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, including a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the data line and comprising a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate. Each of the first sub pixel electrode and the second sub pixel electrode includes a transverse stem; a longitudinal stem; and a plurality of minute branches extending from transverse stem and the longitudinal stem. A width of the first sub pixel electrode is different from a width of the second sub pixel electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a lower electrode including a unit pixel electrode; an upper electrode including an upper unit electrode facing the unit pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules aligned approximately perpendicular to the surfaces of the lower electrode and the upper electrode in the absence of an electric field, wherein the unit pixel electrode includes a stem forming a boundary between a plurality of sub-regions and a plurality of minute branches extending in different directions in two different sub-regions, the upper unit electrode includes an opening facing the stem and extending parallel to the stem, any alignment aid to pretilt the liquid crystal molecules is absent, and a length of the minute branches is equal to or less than about 53 ?m.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode separated from each other and positioned in one pixel area, gate lines connected to the pixel electrodes, data lines connected to the pixel electrodes, reference voltage lines connected to the second sub-pixel electrode of the pixel electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules, a first initial pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the first sub-pixel electrode for the second substrate surface is larger than a second initial pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the second sub-pixel electrode for the second substrate surface.