US Patent 7760303 Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels defined on the first and second substrates; a first electric field distorting pattern on the first, second and third sub-pixels on the first substrate; a second electric field distorting pattern on the first, second and third sub-pixels on the second substrate; a third electric field distorting pattern on the fourth sub-pixel on the first substrate; and a fourth electric field distorting pattern on the fourth sub-pixel on the second substrate, wherein the first and second electric field distorting patterns are parallel to each other, and wherein the third and fourth electric field distorting patterns are parallel to each other at an angle that is different than that of the first and second distorting patterns.