Patent 7898621 was granted and assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An LCD according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a second electrode disposed on the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first alignment film attached on the first electrode and having a position-dependent thickness that achieves variations of the dielectric constant of from 1 to about 50.