A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display to improve the V–T property

The voltage–transmittance (V–T) property is important for the liquid crystal displays (LCDs). In this work, we propose a sub-pixel structure with two common electrodes of a multi-domain vertical alignment (MVA) mode. The sub-pixel is divided into two sub-areas and different common electrode voltages are applied to it. The optimal voltage difference of the common electrodes between sub-area 1 and sub-area 2 is proposed. The simulated results on the plotted displays and the voltage–transmittance property of the LCD, which has 1:1 sub-area ratio, have been carried out. The results show that the structure can form MVA liquid crystal display mode, such as 8-domain VA mode. It can improve the V–T property at large oblique viewing angle and make the transmittance difference between the normal direction and the oblique direction viewing angle less than that of conventional 4-domain MVA mode.