Patent ID: 8558979
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a thin film transistor substrate; a counter substrate which is arranged to face the thin film transistor substrate in an opposed manner; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the thin film transistor substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the thin film transistor substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode for applying an electric field in a substrate in-plane direction, the first electrode includes a plurality of strip portions which extend in a predetermined direction, a chiral dopant which imparts the rotation in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of liquid crystal induced by an electric field applied between the strip portions and the second electrode is added to the liquid crystal layer; the first electrode further includes bent portions which are bent from the strip portions and extend in a direction different from the predetermined direction, a direction of initial alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer is inclined by an angle θ (0°<θ<90°) with reference to the strip portions, a direction that the bent portions extend is inclined by an angle φ (0°<φ<90°) with reference to the strip portions on the same side as a side where the initial alignment direction is inclined; and the angle φ that the bent portions are inclined with reference to the strip portions is set larger than the angle θ that the initial alignment direction is inclined with reference to the strip portions.