Patent ID: 7724337
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An in-plane switching liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate; and a pixel electrode and a common electrode that are formed on said first substrate on the surface thereof facing said second substrate and that produce an electric field parallel to said first substrate, wherein the shapes of said pixel electrode and said common electrode are established so that said pixel electrode and said common electrode have parallel uniform extensions with a principal portion and a specific portion, and so that a pixel region between said pixel electrode and said common electrode has formed therein, wherein the principal portion whose electric field direction is orthogonal to an initial alignment direction of a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, and wherein the specific portion that is smaller in length than the principal portion and whose electric field is not orthogonal to the initial alignment direction of the plurality of liquid crystal molecules.