Patent ID: 6317182
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:a pair of substrates;a pixel electrode formed on one of said pair of substrates and formed in each of a plurality of pixel elements, and including at least one first switching electrode, at least one second switching electrode being disposed in parallel to said first switching electrode and a supplementary capacitor;at least one light transmitting region defined by said first switching electrode and said second switching electrode; anda liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said pair of substrates, and including liquid crystal molecules oriented in a plane parallel to a surface of said substrate;wherein said supplementary capacitor comprises a first supplementary capacitor electrode connected to said first switching electrode and arranged in a direction which is non-parallel to said first switching electrode; an insulating layer formed on said first supplementary capacitor electrode, and a second supplementary capacitor electrode formed on said insulating layer, connected to said second switching electrode and arranged in a direction which is non-parallel to said second switching electrode, wherein said liquid crystal display apparatus includes and additional supplementary capacitor, said additional supplementary capacitor includes a first additional supplementary capacitor electrode connected to said first switching electrode and arranged in a direction which is non-parallel to said first switching electrode, a second additional supplementary capacitor electrode connected to said second switching electrode and arranged in a direction which is non-parallel to said second switching electrode, and an insulating layer; and a shape of a portion, adjacent to said light transmitting region, of said second additional supplementary capacitor electrode is larger than a shape of a portion, adjacent to said light transmitting region, of said first additional supplementary capacitor electrode.