Patent ID: 7139056
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, in which vertical orientation liquid crystal is sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposed to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes each formed for each pixel are formed on a side of the first substrate; an opposing electrode is formed on a side of the second substrate so as to oppose the plurality of pixel electrodes; a storage capacitor line is further formed on the side of the first substrate, the storage capacitor line forming a storage capacitor which is connected in parallel to a liquid crystal capacitor formed in a region where the pixel electrode is opposed to the opposing electrode with a liquid crystal layer being disposed therebetween; a rubbingless orientation film is formed over each of the first substrate and the second substrate, at an interface between the liquid crystal layer and each of the first substrate and the second substrate; each pixel includes an orientation control window for dividing an orientation direction of the liquid crystal within a single pixel region into a plurality of directions, the orientation control window dividing the orientation direction of the liquid crystal by an electric field which is inclined with respect to a normal line of at least one of the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode; a region in which the orientation control window is formed and a region in which the storage capacitor line is formed overlap with each other; and in a region in which the storage capacitor line and the orientation control window overlap with each other, a width of the storage capacitor line is smaller than a width of the orientation control window.