Patent ID: 8953134
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a plurality of scanning lines intersecting with a plurality of signal lines; and a pair of substrates facing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, one of the substrates having an upper electrode and a lower electrode thereon, the upper electrode having a plurality of slits formed therein, the lower electrode facing the upper electrode with an insulating film therebetween; an electric field between the upper electrode and the lower electrode passing through the slits of the upper electrode in a transverse direction to be applied to the liquid crystal layer; and an alignment film formed so as to cover surfaces of the upper electrode and the insulating film, wherein each of all of the slits include both a linear portion and two extension portions extending from both ends of the linear portion, wherein the linear portion extends parallel to a rubbing direction of the alignment film so that the linear portion is parallel to a liquid crystal alignment direction when no voltage is applied, wherein a distance between the two extension portions increases in a direction perpendicular to the linear portion while keeping a symmetrical shape with respect to the direction, wherein the linear portions of the slits are either parallel to or perpendicular to an extension direction of the scanning lines, and wherein an alignment direction of domains of liquid crystal molecules in the linear portion differs from an alignment direction of domains of liquid crystal molecules in each of the two extension portions.