Patent ID: 7408609
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An active matrix liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a plurality of video signal lines and a plurality of scan signal lines formed on one of the pair of substrates and a plurality of display electrodes connected to the video signal line through an active device; pixel areas being defined by the video signal lines and the scan signal lines which are formed in the shape of a matrix; and the display electrodes, reference electrodes and the active devices being arranged in the pixel areas; wherein the display electrodes are arranged on one of the pair of substrates, and the reference electrodes are arranged on another of the pair of substrates; wherein a part of the reference electrodes have a first layer formed in the substrate side and a second layer formed in the liquid crystal layer side; and wherein each of the display electrodes and the reference electrodes has a slit, the slit of the display electrodes and the slit of the reference electrodes being shifted with respect to one another in plan view.