Patent ID: 8253903
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal panel comprising: an active matrix substrate including pixel areas, scanning signal lines each crossing pixel areas, and data signal lines; a counter substrate facing the active matrix substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate, which liquid crystal panel is provided with pixels each formed to include one of the pixel areas and a section of the counter substrate which section corresponds to the one of the pixel areas, wherein: a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area are provided in each of the pixel areas; a first sub-pixel is formed to include the first sub-pixel area and a section of the counter substrate which section corresponds to the first sub-pixel area, and a second sub-pixel is formed to include the second sub-pixel area and a section of the counter substrate which section corresponds to the second sub-pixel area; one of the scanning signal lines lies between the first and second sub-pixels included in one pixel; a first alignment control structure is provided in the first sub-pixel and a second alignment control structure is provided in the second sub-pixel; the first alignment control structure in one of any two adjacent pixels has a V-shape obtained by rotating by 180° the first alignment control structure in the other one of the two adjacent pixels, and wherein: in each of the pixel area, a first pixel electrode is provided in the first sub-pixel area and a second pixel electrode is provided in the second sub-pixel area, and wherein a first storage capacitor line overlaps the first pixel electrode of a given pixel area and a second storage capacitor line overlaps both the second pixel electrode of said given pixel area and the first pixel electrode of an adjacent pixel area and wherein the second storage capacitor line is provided with different storage capacitor signal than is the first storage capacitor line; in a case where the first alignment control structure is projected on a plane parallel to a panel surface which plane includes the scanning signal lines, a shape of the first alignment control structure on the plane is (i) asymmetric with respect to a straight line which passes through a center of the first sub-pixel area and is perpendicular to the scanning signal lines and (ii) symmetric with respect to a straight line that passes through the center of the first sub-pixel area and is parallel to the scanning signal lines; and in a case where the second alignment control structure is projected on the plane parallel to the panel surface which plane includes the scanning signal lines, a shape of the second alignment control structure on the plane is (i) asymmetric with respect to a straight line which passes through a center of the second sub-pixel area and is perpendicular to the scanning signal lines and (ii) symmetric with respect to a straight line that passes through the center of the second sub-pixel area and is parallel to the scanning signal lines.