Patent ID: 6563558
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display that has first and second substrates facing each other, the outer surface of the first and/or second substrate being provided with a polarizing film, and the liquid crystal disposed between the first and second substrates for modulating light that passed through the polarizing film so as to perform display, the liquid crystal display comprising:a plurality of thin film transistors disposed in matrix on the surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate and electrode wires thereof; an insulating film having a flattened surface and covering the thin film transistors and the electrode wires thereof; a pixel electrode for driving the liquid crystal that is formed on the insulating film and is connected to the thin film transistor via an opening formed in the insulating film; a vertical alignment film formed on the pixel electrodes; a common electrode for driving the liquid crystal formed on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; a direction control window that is electrode-free portion formed in the area of the common electrode facing the pixel electrode; a light shielding film having a portion formed over a gap region between adjacent pixel electrodes with a width that is smaller than the gap region between the pixel electrodes, wherein at least a portion of an edge of the pixel electrode is not light shielded, and light transmitted outside the pixel electrode in a vicinity of the edge contributes to the liquid crystal display; and a vertical alignment film formed on the common electrode, wherein the liquid crystal has negative dielectric constant anisotropy, and wherein the initial alignment of the liquid crystal is within one degree from the normal direction of the substrates.