Patent ID: 6335771
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a first substrate having switching elements, scanning lines which send driving signals to operate said switching elements, signal lines which send image signals to said switching elements and pixel electrodes connected to said switching elements; a second substrate, provided opposite said first substrate, having a counter electrode; and liquid crystal filling the space between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein a display mode of the liquid crystal display device is a TN mode where liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal are twist-aligned between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein areas are created within the same pixel where the effective voltage of liquid crystal differs, thereby effecting a wide viewing angle, by forming one or more holes in at least one of the pixel electrodes, and wherein a holes area of the one pixel electrode has a predetermined proportion to a non-holes area of the pixel electrode, said proportion being set to effect widening of the viewing angle through a mixture, in human eye, of information from the holes area with that from the non-holes area.