Patent ID: 7876386
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate having a plurality of picture element electrodes; a second substrate having a counter electrode and sandwiching a liquid crystal layer with said first substrate; and a bus line serving as a gate bus line, wherein the picture element electrodes are disposed so that edge portions of the picture element electrodes on opposite sides of a picture-element-electrode aperture portion formed between the picture element electrodes face parallel to each other at certain intervals, wherein the bus line is provided (i) along the picture-element-electrode aperture portion formed between the picture element electrodes, (ii) beneath the picture element electrodes, and (iii) at the edge portions of the picture element electrodes by overlapping with the edge portions in a direction of thickness, and wherein the picture element electrodes overlap the gate bus line but do not overlap any source bus lines; and wherein the bus line selects the picture electrodes to which a display voltage is applied, and in response to the applied display voltage, a plurality of domains with different alignment directions for liquid crystal molecules are formed within a region of each picture element electrode.