Patent ID: 6621479
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
An active matrix liquid crystal display device comprising a pair of substrates facing each other with a liquid crystal layer held therebetween,one of the substrates including: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting to form a matrix; thin film transistors in a vicinity of intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, the thin film transistors having drain electrodes, gate electrodes connected to the gate lines and source electrodes connected to the data lines; and pixel electrodes connected to the drain electrodes of the thin film transistors, wherein the gate lines, the data lines, the thin film transistors, and the pixel electrodes are formed on a surface of the one substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, the other substrate including, on a surface thereof adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of counter electrodes formed in a direction perpendicular to the gate lines on the one substrate, each of the counter electrodes facing at least one column of the pixel electrodes, wherein a magnitude of a voltage applied to a particular counter electrode decreases as the thin film transistors opposing the counter electrode increase in distance from a source of signals to the gate lines.