Patent ID: 8654297
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An OCB mode liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched and sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and pixels arrayed in matrix, the first substrate being provided with: a plurality of gate bus lines, a plurality of source bus lines which intersect the plurality of gate bus lines, a plurality of switching elements each of which is electrically connected with corresponding one of the plurality of gate bus lines and with corresponding one of the plurality of source bus lines, and pixel electrodes which correspond to the respective pixels and are electrically connected with the respective switching elements, the second substrate being provided with a counter electrode, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules, which are in a splay orientation state while no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer and are caused to be in a bend orientation state when a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes having a gap therebetween, the gap being wider at intersections of the plurality of gate bus lines and the plurality of source bus lines than in areas other than the intersections; wherein the pixels are rectangular-shaped regions defined by the plurality of gate bus lines and the plurality of source bus lines; each of the pixel electrodes corresponding to the respective pixels has at least one missing portion which corresponds to a corner of the rectangular-shaped region; and said at least one missing portion makes the gap between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes wider at the intersections; wherein each of the intersections faces corresponding four of the pixel electrodes, and each of the four pixel electrodes has said at least one missing portion at a corner facing the intersection; and wherein said at least one missing portion is in a quadrangular shape.