Patent ID: 8040480
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a vertical alignment type liquid crystal cell including a first substrate formed with a first electrode, a second substrate formed with a second electrode and facing said first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said first and second substrate and containing liquid crystal molecules given a pretilt angle; a pair of polarizer plates sandwiching said vertical alignment type liquid crystal cell; and a driver device for applying a voltage of a multiplex driving waveform across said first and second electrodes, wherein in a display in-plane parallel to a surface of said first or second substrate, at least one of said first and second electrodes has a zigzag border comprising, alternately, a first border perpendicular to display in-plane components of directors of liquid crystal molecules in a middle area along a thickness direction of said liquid crystal layer in the absence of applied voltage and a second border extending along a direction crossing said first border; and wherein said zigzag border is disposed on a border portion of a display pattern to be recognized by an observer.