Patent ID: 6011604
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a first substrate;a second substrate;a picture element electrode having an approximately square shape, said picture element electrode being formed on the first substrate on a side of a surface of the first substrate opposed to the second substrate;a pair of signal lines and a pair of scanning lines, said signal lines and said scanning lines being arranged at predetermined spaces apart from peripheral edges of the picture element electrode;a first alignment layer on which an alignment treatment is applied in a first alignment direction, said first alignment layer covering the picture element electrode, the signal lines and the scanning lines;a counter electrode formed on the second substrate on a side of a surface of the second substrate opposed to the first substrate;a second alignment layer on which an alignment treatment is applied in a second alignment direction which is different from the first alignment direction, said second alignment layer covering the counter electrode, wherein the respective alignment treatments of the first and second alignment layers are mutually applied in such a manner that a side of the picture element electrode at which an optical leakage caused by disclination of a liquid crystal appears largest is near one of the pair of signal lines;a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second alignment layers; anda light shading film formed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, said light shading film being used to more widely overlap a side of the picture element electrode arranged along one of the signal lines at which the optical leakage caused by disclination of the liquid crystal appears largest, as compared with a side of the picture element electrode along the scanning lines.