Patent ID: 7312844
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: two substrates arranged to oppose each other; parallel flat electrodes formed on surfaces of the two substrates, with at least one of said electrodes being a transparent electrode; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the parallel flat electrodes, wherein liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are aligned so that the direction of the major axis of the liquid crystal molecule is substantially perpendicular to at least one of the electrode surfaces when no voltage is applied between the parallel flat electrodes, a plurality of generally rectangular pixels, the pixels having two opposed outer long edges and two opposed outer short edges at respective ends of the long edges, wherein an alignment process has been performed on at least one of the parallel flat electrodes so that during a period when a voltage is applied, the liquid crystal molecules in each pixel tilt in approximately the same direction to define an alignment orientation, and an unstable domain is produced along one of the short edges of each pixel, wherein the unstable domain is an area in which the tilting orientation of the liquid crystal molecules along the short edge of the pixel, when an oblique electric field is applied, and the alignment orientation form an angle exceeding 90°.