Patent ID: 8212981
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to be opposite to each other; liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy contained between the first and second substrates; and a plurality of picture elements located on the first substrate, each of said picture elements being defined between a pair of gate bus lines and a pair of data bus lines, wherein at least one of the picture elements on the first substrate comprises: a switching element connected to one of the data bus lines; a first sub picture element electrode, and a second sub picture element electrode being disposed adjacent to the first sub picture element electrode with a gap therebetween, wherein at least one of the first sub picture element electrode and the second sub picture element electrode has a body portion extending generally parallel or generally perpendicular to the data bus line connected to the switching element and which also has a plurality of branches extending from the body portion, and a neighboring two of said branches are arranged generally in parallel with each other; wherein the first sub picture element electrode connects to the switching element and the second sub picture element electrode connects, via capacitive coupling, to the switching element.