Patent ID: 7095470
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a plurality of scanning signal lines and a plurality of video signal lines formed on one of the pair of substrates; a plurality of first electrodes provided on the one of the pair of substrates; a plurality of second electrodes on the one of said pair of substrates to drive the liquid crystal by a voltage difference with respect to the first electrode; an orientation film formed on a nearest surface to the liquid crystal layer on each of the pair of substrates and having an initial orientation direction; wherein at least two first electrodes and at least one second electrode are provided in each pixel; and wherein the first electrode and the second electrode have portions substantially in parallel, the at least two first electrodes are connected by a connecting portion in each pixel, a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode becomes smaller gradually in a region approaching the connecting portion than a region where the first electrode and the second electrode are substantially in parallel, and one edge of a light shielding layer is arranged at the approaching region.