Patent ID: 8582066
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a liquid crystal display panel that comprises a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates, the liquid crystal display panel having a display area which comprises a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each comprising a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer having a homogeneous alignment as an alignment when an electric field generated by applying a voltage between the pixel electrode and the common electrode is not applied, the pixel electrode and the common electrode being stacked on top of each other on one of the pair of substrates with an insulating layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the pixel electrode and the common electrode differing from each other in distance from the liquid crystal layer, wherein, of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the electrode that is disposed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the other electrode has a stripe pattern that comprises a plurality of slip electrode portions, and each of the plurality of slip electrode portions comprises a curved portion at which each of the plurality of slip electrode portions changes a stretching direction, and wherein, of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the electrode that is disposed farther from the liquid crystal layer than the other electrode has a solid flat shape provided with a plurality of openings at locations that overlap with curved portions of the plurality of slip electrode portions, the plurality of openings being provided in a manner that makes the opening in one curved portion independent of the opening in another curved portion and that allows only a convex outline segment of two outline segments of the slip electrode portion in each curved portion to run through an area of the opening in plan view.