Patent ID: 7145622
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing said first substrate; a liquid crystal layer sealed between said first substrate and said second substrate; a first electrode formed on said first substrate; a second electrode formed said second substrate; a first molecule orientation film formed on said first substrate so as to cover said first electrode; a second molecule orientation film formed on said second substrate so as to cover said second electrode; a first polarizing plate arranged outside of said first substrate; and a second polarizing plate arranged outside of said second substrate in a crossed Nicol state to said first polarizing plate, wherein: in a non-driving state in which a driving voltage is not applied between said first electrode and said second electrode, liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a vertical direction to said first substrate and said second substrate by said first molecule orientation film and said second molecule orientation film, respectively; on said first electrode, fine pitch electrode patterns, which extend in a first direction parallel to a surface of said first substrate, are periodically repeated to be arranged at intervals of a first width in a second direction, which said second direction is parallel to the surface of said liquid crystal layer and is vertical to said first direction; said electrode patterns, which are repeated to be arranged in said second direction, are mutually connected to each other by a first connector substantially parallel to a direction in which a capacitance electrode extends and a second connector which extends in a direction other than the direction of the capacitance electrode; on said first electrode, a cutout pattern extending in said second direction is formed at substantially a greater second width than said first width; and said liquid crystal molecules substantially tilt in said first direction in a driving state on and among said electrode patterns on said first electrode.