Patent ID: 7728937
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a vertically aligned liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal display device has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode has a plurality of cuts defined at edge portions thereof, and wherein the cuts are located asymmetrically relative to a center of the pixel, the first substrate has a shading region in gaps between the plurality of pixels, and a wall structure is placed regularly on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer in the shading region, the second substrate has a color filter layer on the surface of the second electrode farther from the liquid crystal layer, the color filter layer having at least two holes arranged in a row in a predetermined direction in each pixel, at least two liquid crystal domains having axisymmetric alignment are formed in the liquid crystal layer in each pixel when at least a predetermined voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer, wherein the at least two liquid crystal domains are arranged in a row in the predetermined direction, and the center axis of the axisymmetric alignment of the at least two liquid crystal domains are formed in or near the at least two holes; wherein the first electrode has at least two first openings formed at predetermined positions in the pixel, and one ends of the center axes of the axisymmetric alignment of the at least two liquid crystal domains are located in or near the at least two first openings, while the other ends are located in or near the at least two holes, wherein the at least two first openings and the at least two holes in the color filter layer are located so as to at least overlap each other as viewed from above, and wherein the second electrode has at least two second openings formed at positions corresponding to the at least two holes in the color filter layer.