Patent ID: 8194213
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising: a pair of substrates opposed to each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between said pair of substrates; a plurality of pixel areas formed in one of the pair of substrates, each of the pixel areas provided with an upper electrode having a plurality of elongated slit-shaped openings, and a lower electrode having no elongated slit-shaped openings formed below the upper electrode; an insulation layer; and an alignment film; wherein a longitudinal direction of the plurality of slit-shaped openings and a rubbing direction of the alignment film form a predetermined angle therebetween, and wherein circle-shaped areas where the lower electrode does not exist are formed in portions of the lower electrode that overlap with ends of the elongated slit-shaped openings of the upper electrode.