Patent ID: 7701538
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate placed to face the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal display device has a plurality of pixels each including a first electrode formed on the first substrate, an interlayer insulating film formed between the first substrate and the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the liquid crystal layer is a vertically aligned type liquid crystal layer, the interlayer insulating film has at least one depression formed at a predetermined position, and the liquid crystal layer has at least one liquid crystal domain having axisymmetric alignment and including liquid crystal molecules tilted in directions defined with the at least one depression formed when at least a predetermined voltage is applied, and a center axis of the axisymmetric alignment is formed in or near the at least one depression, wherein the first electrode has at least one opening defined therein, and the at least one opening comprises an opening formed at a position corresponding to the at least one depression, wherein the second electrode has at least one other opening formed to substantially overlap with the at least one opening in the first electrode, and wherein the center axis of the axisymmetric alignment is formed in or near the at least one other opening.