Patent ID: 6124915
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:a pair of substrates, anda liquid crystal layer interposed between said pair of substrates, wherein:a substrate of said pair of substrates is provided with a plural scanning signal electrodes;plural image signal electrodes are arranged to intersect said plural scanning signal electrodes in a matrix form; anda plurality of thin film transistors are formed at locations corresponding to respective crossing points of said plural image signal electrodes and said plural scanning signal electrodes;at least a respective pixel is composed in respective regions surrounded by said plural scanning signal electrodes and said plural image signal electrodes;wherein a respective pixel is provided with a common electrode having plural portions extending in a same direction as a direction of extension of said image signal electrodes, and at least a connecting portion extending over plural pixels in a same direction as a direction of extension of said scanning signal electrodes and connected with said plural portions of said common electrode extending in the same direction as the direction of extension of said image signal electrodes, and said respective pixel is provided with a pixel electrode connected to an associated thin film transistor and extending in a same direction as the direction of extension of said image signal electrodes, said pixel electrode having at least a portion arranged between said plural portions of said common electrode; andwherein two portions among said plural portions of said common electrode of adjacent pixels being adjacently arranged so that one of said image signal electrodes is interposed between said adjacent pixels.