Patent ID: 6057905
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:a first substrate having a first electrode;a second substrate, disposed so as to face the first substrate, having a second electrode; anda liquid crystal layer, including liquid crystal molecules, interposed between the first and second substrates, with a plurality of pixels being defined therein in a matrix pattern,wherein the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are oriented in a direction substantially vertical to a surface of the substrates in the absence of an applied voltage across the liquid crystal layer, andthe first electrode of the first substrate includes a first slit at least in a portion of a periphery of each pixel, the first slit substantially dividing the first electrode into an inner electrode portion and an outer electrode portion, whereby the outer electrode portion shields the inner electrode portion from an electric field coming from an outside of the first electrode.