Patent ID: 8289488
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels, comprising: a first substrate having a thin film transistor; a second substrate placed opposite to the first substrate; liquid crystals filled between the first substrate and the second substrate; alignment layers respectively placed on surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate in contact with the liquid crystals and having an alignment direction inclined at an inclination angle α where 0°<α<90° with respect to an extending direction of a gate line connected to a gate electrode of the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode placed in each of the plurality of pixels and connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor; a common electrode placed opposite to the pixel electrode with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode having a slit for generating a fringe electric field to the liquid crystals with the other of the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a polarizing plate placed in the second substrate on a side opposite to the first substrate and having an absorption axis set in the alignment direction or a perpendicular direction to the alignment direction, wherein the slit comprises: