Patent ID: 7956974

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates having a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a plurality of pixels which is provided along a predetermined arrangement axis and constitutes a display area; a plurality of sub pixels constituting the pixels; a plurality of pixel electrodes which are disposed on one of the pair of substrates and are provided in correspondence with the plurality of sub pixels; an insulating film which is provided on the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a common electrode which is provided on the insulating film, the common electrode including: a plurality of first electrodes which extend in a direction obliquely intersecting the arrangement axis and each of the first electrodes extending across a plurality of the sub pixels, the plurality of first electrodes overlapping with the plurality of pixel electrodes in an area of the plurality of sub pixels, a second electrode which has a portion obliquely intersecting the plurality of first electrodes and connects one ends of the plurality of first electrodes, and a third electrode which has a portion obliquely intersecting the plurality of first electrodes and connects the other ends of the plurality of first electrodes, wherein: in the display area, pixels of one column which are provided along the predetermined arrangement axis are provided in a plurality of numbers in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement axis, and the second electrode and the third electrode are disposed so as to overlap with inter-pixel areas, which extend in the direction of the arrangement axis, in a plane, and wherein the second electrode and the third electrode are disposed in the adjacent inter-pixel areas in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement axis.