Patent ID: 8421972

Claim:
A vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device which has a plurality of pixels, comprising: a first electrode which includes, in each of the plurality of pixels, a plurality of first branch portions extending in a first direction and a plurality of second branch portions extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction; a second electrode disposed so as to oppose the first electrode; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a width of each of the plurality of first branch portions and the plurality of second branch portions is in a range not less than 1.4 μm and not more than 8.0 μm; and first and second polarizers which have respective transmission axes substantially orthogonal to each other, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a first region and a second region which are separated by a line parallel to or perpendicular to a direction of the transmission axis of at least one of the polarizers, wherein each of the first region and the second region includes the first branch portions and the second branch portions, wherein all first branch portions in the first region have a first width and all first branch portions in the second region have a second width that is different from the first width.