Patent ID: 7777825

Claim:
A liquid crystal display provided with an active matrix array substrate, the active matrix array substrate comprising: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines arranged on a transparent substrate so as to intersect with each other; and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels including: a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes arranged such that one of the plurality of gate lines or one of the plurality of source lines is interposed between corresponding ones of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes; a plurality of active elements that are respectively connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes in the vicinity of an intersection portion of corresponding ones of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines, the plurality of active elements being arranged to be driven by a same one of the plurality of source lines and a same one of the plurality of gate lines; and at least one opening portion defined within a lower-layer side line located in a lower layer at the intersection portion of the corresponding ones of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines such that the opening portion is surrounded by the lower-layer side line.