Patent ID: 8902373

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer located between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate; wherein: the active matrix substrate includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes defining each of a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixel electrodes each including a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode, both of the first sub pixel electrode and the second sub pixel electrode are transparent electrodes; a plurality of thin film transistors each including a gate, a source and a drain, the plurality of thin film transistors including a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor; a plurality of storage capacitance electrodes including a first storage capacitance electrode electrically connected to the drain of the first thin film transistor and the first sub pixel electrode, and a second storage capacitance electrode electrically connected to the drain of the second thin film transistor and the second sub pixel electrode; a plurality of storage capacitance bus lines including a first storage capacitance bus line electrically connected to a first storage capacitance counter electrode which provides a storage capacitance together with the first storage capacitance electrode, and a second storage capacitance bus line electrically connected to a second storage capacitance counter electrode which provides a storage capacitance together with the second storage capacitance electrode; a source bus line electrically connected to the source of the first thin film transistor and the source of the second thin film transistor; and a gate bus line including a first gate line electrically connected to the gate of the first thin film transistor, a second gate line electrically connected to the gate of the second thin film transistor, and a connection line arranged to electrically connect the first gate line and the second gate line to each other; and the first sub pixel electrode extends over the first gate line, and the second sub pixel electrode extends over the second gate line.