Patent ID: 8804079

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to be opposite to each other; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, wherein the first substrate includes a plurality of picture elements, and at least one of the plurality of picture elements includes: a switching element; a plurality of gate bus lines extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the switching element; a plurality of data bus lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction and electrically connected to the switching element; a first sub picture element electrode and a second sub picture element electrode being disposed adjacent to the first sub picture element electrode with a gap therebetween, and a control electrode overlapping with both the first sub picture element electrode and the second sub picture element electrode, wherein the control electrode extends in the second direction, wherein the second substrate includes a common electrode, wherein each of the first and second sub picture element electrodes includes a cross-shaped connecting electrode part and microelectrode parts extending from the connecting electrode part in an oblique direction to the gate bus line and the data bus line, with the microelectrode parts being parallel to each other, and wherein the first sub picture element electrode and the second sub picture element electrode are arranged in the second direction.