Patent ID: 8681297

Claim:
A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a first insulating substrate; a second insulating substrate; a liquid crystal layer, interposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate, exhibiting a negative dielectric anisotropy; a plurality of picture elements, the liquid crystal display panel being arranged such that: one substrate of the first and second insulating substrates has, on its side contacting the liquid crystal layer, a common electrode with protrusions and/or notches that function as orientation separation means; the other substrate has scanning signal lines, data signal lines, and picture element electrodes provided on a side thereof contacting the liquid crystal layer; each of the picture element electrodes has a notch section and a projecting section; the picture element electrodes are electrically connected to respective drain electrodes of active elements, which are provided to control the picture element electrodes, via corresponding through holes provided in an insulating layer; the picture element electrodes of the other substrate are located closer to the liquid crystal layer than the insulating layer; and at least part of the projecting section of the picture element electrode matches the through hole when viewed from a top of the liquid crystal display panel, so that the picture elements are identical to one another in orientation pattern of liquid crystal molecules oriented in different directions in the liquid crystal layer.