Patent ID: 8294864

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprising: a liquid crystal layer having a homogeneous alignment when no electric field is applied; and a pair of substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer, one of the pair of substrates comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes, which are arranged in a matrix pattern, and a common electrode, which is disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal layer, the common electrode having a stripe structure with a plurality of slits formed in each area where the common electrode and the plurality of pixel electrodes overlap in plan view, wherein at least some of the plurality of slits stretch over at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, wherein the slits that stretch over at least two adjacent pixel electrodes have a first stretching direction at a center of one of the at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, and a second stretching direction in a gap between adjoining two of the at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, and the first stretching direction and the second stretching direction differ from each other, wherein, in the slits that stretch over at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, a portion where the first stretching direction is switched to the second stretching direction is located on one of the at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, and wherein, with respect to a direction of an alignment of the liquid crystal layer when no electric field is applied, a first azimuth on an acute angle side toward the first stretching direction and a second azimuth on an acute angle side toward the second stretching direction have the same rotation direction, and the second azimuth is larger than the first azimuth.