Patent ID: 7705949

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween, the first substrate having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines; and a plurality of pixel areas defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines; the pixel areas having: a thin film transistor; a first electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer having a plurality of slits; a second electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer which forms an electric field for operating a liquid crystal for cooperating with the first electrode, the second electrode having a planar shape without slits; and the gate signal line is formed on the first substrate, a first insulating film is formed on the gate signal line, the thin film transistor is formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film and a third insulating film are formed on the thin film transistor, the second electrode is formed on the thin film transistor; and one of the second insulating film and the third insulating film is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode.