Patent ID: 8018561

Claim:
A liquid crystal display element comprising: an array substrate including an array substrate body and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on a principal surface side of the array substrate body; a counter substrate which includes a counter substrate body and a counter electrode formed on a principal surface side of the counter substrate body, and is arranged so as to face the array substrate; a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy and interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate; polarizing plates respectively arranged on the array substrate and the counter substrate and having transmission axes approximately orthogonal to each other; a slit formed in the counter electrode and for dividing the liquid crystal layer into a plurality of domains in which falling directions of liquid crystal molecules are different from each other when voltage is applied between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode; lacking portions which are provided in at least either the pixel electrode or counter electrode in a direction crossing the slit and control the falling directions of the liquid crystal molecules in each domain; and a high dielectric constant insulating layer which is exposed to the liquid crystal layer via the lacking portions, is transparent in a visible light region and has a relative dielectric constant higher than that of at least either the array substrate body or counter substrate body.