Patent ID: 8355109

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase between the first substrate and the second substrate; a transistor provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer; an insulating film between the liquid crystal layer and the transistor; a light-blocking layer overlapped with the transistor; a structure body provided between the insulating film and the liquid crystal layer, the structure body projecting into the liquid crystal layer; a first electrode layer having a first opening pattern, the first electrode layer being provided on the structure body and electrically connected to the transistor; a second electrode layer having a second opening pattern, the second electrode layer being provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a third electrode layer having a third opening pattern, the third electrode layer being provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and overlapped with the second electrode layer, wherein the structure body is provided at least partly in the third opening pattern, wherein a distance between the first electrode layer and the third electrode layer is smaller than a distance between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer, and wherein a cell gap is less than 5 μm.