Patent ID: 7196745

Claim:
An active element substrate, comprising: a plurality of signal lines; a plurality of scanning lines intersecting the signal lines; an active element provided proximate each intersection between the signal lines and the scanning lines; and a pixel electrode provided proximate each intersection between the signal lines and the scanning lines, the pixel electrode being superimposed at least on the signal lines, wherein: each of the signal lines includes a portion provided on a corresponding pixel electrode and a roundabout portion provided on a pixel electrode that is adjacent, in a direction parallel to the scanning lines, to said corresponding pixel electrode; and on each pixel electrode, a portion of a corresponding signal line and a roundabout portion of a signal line corresponding to an adjacent pixel electrode form a pair in a scanning-line extending direction, a first portion of the pixel electrode being provided so as to overlap both the corresponding signal line and the signal line corresponding to the adjacent pixel electrode, and a second portion of the pixel electrode being provided so as to not overlap each of the corresponding signal line and the signal line corresponding to the adjacent pixel electrode, the first and second portions of the pixel electrode being provided in parallel with the signal line so as to be substantially adjacent to each other, and the pair of the signal lines is located completely between edges of pixel electrodes except those portions that lie between pixel electrodes.