Patent ID: 8692947

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate including; a gate line and an auxiliary capacitance line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction, a switching element electrically connected with the gate line and the source line, a pixel electrode having a main pixel electrode arranged on the auxiliary capacitance line and extending in the first direction, the pixel electrode being connected with the switching element, and a first alignment film covering the pixel electrode, a second substrate including; a common electrode having a main common electrode arranged above the gate line and extending in the first direction, and a second alignment film covering the common electrode, a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate having liquid crystal molecules, the liquid crystal molecule being initially aligned in the first direction and aligned in a splay alignment state between the first substrate and the second substrate in a state where electric field is not formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.