Patent ID: 8064030

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: an array of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels; a plurality of pixel electrodes each disposed in a corresponding one of said sub-pixels; and a plurality of common electrodes each disposed in a corresponding one of said sub-pixels to oppose a corresponding one of said pixel electrodes, wherein: one of said common electrodes disposed in each of the sub-pixels in one of said pixels on each row is connected to others of said common electrodes disposed in corresponding sub-pixels in the others of said pixels arranged on said each row, to form a group of common electrodes connected together and wherein said pixels each include a transmissive area, said liquid crystal display device further comprises a first peripheral common-electrode line connecting together corresponding common-electrode lines each connected to said group of common electrodes corresponding to said transmissive area, wherein said first peripheral common-electrode line includes a first portion configured by a gate line and disposed outside of a seal member which encapsulates a liquid crystal layer in said liquid crystal display device, and a second portion configured by a data line and disposed inside of said seal member.