Patent ID: 7714966

Claim:
A vertical alignment liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate provided with a wiring part, picture electrodes, switching elements and a columnar spacer, the wiring part being formed by a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines both crossing each other, the picture electrodes comprising a plurality of sub-picture electrodes provided respectively in regions zoned with the signal lines and the scanning lines, the switching elements being associated with picture elements, and the columnar spacer being provided on the wiring part; a second substrate with a common electrode disposed so as to face the first substrate, the common electrode being provided with a cross-shaped first alignment restriction member including a lengthwise portion and a transverse portion intersecting the lengthwise portion; and a liquid crystal layer with negative dielectric an isotropy held between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the cross-shaped first alignment restriction member is arranged so as to restrict an alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer when a voltage is applied between the picture electrode and the common electrode, and wherein said first alignment restriction member comprises plural first alignment restriction members disposed so as to face the plurality of sub-picture electrodes, respectively, the signal lines comprise a signal line formed between the plurality of sub-picture electrodes, and said columnar spacer is formed on the signal line between two first alignment restriction members of said plural first alignment restriction members and on an extended line of said transverse portion of said two first alignment restriction members.