Patent ID: 7253872

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate provided so as to face the first substrate; a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel areas each including a first electrode provided on the first substrate, a second electrode provided on the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a wall structure regularly arranged so as to be supported by at least the first substrate and so as to protrude into the liquid crystal layer; wherein the liquid crystal layer, when being provided with at least a prescribed voltage, forms at least one liquid crystal domain exhibiting a radially inclined orientation in an area substantially surrounded by the wall structure; and wherein the first electrode has a plurality of openings or cut-out portions at prescribed positions, and the wall structure includes a first wall portion formed in the plurality of openings or cut-out portions, and wherein a width WW of the first wall portion fulfills the relationship of 0.4 EW<WW<0.8 EW with respect to a width EW of the opening or the cut-out portion in which the first wall portion is provided.