Patent ID: 8471992

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device having a display portion, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix of rows and columns on the first substrate; and a plurality of counter electrodes extending along the pixel electrodes in the row direction; the counter electrode including a first counter electrode opposing to the plurality of pixel electrodes through a first insulating layer and a second counter electrode opposing to the first counter electrode through a second insulating layer; wherein the first counter electrode is electrically connected with the second counter electrode through a contact hole formed in the second insulating layer, and the wiring resistance of the second counter electrode is smaller than that of the first counter electrode, and wherein only one contact hole to connect the first counter electrode with the second counter electrode is provided in one row line and in one column line, respectively, within one unit area of the display portion in which the pixel electrodes are arranged in a matrix formed of a predetermined number of the rows and columns, wherein said one unit area comprises a plurality of unit pixels.