Patent ID: 8873010

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate, the first substrate comprising a gate wiring line, a source wiring line which extends to intersect with the gate wiring line, a pixel electrode which comprises a primary pixel electrode extending substantially parallel to the source wiring line, and a switching element located at the intersection of the gate wiring line and the source wiring line; a second substrate comprising two primary common electrodes which extend substantially parallel to the primary pixel electrode on both sides across the primary pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules held between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the switching element comprises a drain wiring line which is electrically connected to the pixel electrode and which is located to overlap the gate wiring line, and the drain wiring line extends to intersect with the gate wiring line and overlaps the source wiring line, extends substantially parallel to the gate wiring line from a region that overlaps the source wiring line, and extends to overlap the primary pixel electrode up to a region that overlaps the gate wiring line.