Patent ID: 7864282

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates, the flat-shaped common electrode being disposed to overlay the pixel electrode via an insulator layer when viewed from above, wherein the pixel electrode includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections which extend in a first direction and are aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction, each of the comb-like electrode sections has two sides extending in the first direction, each of the comb-like electrode sections has a plurality of protruding portions or a plurality of recessed portions in at least one of the sides, and in two of the adjacent comb-like electrode sections, the protruding portions or the recessed portions in the sides opposing each other via a slit formed between the two of the adjacent comb-like electrode sections are slightly misaligned in a position of the first direction by an amount smaller than an interval between the protruding portions or the recessed portions in one of the sides.