Patent ID: 7304703

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate for sandwiching a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy, and molecules of the liquid crystal aligning in a direction vertical to the first and second substrates when no voltage is applied, said first substrate including first domain regulating means for regulating azimuths of orientations of said liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied to said liquid crystal, said azimuths of orientations being defined as alignments of respective ones of said molecules in a horizontal plane generally parallel to planes of the first and second substrates, and said second substrate including second domain regulating means for also regulating said azimuths of the orientations of said liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied to said liquid crystal, wherein when vertically seen to the substrates, said first domain regulating means includes first line portions and second line portions, said first line portions being extended in a first direction, said second line portions being extended in a second direction different from said first direction, said second domain regulating means includes third line portions and fourth line portions, said third line portions being extended in said first direction, said fourth line portions being extended in said second direction, said first and third line portions being arranged to be neighbored and to be approximately parallel to each other, and said second and fourth line portions being arranged to be neighbored and to be approximately parallel to each other, and wherein said azimuths of the orientations are regulated according to respective directions of said line portions.