Patent ID: 8797490

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing said first substrate; a liquid crystal layer sealed between said first substrate and said second substrate; a first electrode formed on said first substrate; a second electrode formed on said second substrate; a first molecule orientation film formed on said first substrate so as to cover said first electrode; a second molecule orientation film formed on said second substrate so as to cover said second electrode; a plurality of micro structures associated with at least one of the first and second electrodes, wherein at least some of said micro structures extend generally parallel to each other, wherein when a driving voltage is applied between said first electrode and said second electrode, liquid crystal molecules of said liquid crystal layer are oriented such that no dark line occurs in a vicinity of said plurality of micro structures and no dark line occurs between adjacent ones of said micro structures, and wherein said liquid crystal display device further comprises: a polarizer provided outside of one of said first and second substrates, said polarizer having a light absorption axis P; and an analyzer provided outside of the other of said first and second substrates, said analyzer having a light absorption axis A, wherein the light absorption axis A of said analyzer crosses the light absorption axis P of said polarizer, wherein at least some of said micro structures extend in a direction that obliquely crosses at least one of said light absorption axis A of said analyzer and said light absorption axis P of said polarizer.