Patent ID: 8325307

Claim:
A liquid crystal display in which a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate to constitute a plurality of sub-pixel regions, comprising: a first electrode having a linear portion foil ied in the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the first electrode is partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion to form a concavo-convex shape; a second electrode having a linear portion formed adjacent to the first electrode, the second electrode is partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion to form a concavo-convex shape; an insulating film disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode facing the liquid crystal layer to cover the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulting film facing the liquid crystal layer to correspond to the linear portion of the first electrode, the third electrode having a linear portion which as a portion overlapping with the linear portion of the first electrode and extends in a direction along the linear portion of the first electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed on the insulting film facing the liquid crystal layer and in a position adjacent to the third electrode to correspond to the linear portion of the second electrode, the fourth electrode having a linear portion which has a portion overlapping with the linear portion of the second electrode and extends in a direction along the linear portion of the second electrode; wherein a voltage different from those of the second electrode and the third electrode is applied to the first electrode, wherein the width of the linear portion of the first electrode is wider that that the width of the linear portion of the third electrode by an amount W that satisfies 0 μm<W<1 μm, and the width of the linear portion of the second electrode is also wider than the width of the linear portion of the fourth electrode by W, and wherein the notches of the first electrode and the notches of the second electrode have a width that is greater than W.