Patent ID: 7965363

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a common electrode provided on a first substrate; a pixel electrode provided on a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy, provided between said first and second substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules align in a direction vertical to the first and second substrates when no voltage is applied; and first and second alignment control structures formed, respectively, on said first substrate and said second substrate, for regulating azimuths of orientations of said liquid crystal when a voltage is applied to said liquid crystal, said first and second alignment control structures each including a first line portion and a second line portion; wherein said first line portion extends in a first direction, and said second line portion extends in a second direction different from said first direction, wherein said pixel electrode includes an edge extending in a direction different from both said first direction and said second direction, and wherein said pixel electrode also has two additional edges extending parallel to each other, each of the two additional edges including a first portion extending in said first direction and a second portion extending in said second direction.