Patent ID: 8248549

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: liquid crystal sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other in an opposed manner; a plurality of gate lines which extend in a first direction and are arranged in parallel; a plurality of drain lines which extend in a second direction which crosses the gate lines and are arranged in parallel; a plurality of switching elements which are arranged at crossing portions of the gate lines and the drain lines; pixel electrodes which are driven by the switching elements; and counter electrodes which generate an electric field for driving pixels between the pixel electrodes, and wherein the counter electrodes are formed on an inner surface of the first substrate, an electrode forming layer includes the gate lines, the drain lines, the switching elements and the pixel electrodes, a reference electrode layer is arranged between the first substrate and the electrode forming layer with a first insulation layer between the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer, and holding capacities of the pixels are formed among the pixel electrodes and the reference electrode layer.