Patent ID: 8212954

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a plurality of pixels that forms a display unit, wherein each pixel comprises at least: a pair of substrates that is arranged opposite each other with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween; and a common electrode and a pixel electrode that are disposed on one substrate of the pair of substrates with an insulating film disposed therebetween so as to drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer, and wherein one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode is an electrode closer to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the electrode closer to the liquid crystal layer has a slit having a predetermined tilt angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of each of the pixels and two opposite outer edges that are in parallel to the slit, wherein the electrode closer to the liquid crystal layer has four straight outer edges, including the two opposite outer edges, forming a parallelogram shape, and wherein an entire electrode periphery is formed by the four straight outer edges.