Patent ID: 8634049

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a TFT substrate having a display region which has a first electrode, a second electrode, a plurality of TFTs and a plurality of scanning signal lines connected to the plurality of TFTs; a counter substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, and sealed by a sealant; a plurality of scanning line leads connected to the plurality of scanning signal lines, and formed in an outside region of the display region; and a shield electrode formed on the TFT substrate, and covering the plurality of scanning line leads; wherein the second electrode is connected to one of the plurality of TFTs, and liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are driven by an electric field which is generated between the first electrode and the second electrode; and wherein a potential identical with a potential of the first electrode is applied to the shield electrode, and the shield electrode is overlapped with the sealant in a planar view.