Patent ID: 7772767

Claim:
A display device, comprising: first, second and third pixel electrodes, each of the first, the second and the third pixel electrodes comprising a first edge and a second edge which is longer than the first edge; a first electrode connected to the first pixel electrode; a second electrode connected to the second pixel electrode; a third electrode connected to the third pixel electrode; a fourth electrode opposing the first electrode with respect to a fifth electrode; a sixth electrode opposing the second electrode with respect to a seventh electrode; and an eighth electrode opposing the third electrode with respect to a ninth electrode, wherein each of the first, fourth and fifth electrodes comprise a first portion disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, a second portion disposed outside of a space between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and a third portion, which is linear, connecting the first portion and the second portion, the third portion not parallel to either the first or second portions, and the second, sixth and seventh electrodes are disposed outside of a space between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.