Patent ID: 8228474

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: an array substrate having first and second pixel electrodes arranged adjacent each other; a counter substrate having a counter electrode opposing to the first and second pixel electrodes; a first slit formed in the counter electrode opposing to the first pixel electrode so as to cross the first pixel electrode; a second slit formed in the counter electrode opposing to the second pixel so as to cross the second pixel electrode, the second slit being arranged in line with the first slit, and the counter electrode being separated into a first counter electrode portion and a second counter electrode portion by the lined first and second slits; a connecting counter electrode portion arranged between the first and second slits to connect the first and second counter electrode portions; a columnar spacer arranged between the first and second slits opposing to the connecting counter electrode portion to form a cell gap between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer formed in the cell gap.