Patent ID: 7746437

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate including a first insulating substrate with a first main surface, a first alignment layer covering the first main surface and defining an alignment direction parallel to the first main surface, an upstream side as one end's side of the alignment direction, and a downstream side as another end's side of the alignment direction, the first alignment layer tilting liquid crystal molecules toward the downstream side, and first electrodes interposed between the first insulating substrate and the first alignment layer and each comprising an upstream section that includes a first edge facing the upstream side and a downstream section that includes a second edge facing the downstream side and is provided with a first recess recessed relative to the second edge, the first recess forming on the downstream section a third edge extending in the alignment direction and a fourth edge extending downstream of the third edge in a direction crossing the alignment direction, the fourth edge connecting the third edge to the second edge and facing the upstream side; a second substrate including a second insulating substrate with a second main surface facing the first alignment layer, a second alignment layer covering the second main surface, and a second electrode interposed between the second insulating substrate and the second alignment layer; and an optical filter layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules.