Patent ID: 7956970

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates arranged opposite each other with a gap therebetween; at least one opposing electrode formed on an internal side of one of the mutually opposed pair of substrates; a plurality of pixel electrodes aligned in a matrix shape on an internal side of the other substrate, the plurality of pixel electrodes having predefined regions, opposed to the opposing electrode and defining a plurality of pixels; a plurality of thin film transistors associated with the plurality of pixel electrodes on the internal side of the other substrate, wherein each of the plurality of thin film transistors is connected to a corresponding pixel electrode, and comprises a plurality of films; a plurality of scan lines and signal lines provided on the internal side of the other substrate, which supply gate signals and data signals to the thin film transistors; a plurality of convex sections each formed on the internal side of the other substrate so as to be located substantially on a center part of each of the plurality of predetermined regions provided in each of the plurality of pixels and protruding farther than the other regions of the pixel electrodes, wherein each convex section comprises a film stack including at least two films of a same material as at least two of the plurality of films of the thin film transistors; vertical alignment films provided on the respective internal sides of the pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer having negative dielectric anisotropy and which is interposed in the gap between the pair of substrates.