Patent ID: 8223284

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the substrates, wherein one of the substrates includes: signal lines arranged parallel; a gate wiring line arranged to intersect with the signal lines; at least two switching elements each arranged at a crossover section where the signal line and the gate wiring line intersect each other; at least two pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements respectively; a capacitor line including a first capacitor line and a second capacitor line, the capacitor line being arranged parallel to the gate wiring line so that a capacitor is formed between the capacitor line and the pixel electrode; a first insulating film arranged on the capacitor line between the capacitor line and the pixel electrodes; a first conductive film and a second conductive film arranged on the first insulating film so as to at least partly overlap with the capacitor line, the first conductive film and the second conductive film connected to the respective pixel electrodes adjacently arranged thereto; a second insulating film formed on the conductive film, the second insulating film having contact holes formed therethrough, the contact holes extending to the first conductive film and the second conductive film, respectively, each of the contact holes having a V-shape with a first sloped wall and a second sloped wall, the first sloped wall being formed such that an upper edge thereof is closer to an edge of corresponding one of the first conductive film and the second conductive film away from the other one of the first conductive film and the second conductive film than a center of the corresponding one of the first conductive film and the second conductive film, the second sloped wall being slanted gentler than the first sloped wall with respect to a top surface of the corresponding one of the first conductive film and the second conductive film, wherein the at least two pixel electrodes are adjacently arranged with outer edges thereof overlapping with the capacitor line, each of the at least two pixel electrodes having a V-shaped portion and an edge portion, the V-shaped portion being formed along the V-shape of corresponding one of the contact holes and arranged therein, the edge portion extending from the V-shaped portion and being arranged such that an edge thereof is closer to the edge of the corresponding one of said first conductive film and the second conductive film than the center of the corresponding one of said first conductive film and the second conductive film, the first capacitor line is arranged below the first conductive film and the second capacitor line is arranged below the second conductive film.