Patent ID: 7920239

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to be opposite to each other; liquid crystal contained between said first and said second substrates; a plurality of gate bus lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of drain bus lines extending in a second direction, wherein said second direction is different from said first direction; and a picture element electrode, wherein said picture element electrode includes a body portion and a plurality of branches extending from said body portion, with said branches being separated from each other by a plurality of slits, wherein said body portion includes a first body portion extending generally in said first direction and a second body portion extending generally in said second direction, wherein said first body portion includes at least one wide portion and at least one narrow portion, and wherein said liquid crystal display device further comprises: a capacitor electrode overlapping said wide portion, a capacitor upper electrode overlapping said wide portion, and wherein said capacitor upper electrode connects to said picture element electrode through a contact hole formed at said wide portion.