Patent ID: 7760302

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device in which: first color filters formed in openings bored in a black matrix, second color filters formed in openings bored in the black matrix, and third color filters formed in openings bored in the black matrix are included in a first substrate; first, second, and third pixel electrodes are formed in association with the respective color filters in a second substrate opposed to the first substrate with a liquid crystal therebetween; common electrodes are formed on a planar basis to be superimposed on the respective pixel electrodes with an insulating film therebetween; a plurality of slits is formed in each of the pixel electrodes; and the liquid crystal is controlled with electric fields induced by each of the pixel electrodes and each of the common electrodes in order to produce an image, wherein: the common electrode corresponding to a specific pixel electrode out of the first, second, and third pixel electrodes is electrically connected to the common electrodes corresponding to respective adjoining pixel electrodes using respective bridging connections; and the area of the specific pixel electrode defined by the outer margin thereof is smaller than the area of each of the other pixel electrodes defined by the outer margin thereof.