Patent ID: 8345199

Claim:
A vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device which has a plurality of pixels, comprising: a pair of polarizing plates which have transmission axes orthogonal to each other; a first electrode; a second electrode provided so as to oppose the first electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a first region and a second region which are separated by a line parallel to or perpendicular to the directions of the transmission axes of the pair of polarizing plates, the first electrode includes, in each of the first region and the second region, a plurality of first branch portions extending in a first direction and a plurality of second branch portions extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction; each of the plurality of first branch portions in the first region has a first width, and each of the plurality of first branch portions in the second region has a second width that is different from the first width.