Patent ID: 8421975

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed to face each other; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a comb type first electrode including a first branch portion and a comb type second electrode including a second branch portion, the first electrode and the second electrode are planarly disposed to face each other in a pixel, the liquid crystal layer includes p-type nematic liquid crystals and is driven by an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode, the p-type nematic liquid crystals are aligned perpendicularly to the first substrate and second substrate surfaces when no voltage is applied, the first branch portion and the second branch portion extend diagonally with respect to a boundary line between adjacent pixels, and a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is substantially uniform in an area surrounding an end of the first branch portion.