Patent ID: 7920241

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device that includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate and has on a first substrate side a common electrode and a pixel electrode for applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of signal lines configured to be disposed in a matrix over the first substrate; a drive element configured to be disposed at an intersection between the scan line and the signal line; a first insulating film configured to be provided over the first substrate and cover the drive element; a common electrode configured to be disposed on the first insulating film; a second insulating film configured to be disposed over the first insulating film and cover the common electrode; and a pixel electrode configured to be disposed on the second insulating film in a pixel area and have a plurality of slits, the pixel electrode being connected to the drive element via a contact hole provided in the second insulating film and the first insulating film, wherein the common electrode covers the pixel area except a formation area of the contact hole on the first insulating film and at least one of the scan line and the signal line, and the pixel electrode is so configured that a width of an electrode portion between an end of the pixel electrode on a signal line side and a slit closest to the signal line is different from a width of an electrode portion between other slits.