Patent ID: 8520177

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate on which pixels are formed in regions surrounded by scanning lines which extend in a first direction and video signal lines which extend in a second direction, each of the pixels having a thin film transistor; a second substrate which faces the first substrate in an opposed manner and having color filters and light blocking films formed thereon; and a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein a gate electrode of the thin film transistor is connected to the scanning line, a drain electrode of the thin film transistor is connected to the video signal line and a source electrode of the thin film transistor is connected to a pixel electrode; wherein the pixels include first pixels having a first width and second pixels having a second width is smaller than the first width; wherein the pixel electrode of the second pixel has a branch electrode extending from the pixel electrode, at least a portion of the branch electrode overlapping the video signal line or the scanning line; and wherein a direction that the branch electrode extends from the pixel electrode falls within a range of 9 degrees to 45 degrees in a liquid crystal rotational direction when a voltage is applied to the pixel with respect to a direction orthogonal to a liquid crystal initial alignment direction on the first substrate.