Patent ID: 8512819

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a pixel electrode placed on the first substrate for applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer to control liquid crystal molecules; a first alignment film placed on the first substrate, with a side thereof adjacent the liquid crystal layer; a second alignment film placed on the second substrate, with a side thereof adjacent the liquid crystal layer, the first and second alignment films sandwiching the liquid crystal layer; and at least one of: a first transparent layer that is in contact with a side of the first alignment film opposite to the side thereof adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and that is lower in volume resistivity than the first alignment film; and a second transparent layer that is in contact with a side of the second alignment film opposite to the side thereof adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and that is lower in volume resistivity than the second alignment film, wherein the at least one of the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer is formed from an organic resin material selected from the group consisting of polyisothianaphthene, poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, and polypyrrole.