Patent ID: 6897929

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy is sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate, to surfaces of which a vertical alignment process is applied, and alignment of the liquid crystal molecules becomes substantially perpendicular when no voltage is applied, substantially parallel when a predetermined voltage is applied, and oblique when a voltage smaller than the predetermined voltage is applied, comprising: a first domain defining means formed of dielectric projections provided on the first substrate, for defining an oblique alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules when the voltage smaller than the predetermined voltage is applied; a second domain defining means provided on the second substrate, for defining the oblique alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules when the voltage smaller than the predetermined voltage is applied; a plurality of first bus lines formed on the first substrate or the second substrate; a plurality of second bus lines formed over the first bus lines at a distance; a pixel electrode formed in areas that are partitioned by the first bus lines and the second bus lines; and dielectric structures formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate in areas to overlap to at least a part of areas between the pixel electrode and the first bus lines as viewed in normal direction, the dielectric structures being different from the projections.