Patent ID: 8339342

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device which is configured such that a liquid crystal layer is held between a pair of substrates, the liquid crystal display device, in a display area including a plurality of pixels, comprising: pixel electrodes which are disposed in association with the respective pixels; a counter-electrode which is disposed to be opposed to a first side of the pixel electrodes via the liquid crystal layer; scanning lines which are disposed along a row direction of the pixels; signal lines which are disposed along a column direction of the pixels; and an electrically conductive layer which is disposed to be opposed to the counter-electrode via the liquid crystal layer between neighboring ones of the pixel electrodes, and has such a potential as to provide a black display voltage relative to a potential of the counter-electrode, wherein a width of the electrically conductive layer is greater than a spacing between the neighboring ones of the pixel electrodes, and the electrically conductive layer is disposed in a manner to overlap end portions of the neighboring ones of the pixel electrodes via an insulation layer, wherein the electrically conductive layer is formed of a light-transmissive, electrically conductive material, the electrically conductive layer is opposed to a second side of the pixel electrodes, the second side being opposed to the first side.