Patent ID: 7102719

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates; and a plurality of gate lines and data lines formed on one of the substrates, thereby defining a plurality of pixel regions; wherein each of the pixel regions comprises: a set of pixel electrodes having a wiring and a plurality of bones extending obliquely from the wiring; and a set of common electrodes having two wirings and a plurality of bones extending obliquely from the wirings respectively; and in each of the pixel regions a plurality of bones of the pixel and the common electrodes are disposed parallel to each other in alternating fashion and extend along a first horizontal axis, a plurality of bones of the pixel and the common electrodes are disposed parallel to each other in alternating fashion and extend along a second horizontal axis different from the first horizontal axis, and the first and second horizontal axes are inclined at respective angles relative to the data lines.