Patent ID: 7864280

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates facing each other, in which liquid crystal layer, a state of liquid crystal molecules is transited from splay alignment to bend alignment when an electric field is applied, wherein: an electric field applying section for (i) applying a lateral electric field parallel to the substrates and (ii) bend-aligning the liquid crystal molecules is provided in a region corresponding to a pixel on the liquid crystal layer; the electric field applying section includes bilayer electrodes provided on different planes disposed with an insulation layer therebetween, of the bilayer electrodes, an electrode which is closer to the liquid crystal layer has an aperture on a part of a region where this bilayer electrode overlaps with another electrode via the insulation layer; the bilayer electrodes have a difference in electric potentials; and a structural object for forming a convex and a concave in the aperture is provided in the aperture, wherein the structural object is a spacer.