Patent ID: 7683996

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a pair of transparent substrates opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween, one of the pair of transparent substrates having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines; and a plurality of pixel areas defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines; wherein the pixel areas have: a thin-film transistor connected to one of the drain signal lines and one of the gate signal lines; a first electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer having at least a substantially rectangular outline in plan view and having a plurality of slits, the first electrode being connected to the thin-film transistor, and the plurality of slits of the first electrode extending in at least one direction which is non-parallel with respect to an extending direction of the drain signal lines and with respect to an extending direction of the gate signal lines; and a second electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer arranged in a superposed position with respect to the first electrode; wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in such a manner that at least a portion of a side of the second electrode facing the one of the drain signal lines and at least a portion of a side of the second electrode facing the one of the gate signal lines are closer to the respective drain and gate signal lines than corresponding portion of corresponding sides of the first electrode.