Patent ID: 7352425

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween; a plurality of pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the substrate; a pixel electrode which is formed in each pixel region and to which a video signal is supplied through a switching element driven in response to a signal from a gate signal line; and a counter electrode which is formed in each pixel region, is connected with a counter voltage signal line and generates an electric field between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the counter electrode is planer-like shape in the pixel region, a wiring layer which connects the switching element and the pixel electrode and extends into the region where the counter electrode is formed, the pixel electrode is formed on an upper surface of a insulation film which is formed such that the insulation film also covers the switching element and the wiring layer, and strip-like electrodes or slits are formed in parallel in the direction which intersects the extending direction of the strip-like electrodes or slits, and the connection between the wiring layer and the pixel electrode is performed through a through hole formed in the second insulation film and the slits which obviate the counter electrode from being overlapped to the wiring layer are formed in the counter electrode.