Patent ID: 6995826

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein: a picture element region is defined by a first electrode provided on one side of the first substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer therebetween; the first electrode includes, in the picture element region, a solid portion including a plurality of unit solid portions, whereby the liquid crystal layer takes a substantially vertical alignment in the absence of an applied voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and forms a liquid crystal domain taking a radially-inclined orientation in a region corresponding to each of the plurality of unit solid portions of the first electrode by an inclined electric field produced around the unit solid portion in response to a voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode; and each of the plurality of unit solid portions includes four acute angle corner portions that are pointing respectively in upward, downward, leftward and rightward directions of a display plane.