Patent ID: 7301517

Claim:
A liquid-crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal sandwiched between a pair of substrates; a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines arranged in a matrix on one of the substrates; a plurality of pixels each pixel having a plurality of dots, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, wherein the number of dots in each pixel corresponds to a number of basic colors used in the display apparatus and wherein the number of first electrodes and the number of second electrodes in each pixel is equal to the number of dots in such pixel and wherein each of the second electrodes within each pixel are arranged to overlie each of the first electrodes in their associated pixel; an insulation layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, the insulation layer having a plurality of holes provided therein to permit the second electrodes to be electrically coupled to associated first electrodes, wherein each second electrode is electrically connected with only a single one of the first electrodes and each first electrode is electrically connected with only a single one of the second electrodes; and a plurality of switching devices, each switching device being arranged to be electrically connected with an associated first electrode, an associated scanning line and an associated signal line and wherein at least one of the switching devices and at least one of the second electrodes are stacked over one another and the number of switching devices which overlap with each second electrode is the same for all the second electrodes, wherein a corresponding one of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes which are electrically coupled by one of the holes have two longitudinal directions which are perpendicular with each other, and wherein, in each dot, a signal sub-line branched from each signal line and extending to an end of the dot in the direction in which the scanning lines are extended is provided, and the switching device provided for the dot is electrically connected to the signal sub-line.