Patent ID: 8681298

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device that has a plurality of pixels which are arranged along a first direction and a second direction that is different from the first direction, the plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel which is adjacent to the first pixel along the first direction, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate which includes a first electrode provided in the first pixel and a second electrode provided in the second pixel; a second substrate which is arranged so as to oppose the first substrate, the second substrate including a counter electrode; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first electrode includes a plurality of first branch portions extending toward the second pixel, the second electrode includes a plurality of second branch portions extending toward the first pixel, some of the plurality of first branch portions have end portions directed toward an edge of the second electrode and, when viewed along the first direction, at least part of the end portions faces to a gap between end portions of two of the plurality of second branch portions; a distance between an edge of the first electrode on the second electrode side and an edge of the second electrode on the first electrode side is not more than 5.0 μm, and when viewed along the first direction, an end portion of one of the plurality of first branch portions overlaps an end portion of one of the plurality of second branch portions, and a length of the overlap along the second direction is not more than 2.5 μm.