Patent ID: 7342629

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate including a plurality of gate bus lines disposed almost in parallel with each other, a plurality of drain bus lines disposed almost in parallel with each other to intersect with the gate bus lines, a plurality of switching elements respectively provided at intersection parts of the gate bus lines and the drain bus lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively formed and connected to the plurality of switching elements, respectively; a second substrate provided to be opposite to the first substrate and having an opposite electrode opposite to the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate and having a negative dielectric anisotropy, wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a plurality of electrode units separated by at least one slit, each electrode unit including a solid part, a plurality of line portions extending from said solid part, and a plurality of space portions between said line portions, said electrode units being electrically connected to each other by connecting portions formed outside of areas where the electrode units are formed, and the first substrate further includes a reflecting layer formed under areas where the solid parts of all of or part of the plurality of electrode units are formed.