Patent ID: 8125600

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to be opposite to each other; liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy contained between the first and the second substrates; a polymer which determines directions in which liquid crystal molecules tilt when voltage is applied; and a plurality of picture elements located on the first substrate, wherein at least one of the picture elements on the first substrate comprises: a switching element; a first sub picture element electrode including a plurality of band-shaped microelectrode parts and a first connecting electrode part electrically connecting the microelectrode parts of the first sub picture element electrode with one another; a second sub picture element electrode including a plurality of band-shaped microelectrode parts and a second connecting electrode part electrically connecting the microelectrode parts of the second sub picture element electrode with one another and not being directly connected to the first sub picture element electrode so that a voltage applied to the second sub picture element electrode is different from a voltage applied to the first sub picture element electrode, a conductive line connecting the switching element to one of the first and the second sub picture element electrodes at a contact portion, and extending further from the contact portion in a vertical direction, the conductive line further having a first part formed between the first sub picture element electrode and the first substrate and a second part formed between the second sub picture element electrode and the first substrate, wherein, each of the first and the second sub picture element electrodes is divided by a vertical axis into regions that have the band-shaped microelectrodes of the first and second sub picture element electrodes extending in different directions, and the first sub picture element electrode is further divided by a first horizontal axis into regions that have the band-shaped microelectrodes of the first sub picture element electrode extending in different directions, wherein the first and second parts of the conductive line extend along the vertical axis and the first part of the conductive line broadens along the first horizontal axis.