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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Hiroyuki Hebiguchi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yasuhiko Kasama, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Frontec Incorporated, Miyagi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In the liquid crystal display device of the invention, a liquid crystal layer is formed between a pair of transparent substrates, a plurality of linear electrodes which make a pair are disposed in a spaced, opposed relation on the liquid crystal layer side of one substrate, a switching element for applying a voltage between the paired linear electrodes and thereby applying a lateral electric field to the liquid crystal is disposed in the vicinity of the linear electrodes, one of the linear electrodes is used as a common electrode and the other as a pixel electrode, and at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode is formed at least partially in a non-parallel relation to the other to form a narrow spacing between both electrodes.