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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuaki Yamada, Higashiosaka, JP;
Fumikazu Shimoshikiryo, Tenri, JP;
Yasuhiro Kume, Nara, JP;
Shuichi Kozaki, Nara, JP;
Takako Adachi, Tenri, JP;
Shinichi Terashita, Nara, JP;
Takashi Kurihara, Tenri, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 ; G02F 1/1337 ; G02F 1/1339 ; C09K 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 ; G02F 1/1337 ; G02F 1/1339 ; C09K 1/902 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.