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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2003
Applicants:

Masuyuki Ohta, Mobara, JP;

Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Mobara, JP;

Kazuhiro Ogawa, Mobara, JP;

Keiichiro Ashizawa, Mobara, JP;

Masahiro Yanai, Mobara, JP;

Nobutake Konishi, Mobara, JP;

Katsumi Kondo, Hitachinaka, JP;

Masahito Ohe, Mobara, JP;

Sukekazu Aratani, Hitachi, JP;

Hagen Klausmann, Hitachi, JP;

Inventors:

Masuyuki Ohta, Mobara, JP;

Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Mobara, JP;

Kazuhiro Ogawa, Mobara, JP;

Keiichiro Ashizawa, Mobara, JP;

Masahiro Yanai, Mobara, JP;

Nobutake Konishi, Mobara, JP;

Katsumi Kondo, Hitachinaka, JP;

Masahito Ohe, Mobara, JP;

Sukekazu Aratani, Hitachi, JP;

Hagen Klausmann, Hitachi, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, scanning signal lines and video signal lines formed on one of the substrates, first electrodes provided on the one substrate, second electrodes provided on the one substrate to drive the liquid crystal layer by a voltage difference with respect to the first electrode, and an orientation film formed on a nearest surface to the liquid crystal layer on each of the substrates and having an initial orientation direction. At least two first electrodes and at least one second electrode are provided in each pixel with the first electrode and the second electrode having portions substantially in parallel. The at least two first electrode are connected by connecting portion in each pixel.


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