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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kumagaya, JP;
Kisako Ninomiya, Fukaya, JP;
Yasushi Kawata, Ageo, JP;
Yuzo Hisatake, Yokohama, JP;
Natsuko Fujiyama, Okazaki, JP;
Akio Murayama, Fukaya, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kumagaya, JP;
Kisako Ninomiya, Fukaya, JP;
Yasushi Kawata, Ageo, JP;
Yuzo Hisatake, Yokohama, JP;
Natsuko Fujiyama, Okazaki, JP;
Akio Murayama, Fukaya, JP;
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate having a pixel electrode formed of a conductor, a counter substrate having a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates and containing liquid crystal molecules set in a vertical alignment with respect to the substrates. The pixel electrode had a void space located in the conductor to provide minute domains between which different directors of the liquid crystal molecules are obtained when a potential difference is applied between the array and counter electrodes, and a bridge-wiring member interconnecting adjacent parts of the conductor in the void space, and the bride-wiring member is configured to make an electric field created in a part of the pixel area located on the bridge-wiring member weaker than that created in the minutes domains according to the potential difference.