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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Hajime Imai, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihito Hara, Osaka, JP;
Junya Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Mitsunori Imade, Osaka, JP;
Hajime Imai, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihito Hara, Osaka, JP;
Junya Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Mitsunori Imade, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer. Each pixel electrode thereofhas a plurality of unit electrode portions, each of which has a conductive film and slitsthat have been cut through the conductive film. When a predetermined voltage is applied between the pixel electrode and a counter electrode, a liquid crystal domain is produced in association with each unit electrode portion and liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal domain come to have a substantially radially tilting alignment state. As a result, the device of the present invention achieves a wide viewing angle and a fast response characteristic.