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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2008
Yoshito Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ohgami, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Osaka, JP;
Masumi Kubo, Osaka, JP;
Yuichi Iyama, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Soga, Osaka, JP;
Yoshito Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ohgami, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Osaka, JP;
Masumi Kubo, Osaka, JP;
Yuichi Iyama, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Soga, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid crystal display device of high image quality, which has high brightness and excellent viewing angle characteristics. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of polarizing plates, a first electrode, a second electrode provided so as to oppose the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of a plurality of pixels includes a first region and a second region which are separated by a line parallel to or perpendicular to the directions of the transmission axes of the pair of polarizing plates. The first electrode includes, in each of the first region and the second region, a plurality of first branch portions extending in a first direction and a plurality of second branch portions extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction. Each of the plurality of first branch portions in the first region has a first width. Each of the plurality of first branch portions in the second region has a second width that is different from the first width.