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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Mie Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Minato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Mie Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Minato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate and a counter substrate that face each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The array substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an alignment sustaining layer. The first electrode has a comb-teeth shape. The second electrode has a comb-teeth shape, faces the first electrode, and includes a protruding portion protruding from the first electrode in a direction where comb teeth are arranged. The alignment sustaining layer is formed above a surface of the array substrate being in contact with the liquid crystal layer and gives liquid crystals a pre-tilt to a direction in which the second electrode protrudes from the first electrode, in a direction in which the comb teeth are arranged.