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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Shunichi Suwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Miyakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadaaki Isozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Suwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Miyakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadaaki Isozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device including an array of pixels each including first and second substrates, first and second electrodes formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates, which surfaces are positioned opposite to the second and first substrates, first and second alignment restricting portions provided in the first and second electrodes, first and second alignment films covering respectively the first and second electrodes, the first and second alignment restricting portions, and the opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second alignment films and containing liquid crystal molecules, wherein, in each pixel, major axes of a group of liquid crystal molecules are positioned substantially in the same imaginary plane in a predetermined overlapped region between the first and second electrodes, and a pre-tilt is given to the liquid crystal molecules by at least the first alignment film.