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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Osaka, JP;
Katsufumi Ohmuro, Osaka, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Osaka, JP;
Jin Hirosawa, Osaka, JP;
Norio Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Kanii, Himeji, JP;
Shota Makimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoto Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Isao Tsushima, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Tanose, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device including a first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of picture elements, and at least one of the plurality of picture elements includes: a switching element; a plurality of gate bus lines extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the switching element; a plurality of data bus lines extending in a second direction and electrically connected to the switching element; a first sub picture element electrode and a second sub picture element electrode disposed adjacent to the first sub picture element electrode with a gap therebetween, and a control electrode overlapping both the first and second sub picture element electrodes. The control electrode extends in the second direction. Each of the first and second sub picture element electrodes includes a cross-shaped connecting electrode part and microelectrode parts extending from the connecting electrode part.