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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2010
Masahiro Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention has an object of providing a liquid crystal display device having a high transmittance or a high viewing angle characteristic. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a pixel electrode () including a peripheral portion (), an island portion () and a plurality of branch portions (). The plurality of branch portions () are formed of a plurality of first through fourth branch portions (A throughD) respectively extending in first through fourth directions. By these branch portions, first through fourth regions (A throughD) in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned in different directions from each other at the time of voltage application are formed. The island portion () is surrounded by the first through fourth regions (A throughD), and is connected to the peripheral portion () by a connection portion () but not by any of the plurality of branch portions () or connected to the peripheral portion () by one of the first through fourth branch portions (A throughD).