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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2013
Applicants:

Hitomi Hasegawa, Saitama-ken, JP;

Nobuko Fukuoka, Saitama-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Hitomi Hasegawa, Saitama-ken, JP;

Nobuko Fukuoka, Saitama-ken, JP;

Assignee:

Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/134363 (2013.01); G02F 1/133707 (2013.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); G02F 1/136286 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133757 (2013.01); G02F 2001/134318 (2013.01); G02F 2001/134345 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction, a pixel electrode including a main pixel electrode extending in the second direction, and a first alignment film covering the pixel electrode. A second substrate includes a common electrode having a pair of main common electrodes arranged on both sides sandwiching the main pixel electrode and a second alignment film covering the common electrode. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first alignment film and the second alignment film and includes liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal layer is formed of materials having negative dielectric constant anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are initially aligned substantially in parallel with the first direction when electric field is not impressed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.


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