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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Shingo Kataoka, Osaka, JP;
Arihiro Takeda, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Seino, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Osaka, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Osaka, JP;
Takatoshi Mayama, Osaka, JP;
Kimiaki Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Chida, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Doi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyasu Inoue, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, a counter electrode, a first molecule orientation film formed on the first substrate so as to cover the pixel electrode, and a second molecule orientation film formed on the second substrate so as to cover the counter electrode. The pixel electrode includes first micro-electrode patterns extending in a first direction, second micro-electrode patterns extending in a second direction, third micro-electrode patterns extending in a third direction and fourth micro-electrode patterns extending in a fourth direction, wherein the first, second, third and fourth directions are different from one another. When a driving voltage is applied between the pixel and counter electrodes, liquid crystal molecules that are located at the first, second, third and fourth micro-electrode patterns are tilted parallel to a corresponding one of the first, second, third and fourth directions, respectively, when viewed in a plan view.