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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a liquid crystal display device of a lateral electric field mode including a first substrate () and a second substrate () having a liquid crystal layer () therebetween, a first electrode () and a second electrode () located in the first substrate, and an alignment film () provided to be in contact with the liquid crystal layer; the alignment film () includes a first alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a first domain (P) in a first alignment axis azimuth (D), a second alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a second domain (P) in a second alignment axis azimuth (D), a third alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a third domain (P) in the first alignment axis azimuth (D), and a fourth alignment region that aligns liquid crystal molecules in a fourth domain (P) in the second alignment axis azimuth (D). The liquid crystal molecules in the first domain, the second domain, the third domain and the fourth domain are all rotated in the same direction.