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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
This liquid crystal display panel (A) includes: first and second substrates (A,A) which are arranged to face each other with a liquid crystal layer (A) interposed between them; a counter electrode () formed on one of the first and second substrates (A,A); a first alignment film () formed on one side of the first substrate (A) to face the liquid crystal layer (A); and a second alignment film () formed on one side of the second substrate (A) to face the liquid crystal layer (A). In a pixel, the liquid crystal layer (A) has a low-pretilt region (R) and a high-pretilt region (R) in which liquid crystal molecules () have mutually different pretilt angles. The counter electrode () includes a plurality of sub-counter electrodes which are electrically independent of each other. And the plurality of sub-counter electrodes include a first sub-counter electrode () associated with the low-pretilt region (R) and a second sub-counter electrode () associated with the high-pretilt region (R).