Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules and arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• a plurality of signal lines extending in a first direction;
• a plurality of scanning lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction;
• and
• a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel on the first substrate, each of the first pixel and the second pixel comprising:
• a first electrode;
• a switching element connected to one of the signal lines and one of the scanning lines;
• a plurality of first areas extending in the second direction, arranged between two adjacent scanning lines of the scanning lines, and in which rotation of the liquid crystal molecules is restricted;
• and
• at least one second area in which the liquid crystal molecules are rotated according to an electric field acting between the first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, wherein
• an interval between two adjacent first areas of the first areas is equal to or smaller than 10 μm in the first direction, and
• the first areas corresponding to the first pixel are arranged at same positions in the first direction as those of the first areas corresponding to the second pixel arranged adjacent to the first pixel in the second direction.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules and arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• a plurality of signal lines;
• a plurality of scanning lines;
• and
• a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel on the first substrate, each of the pixels comprising:
• a first electrode;
• a switching element connected to one of the signal lines and one of the scanning lines;
• a plurality of first areas extending in a first direction, arranged between two adjacent signal lines of the signal lines or between two adjacent scanning lines of the scanning lines, and in which rotation of the liquid crystal molecules is restricted;
• and
• at least one second area in which the liquid crystal molecules are rotated according to an electric field acting between the first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, wherein
• an interval between two adjacent first areas of the first areas is equal to or smaller than 10 μm in a second direction crossing the first direction, and
• the first areas corresponding to the first pixel are arranged at same positions in the second direction as those of the first areas corresponding to the second pixel arranged adjacent to the first pixel in the first direction.