Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a common electrode and a pixel electrode facing the common electrode;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a floating electrode;
• a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules held between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal molecules being oriented in a first orientation direction when a transverse electric field is not generated;
• wherein the pixel electrode is located closer to the liquid crystal layer than the common electrode is, and has a plurality of open regions arranged in a first direction,
• wherein the liquid crystal layer is configured to exhibit transparency when no voltage is applied thereto and to exhibit a scattering property when a voltage is applied thereto,
• wherein the transverse electric field is generated between the common electrode and the pixel electrode in the first direction and between the pixel electrode and the floating electrode, and allows the liquid crystal layer to scatter light during a voltage being applied, and
• wherein the first orientation direction is:
• a second direction in which each of the open regions extends, when the liquid crystal molecules have negative dielectric anisotropy;
• the first direction that is perpendicular to the second direction, when the liquid crystal molecules have positive dielectric anisotropy;
• wherein the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel strip electrodes divided by the open regions arranged in the first direction, the pixel strip electrodes being arranged in a first direction,
• the floating electrode including a plurality of floating strip electrodes each of which is extending in the second direction,
• the pixel strip electrodes, which are arranged in the first direction, and the floating strip electrodes, which are arranged in the first direction on a lower side of the second substrate, do not overlap each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate,
• wherein a distance between the pixel strip electrodes adjacent to each other in the first direction is substantially equal to a width of each of floating strip electrodes in the first direction,
• wherein a distance between the floating strip electrodes adjacent to each other in the first direction is substantially equal to a width of each of pixel strip electrodes in the first direction.