Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate having a first electrode formed on or above the first substrate;
• a second substrate having a second electrode formed on or above the second substrate the first electrode being oppose to the second electrode;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and substantially vertically aligned with respect to the first and second substrates when no voltage is applied between electrodes,
• wherein the first electrode has a fishbone pattern comprising:
• a first main electrode line partitioning between a first region and a second region;
• first electrode branches formed in the first region, the first electrode branches branched from the first main electrode line, the first electrode branches being parallel to each other and having a space of S μm between adjacent first electrode branches;
• second electrode branches formed in the second region, the second electrode branches branched from the first main electrode line, the second electrode branches being parallel to each other and having the space of S μm between adjacent second electrode branches;
• wherein the first electrode branches in the first region are symmetric with the second electrode branches in the second region with respect to the first main electrode line,
• wherein an inter-substrate distance of d μm between the first substrate and the second substrate satisfy a relationship of formula (1):
• (d−0.6)/1.25<S<(d+1.1)/1.25 formula (1),
• wherein d is 1.5 to 3.0, S is 1.5 to 3.4, and,
• wherein the liquid crystal layer has a refractive-index anisotropy Δn of 0.089 to 0.360,
• wherein a value of a product Δn·d×1000 of a refractive-index anisotropy (Δn) of the liquid crystal layer and d is 320 to 360 nm.