Display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorToshiharu Matsushima
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate with a first alignment film, a second substrate with a second alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate has first and second electrodes. An initial alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is parallel to a first direction or a direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second electrode includes comblike electrodes extending parallel to the first direction and a connecting portion which connects the comblike electrodes. The connecting portion includes a projection which projects in a second direction more than an outermost comblike electrode.
Claims10
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a first line on the first substrate;
- a second line crossing the first line;
- a switching element at an intersection of the first line and the second line;
- a first insulating layer covering the first line, the second line, and the switching element;
- a pixel electrode on the first insulating layer;
- a second insulating layer covering the pixel electrode;
- a common electrode on the second insulating layer;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- and
- a light shielding area on the second substrate, wherein
- the pixel electrode connects to the switching element through a contact hole of the first insulating layer, and
- the common electrode includes:
- a first slit portion which extends parallel to the second line;
- a plurality of second slit portions which are connected to the first slit portion and which extend from the first slit portion parallel to the first line;
- and
- a third slit portion which protrudes beyond a corner of an outermost second slit portion and the first slit portion at the other side of the contact hole, wherein
- the light shielding area overlaps the third slit portion and the contact hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.