Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a first insulation substrate, and a plurality of rectangular pixel electrodes provided in a matrix on the first insulation substrate and elongated in a first direction;
• a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and including a second insulation substrate, a counter electrode provided on the second insulation substrate and corresponding to the pixel electrodes, and a plurality of projections provided on the counter electrode and elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates,
• the projections each including a plurality of convex portions,
• the convex portions being formed to make, asymmetrical with respect to a first imaginary line and a second imaginary line, liquid crystal alignment pattern of each of a plurality of pixel regions defined by the pixel electrodes and the counter electrode, the first imaginary line passing through centers of opposite short sides of each of the pixel electrodes and extending in the first direction, the second imaginary line passing through centers of opposite long sides of said each pixel electrode and extending in the second direction.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a first insulation substrate, and a plurality of rectangular pixel electrodes provided in a matrix on the first insulation substrate and elongated in a first direction;
• a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and including a second insulation substrate, a counter electrode provided on the second insulation substrate and corresponding to the pixel electrodes, and a plurality of projections provided on the counter electrode and elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates,
• each of the pixel electrodes being divided at a position corresponding to a corresponding one of the projections, and having a first rectangular electrode region and a second rectangular electrode region shifted from each other in the second direction,
• patterns of each pair of adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes, which are adjacent in the second direction, being mirror patterns with respect to a boundary of said each pair,
• said each pair having portions spaced by a first distance and portions spaced by a second distance.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a first insulation substrate, and a plurality of rectangular pixel electrodes provided in a matrix on the first insulation substrate and elongated in a first direction;
• a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and including a second insulation substrate, a counter electrode provided on the second insulation substrate and corresponding to the pixel electrodes, and a plurality of projections provided on the counter electrode and elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates and containing a chiral agent.