Liquid Crystal Display Device

A liquid crystal display device, comprising;

• a gate line provided to extend in a predetermined direction;
• a first and a second pixel electrodes provided to be closer to a liquid crystal layer side than the gate line in different directions with the gate line therebetween;
• a shielding electrode provided in a region between the location region of the first pixel electrode and the location region of the gate line to be the same layer as the first pixel electrode;
• a storage capacity electrode provided in a region between the location region of the second pixel electrode and the location region of the gate line to be the same layer as the gate line, said storage capacity connected to the shielding electrode via a contact hole provided in an insulation layer;
• a thin film transistor provided between the location region of the shielding electrode and the location region of the second pixel electrode, said thin film transistor having a gate electrode connected to the gate line;
• and
• a connection portion formed as a layer between the gate line and the shielding electrode and connects a source electrode of the thin film transistor and the first pixel electrode.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a plurality of thin film transistors which are provided in a matrix and each of which respectively includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode;
• an insulation layer covering each of the thin film transistors;
• a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the insulation layer and each of which is respectively connected to each of the thin film transistors;
• a common electrode provided to each of the pixel electrodes via a liquid crystal layer;
• and
• a plurality of shielding electrodes formed between each of the pixel electrodes and each of gate electrodes of the thin film transistors on the insulation layer where each of the pixel electrodes is formed, to which same potential as that of the common electrode is applied.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a thin film transistor;
• an insulation layer covering the thin film transistor;
• a pixel electrode formed on the insulation layer and connected to the thin film transistor;
• an opposite electrode provided to oppose the pixel electrode;
• a vertical alignment layer formed to cover the pixel electrode surface and the opposite electrode surface;
• a liquid crystal which intervenes between the pixel electrode and the vertical alignment layer formed on the opposite electrode and has negative permittivity anisotropy;
• and
• a shielding electrode formed between the pixel electrode and a gate electrode of the thin film transistor on the insulation layer where the pixel electrode is formed, to which same potential as that of the common electrode is applied.