Liquid crystal display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsMasaaki KABE, Kojiro Ikeda, Shinichiro Oka
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Abstract
According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate provided with a first electrode portion that includes a plurality of strip electrodes arranged in a first direction and that is configured to generate a transverse electric field in the first direction; a liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are oriented in the first direction when the transverse electric field is not generated; a second substrate facing the first substrate across the liquid crystal layer; and an electrode provided at the second substrate.
Claims12
1-12. (canceled)
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a first substrate including a pixel electrode that includes
- a plurality of pixel electrode branches, and
- a plurality of slits arranged in a first direction, each of the slits extending in a second direction crossing the first direction;
- a common electrode provided spaced from the pixel electrode with an insulating film therebetween;
- a liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are oriented in the first direction when a transverse electric field is not generated;
- a second substrate including a first surface side facing the first substrate across the liquid crystal layer;
- and
- a floating electrode provided on the first surface side of the second substrate,
- wherein the transverse electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the common 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.