Liquid crystal display device having opening portions

A liquid crystal display system comprising:

• first and second transmissive substrates separated by a predetermined gap filled with a liquid crystal;
• first and second electrodes disposed on the side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, the second electrode forming a display electrode in a portion of the second electrode not overlapped by the first electrode;
• a nonlinear resistor disposed in a region where the first and second electrodes overlap;
• a black matrix, disposed on the side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, coextensive with the first and second electrodes and having an opening over the display electrode;
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• an opposed electrode, formed over the black matrix on the side of the second substrate facing the first substrate without contacting the black matrix, coextensive with the first and second electrodes including the region opposing the display electrode, and having an opening in the region opposite the nonlinear resistor.

A liquid crystal display cell comprising:

• a display electrode;
• a nonlinear resistor connected to the display electrode;
• a black matrix disposed in a region opposed to the nonlinear resistor and covering peripheral regions of the display electrode;
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• an opposed electrode, formed over the black matrix without contacting the black matrix, coextensive with the display electrode, separated from the display electrode by a liquid crystal, and having an opening in a region opposite the nonlinear resistor to allow light entering from the side of the display electrode to be incident upon the black matrix and to be reflected from the black matrix onto the nonlinear resistor.