Liquid crystal display device with visible peripheral non-display region having masking sub-electrodes

A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

• a pair of oppositely disposed first and second substrates each having thereon a plurality of transparent stripe-shaped electrodes so that the transparent stripe-shaped electrodes on the first and second substrates intersect each other to form an electrode matrix, each stripe-shaped electrode being provided with a sub-electrode superposed thereon, and
• a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second substrates so as to provide a plurality of pixels each at an intersection of the stripe-shaped electrodes on the first and second substrates, thereby forming a display region which includes the plurality of pixels and a visible peripheral region which surrounds the display region and includes, on at least one of the first and second substrates, a masking metal layer isolated from the transparent stripe-shaped electrodes on said at least one of the first and second substrates;
• wherein
• in the display region, the pixels are arranged to leave pixel spacings therebetween which are masked with at least the sub-electrodes on the first and second substrates, and
• in the visible peripheral region, the sub-electrodes on the first and second substrates are extended to mask the stripe-shaped electrodes and spacings between the stripe-shaped electrodes on the first and second substrates.