LCD panel

A liquid crystal display panel comprising:

• an array substrate;
• a counter substrate opposing the array substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a surface of the array substrate and a surface of the counter substrate;
• a plurality of image signal lines located over the surface of the array substrate that is in contact with the liquid crystal layer, the image signal lines being aligned in a same direction;
• a plurality of scanning signal lines located over surface of the array substrate over which the image signal lines are located, the scanning signal lines being located perpendicular to the image signal lines;
• a line-shaped pixel electrode located in each of pixel regions of the array substrate that is surrounded by the image signal lines and the scanning signal lines, the pixel electrode located parallel to the image signal lines or to the scanning signal lines;
• a common electrode located in each of the pixel regions and disposed parallel to the pixel electrode;
• a switching element for electrically connecting the pixel electrode and one of the image signal lines in response to a signal received from the scanning signal lines;
• wherein the centerline of the surface of a first electrode that is located adjacent to and parallel to one of the image signal lines or one of the scanning signal lines, for forming an electric flux line of an electric field formed between the first electrode and a second electrode adjacent thereto, such flux line inclined toward the adjacent second electrode with respect to the direction of the normal of the array substrate.

A liquid crystal display panel comprising:

• an array substrate;
• a counter substrate opposing the array substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a surface of the array substrate and a surface of the counter substrate;
• a plurality of image signal lines located over the surface of the array substrate that is in contact with the liquid crystal layer, the image signal lines being aligned in a same direction;
• a plurality of scanning signal lines located over the surface of the array substrate over which the image signal lines are located, the scanning signal lines being located perpendicular to the image signal lines;
• a line-shaped pixel electrode located in each of pixel regions of the array substrate that is surrounded by the image signal lines and the scanning signal lines, the pixel electrode located parallel to the image signal lines or to the scanning signal lines;
• a common electrode located in each of the pixel regions and located parallel to the pixel electrode;
• a switching element for electrically connecting the pixel electrode and one of the image signal lines in response to a signal received from the scanning signal lines;
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• a light shielding member covering a region between the electrode that is located adjacent to and parallel to one of the image signal lines or one of the scanning signal lines and one of the image signal lines or one of the scanning signal lines.

A liquid crystal display panel comprising:

• an array substrate;
• a counter substrate opposing the array substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a surface of the array substrate and a surface of the counter substrate;
• a plurality of image signal lines located over the surface of the array substrate that is in contact with the liquid crystal layer, the image signal lines being aligned in a same direction;
• a plurality of scanning signal lines located over the surface of the array substrate over which the image signal lines are located, the scanning signal lines being located perpendicular to the image signal lines;
• a line-shaped pixel electrode located in each of pixel regions of the array substrate that is surrounded by the image signal lines and the scanning signal lines, the pixel electrode located parallel to the image signal lines or to the scanning signal lines;
• a common electrode located in each of the pixel regions and located parallel to the pixel electrode;
• a switching element for electrically connecting the pixel electrode and one of the image signal lines in response to a signal received from the scanning signal lines;
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• a black matrix located in a region of the counter substrate that opposes the image signal lines or the scanning signal lines, the black matrix covering an area extending from the edge of the electrode adjacent to one of the scanning signal lines or one of the image signal lines for a distance d·tan θt, where d is a thickness of the liquid crystal layer and θt is the angle between the direction of the normal of the surface of the array substrate and the propagating direction of a light that has transmitted through the liquid crystal layer when the light undergoes total reflection at a boundary surface between the device and an outside.