Abstract: An active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate which has a plurality of scan electrodes and signal electrodes formed in a matrix shape, and a plurality of semiconductor switching elements having enhancement type characteristics formed at corresponding cross points of said scan electrodes and said signal electrodes, respectively, a second substrate which is arranged so as to face to said first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is composed of a liquid crystal composition enclosed in an interval between said first and second substrates, wherein pixel electrodes connected to corresponding said semiconductor switching element and counter electrodes connected to corresponding ones of said scan electrodes are arranged alternately in a comb-shape manner in respective ones of plural pixel regions surrounded by said plural scan electrodes and plural signal electrodes on said first substrate.

Abstract: An active matrix type liquid crystal display system having a liquid crystal composition being interposed between a first and a second substrates, a plurality of pixel parts being constructed with a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of signal electrodes arranged in a matrix, a switching element being provided in each of the pixel parts, wherein the switching element is connected to a pixel electrode, the pixel electrode and a common electrode facing being so constructed as to be operable in keeping the major axes of the liquid crystal molecules parallel to the surface of the substrate. In pixel part, the signal electrode and the pixel electrode is formed and a shield electrode is formed between the signal electrode and the pixel electrode. The system requires no transparent electrode, being excellent in visual angle characteristic, being high in contrast, being small in cross-talk producing probability.

Abstract: An active matrix type liquid-crystal display device wherein a plurality of gate wiring lines and drain wiring lines which cross perpendicularly to each other are laid on a first of two insulating substrates. The gate wiring lines and the drain wiring lines are electrically insulated from each other at areas where they crossover each other and thin-film transistors are respectively arranged near the individual crossover areas with their respective source electrodes connected to corresponding ones of transparent pixel electrodes disposed near the source electrodes, with their respective drain electrodes connected to the drain wiring lines, and with their respective gate electrodes connected to the gate wiring lines. The above structure, which includes the first insulating substrate, is covered with either only alignment layers or both protective insulating layers and alignment layers.