A liquid-crystal display device having liquid crystal provided between a pair of opposed substrates includes a common electrode formed on a surface of one substrate facing the liquid crystal; surrounding electrodes formed on a surface of the other substrate facing the liquid crystal, the surrounding...http://www.google.ca/patents/US5953092?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5953092 - Liquid crystal device with split pixel electrodes and with intermediate electrodes used for bisecting each of the pixel regions
