Liquid crystal display device

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, in particular, to a plasma addressed liquid crystal display device of a flat panel structure including a liquid crystal cell and a plasma cell arranged in layers. The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a substrate; a dielectric layer; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrate and the dielectric layer; a plurality of stripe electrodes formed on a surface of the substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the electrodes running in a first direction; and a plurality of stripe plasma channels formed to face the plurality of electrodes via the liquid crystal layer and the dielectric layer, the plasma channels running in a second direction different from the first direction. A plurality of pixel regions are formed in respective crossings of the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of plasma channels. Portions of the liquid crystal layer included in the plurality of pixel regions change their orientation states depending on a voltage applied between the electrodes and the plasma channels, to realize display with light having passed the plurality of pixel regions. The liquid crystal display device further includes dielectric structures formed between the electrodes and the liquid crystal layer in periphery zones that include sides of the plurality of pixel regions orthogonal to the second direction. A voltage applied to each of the portions of the liquid crystal layer included in the plurality of pixel regions is smaller in the periphery zone than in the other portion of the pixel region.