IP Library Granted Patent US 6,967,701
Granted Patent B1
US 6,967,701 · App. 09/394,379 · Granted Nov 22, 2005

Liquid crystal display device with black film and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 6,967,701
App. No.
09/394,379
Granted
Nov 22, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device with a black film for reducing bright lines, light leakage and line cloak. The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal panel divided into a display portion and a non-display portion. Black film is formed on the under surface of the non-display portion in the liquid crystal panel. By utilization of black film for reducing bright lines, light leakage and line cloak, the picture quality of the liquid crystal display device is greatly enhanced and the liquid crystal display device is lighter and slimmer.

Claims (42)

1. A liquid crystal display device used with a light source, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate having first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface is disposed against the first substrate;

a non-transparent film coated on a periphery of the second surface of the second substrate to substantially block light emitted from the light source; and

a sheet material disposed between the light source and the second substrate, wherein at least a portion of one edge of the sheet material adjacent to the light source is not directly under the non-transparent film.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first substrate comprises first and second surfaces, the second surface being disposed against the first surface of the second substrate, wherein a non-transparent material is formed on a periphery of the second surface of the first substrate.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , wherein the non-transparent material is a black matrix.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , wherein the non-transparent film and the non-transparent material are partially overlapping throughout the periphery of the second substrate.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 4 , wherein the non-transparent material is a black matrix.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 4 , wherein the non-transparent film is a black film.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein a non-transparent material is formed on a periphery of the second surface of the second substrate.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the non-transparent film is a black film.

9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the sheet material includes a protective sheet, a prism sheet, and a diffusion sheet.

10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 9 , wherein the first substrate comprises first and second surfaces, the second surface of the first substrate being disposed against the first surface of the second substrate, wherein a non-transparent material is formed on a periphery of the second surface of the first substrate.

11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein the non-transparent film and the non-transparent material are partially overlapping throughout the periphery of the second substrate.

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the non-transparent material is a black matrix.

13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the non-transparent film is a black film.

14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the sheet material comprises an uppermost sub-layer having a first length and at least one underlying sub-layer arranged under the uppermost sub-layer and having a second length, wherein the first length is substantially equal to the second length.

15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14 , wherein one edge of the sheet material is adjacent to the light source.

16. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device for use with a light source, comprising:

providing a first substrate;

providing a second substrate having first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface is disposed against the first substrate;

coating a non-transparent film on a periphery of the second surface of the second substrate to substantially block light emitted from the light source; and

disposing a sheet material between the light source and the second substrate, wherein at least a portion of one edge of the sheet material adjacent to the light source is not directly under the non-transparent film.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first substrate comprises first and second surfaces, the second surface of the first substrate being disposed against the first surface of the second substrate, wherein a non-transparent material is formed on a periphery of the second surface of the first substrate.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the non-transparent film and the nontransparent material are partially overlapping, throughout the periphery of the second substrate.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the non-transparent material is a black matrix.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the non-transparent film is a black film.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein a non-transparent material is formed on a periphery of the first surface of the second substrate.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the non-transparent material is a black matrix.

23. The method of claim 16 , wherein the non-transparent film is a black film.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the black film is formed by any one of a printing process and a coating process.

25. A liquid crystal display device used with a light source, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate having first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface is disposed against the first substrate;

a non-transparent film coated on a periphery of the second surface of the second substrate to substantially block light emitted from the light source; and

a sheet material disposed between the light source and the second substrate, wherein the non-transparent film does not overlap at least a portion of one edge of the sheet material adjacent to the light source.

26. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device for use with a light source, comprising:

providing a first substrate;

providing a second substrate having first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface is disposed against the first substrate;

coating a non-transparent film on a periphery of the second surface of the second substrate to substantially block light emitted from the light source; and

disposing a sheet material between the light source and the second substrate, wherein the non-transparent film does not overlap at least a portion of one edge of the sheet material adjacent to the light source.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021773/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2005
From: KIM, KYOUNG SUB
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016707/0867 →