IP Library Granted Patent US 6,975,377
Granted Patent B2
US 6,975,377 · App. 10/159,109 · Granted Dec 13, 2005

Liquid crystal display device and thin film transistor substrate thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,975,377
App. No.
10/159,109
Granted
Dec 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LCD device comprises a plurality of transparent pixel electrodes, a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal material, and a light shield device. The first substrate has a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the transparent pixel electrodes via a plurality of outgoing lines, and the terminals are gathered to define a plurality of terminal groups, thereby defining a plurality of outgoing line groups. The second substrate has opposing electrodes opposite to the transparent pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal material is sealed between the first and second substrates. The light shield device is adjacent to the outgoing line groups and the terminal groups and adjacent to the outgoing lines within the outgoing line groups and the terminals within the terminal groups, but not touching the outgoing lines and the terminals for preventing the light leakage on the edge of the liquid crystal display.

Claims (28)

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

a plurality of transparent pixel electrodes;

a first substrate comprising

a transparent substrate,

a light shield device formed of a first conductive layer on top of the transparent substrate for preventing light leakage of the liquid crystal display,

an insulation layer disposed on top of the light shield device, and

a plurality of terminals and outgoing lines formed of a second conductive layer on top of the insulation layer, said terminals being electrically connected to the transparent pixel electrodes via said outgoing lines, wherein the terminals and outgoing lines are grouped into a plurality of terminal groups and outgoing line groups, respectively;

a second substrate having opposing electrodes opposite to the transparent pixel electrodes; and

a liquid crystal material sealed between the first and second substrates;

wherein said light shield device is adjacent to the outgoing line groups, the terminal groups, the outgoing lines within the outgoing line groups and the terminals within the terminal groups, is at a level below the outgoing lines and the terminals, and is spaced from the outgoing lines and the terminals by a thickness of said insulation layer.

2. A liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light shield device is formed as a one-piece integral structure.

3. A liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light shield device comprises

a plurality of light shield strips, each of said light shield strips being disposed between one pair of two adjacent outgoing lines and between the terminals respectively connected to said two adjacent outgoing lines; and

a plurality of light shield sheets, each of said light shield sheets being disposed between one pair of two adjacent outgoing line groups and between the terminal groups respectively corresponding to said two adjacent outgoing line groups.

4. A liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein edge regions of the light shield strips are overlapped with edge regions of the outgoing lines and the terminals.

5. A liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the light shield strips are spaced apart from the outgoing lines and the terminals.

6. A liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein edge regions of the light shield sheets are overlapped with edge regions of the outgoing line groups and the terminal groups.

7. A liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the light shield sheets are spaced apart from the outgoing line groups and the terminal groups.

8. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

a plurality of transparent pixel electrodes;

a first substrate comprising

a transparent substrate,

a plurality of terminals and outgoing lines formed of a first conductive layer on top of the transparent substrate, said terminals being electrically connected to the transparent pixel electrodes via said outgoing lines, wherein the terminals and outgoing lines are grouped into a plurality of terminal groups and outgoing line groups, respectively;

an insulation layer disposed on top of the terminals and outgoing lines, and

a light shield device formed of a second conductive layer on top of the insulation layer for preventing light leakage of the liquid crystal display;

a second substrate having opposing electrodes opposite to the transparent pixel electrodes; and

a liquid crystal material sealed between the first and second substrates;

wherein said light shield device is adjacent to the outgoing line groups, the terminal groups, the outgoing lines within the outgoing line groups and the terminals within the terminal groups, is at a level above the outgoing lines and the terminals, and is spaced from the outgoing lines and the terminals by a thickness of said insulation layer.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032604/0487 →
MERGER Recorded May 5, 2010
From: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024329/0699 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2004
From: HSU, HSIN FA; LEE, HSIN TA
To: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 014935/0539 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S CITY , PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 012955, FRAME 0778. Recorded Nov 3, 2003
From: HSU, HSIN FA; LEE, HSIN TA
To: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 014811/0650 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2002
From: HSU, HSIN FA; LEE, HSIN TA
To: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 012955/0778 →