IP Library Granted Patent US 6,870,593
Granted Patent B2
US 6,870,593 · App. 10/242,604 · Granted Mar 22, 2005

Liquid crystal display cell with improved spacer structure

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Patent No.
US 6,870,593
App. No.
10/242,604
Granted
Mar 22, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display cell includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; and a spacer structure on the second substrate. The spacer structure further includes: at least a first type spacer having a first height; and at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than the first height.

Claims (56)

1. A liquid crystal display cell including:

a first substrate;

a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first and second substrates; and

a spacer structure on said second substrate, and said spacer structure further including:

at least a first type spacer having a first height; and

at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than said first height,

wherein said first type spacer comprises a first color filter layer over said second substrate, and a first column-shaped spacer over said first color filter layer, and said second type spacer comprises a second color filter layer over said second substrate, and a second column-shaped spacer over said second color filter layer,

wherein said first and second color filter layers have the same thickness or height, while said first column-shaped spacer is larger in height than said second column-shaped spacer.

2. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and a difference between said first and second heights is smaller than an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

3. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and said second height is larger than a subtraction of an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer from said first height, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

4. A liquid crystal display cell including:

a first substrate;

a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first and second substrates; and

a spacer structure on said second substrate, and said spacer structure further including:

at least a first type spacer having a first height; and

at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than said first height,

wherein said first type spacer comprises a first color filter layer over said second substrate, and a first column-shaped spacer over said first color filter layer, and said second type spacer comprises a second color filter layer over said second substrate, and a second column-shaped spacer over said second color filter layer,

wherein said first and second column-shaped spacers have the same height, while said first color filter layer is larger in thickness or height than said second color filter layer.

5. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and a difference between said first and second heights is smaller than an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

6. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and said second height is larger than a subtraction of an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer from said first height, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

7. A liquid crystal display cell including:

a first substrate;

a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first and second substrates; and

a spacer structure on said second substrate, and said spacer structure further including:

at least a first type spacer having a first height;

at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than said first height; and

at least a third type spacer having a third height which is smaller than said second height.

8. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said first type spacer comprises a first color filter layer over said second substrate, and a first column-shaped spacer over said first color filter layer, and said second type spacer comprises a second color filter layer over said second substrate, and a second column-shaped spacer over said second color filter layer.

9. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said third type spacer comprises a third color filter layer over said second substrate, and a third column-shaped spacer over said third color filter layer.

10. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said first, second and third color filter layers have the same thickness or height, while said first column-shaped spacer is larger in height than said second column-shaped spacer, and said second column-shaped spacer is larger in height than said third column-shaped spacer.

11. The liquid crystal display cell as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said first, second and third column-shaped spacers have the same height, while said first color filter layer is larger in height than said second color filter layer, and said second color filter layer is larger in thickness or height than said third color filter layer.

12. A spacer structure over a substrate for a liquid crystal display cell, said spacer structure including:

at least a first type spacer having a first height; and

at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than said first height,

wherein said first type spacer comprises a first color filter layer over said second substrate, and a first column-shaped spacer over said first color filter layer, and said second type spacer comprises a second color filter layer over said second substrate, and a second column-shaped spacer over said second color filter layer,

wherein said first and second color filter layers have the same thickness or height, while said first column-shaped spacer is larger in height than said second column-shaped spacer.

13. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and a difference between said first and second heights is smaller than an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

14. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and said second height is larger than a subtraction of an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer from said first height, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

15. A spacer structure over a substrate for a liquid crystal display cell, said spacer structure including:

at least a first type spacer having a first height; and

at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than said first height,

wherein said first type spacer comprises a first color filter layer over said second substrate, and a first column-shaped spacer over said first color filter layer, and said second type spacer comprises a second color filter layer over said second substrate, and a second column-shaped spacer over said second color filter layer,

wherein said first and second column-shaped spacers have the same height, while said first color filter layer is larger in thickness or height than said second color filter layer.

16. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 15 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and a difference between said first and second heights is smaller than an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

17. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 15 , wherein said first height provides an original cell gap, and said second height is larger than a subtraction of an elastic deformation limit of said first spacer from said first height, provided that said elastic deformation limit is a transitional compressive deformation amount, over which a compressive deformation is a plastic deformation and under which said compressive deformation is an elastic deformation.

18. A spacer structure over a substrate for a liquid crystal display cell, said spacer structure including:

at least a first type spacer having a first height;

at least a second type spacer having a second height which is smaller than said first height; and

at least a third type spacer having a third height which is smaller than said second height.

19. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said first type spacer comprises a first color filter layer over said second substrate, and a first column-shaped spacer over said first color filter layer, and said second type spacer comprises a second color filter layer over said second substrate, and a second column-shaped spacer over said second color filter layer.

20. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said third type spacer comprises a third color filter layer over said second substrate, and a third column-shaped spacer over said third color filter layer.

21. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 20 , wherein said first, second and third color filter layers have the same thickness or height, while said first column-shaped spacer is larger in height than said second column-shaped spacer, and said second column-shaped spacer is larger in height than said third column-shaped spacer.

22. The spacer structure as claimed in claim 20 , wherein said first, second and third column-shaped spacers have the same height, while said first color filter layer is larger in height than said second color filter layer, and said second color filter layer is larger in thickness or height than said third color filter layer.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: VISTA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
To: GETNER FOUNDATION LLC
Reel/Frame 060654/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2018
From: GETNER FOUNDATION LLC
To: VISTA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 045469/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2011
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: GETNER FOUNDATION LLC
Reel/Frame 026254/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2010
From: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024492/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2003
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 013649/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2002
From: SATOH, HIROKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013286/0017 →