IP Library Granted Patent US 7,119,761
Granted Patent B2
US 7,119,761 · App. 10/761,154 · Granted Oct 10, 2006

Pixel structure

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Patent No.
US 7,119,761
App. No.
10/761,154
Granted
Oct 10, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel structure of a transflective LCD disposed between a first data line and a second data line. The pixel structure comprises a reflective cell and a transmission cell. The transistor comprises a gate coupled to a scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the first reflective electrode. The first transistor is covered by the first reflective electrode. The transmission cell comprises a second transistor and a transparent electrode. The second transistor comprises a gate coupled to the scan line, a source coupled to the second data line, and a drain coupled to the transparent electrode. The second transistor is covered by a second reflective electrode.

Claims (27)

1. A pixel structure of transflective LCD disposed between a first data line and a second data line, comprising:

a reflective cell comprising a first transistor and a first reflective electrode, wherein the first transistor comprises a gate coupled to a scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the first reflective electrode, and the first transistor is covered by the first reflective electrode; and

a transmission cell comprising a second transistor and a transparent electrode, wherein the second transistor comprises a gate coupled to the scan line, a source coupled to the second data line, and a drain coupled to the transparent electrode, and the second transistor is covered by a second reflective electrode.

2. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 1 , wherein the second reflective electrode is a first reflective electrode of another pixel structure.

3. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 1 , wherein the drain of the first transistor is coupled to the first reflective electrode by a first plug, and the drain of the second transistor is coupled to the transmission electrode by a second plug.

4. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 3 , further comprising a first metal layer and a second metal layer, acting as storage capacitors, disposed under the first plug and the second plug respectively.

5. A pixel structure of transflective LCD disposed between a first data line and a second data line, comprising:

a reflective cell comprising a first transistor and a first reflective electrode, wherein the first transistor comprises a gate coupled to a scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the first electric electrode; and

a transmission cell comprising a second transistor and a transparent electrode, wherein the second transistor comprises a gate coupled to the second line, a source coupled to the second data line, and a drain coupled to the transparent electrode, and the first transistor and the second transistor are covered by the first reflective electrode.

6. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 5 , wherein the drain of the first transistor is coupled to the first reflective electrode by a first plug, and the drain of the second transistor is coupled to the transparent by a second plug.

7. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 6 , further comprising a first metal layer and a second metal layer, acting as storage capacitors, disposed under the first plug and the second plug respectively.

8. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 5 , wherein the first data line and the second data line are bent, the drain of the first transistor is coupled to the first reflective electrode by a first plug, and the drain of the second transistor is coupled to the transparent by a second plug.

9. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 8 , further comprising a metal line disposed under the drains of the first and second transistor, acting as a storage capacitor.

10. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 8 , wherein the metal line is bent, and the metal line acting as a storage capacitor is disposed under the drains of the first and second transistor.

11. A pixel structure of transflective LCD disposed between a first data line and a second data line, comprising:

a reflective cell comprising a first transistor and a first reflective electrode, wherein the first transistor comprises a gate coupled to a first scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the first reflective electrode, and the first transistor is covered by the first reflective electrode; and

a transmission cell comprising a second transistor and a transparent electrode, wherein the second transistor comprises a gate coupled to a second scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the transparent electrode, and the second transistor is covered by a second reflective electrode.

12. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 11 , wherein the second reflective electrode is a first reflective electrode of another pixel structure.

13. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 11 , wherein the drain of the first transistor is coupled to the first reflective electrode by a first plug, and the drain of the second transistor is coupled to the transparent electrode by a second plug.

14. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 13 , further comprising a first metal layer and a second metal layer, acting as storage capacitors, disposed under the first plug and the second plug respectively.

15. A pixel structure of transflective LCD disposed between a first data line and a second data line, comprising:

a reflective cell comprising a first transistor and a first reflective electrode, wherein the first transistor comprises a gate coupled to a scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the first reflective electrode; and

a transmission cell comprising a second transistor and a transparent electrode, wherein the second transistor comprises a gate coupled to a second scan line, a source coupled to the first data line, and a drain coupled to the transparent electrode, and the first and second transistor are covered by the first reflective electrode.

16. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 15 , wherein the drain of the first transistor is coupled to the first reflective electrode by a first plug, and the second transistor is coupled to the transparent electrode by a second plug.

17. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 16 , further comprising a first metal layer and a second metal layer, acting as storage capacitors, disposed under the first plug and the second plug respectively.

18. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 15 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are disposed on different sides under the transparent electrode.

19. The pixel structure of transflective LCD of claim 16 , further comprising a first metal layer acting as a storage capacitor disposed under the first plug, and extending to an underside of the drain of the second transistor.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032604/0487 →
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2010
From: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024358/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2006
From: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 017288/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2004
From: SHEN, YUH-REN; CHEN, CHING-YIH
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 014922/0332 →