IP Library Granted Patent US 7,184,108
Granted Patent B2
US 7,184,108 · App. 10/809,400 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Display device and diode array panel therefor

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,184,108
App. No.
10/809,400
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a pair of first and second signal lines transmitting select pulses having opposite polarity; a third signal line transmitting data voltages; first and second field generating electrodes separated from each other with a gap; and a plurality of diodes connected between the first and the second signal lines and the first and the second field generating electrodes and providing at least two different resistances.

Claims (28)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a pair of first and second signal lines transmitting select pulses having opposite polarity;

a third signal line transmitting data voltages;

a first field generating electrode formed between the first signal line and the second signal line;

a first diode connected between the first signal lines and the first field generating electrode; and

a second diode connected between the second signal lines and the first field generating electrode and having a resistance different from the first diode.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second field generating electrode formed between the first signal line and the second signal line and separated from the first field generating electrode with a gap;

a third diode connected between the first signal line and the second field generating electrode; and

a fourth diode connected between the second signal line and the second field generating electrode and having a resistance different from the third diode,

wherein the first and the second field generating electrode are corresponding to the same third signal line transmitting data voltages.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein the first to fourth diodes comprise MIM diodes.

4. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein the third signal line has at least one cutout or protrusion.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein the first diode and the fourth diode provide substantially same resistance, and wherein the second diode and the third diode provide substantially same resistance.

6. A diode array panel for a display device comprising:

a substrate;

a pair of first and second signal lines transmitting select pulses having opposite polarity;

a first field generating electrode formed between the first signal line and the second signal line;

a first diode connected between the first signal line and the first field generating electrode; and

a second diode connected between the second signal line and the first field generating electrode and having a resistance different from the first diode.

7. The diode array panel of claim 6 , further comprising:

a second field generating electrode formed between the first signal line and the second signal line and separated from the first field generating electrode with a gap;

a third diode connected between the first signal line and the second field generating electrode; and

a fourth diode connected between the second signal line and the second field generating electrode and having a resistance different from the third diode,

wherein the first and the second field generating electrode are included in a pixel.

8. The diode array panel of claim 7 , wherein the diodes comprise MIM diodes.

9. The diode array panel of claim 7 , wherein the MIM diodes include first and second input electrodes connected to the first and the second signal lines, respectively, first and second insulators disposed on the first and the second input electrodes, respectively, and first and second output electrodes disposed on the first and the second insulators, respectively, and connected to the first and the second bottom electrodes, respectively.

10. The diode array panel of claim 7 , wherein the first diode and the fourth diode provide substantially same resistance, and wherein the second diode and the third diode provide substantially same resistance.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 28, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028863/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2004
From: SONG, JANG-KUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015154/0119 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2003-0019565 · Mar 28, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040189885A1 · Sep 30, 2004