IP Library Granted Patent US 7,271,869
Granted Patent B2
US 7,271,869 · App. 11/003,533 · Granted Sep 18, 2007

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,271,869
App. No.
11/003,533
Granted
Sep 18, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines, a plurality of pixel regions defined by neighboring gate signal lines and drain signal lines, and a pixel electrode in each pixel region. The drain signal line has a metal layer and another layer formed by a transparent conductor, and the another layer is electrically connected to the metal layer. The pixel electrode is made of a transparent conductor, and a transparent conductor of the pixel electrode and the transparent conductor of the drain signal line are of the same material.

Claims (34)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines;

a plurality of pixel regions defined by neighboring gate signal lines and drain signal lines; and

a pixel electrode in each pixel region;

a counter electrode formed on a same substrate as a substrate on which the pixel electrode is formed, the counter electrode being overlapped with the pixel electrode and an insulating layer being provided therebetween;

wherein the drain signal line has a metal layer and another layer formed by a transparent conductor, the another layer being electrically connected to the metal layer;

wherein the pixel electrode is made of a transparent conductor, and the counter electrode is made of a transparent conductor, and the transparent conductor of the pixel electrode, the transparent conductor of the drain signal line and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode are of the same material; and

wherein the transparent conductor of the drain signal line and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode are formed on a same layer.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the same material is ITO.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the metal layer of the drain signal line is wider than a width of the transparent conductor of the drain signal line.

4. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines;

a plurality of pixel regions defined by neighboring gate signal lines and drain signal lines; and

a counter electrode and a pixel electrode in each pixel region and being formed on a same substrate;

wherein the drain signal line has a metal layer and another layer formed by a transparent conductor, the another layer being electrically connected to the metal layer, and the counter electrode is made of a transparent conductor, and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode and the transparent conductor of the drain signal line are of the same material; and

wherein the transparent conductor of the drain signal line and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode are formed on a same layer.

5. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the pixel electrode is made of a transparent conductor, and wherein the transparent conductor of the pixel electrode, a transparent conductor of the drain signal line and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode are of the same material.

6. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the same material is ITO.

7. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the same material is ITO.

8. A liquid crystal display according to claim 4 , wherein a width of the metal layer of the drain signal line is wider than a width of the transparent conductor of the drain signal line.

9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines;

a plurality of pixel regions defined by neighboring gate signal lines and drain signal lines; and

a pixel electrode in each pixel region;

a counter electrode formed on a same substrate as a substrate on which the pixel electrode is formed, the counter electrode being overlapped with the pixel electrode and an insulating layer being provided therebetween;

wherein the drain signal line has a metal layer and another layer formed by a transparent conductor, the drain signal line having a portion where the metal layer and the transparent conductor are directly connected; and

wherein the pixel electrode is made of a transparent conductor, and the counter electrode is made of a transparent conductor;

wherein the transparent conductor of the pixel electrode, the transparent conductor of the drain signal line and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode are of the same material; and

wherein the transparent conductor of the drain signal line and the transparent conductor of the counter electrode are formed on a same layer.

10. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the same material is ITO.

11. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein a width of the metal layer of the drain signal line is wider than a width of the transparent conductor of the drain signal line.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 053464/0009 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 053465/0807 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 053465/0864 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0466 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING ONE HUNDRED (100) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENT AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0612 →
MERGER/CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027363/0315 →