IP Library Granted Patent US 7,499,129
Granted Patent B2
US 7,499,129 · App. 11/195,779 · Granted Mar 3, 2009

Thin film transistor array panel and LCD having plural red, green and blue pixels in which each color pixel includes first and second subpixel electrodes having different voltage/area ratios with respect to each other and for each color pixel

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Patent No.
US 7,499,129
App. No.
11/195,779
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a LCD including an insulating substrate; a plurality of first signal lines formed on the insulating substrate; a plurality of second signal lines crossing and insulated from the first signal lines; a plurality of thin film transistors (TFT) coupled with the first and second signal lines; and a plurality of pixels including a plurality of first sub-pixel electrodes coupled with the TFTs and a plurality of second sub-pixel electrodes capacitively coupled with the first sub-pixel electrodes, wherein the pixels include a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel, and a blue (B) pixel and a voltage ratio or an area ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode is different among the R, G, and B pixels to improve a brightness ratio of R, G, and B components at a lateral position.

Claims (33)

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

an insulating substrate;

a plurality of first signal lines formed on the insulating substrate;

a plurality of second signal lines crossing the first signal lines and insulated from the first signal lines;

a plurality of thin film transistors coupled with the first signal lines and the second signal lines; and

a plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of first sub-pixel electrodes coupled with the thin film transistors and a plurality of second sub-pixel electrodes capacitively coupled with the first sub-pixel electrodes,

wherein

pixels of the plurality of pixels comprise a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel,

the red pixel comprises a red first sub-pixel electrode and a red second sub-pixel electrode, the green pixel comprises a green first sub-pixel electrode and a green second sub-pixel electrode, and the blue pixel comprises a blue first sub-pixel electrode and a blue second sub-pixel electrode; and

voltage ratios of the second sub pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for each of the green pixel and the blue pixel are less than a voltage ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for the red pixel.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the voltage ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for the green pixel is less than the voltage ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for blue pixel.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the voltage ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for the red pixel is about 0.675 to about 0.725, wherein the voltage ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for the green pixel is about 0.600 to about 0.650, and wherein the voltage ratio of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for the blue pixel is about 0.650 to about 0.700.

4. A thin film transistor array panel, comprising;

an insulating substrate;

a plurality of first signal lines formed on the insulating substrate;

a plurality of second signal lines crossing the first signal lines and insulated from the first signal lines;

a plurality of thin film transistors coupled with the first signal lines and the second signal lines; and

a plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of first sub-pixel electrodes coupled with the thin film transistors, a plurality of coupling electrodes coupled with the thin film transistors, and a plurality of second sub-pixel electrodes overlapping the coupling electrodes,

wherein:

pixels of the plurality of pixels comprise a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel,

the red pixel comprises a red first sub-pixel electrode and a red second sub-pixel electrode, the green pixel comprises a green first sub-pixel electrode and a green second sub-pixel electrode, and the blue pixel comprises a blue first sub-pixel electrode and a blue second sub-pixel electrode; and

an overlapping area of a first coupling electrode and a second coupling electrode of the plurality of coupling electrodes and each of the second sub-pixel electrodes for the green pixel and the blue pixel, respectively, are less than an overlapping area of a third coupling electrode of the plurality of coupling electrodes and the second sub-pixel electrode for the red pixel.

5. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 4 , wherein the overlapping area of the first coupling electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode for the green pixel is less than the overlapping area of the second coupling electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode for the blue pixel.

6. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

an insulating substrate;

a plurality of first signal lines formed on the insulating substrate;

a plurality of second signal lines crossing the first signal lines and insulated from the first signal lines;

a plurality of thin film transistors coupled with the first signal lines and the second signal lines; and

a plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of first sub-pixel electrodes coupled with the thin film transistors and a plurality of second sub-pixel electrodes capacitively coupled with the first sub-pixel electrodes,

wherein:

pixels of the plurality of pixels comprise a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel,

the red pixel comprises a red first sub-pixel electrode and a red second sub-pixel electrode, the green pixel comprises a green first sub-pixel electrode and a green second sub-pixel electrode and the blue pixel comprises a blue first sub-pixel electrode and a blue second sub-pixel electrode; and

ratios of an area of the second sub-pixel electrode with respect to an area of the first sub-pixel electrode for each of the green pixel and the blue pixel are less than a ratio of an area of the second sub pixel electrode with respect to the first sub-pixel electrode for the red pixel.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029019/0139 →
TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ON THE RECORDATION FORM COVER SHEET REEL/FRAME: 017127/0332 Recorded Oct 6, 2006
From: UM, YOON-SUNG; SON, JONG-HO; CHUNG, DONG-HOON; LEE, JUN-WOO; SHIN, YONG-HWAN; LYU, JAE-JIN; CHANG, HAK-SUN; KIM, HYUN-WUK; LEE, CHANG-HUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018373/0626 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2005
From: UM, YOON-SUNG; SON, JONG-HO; CHUNG, DONG-HOON; LEE, JUN-WOO; SHIN, YONG-HWAN; LYU, JAE-JIN; CHANG, HAK-SUN; KIM, HYUN-WUK; LEE, CHANG-HUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017127/0332 →