IP Library Granted Patent US 7,567,331
Granted Patent B2
US 7,567,331 · App. 11/307,420 · Granted Jul 28, 2009

Liquid crystal display

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Patent No.
US 7,567,331
App. No.
11/307,420
Granted
Jul 28, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes a lower substrate; an upper substrate disposed in parallel above the lower substrate; a plurality of wires disposed on the upper surface of the lower substrate, in which the wires further include a plurality of shrinking patterns and hollow patterns; a plurality of photo spacers disposed over the lower surface of the upper substrate for supporting the gap between the upper substrate and the substrate, in which the photo spacers are disposed corresponding to the shrinking patterns and hollow patterns; and a liquid crystal layer filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

Claims (31)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a lower substrate;

an upper substrate disposed in parallel above the lower substrate;

a plurality of wires disposed on the upper surface of the lower substrate, wherein the wires further comprise a plurality of shrinking patterns and hollow patterns;

a plurality of photo spacers disposed over the lower surface of the upper substrate for supporting the gap between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the photo spacers are disposed corresponding to the shrinking patterns and hollow patterns; and

a liquid crystal layer filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the width of the shrinking patterns and the hollow patterns is less than the assembly shift of the substrate.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the width between the edge of the shrinking pattern and the corresponding shrinking edge of each wire equals the width between the edge of each hollow pattern and the edge of each wire.

4. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the edge of the photo spacers and the corresponding edge of each shrinking pattern is less than the assembly shift of the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and the distance between the edge of the photo spacers and the corresponding edge of each hollow pattern is less than the assembly shift of the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the lower substrate comprises an array substrate and the wires comprises scan lines and data lines.

6. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the lower substrate further comprises a plurality of thin film transistors for electrically connecting the scan lines.

7. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the upper substrate comprises a color filter substrate.

8. The liquid crystal display of claim 7 further comprising a plurality of color filters disposed between the lower surface of the upper substrate and the photo spacers.

9. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 further comprising a transparent conductive layer disposed between the color filters for serving as a counter electrode.

10. The liquid crystal display of claim 9 , wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises indium tin oxide or indium zinc oxide.

11. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a lower substrate;

an upper substrate disposed in parallel above the lower substrate;

a plurality of wires disposed on the upper surface of the lower substrate, wherein the wires further comprise a plurality of first patterns and second patterns;

a plurality of photo spacers disposed over the lower surface of the upper substrate for supporting the gap between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the photo spacers are disposed corresponding to the first patterns and second patterns; and

a liquid crystal layer filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

12. The liquid crystal display of claim 11 , wherein the lower substrate comprises an array substrate and the wires comprises scan lines and data lines.

13. The liquid crystal display of claim 11 , wherein each of the first patterns is a shrinking pattern, each of the second patterns is a hollow pattern, and the width between the edge of the shrinking pattern and the corresponding shrinking edge of each wire equals the width between the edge of each hollow pattern and the edge of each wire.

14. The liquid crystal display of claim 13 , wherein the distance between the edge of the photo spacers and the corresponding edge of each shrinking pattern is less than the assembly shift of the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and the distance between the edge of the photo spacers and the corresponding edge of each hollow pattern is less than the assembly shift of the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

15. The liquid crystal display of claim 11 , wherein each of the first patterns and each of the second patterns comprise a protruding pattern and the first patterns and the second patterns have an equal thickness.

16. The liquid crystal display of claim 15 , wherein the distance between the edge of each protruding pattern and the edge of the photo spacers is greater than the assembly shift of the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

17. The liquid crystal display of claim 11 , wherein the lower substrate further comprises a plurality of thin film transistors for electrically connecting to the scan lines.

18. The liquid crystal display of claim 11 , wherein the upper substrate comprises a color filter substrate.

19. The liquid crystal display of claim 18 further comprising a plurality of color filters disposed between the lower surface of the upper substrate and the photo spacers.

20. The liquid crystal display of claim 19 further comprising a transparent conductive layer disposed between the color filters for serving as a counter electrode.

21. The liquid crystal display of claim 20 , wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises indium tin oxide and indium zinc oxide.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2020
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS
To: DISPLAY VECTORS LLC
Reel/Frame 053368/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2020
From: NYTELL SOFTWARE LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 140 LLC
Reel/Frame 051422/0383 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 31, 2015
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 82 LLC
To: NYTELL SOFTWARE LLC
Reel/Frame 037407/0878 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2011
From: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES LTD.
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 82 LLC
Reel/Frame 026837/0529 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2006
From: CHIU, HSIEN-CHING
To: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017128/0173 →