IP Library Granted Patent US 7,545,475
Granted Patent B2
US 7,545,475 · App. 11/383,881 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Liquid crystal display device having particular interval between spacer groups

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Patent No.
US 7,545,475
App. No.
11/383,881
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress occurrence of low temperature bubbles while securing pressure resistance to external forces applied to substrates of a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of spacers disposed between the substrates are divided into a plurality of spacer groups 2 , one unit of which is configured with spacers 2 a, 2 b allocated in close proximity to each other; and the spacer groups 2 are disposed with a density that the low temperature bubbles do not occur. Hence, the strength of the substrates increases, and in a region 10 where no spacers exist, a large deformation of the substrates by shrinkage is allowed, and a liquid crystal layer 8 is sufficiently enough shrunk even under a low temperature environment to prevent the low temperature bubbles from occurring.

Claims (10)

1. A liquid crystal device, comprising:

a pair of substrates disposed to face each other;

a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of substrates; and

an aggregate including a plurality of spacers disposed between the pair of the substrates to retain a uniform gap between the pair of the substrates,

wherein the aggregate is divided into a plurality of spacer groups, one unit of which is configured with the spacers linearly disposed in close proximity to each other, and the respective spacer groups are disposed with a density which prevents low temperature bubbles from occurring,

one pixel is constituted by a plurality of single-color sub-pixels, and an interval between the spacers disposed in close proximity corresponds to a width of the one sub-pixel, and

each of the spacer groups is away from the spacer groups neighboring in a lateral direction at intervals of not less than 5 sub-pixels and not more than 17 sub-pixels, and is away from the spacer groups neighboring in a vertical direction at intervals of not less than 1 sub-pixel and not more than 4 sub-pixels.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a photosensitive resin is used as a material for the spacers.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the photosensitive resin contains black pigment.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a value in which area of screen is divided by total number of the spacer groups is 120,000 square micron or more.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072209/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071787/0434 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028339/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2006
From: KAWAMURA, TETSUYA; INADA, KATSUHIKO; TOYAMA, AKIMASA
To: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018028/0808 →