IP Library Granted Patent US 7,499,133
Granted Patent B2
US 7,499,133 · App. 11/456,365 · Granted Mar 3, 2009

Multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,499,133
App. No.
11/456,365
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate parallel to each other, a liquid crystal layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, a common electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the upper substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the lower substrate. Preferably, the common electrode includes an upper jagged pattern and the pixel electrode includes a lower jagged pattern.

Claims (37)

1. A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device, comprising:

an upper substrate and a lower substrate parallel to the upper substrate;

a liquid crystal layer, disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate;

a common electrode, disposed between the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the common electrode comprises at least one upper jagged pattern; and

at least one pixel electrode, disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the lower substrate, wherein the pixel electrode comprises at least one lower jagged pattern;

wherein each of the upper jagged pattern and the lower jagged pattern comprises a main slit and a plurality of fine slits positioned on both sides of the main slit, and the horizontal distance between the fine slits of the upper jagged pattern and the fine slits of the lower jagged pattern comprises a fine slit gap, wherein the fine slit gap is between 0 μm to 20 μm, and the length of each of the fine slits is less than or equal to 30 μm.

2. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one opening located on the common electrode and a storage capacitor disposed on the lower substrate, wherein the storage capacitor partially overlaps the opening.

3. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the upper jagged pattern and the lower jagged pattern comprise a plurality of protrusions disposed on the common electrode and the pixel electrode.

4. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the upper jagged pattern comprises a plurality of protrusions disposed on the common electrode, and the lower jagged pattern comprises the main slit and the fine slits of the pixel electrode.

5. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the upper jagged pattern comprises the main slit and the fine slits of the common electrode and the lower jagged pattern comprises a plurality of protrusions disposed on the pixel electrode.

6. A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device, comprising:

an upper substrate and a lower substrate parallel to the upper substrate;

a liquid crystal layer, disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate;

a common electrode, disposed between the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the common electrode comprises at least one upper jagged pattern; and

at least one pixel electrode, disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the lower substrate, wherein the pixel electrode comprises at least one lower jagged pattern;

wherein each of the upper jagged pattern and the lower jagged pattern comprises a main slit and a plurality of fine slits positioned on both sides of the main slit, and each fine slit of the upper jagged pattern overlaps each fine slit of the lower jagged pattern, wherein the horizontal overlapping distance is between 0 μm to 20 μm, and the length of each of the fine slits is less than or equal to 40 μm.

7. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the horizontal overlapping distance is half the length of the fine slits.

8. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the main slit and the fine slits do not overlap each other in the horizontal direction.

9. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 6 further comprising at least one opening located on the common electrode and a storage capacitor disposed on the lower substrate, wherein the storage capacitor partially overlaps the opening.

10. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the upper jagged pattern and the lower jagged pattern comprise a plurality of protrusions disposed on the common electrode and the pixel electrode.

11. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the upper jagged pattern comprises a plurality of protrusions disposed on the common electrode, and the lower jagged pattern comprises the main slit and the fine slits of the pixel electrode.

12. The multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the upper jagged pattern comprises the main slit and the fine slits of the common electrode and the lower jagged pattern comprises a plurality of protrusions disposed on the pixel electrode.

13. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer, disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of liquid crystals positioned vertically to a main surface of the first substrate while no electric field is being applied;

a common electrode, disposed on the first substrate, wherein the common electrode comprises at least one first jagged pattern; and

at least one pixel electrode, disposed on the second substrate, the pixel electrode comprising at least one second jagged pattern, wherein the first jagged pattern comprises a first main slit and a plurality of first fine slits positioned on both sides of the first main slit, the second jagged pattern comprises a second main slit and a plurality of second fine slits positioned on both sides of the second main slit, the first jagged pattern and the second jagged pattern are arranged in parallel to each other and are disposed in an alternating fashion with respect to each other, and the horizontal distance between the first fine slits and the second fine slits comprises a fine slit gap, wherein the fine slit gap is between 0 μm to 20 μm, and the length of each of the first fine slits and the second fine slits is less than or equal to 30 μm.

14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 13 , wherein the first main slit and the second fine slits do not overlap each other in the horizontal direction, and the second main slit and the first fine slits do not overlap each other in the horizontal direction.

15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 13 further comprising at least one opening located on the common electrode and a storage capacitor disposed on the second substrate, wherein the storage capacitor partially overlaps the opening.

16. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer, disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of liquid crystals positioned vertically to a main surface of the first substrate while no electric field is being applied;

a common electrode, disposed on the first substrate, wherein the common electrode comprises at least one first jagged pattern; and

at least one pixel electrode, disposed on the second substrate, the pixel electrode comprising at least one second jagged pattern, wherein the first jagged pattern comprises a first main slit and a plurality of first fine slits positioned on both sides of the first main slit, the second jagged pattern comprises a second main slit and a plurality of second fine slits positioned on both sides of the second main slit, the first jagged pattern and the second jagged pattern are arranged in parallel to each other and are disposed in an alternating fashion with respect to each other, and the first fine slit overlap the second fine slit, wherein the horizontal overlapping distance is between 0 μm to 20 μm, and the length of each of the first fine slits and the second fine slits is less than or equal to 40 μm.

17. The liquid crystal display device of claim 16 , wherein the horizontal overlapping distance is half the length of the first fine slits and the second fine slits.

18. The liquid crystal display device of claim 16 , wherein the first main slit and the second fine slits do not overlap each other in the horizontal direction, and the second main slit and the first fine slits do not overlap each other in the horizontal direction.

19. The liquid crystal display device of claim 16 further comprising at least one opening located on the common electrode and a storage capacitor disposed on the second substrate, wherein the storage capacitor partially overlaps the opening.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032621/0718 →
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2010
From: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024358/0238 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2006
From: HSU, CHE-MING; HO, I-LIN; HSIEH, MING-FENG; KUO, TZU-YUAN
To: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 018106/0387 →