Liquid crystal display panel and method of fabricating the same having particular spacers
View Patent ↗An LCD panel includes a first substrate including a first substrate material, a plurality of thin film transistors (“TFTs”) formed on the first substrate material each having a drain electrode, and an organic layer formed on the plurality of TFTs which further includes a color filter layer, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and including a second substrate material, a main column spacer having a first end connected to the first substrate, and a second end connected to the second substrate, a sub column spacer having a first end connected to one of the first and second substrates, and a second end being spaced apart from the other one of the first and second substrates, and a recessed portion formed in at least one of the first and second substrates corresponding to the sub column spacer.
1. An LCD panel comprising:
a first substrate comprising a first substrate material, a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the first substrate material, each thin film transistor having a drain electrode, and an organic layer formed on the thin film transistor and including a color filter layer;
a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and comprising a second substrate material;
a main column spacer having a first end connected to the first substrate, and a second end connected to the second substrate;
a sub column spacer having a first end connected to one of the first and second substrates, and a second end being spaced apart from the other one of the first and second substrates; and
a recessed portion formed in at least one of the first and second substrates corresponding to the sub column spacer,
wherein the main column spacer and sub column spacer are each formed on a different thin film transistor of the plurality of thin film transistors.
2. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the depth of the recessed portion ranges from about 0.1 μm to about 1 μm.
3. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a first gap between the first and second substrates corresponding to the main column spacer is smaller than a second gap between the first and second substrates corresponding to the sub column spacer.
4. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the main column spacer is substantially equal in length to the sub column spacer.
5. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a pixel electrode formed on the organic layer.
6. The LCD panel according to claim 5 , wherein the organic layer is formed with a drain contact hole which exposes the drain electrode, and the pixel electrode is electrically connected with the drain electrode through the drain contact hole.
7. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second substrate further comprises a black matrix formed on the second substrate material, and
the recessed portion is formed on the black matrix.
8. The LCD panel according to claim 7 , further comprising a common electrode formed on the black matrix.
9. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second substrate further comprises a black matrix formed on the second substrate material, and
the main column spacer and the sub column spacer are formed at positions corresponding to the black matrix.
10. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is formed on the organic layer.
11. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is formed on the color filter layer.
12. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer further comprises an organic film formed on the color filter layer,
the color filter layer is formed with a color filter recessed portion, and
the recessed portion is formed on the organic film corresponding to the color filter recessed portion.
13. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer further comprises an organic film formed on the color filter layer, and
the recessed portion is formed on the organic film.
14. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the color filter layer includes two different colored color filters overlapping each other on the thin film transistor.
15. The LCD panel according to claim 14 , wherein the overlapping color filters have a thickness sufficient to block light from interacting with a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor and act as a black matrix.
16. The LCD panel according to claim 15 , wherein the second substrate is absent a black matrix.