Liquid crystal display apparatus and method for grounding liquid crystal display apparatus
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus, including: a liquid crystal display panel; a polarizing plate which is processed to be conductive and is attached to a surface of the liquid crystal display panel; and a conductive frame, wherein the polarizing plate includes a projecting area which projects outward from the edge of the liquid crystal display panel, and wherein the conductive frame presses the projecting area of the polarizing plate in order to ground the polarizing plate. A method for grounding a liquid crystal display apparatus is also disclosed.
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising:
a liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
a liquid crystal driving circuit;
a sealing member and a liquid crystal material disposed on an upper surface of the liquid crystal driving circuit; and
an opposite substrate disposed on an upper surface of the sealing member and an upper surface of the liquid crystal material;
a polarizing plate which is conductive and is attached to an upper surface of the liquid crystal display panel; and
a conductive frame,
wherein the polarizing plate includes a projecting area which projects outward from an edge of the opposite substrate in a direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel,
wherein the conductive frame comprises an opposing part located opposite to the projecting area of the polarizing plate,
wherein the opposing part of the conductive frame applies a pressure directly or indirectly to the projecting area of the polarizing plate in order to ground the polarizing plate, and
wherein a position at which the opposing part of the conductive frame applies the pressure to the projecting area of the polarizing plate is located outside the edge of the opposite substrate.
2. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the opposite substrate is in an electrically floating state before the polarizing plate is attached.
3. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid crystal driving circuit and the opposite substrate are attached to opposite sides of the liquid crystal material.
4. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the polarizing plate is grounded through a conductor for grounding which is disposed between the conductive frame and a surface of the polarizing plate.
5. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the conductor for grounding comprises a conductive rubber.
6. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive frame comprises a metallic frame.
7. A method for grounding a liquid crystal display apparatus including a liquid crystal display panel, a polarizing plate which is processed to be conductive, and a conductive frame, the liquid crystal display panel comprising:
a liquid crystal driving circuit;
a sealing member and a liquid crystal material disposed on an upper surface of the liquid crystal driving circuit; and
an opposite substrate disposed on an upper surface of the sealing member and an upper surface of the liquid crystal material, the method comprising:
attaching the polarizing plate to an upper surface of the liquid crystal display panel so that the polarizing plate includes a projecting area which projects outward from an edge of the opposite substrate in a direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel,
wherein the conductive frame comprises an opposing part located opposite to the projecting area of the polorizing plate; and
grounding the polarizing plate through the opposing part of the conductive frame which applies a pressure directly or indirectly to a surface of the projecting area of the polarizing plate,
wherein a position at which the opposing part of the conductive frame applies the pressure to the projecting area of the polorizing plate is located outside the edge of the opposite substrate.
8. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the opposite substrate is in a electrically floating state.
9. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the liquid crystal driving circuit and the opposite substrate are attached to opposite sides of the liquid crystal material.
10. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the polarizing plate is grounded through a conductor for grounding which is disposed between the conductive frame and a surface of the polarizing plate.
11. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the conductor for grounding comprises a conductive rubber.
12. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the conductive frame comprises a metallic frame,
13. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projecting area is placed outside an overlapping area between the polarization plate and the liquid crystal display panel, said overlapping area, in a plan view, extending perpendicular to the direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel, and
wherein an area, through which the conductive frame presses the polarization plate, is confined within the projection area.
14. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projecting area of the polarizing plate has a stress applied thereto and a screen of the liquid crystal display panel is devoid of said stress.
15. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the conductor for grounding is completely placed outside an overlapping area between the polarization plate and the liquid crystal display panel, said overlapping area, in a plan view, extending perpendicular to the direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel
16. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the projecting area is placed outside an overlapping area between the polarization plate and the liquid crystal display panel, said overlapping area, in a plan view, extending perpendicular to the direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel, and
wherein an area, through which the conductive frame presses the surface of the polarization plate, is confined within the projecting area.
17. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the projecting area of the polarizing plate has a stress applied thereto and a screen of the liquid crystal display panel is devoid of said stress.
18. The method for grounding the liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the conductor for grounding is completely placed outside an overlapping area between the polarization plate and the liquid crystal display panel, said overlapping area, in a plan view, extending perpendicular to the direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel.
19. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a direction, in which the opposing part of the conductive frame applies the pressure to the projecting area of the polarizing plate, is approximately perpendicular to the direction of extension of the liquid crystal display panel.
20. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member abuts the upper surface of the liquid crystal driving circuit, a side surface of the liquid crystal material, and a bottom surface of the opposite substrate.