Liquid crystal display device
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display device includes; a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer, the first substrate including; a plurality of pixels, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, a color filter including a first sub color filter, a second sub color filter and a third sub color filter, each sub color filter including a different color, and a shield electrode receiving a common voltage and disposed substantially parallel to the data line along a boundary between adjacent pixels on the color filter, wherein the color filter disposed below the shield electrode comprises a convex region which protrudes toward the second substrate, the plurality of pixels comprise a first pixel having the first sub color filter, a second pixel having the second sub color filter and a third pixel having the third sub color filter, and the third sub color filter forms the convex region.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a common electrode; and
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
the first substrate comprising:
a plurality of pixels, each pixel being connected to a data line and a gate line;
a thin film transistor electrically connected to the data line and the gate line;
a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor;
a color filter which includes a first sub color filter, a second sub color filter and a third sub color filter, each of the first, second and third sub color filters including a different color; and
a shield electrode which receives a common voltage and is disposed substantially parallel to the data line along a boundary between adjacent pixels on the color filter,
wherein the color filter disposed below the shield electrode comprises a convex region which protrudes toward the second substrate,
the plurality of pixels comprise a first pixel including the first sub color filter, a second pixel including the second sub color filter and a third pixel including the third sub color filter, and
the third sub color filter forms the convex region between the first sub color filter and the second sub color filter on a first boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel along the data line,
wherein, the shield electrode overlaps adjacent data lines and is disposed between adjacent pixel electrodes.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the third sub color filter forms the convex region on a second boundary between the second pixel and the third pixel along the data line, and forms the convex region on a third boundary between the first pixel and the third pixel along the data line.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first sub color filter and the second sub color filter are spaced apart from each other with respect to the first boundary.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first sub color filter is a red color, the second sub color filter is a green color and the third sub color filter is a blue color.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, and
the pixel electrode comprises a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first thin film transistor and a second pixel electrode separated from the first pixel electrode and is electrically connected to the second thin film transistor.
6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are connected to the same gate line.
7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein the data line comprises a first data line connected to the first thin film transistor and a second data line connected to the second thin film transistor.
8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the pixel electrode comprises a pixel electrode cutting pattern, the common electrode comprises a common electrode cutting pattern, and the liquid crystal layer is configured in a vertical alignment mode.
9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the shield electrode at least partially covers the first and second data lines.
10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the shield electrode is disposed in substantially the same layer as the pixel electrode.
11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first substrate further comprises a light blocking layer disposed on the boundaries between the pixels along the data line.
12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein the light blocking layer is in a floating state.
13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of opposite end parts of the light blocking layer in an extension direction of the gate line is disposed between the first data line and the second data line.
14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the light blocking layer is disposed on the first boundary with the center point closer to the second pixel.
15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the light blocking layer is disposed on the second boundary with the center point closer to the second pixel.
16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the light blocking layer is disposed on the third boundary with the center point closer to the first pixel.
17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the light blocking layer is disposed in substantially the same layer as the gate line.