Liquid crystal display device
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display device includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode interposing an insulation layer therebetween, wherein an electric field opening part for passing an electric field is formed in the upper electrode and liquid crystal molecules are driven by applying a voltage between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein a window-shaped opening part formed by partially removing the lower electrode for connecting an upper electrode wiring and the upper electrode, which interpose an interlayer insulation film therebetween, together is disposed in a lower part of the lower electrode, and wherein one end portion of the electric field opening part in the longitudinal direction around the window-shaped opening part is disposed to be overlapped with the window-shaped opening part in a plan view.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising an upper electrode and a lower electrode interposing an insulation layer therebetween,
wherein an electric field opening part for passing an electric field is formed in the upper electrode and liquid crystal molecules are driven by applying a voltage between the lower electrode and the upper electrode,
wherein an upper electrode wiring and the upper electrode which interpose an interlayer insulation film therebetween, together is disposed below the lower electrode,
wherein a window-shaped opening part formed by partially removing the lower electrode for connecting the upper electrode wiring and the upper electrode, and
wherein one end portion of the electric field opening part in the longitudinal direction around the window-shaped opening part is disposed to be overlapped with the window-shaped opening part in a plan view.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the window-shaped opening part is disposed on an inner side relative to an outer circumferential end portion of the upper electrode.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein an area in which the one end portion of the electric field opening part in the longitudinal direction is overlapped with the window-shaped opening part in the plane is an area around the window-shaped opening part for suppressing the occurrence of disclination.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field opening part is divided by the window-shaped opening part and one end portion of each divided electric field opening part in the longitudinal direction is disposed to be overlapped with the window-shaped opening parting a plane.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper electrode is a pixel electrode connected to a data line through a switching element, and wherein, in the insulation layer of the window-shaped opening part, a contact hole for connecting a drain wiring of the switching element and the pixel electrode together is formed.
6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the one end portion of the electrode opening part in the longitudinal direction is not overlapped with the contact hole in a plan view.
7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper electrode is a common electrode connected to a common electrode wiring, and wherein in the insulation layer of the window-shaped opening part, a contact hole for connecting a common electrode connection part of the common electrode wiring and the common electrode together is formed.
8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field opening part has a slit shape in which both ends in the longitudinal direction are closed.
9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field opening part has a comb-teeth like shape in which one end portion in the longitudinal direction is opened.