Granted Patent B2

US 7,903,218 · App. 12/014,125 · Granted Mar 8, 2011

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel which, over a surface of an insulating substrate, includes:

a plurality of scanning signal lines;

a plurality of picture signal lines;

a plurality of TFTs;

a plurality of pixel electrodes coupled to sources of the TFTs; and

a counter electrode,

wherein the TFTs and the pixel electrodes are arranged in a matrix in a projection direction of the scanning signal lines and a projection direction of the picture signal lines, and the pixel electrodes and the counter electrode are arranged over the same surface of an insulating layer overlying the surface of the insulating substrate, and

wherein, a gate insulating film provided at one TFT among the TFTs is thinner than a gate insulating film provided at another TFT among the TFTs, and a gap between a pixel electrode coupled to the source of the one TFT and the counter electrode is set to be wider than a gap between a pixel electrode coupled to the source of the another TFT and the counter electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, assuming L DA to denote a distance between two pixel electrodes most remotely located among the pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix over a sheet of the insulating substrate, a to denote an etching amount difference produced at the gap between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode located at each of the two points mutually separated by the distance L DA , and L 12 to denote a distance between a pixel electrode coupled to the source of the one TFT and a pixel electrode coupled to the source of the another TFT, a gap, Lg 1 , between the pixel electrode coupled to the source of the one TFT and the counter electrode and a gap, Lg 2 , between the pixel electrode coupled to the source of the another TFT and the counter electrode satisfy a relationship described by Equation 1.

Lg

1

>

Lg

2

-

σ

L

DA

×

L

12

(

Equation

⁢

⁢

1

)

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a number of pixel electrodes aligned in the projection direction of the scanning signal line, a gap between a pixel electrode and the counter electrode is widest when the pixel electrode is located nearest to one of both ends of the scanning signal line in the projection direction of the scanning signal line and the gap becomes narrower as the pixel electrode is located farther away from the one of both ends of the scanning signal line.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a number of pixel electrodes aligned in the projection direction of the scanning signal line, a gap between a pixel electrode and the counter electrode is narrowest when the pixel electrode is located nearest to a specific position to the scanning signal line, the specific position being different from either end of the scanning signal line in the projection direction of the scanning signal line, and the gap becomes wider as the pixel electrode is located farther away from the specific position to the scanning signal line.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the specific position to the scanning signal line is a median point of both ends of the insulating substrate, the both ends being in the same direction as the projection direction of the scanning signal line.

6. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the specific position to the scanning signal line is a median point of both ends of the scanning signal line, the both ends being in the projection direction of the scanning signal line concerned.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a number of pixel electrodes aligned in the projection direction of the picture signal line, a gap between a pixel electrode and the counter electrode is widest when the pixel electrode is located nearest to one of both ends of the picture signal line in the projection direction of the picture signal line and the gap becomes narrower as the pixel electrode is located farther away from the one of both ends of the picture signal line.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a number of pixel electrodes aligned in the projection direction of the picture signal line, a gap between a pixel electrode and the counter electrode is narrowest when the pixel electrode is located nearest to a specific position to the picture signal line, the specific position being different from either end of the picture signal line in the projection direction of the picture signal line, and the gap becomes wider as the pixel electrode is located farther away from the specific position to the picture signal line.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the specific position to the picture signal line is a median point of both ends of the insulating substrate, the both ends being in the same direction as the projection direction of the picture signal line.

10. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the specific position to the picture signal line is a median point of both ends of the picture signal line, the both ends being in the projection direction of the picture signal line concerned.

11. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal is enclosed in a space between two substrates, and

wherein the insulating substrate which includes the scanning signal lines, the picture signal lines, the TFTs, the pixel electrodes, and the counter electrode, is one of the two substrates.

Assignments (7)