Liquid crystal display device
View Patent ↗In a liquid crystal display device having a first planar electrode and a second electrode formed on the first electrode with an insulating film in between, the response time of a liquid crystal is made shorter than that in a related art. A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device drives the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode has plural slits closed at both ends, the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural slits, and, given that the length of the respective slits is Ls, the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 μm≦Ls≦30 μm, more preferably, 12μm≦Ls≦20 μm.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film;
a second substrate; and
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate,
the liquid crystal display device driving the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the second electrode has plural slits closed at both ends,
the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural slits, and
given that the length of the respective slits is Ls, the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 μm≦Ls≦30 μm.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 μm≦Ls≦20 μm.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate has video lines, and
the plural slits are formed along a direction in which the video lines extend and provided at predetermined intervals in a direction perpendicular to the video lines.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate has video lines, and
the plural slits are formed at angles except 0° and 90° relative to a direction perpendicular to the video lines and provided at predetermined intervals in a direction in which the video lines extend.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the plural slits have a first group of slits and a second group of slits, and
the first group of slits and the second group of slits are formed in line symmetry with each other about a line perpendicular to the video lines.
6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is a transparent electrode.
7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is a transparent electrode.
8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an opposite electrode, and
the second electrode is a pixel electrode.
9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film;
a second substrate; and
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate,
the liquid crystal display device driving the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the second electrode has plural comb-tooth electrodes connected at one ends and opened at the other ends,
the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural comb-tooth electrodes, and
given that the length of the respective comb-tooth electrodes is Lk, the length Lk of the respective comb-tooth electrodes satisfies 12 μm≦Lk≦30 μm.
10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the length Lk of the respective comb-tooth electrodes satisfies 12 μm≦Lk≦20 μm.
11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first substrate has video lines, and
the plural comb-tooth electrodes are formed along a direction in which the video lines extend and provided at predetermined intervals in a direction perpendicular to the video lines.
12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first substrate has video lines, and
the plural comb-tooth electrodes are formed at angles except 0° and 90° relative to a direction perpendicular to the video lines and provided at predetermined intervals in a direction in which the video lines extend.
13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the plural comb-tooth electrodes have a first group of comb-tooth electrodes and a second group of comb-tooth electrodes, and
the first group of comb-tooth electrodes and the second group of comb-tooth electrodes are formed in line symmetry with each other about a line perpendicular to the video lines.