IP Library Granted Patent US 7,903,219
Granted Patent B2
US 7,903,219 · App. 12/181,877 · Granted Mar 8, 2011

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,903,219
App. No.
12/181,877
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates opposing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes separated by an insulating layer, disposed on one of the substrates. The pair of electrodes drives the liquid crystal layer. The insulating layer has a compressive stress in the range of 0 to 5×10 4 N/cm 2 .

Claims (15)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pair of substrates opposing each other;

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates; and

a pair of electrodes separated by an insulating layer, disposed on one of the substrates, the pair of electrodes driving the liquid crystal layer, a first one of the electrodes being disposed closer to the liquid crystal layer than a second one of the electrodes and having apertures,

wherein the insulating layer has a compressive stress in the range of 0 to 5×10 4 N/cm 2 .

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer and the pair of electrodes define a storage capacitor.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer is made of an inorganic insulating material.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the inorganic insulating material has a refractive index in the range of 1.46 to 2.00 and a dielectric constant in the range of 4 to 7.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer includes at least one film selected from the group consisting of a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxide film, and a silicon oxynitride film.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a transistor on the substrate on which the pair of electrodes is disposed, and a planarizing layer disposed over the transistor, wherein the electrodes separated by the insulating layer are disposed on the planarizing layer.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second one of the electrodes acts as a pixel electrode and the first one of the electrodes acts as a common electrode.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the electrodes is made of a transparent electroconductive film.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a transistor and a planarizing layer in that order on the substrate on which the pair of electrodes are disposed, wherein the electrodes separated by the insulating layer are disposed on the planarizing layer, and the second one of the electrodes is made of a transparent electroconductive film, and wherein the insulating layer is formed under conditions that the planarizing layer and the second one of the electrodes made of the transparent electroconductive film are not degraded.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the insulating layer is made of an inorganic insulating material, and the planarizing layer is made of an organic insulating material.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the insulating layer has a refractive index in the range of 1.46 to 2.00 and a dielectric constant in the range of 4 to 7.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072398/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071935/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031378/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2010
From: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024500/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2008
From: SAKURAI, TORU; MORIFUJI, TOGO; YAMAMOTO, YUJI
To: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021315/0814 →