IP Library Granted Patent US 8,054,427
Granted Patent B2
US 8,054,427 · App. 12/189,850 · Granted Nov 8, 2011

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 8,054,427
App. No.
12/189,850
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device, which is configured to have a liquid crystal layer held between a pair of substrates, includes a display area including a red color pixel, a green color pixel and a blue color pixel, a pixel electrode which is disposed in each of the color pixels, a counter-electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode via an interlayer insulation film, and an alignment film which is disposed in contact with the liquid crystal layer and is subjected to such rubbing treatment as to restrict alignment of liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode has a slit which is formed to be inclined with respect to a direction of rubbing of the alignment film, and the slit of the red pixel and the slit of the blue pixel are formed to be inclined in different directions.

Claims (16)

1. A liquid crystal display device which is configured to have a liquid crystal layer held between a pair of substrates, comprising:

a display area including a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel;

a pixel electrode which is disposed in each of the red, green and blue pixels;

a counter-electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode via an interlayer insulation film; and

an alignment film which is disposed in contact with the liquid crystal layer and is subjected to such rubbing treatment as to restrict alignment of liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal layer,

wherein the pixel electrode includes a slit plurality of slits which are formed to be inclined with respect to a direction of rubbing of the alignment film and that have respective major axes,

the major axes of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode are parallel to a single azimuth direction, and

a direction of the major axis of the slit of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode of the red pixel is different from a direction of the major axis of the slit of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode of the blue pixel.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a direction of the major axis of the slit of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode of the green pixel agrees with the direction of the major axis of the slit of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode of the red pixel.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein a direction of rubbing of the alignment film is identical in the green pixel and the red pixel.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein liquid crystal molecules in the green pixel and the red pixel are aligned in identical directions in a state in which an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the counter-electrode.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a direction of the major axis of the slit of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode of the green pixel agrees with the direction of the major axis of the slit of the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode of the blue pixel.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein a direction of rubbing of the alignment film is identical in the green pixel and the blue pixel.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein liquid crystal molecules in the green pixel and the blue pixel are aligned in different directions in a state in which an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the counter-electrode.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a direction of rubbing of the alignment film is identical in the red pixel and the blue pixel.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein liquid crystal molecules in the red pixel and the blue pixel are aligned in different directions in a state in which an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the counter-electrode.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072209/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071787/0434 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028339/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2008
From: HIGANO, TOSHIYUKI
To: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021394/0328 →