IP Library Granted Patent US 7,864,275
Granted Patent B2
US 7,864,275 · App. 12/190,631 · Granted Jan 4, 2011

Liquid crystal display device with a light blocking film formed on a surface of a substrate that surrounds a phase difference film and an orientation film also formed on the substrate surface between the substrate and the phase difference film

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Patent No.
US 7,864,275
App. No.
12/190,631
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid crystal display device into which a phase difference film is incorporated on the color filter substrate side, the phase difference film can be formed more easily than the prior art. A pair of substrates and a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal sandwiched between the above described pair of substrates are provided in such a manner that the above described liquid crystal display panel has a number of subpixels, each subpixel in the above described number of subpixels has a transmission portion and a reflection portion, and a first substrate from among the above described pair of substrates has: a light blocking film which is formed at least in a border between the above described transmission portion and the above described reflection portion and at least has a portion which surrounds only the above described reflection portion; an orientation film for orienting the phase difference film formed on the above described light blocking film; a phase difference film formed inside the portion surrounded by the above described light blocking film on the above described orientation film; a color filter formed on the above described phase difference film; and a flattened film formed on the above described color filter.

Claims (23)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal sandwiched between said pair of substrates, characterized in that

said liquid crystal display panel has a number of subpixels; and

each subpixel in said number of subpixels has a transmission portion and a reflection portion;

wherein a first substrate from among said pair of substrates has sequentially formed on a surface thereof facing said liquid crystal:

a light blocking film which is formed on said surface of said first substrate at least in a border between said transmission portion and said reflection portion and at least has a portion which surrounds said reflection portion;

an orientation film for orienting a phase difference film formed at least on a surface of said light blocking film facing said liquid crystal;

said phase difference film being formed inside the portion surrounded by said light blocking film on a surface of said orientation film facing said liquid crystal;

a color filter formed at least on a surface of said phase difference film facing said liquid crystal; and

a flattened film formed on a surface of said color filter facing said liquid crystal.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that

a second substrate from among said pair of substrates has a pixel electrode and a facing electrode, and

another surface of said first substrate on a side opposite to said surface facing said liquid crystal is a display surface.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , further comprising an interlayer insulating film formed in a layer above said facing electrode, characterized in that

said pixel electrode overlaps said facing electrode and is formed in a layer above said interlayer insulating film.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , characterized in that the second substrate from among said pair of substrates has a reflection layer formed in said reflection portion.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , characterized in that said facing electrode is formed on said reflection layer.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said orientation film is formed only in the region where said phase difference film is formed.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized by having a step forming layer which is formed in the region where said phase difference film is formed on said flattened film.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , characterized by having a spacer in columnar form formed on said step forming layer.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said phase difference film is formed of a polymer liquid crystal material.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said light blocking film is formed around one subpixel and in a border between said transmission portion and said reflection portion.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said light blocking film is formed only around said reflection portion.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that when subpixels adjacent to each other are a first subpixel and a second subpixel, no light blocking film is formed in a border between a reflection portion in said first subpixel and a reflection portion in said second subpixel.

Assignments (3)
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0019 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2008
From: TERAMOTO, MASAHIRO; TANNO, JUNJI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021377/0499 →