IP Library Granted Patent US 8,237,881
Granted Patent B2
US 8,237,881 · App. 12/535,917 · Granted Aug 7, 2012

Display panel, array substrate and manufacturing method thereof

Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,237,881
App. No.
12/535,917
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An array substrate comprises data lines, gate lines, thin film transistors and pixel electrodes formed on a base substrate. Pixel units are defined by intersecting the data lines and the gate lines, the thin film transistors are formed at the intersections of the data lines and the gate lines, and the data lines extend across each of the pixel units in the middle of the pixel units. At least two thin film transistors for controlling a same pixel electrode are respectively formed on both sides of the data line in each pixel unit.

Claims (20)

1. An array substrate comprising data lines, gate lines, common electrode lines, thin film transistors and pixel electrodes formed on a base substrate,

wherein pixel units are defined by intersecting the data lines and the gate lines, the thin film transistors (TFTs) are formed at the intersections of the data lines and the gate lines, and the data lines extend across the respective pixel units in the middle of the pixel units;

wherein the common electrode lines are parallel to the data lines and provided between and separating adjacent pixel units in an extension direction of the gate lines, and

wherein each pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode and at leas two TFTs, and the data line corresponding to the pixel unit overlaps with the middle portion of the pixel electrode of the pixel unit, gate electrodes of the at least two TFTs are connected with the gate line corresponding to the pixel unit, drain electrodes of the at least two TFTs are connected with the pixel electrode of the pixel unit, and source electrodes of the at least two TFTs are connected with the data line corresponding to the pixel unit, and the at least two TFTs are respectively formed on both sides of the data line corresponding to the pixel unit.

2. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a storage capacitor is formed by overlapping one of the common electrode lines with the pixel electrode in each pixel unit.

3. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein, in each pixel unit, two storage capacitors are formed, and

wherein two common electrode lines are provided at the edges of the pixel electrode on both sides of the corresponding data line, and thus a first storage capacitor is formed by overlapping the pixel electrode with the common electrode line on one side of the corresponding data line, and a second storage capacitor is formed by overlapping the pixel electrode with the common electrode line on the other side of the corresponding data line.

4. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein a third storage capacitor is further formed in each pixel unit by overlapping the pixel electrode with the gate line on the upper side of the pixel electrode of the pixel unit.

5. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein a fourth storage capacitor is further formed in each pixel unit by overlapping the pixel electrode with the gate line on the lower side of the pixel electrode of the pixel unit.

6. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a storage capacitor is formed by overlapping one of the common electrode lines with the pixel electrode in each pixel unit.

7. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising a color filter substrate, an array substrate and a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate,

wherein the color filter substrate comprises a first substrate, a color filer film provided on the first substrate and a transparent electrode provided on the color filter film; and

wherein the array substrate comprises data lines, gate lines, common electrode lines, thin film transistors and pixel electrodes formed on a second substrate, pixel units are defined by intersecting the data lines and the gate lines, the thin film transistors (TFTs) are formed at the intersections of the data lines and the gate lines, the data lines extend across the respective pixel units in the middle of the pixel units,

the common electrode lines are parallel to the data lines and provided between and separating adjacent pixel units in an extension direction of the gate lines,

each pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode and at leas two TFTs, and the data line corresponding to the pixel unit overlaps with the middle portion of the pixel electrode of the pixel unit, gate electrodes of the at least two TFTs are connected with the gate line corresponding to the pixel unit, drain electrodes of the at least two TFTs are connected with the pixel electrode of the pixel unit, and source electrodes of the at least TFTs are connected with the data line corresponding to the pixel unit, and the at least two TFTs are respectively formed on both sides of the data line in the pixel unit.

8. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a black matrix is provided on the portion of the color filter film corresponding to the gate lines of the array substrate.

9. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a storage capacitor is formed by overlapping one of the common electrode lines with the pixel electrode in each pixel unit.

10. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the common electrode lines are formed of a metal material for blocking light.

11. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the common electrode lines are formed of a metal material for blocking light.

12. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the gate lines are formed of a metal material for blocking light, and there is no black matrix formed on the color filter substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 036644/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2009
From: HONG, MEIHUA; XIA, ZIQI; ZHANG, ZHINAN
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023055/0613 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2008 1 0117877 · Aug 6, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100033644A1 · Feb 11, 2010