IP Library Granted Patent US 8,325,307
Granted Patent B2
US 8,325,307 · App. 12/571,650 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Crystal display and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,325,307
App. No.
12/571,650
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; a first electrode having a linear portion formed in the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a second electrode having a linear portion formed adjacent to the first electrode; an insulating film disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the first electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the second electrode. In the liquid crystal display, a voltage different from those of the second electrode and the third electrode is applied to the first electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode are partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion.

Claims (15)

1. A liquid crystal display in which a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate to constitute a plurality of sub-pixel regions, comprising:

a first electrode having a linear portion foil ied in the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the first electrode is partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion to form a concavo-convex shape;

a second electrode having a linear portion formed adjacent to the first electrode, the second electrode is partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion to form a concavo-convex shape;

an insulating film disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode facing the liquid crystal layer to cover the first electrode and the second electrode;

a third electrode disposed on the insulting film facing the liquid crystal layer to correspond to the linear portion of the first electrode, the third electrode having a linear portion which as a portion overlapping with the linear portion of the first electrode and extends in a direction along the linear portion of the first electrode; and

a fourth electrode disposed on the insulting film facing the liquid crystal layer and in a position adjacent to the third electrode to correspond to the linear portion of the second electrode, the fourth electrode having a linear portion which has a portion overlapping with the linear portion of the second electrode and extends in a direction along the linear portion of the second electrode;

wherein a voltage different from those of the second electrode and the third electrode is applied to the first electrode,

wherein the width of the linear portion of the first electrode is wider that that the width of the linear portion of the third electrode by an amount W that satisfies 0 μm<W<1 μm, and the width of the linear portion of the second electrode is also wider than the width of the linear portion of the fourth electrode by W, and

wherein the notches of the first electrode and the notches of the second electrode have a width that is greater than W.

2. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein a convex portion of the concavo-convex shape formed in the linear portion of the first electrode is disposed so as to protrude in the width direction from the linear portion of the third electrode in a planar view, and a convex portion of the concavo-convex shape formed in the linear portion of the second electrode is disposed so as to protrude in the width direction from the linear portion of the fourth electrode in a planar view.

3. The liquid crystal display according to claim 2 , wherein from a planar view, the width of the convex portion which is a protrusion of the linear portion of the first electrode from the linear portion of the third electrode is different from the width of the convex portion which is a protrusion of the linear portion of the second electrode from the linear portion of the fourth electrode within at least one of the sub-pixel regions.

4. The liquid crystal display according to claim 2 , wherein from a planar view, a plurality of the linear portions of the first electrode is formed in one of the sub-pixel regions, and the width of the convex portion protruding from the linear portion of the third electrode is different within at least one of the sub-pixel regions.

5. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

A display unit; and

The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 mounted on the display unit.

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 Apr 9, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030182/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2011
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025872/0184 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2009
From: NISHIMURA, JOJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023313/0580 →