IP Library Granted Patent US 8,345,178
Granted Patent B2
US 8,345,178 · App. 12/731,043 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Liquid crystal display and repairing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,345,178
App. No.
12/731,043
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a voltage-changing capacitor, wherein a first source electrode on the first switching element and a second source electrode on the second switching element from the first pixel are connected to a data line, the first source electrode and the second source electrode of the second pixel are disconnected from the plurality of data lines, and the two terminals of the voltage-changing capacitor of the second pixel are shorted to each other.

Claims (44)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising

a plurality of data lines and

a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix,

wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, and

each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes:

a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode;

a first switching element including a first drain electrode connected to the first subpixel electrode and a first source electrode opposing the first drain electrode;

a second switching element including a second drain electrode connected to the second subpixel electrode and a second source electrode opposing the second drain electrode;

a third switching element including a third source electrode connected to the second drain electrode and a third drain electrode opposing the third source electrode; and

a voltage-changing capacitor including the third drain electrode and a common voltage line transmitting a common voltage as its two terminals,

wherein the first source electrode and the second source electrode of the first pixel are connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines,

the first source electrode and the second source electrode of the second pixel are disconnected from any of the plurality of data lines, and

the two terminals of the voltage-changing capacitor of the second pixel are shorted to each other.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , further comprising

a plurality of first gate lines, wherein one first gate line is connected to the first switching element and the second switching element of the first pixel and one first gate line is connected to the first switching element and the second switching element of the second pixel and

a plurality of second gate lines, wherein one second gate line is connected to the third switching element of the first pixel and one second gate line is connected to the third switching element of the second pixel.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein

the first subpixel electrode of the second pixel is electrically connected to the first source electrode of the second pixel independently of a gate signal of the first gate line.

4. The liquid crystal display of claim 3 , wherein

the second subpixel electrode of the second pixel is electrically connected to the second source electrode of the second pixel independently of a gate signal of the first gate line.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 4 , wherein

the second gate line is applied with a gate-off voltage Voff when the first gate line is applied with a gate-on voltage Von, and the first gate line is applied with the gate-off voltage Voff when the second gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

6. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein

the second subpixel electrode of the second pixel is electrically connected to the second source electrode of the second pixel independently of a gate signal of the first gate line.

7. The liquid crystal display of claim 6 , wherein

the second gate line is applied with a gate-off voltage Voff when the first gate line is applied with a gate-on voltage Von, and the first gate line is applied with the gate-off voltage Voff when the second gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

8. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein

the second gate line is applied with a gate-off voltage Voff when the first gate line is applied with a gate-on voltage Von, and the first gate line is applied with the gate-off voltage Voff when the second gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

9. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 , wherein

in the first pixel, the voltages of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode are changed when the second gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

10. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 , wherein

in the second pixel, the common voltage is transmitted to the second subpixel electrode when the second gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

11. The liquid crystal display of claim 10 , wherein

in the second pixel, the first subpixel electrode is electrically connected to the second subpixel electrode when the first gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

12. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein

in the second pixel, the second subpixel electrode is applied with the common voltage when the second gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

13. The liquid crystal display of claim 12 , wherein

in the second pixel, the first subpixel electrode is also applied with the common voltage when the second gate line is also applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

14. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein

the common voltage is transmitted to the second subpixel electrode in the second pixel.

15. The liquid crystal display of claim 14 , wherein

in the second pixel, the first subpixel electrode is electrically connected to the second subpixel electrode when the first gate line is applied with the gate-on voltage Von.

16. The liquid crystal display of claim 14 , wherein

the common voltage is also transmitted to the first subpixel electrode in the second pixel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, CO., LTD
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 028989/0948 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2010
From: PARK, KYUNG-HO; KIM, YOON-JANG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024133/0168 →