IP Library Granted Patent US 8,368,863
Granted Patent B2
US 8,368,863 · App. 12/907,037 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Liquid crystal display panel

Inventors: Wei-Chieh Yang (Taipei, TW); Wen-Yi Hsu (Taoyuan County, TW); Wei-Yi Chien (Keelung, TW); Mei-Lien Huang (Hsinchu County, TW); Wei-Chen Tsai (Taipei County, TW); Yu-Chen Liu (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Hsiao Tseng (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,368,863
App. No.
12/907,037
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a photo-curable sealant, and a first light-shielding pattern is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The photo-curable sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the photo-curable sealant surrounds and is in contact with the liquid crystal layer. The first light-shielding pattern is disposed on the first substrate, wherein a portion of the sidewall of the first light-shielding pattern is substantially aligned with a portion of the sidewall of the first substrate, and the first light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with an outer edge of the photo-curable sealant or is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant.

Claims (34)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a photo-curable sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the photo-curable sealant surrounds and is in contact with the liquid crystal layer;

a first light-shielding pattern disposed on the first substrate, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the first light-shielding pattern is substantially aligned with a portion of a sidewall of the first substrate, and the first light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with an outer edge of the photo-curable sealant or is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant; and

a second light-shielding pattern disposed on the second substrate, wherein the second light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with the outer edge of the photo-curable sealant or is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the photo-curable sealant is substantially aligned with a portion of a sidewall of the second substrate when the second light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with the outer edge of the photo-curable sealant.

2. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is an active device array substrate, and the second substrate is an opposite substrate.

3. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is an opposite substrate, and the second substrate is an active device array substrate.

4. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of a sidewall of the photo-curable sealant is substantially aligned with a portion of the sidewall of the first substrate when the first light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with the outer edge of the photo-curable sealant.

5. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of a sidewall of the photo-curable sealant is kept at a distance away from a portion of the sidewall of the first substrate when the first light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with the outer edge of the photo-curable sealant.

6. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of a sidewall of the photo-curable sealant is kept at a distance away from a portion of the sidewall of the first substrate when the first light-shielding pattern is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant.

7. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the first light-shielding pattern comprises metal or light-shielding resin.

8. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-shielding pattern comprises two separate strip-shaped light-shielding patterns, and the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are distributed along two longer sides of the first substrate.

9. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-shielding pattern comprises three strip-shaped light-shielding patterns, and the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are distributed along two longer sides and one shorter side of the first substrate.

10. The LCD panel according to claim 9 , wherein the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are separated from each other.

11. The LCD panel according to claim 9 , wherein the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are connected with each other.

12. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-shielding pattern comprises a plurality of L-shaped light-shielding patterns, and the L-shaped light-shielding patterns are distributed corresponding to a part of corners of the first substrate.

13. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first light-shielding pattern is smaller than a width of the photo-curable sealant.

14. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of a sidewall of the photo-curable sealant is kept at a distance away from a portion of a sidewall of the second substrate when the second light-shielding pattern is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant.

15. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the second light-shielding pattern comprises metal or light-shielding resin.

16. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second light-shielding pattern comprises two separate strip-shaped light-shielding patterns, and the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are distributed along two longer sides of the second substrate.

17. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second light-shielding pattern comprises three strip-shaped light-shielding patterns, and the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are distributed along two longer sides and one shorter side of the second substrate.

18. The LCD panel according to claim 17 , wherein the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are separated from each other.

19. The LCD panel according to claim 17 , wherein the strip-shaped light-shielding patterns are connected with each other.

20. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second light-shielding pattern comprises a plurality of L-shaped light-shielding patterns, and the L-shaped light-shielding patterns are distributed corresponding to a part of corners of the second substrate.

21. The LCD panel according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the second light-shielding pattern is smaller than a width of the photo-curable sealant.

22. A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a photo-curable sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the photo-curable sealant surrounds and is in contact with the liquid crystal layer;

a first light-shielding pattern disposed on the first substrate, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the first light-shielding pattern is substantially aligned with a portion of a sidewall of the first substrate, and the first light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with an outer edge of the photo-curable sealant or is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant; and

a second light-shielding pattern disposed on the second substrate, wherein the second light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with the outer edge of the photo-curable sealant or is not overlapped with the photo-curable sealant, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the photo-curable sealant is kept at a distance away from a portion of a sidewall of the second substrate when the second light-shielding pattern is only overlapped with the outer edge of the photo-curable sealant.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2024
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068323/0055 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067797/0978 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2010
From: YANG, WEI-CHIEH; HSU, WEN-YI; CHIEN, WEI-YI; HUANG, MEI-LIEN; TSAI, WEI-CHEN; LIU, YU-CHEN; TSENG, CHIH-HSIAO
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025171/0021 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99125132 A · Jul 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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