Liquid crystal display device and electronic device
View Patent ↗To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate;
a first insulating film formed over the first electrode, wherein the first insulating film has an opening;
a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film and in the opening of the first insulating film;
a second electrode formed over the second insulating film, wherein the second electrode has a plurality of openings over the opening of the first insulating film; and
a liquid crystal over the second electrode,
wherein the liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are light-transmitting conductive films.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a light-transmitting conductive film, and
wherein the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective conductive film.
4. An electronic device provided with the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 .
5. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:
forming a first electrode over a first substrate, wherein the first electrode is not patterned;
forming a first insulating film over the first electrode without patterning the first electrode, wherein the first insulating film has an opening;
forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film and in the opening of the first insulating film;
forming a second electrode over the second insulating film, wherein the second electrode has a plurality of openings over the opening of the first insulating film; and
attaching a second substrate to the first substrate with a liquid crystal therebetween.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are light-transmitting conductive films.
7. The method according to claim 5 ,
wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a light-transmitting conductive film, and
wherein the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective conductive film.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the liquid crystal display device is provided for an electronic device.
9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate;
a first insulating film formed over the first electrode, wherein the first insulating film has an opening;
a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film and in the opening of the first insulating film;
a second electrode formed over the second insulating film, wherein the second electrode has a plurality of openings over the opening of the first insulating film; and
a liquid crystal over the second electrode,
wherein the liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode, and
wherein a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode in a first region where the second electrode overlaps with the opening of the first insulating film is smaller than that in a second region where the second electrode overlaps with the first insulating film.
10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are light-transmitting conductive films.
11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 ,
wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a light-transmitting conductive film, and
wherein the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective conductive film.
12. An electronic device provided with the liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 .