IP Library Granted Patent US 8,395,749
Granted Patent B2
US 8,395,749 · App. 13/005,199 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,395,749
App. No.
13/005,199
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes: a component substrate including a transistor device; an opposing substrate disposed so as to face the component substrate through a liquid crystal layer; a back light disposed on a side of the component substrate located opposite to the opposing substrate; first and second measurement portions formed on a surface of the component substrate and the opposing substrate, respectively, located on the liquid crystal layer side and used for measuring a difference between bonding positions of the component substrate and the opposing substrate; a measurement opening portion disposed on the second measurement portion side; and a light shielding layer disposed between the component substrate and the second measurement portion and preventing transmission of light from the back light through the measurement opening portion.

Claims (36)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a component substrate that includes a transistor device;

an opposing substrate that is disposed so as to face the component substrate through a liquid crystal layer;

a back light that is disposed on a side of the component substrate that is located opposite to the opposing substrate;

a first measurement portion that is formed on a surface of the component substrate located on the liquid crystal layer side and is used for measuring a difference between bonding positions of the component substrate and the opposing substrate;

a second measurement portion that is formed on a surface of the opposing substrate located on the liquid crystal layer side and is used for measuring a difference between the bonding positions of the component substrate and the opposing substrate;

a measurement opening portion that is disposed on the second measurement portion side; and

a light shielding layer that is disposed between the component substrate and the second measurement portion and prevents transmission of light emitted from the back light through the measurement opening portion.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light shielding layer is disposed so as to cover at least an area corresponding to the measurement opening portion in the plan view.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first measurement portion and the second measurement portion include a first calibration layer and a second calibration layer, respectively, that have a calibration scale shape used for reading a numeric value, and

wherein the light shielding layer is disposed so as to have a shape reflecting a shape of the first calibration layer configuring the first measurement portion on a surface of the first measurement portion that is located on a side opposite to the back light.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

an insulating film that is formed between the first measurement portion and the light shielding layer,

wherein the insulating film is formed in a shape reflecting the shape of the first calibration layer that configures the first measurement portion, and

wherein the light shielding layer is formed in a shape reflecting a shape of a calibration scale of the insulating film in which the shape of the first calibration layer configuring the first measurement portion is reflected.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first calibration layer and the second calibration layer are formed in a comb-teeth shape in the plan view,

wherein the light shielding layer that is formed on the surface of the first calibration layer that is located on a side opposite to the back light is formed in a comb-teeth shape in which the shape of the calibration scale of the first calibration layer is reflected in the plan view,

wherein a width of a comb-teeth portion of the light shielding layer is formed to be approximately equal to a width between a comb-teeth portion and a comb-teeth portion of the second calibration layer, and

wherein a width of a comb-teeth portion of the first calibration layer is smaller than the width of the comb-teeth portion of the light shielding layer.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to any one of claim 3 ,

wherein the transistor device includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode,

wherein the first calibration layer is formed from a same metal layer as that of the gate electrode of the transistor device, and

wherein the light shielding layer is formed from a same metal layer as that of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor device.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light shielding layer is disposed between the component substrate and the first measurement portion so as to prevent transmission of light emitted from the back light through the measurement opening portion.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first measurement portion and the second measurement portion include a first calibration layer and a second calibration layer, respectively, that have a calibration scale shape used for reading a numeric value,

wherein the transistor device includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode,

wherein the first calibration layer is formed from a same metal layer as that of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor device, and

wherein the light shielding layer is formed from a same metal layer as that of the gate electrode of the transistor device.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a black matrix that is disposed on a surface of the opposing substrate that is located on a back light side,

wherein the second measurement portion is formed from a same layer as that of the black matrix.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
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 →