IP Library Granted Patent US 8,253,670
Granted Patent B2
US 8,253,670 · App. 13/064,479 · Granted Aug 28, 2012

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 8,253,670
App. No.
13/064,479
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention prevents deterioration of image quality by lowering a heat value of a data driver connected to a liquid crystal display panel. In a liquid crystal display device, a pixel which connects a TFT thereof to one of two neighboring scanning signal lines and a pixel which has a TFT thereof connected to the other scanning signal line are alternately arranged in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines, two pixels which are arranged close to each other with one video signal line sandwiched therebetween have respective TFTs connected to the video signal line, and the connection relationship between the TFT of each pixel and the scanning signal line is inverted for every pair of two pixels arranged in the extending direction of the video signal lines.

Claims (24)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a display panel which includes a plurality of video signal lines, a plurality of scanning signal lines, and pixels, each pixel including a switching element and a pixel electrode and forming a pixel capacitance by the pixel electrode, a liquid crystal material, and a common electrode, the display panel having a display region which is constituted by arranging a plurality of pixels in an extending direction of the video signal lines and an extending direction of the scanning signal lines respectively, the display panel being formed of a pair of substrates, both the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes of the pixels being formed on one substrate and operated based on In-Plane Switching method;

a first drive circuit which inputs a video signal to the plurality of video signal lines;

a second drive circuit which inputs a scanning signal sequentially to the plurality of scanning signal lines; and

a common voltage control circuit which controls a potential of a common voltage inputted to the common electrodes, and

wherein the common electrodes are formed in a strip shape without slits between two scanning signal lines which are arranged close to each other with one pixel row sandwiched therebetween,

the plurality of video signal lines is arranged such that one video signal line is allocated to two neighboring pixel electrodes with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a row in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines,

the plurality of scanning signal lines is arranged such that two scanning signal lines are arranged between two neighboring pixel electrodes arranged in the extending direction of the video signal lines and, at the same time, two scanning signal lines are arranged to sandwich the plurality of pixel electrodes with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a row in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines,

the plurality of pixels which is arranged in a row in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines is configured such that the pixel which connects the switching element thereof to the first scanning signal line out of two scanning signal lines which are arranged to sandwich the pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixels, and the pixel which connects the switching element thereof to the second scanning signal line out of two scanning signal lines are alternately arranged,

two neighboring pixels which sandwich one video signal line therebetween are configured such that the switching element of each pixel is connected to one video signal line and, at the same time, a position of the pixel which connects the switching element thereof to the first scanning signal line out of two scanning signal lines and a position of the pixel which connects the switching element thereof to the second scanning signal line out of two scanning signal lines are inverted for every pair of two pixels arranged in the extending direction of the video signal lines,

the common voltage control circuit alternately changes over the potential of the common voltage between a first potential and a second potential higher than the first potential each time the scanning signal line to which the scanning signal is inputted from the second drive circuit is changed, and inputs the common voltage into the common electrodes, and

the first drive circuit is configured such that when the common voltage of the first potential is inputted to the common electrode, a video signal of a potential equal to or higher than the first potential is inputted to the first drive circuit, and when the common voltage of the second potential is inputted to the common electrode, a video signal of a potential equal to or lower than the second potential is inputted to the first drive circuit.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the switching element is a TFT (Thin Film Transistor), a gate electrode of the TFT is connected to the scanning signal line, either one of a drain electrode and a source electrode of the TFT is connected to the video signal line, the electrode which is not connected to the video signal line out of the drain electrode and the source electrode of the TFT is connected to the pixel electrode.

3. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a display panel which includes a pair of substrates, and a plurality of video signal lines, a plurality of scanning signal lines, and switching elements which are formed on respective pixel regions at an intersecting position of the video signal lines and the scanning signal lines on one of substrates, a pixel electrode and a common electrode being respectively formed on each pixel region, the pixel electrodes of the pixel regions and the common electrodes of the pixel regions being formed on one substrate of the pair of substrates, the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes being operated based on In-Plane Switching method;

a first drive circuit which inputs a video signal to the plurality of video signal lines;

a second drive circuit which inputs a scanning signal sequentially to a plurality of scanning signal lines; and

a common voltage control circuit which controls a potential of a common voltage inputted to the common electrodes, and

wherein the common electrodes are formed in a strip shape without slits between two scanning signal lines which are arranged close to each other with one pixel row sandwiched therebetween,

the plurality of video signal lines is arranged such that one video signal line is allocated to two neighboring pixel electrodes with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a row in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines,

the plurality of scanning signal lines is arranged such that two scanning signal lines are arranged between two neighboring pixel electrodes arranged in the extending direction of the video signal lines,

the common voltage control circuit alternately changes over the potential of the common voltage between a first potential and a second potential higher than the first potential each time the scanning signal line to which the scanning signal is inputted from the second drive circuit is changed, and inputs the common voltage into the common electrodes, and

the first drive circuit is configured such that when the common voltage of the first potential is inputted to the common electrode, a video signal of a potential equal to or higher than the first potential is inputted to the first drive circuit, and when the common voltage of the second potential is inputted to the common electrode, a video signal of a potential equal to or lower than the second potential is inputted to the first drive circuit.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the switching element is a TFT (Thin Film Transistor), a gate electrode of the TFT is connected to the scanning signal line, either one of a drain electrode and a source electrode of the TFT is connected to the video signal line, the electrode which is not connected to the video signal line out of the drain electrode and the source electrode of the TFT is connected to the pixel electrode.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027482/0140 →
ATTACHED ARE (1) THE COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENTS IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION THEREOF AND (2) THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENT IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, WHICH TOGETHER CONVEY 50% OWNERSHIP OF THE REGISTERED PATENTS AS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE RECEIVING PARTIES (SEE PAGE 10, EXHIBIT 2-1, SECTION 1 OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPANY SPLIT PLAN.) Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: HITACHI, DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027615/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2011
From: MORI, IKUKO; ONO, KIKUO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026123/0209 →