IP Library Granted Patent US 8,743,306
Granted Patent B2
US 8,743,306 · App. 13/178,910 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yong Joo Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Doo In Nam (Cheonan-si, KR); Jang Yeop Shim (Cheonan-si, KR); Kyung Gook Kwak (Seoul, KR); Seung Kyu Lee (Asan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,743,306
App. No.
13/178,910
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel cells on a substrate and a common voltage line. The common voltage line provides a common voltage to the pixel cells, and includes first to third interconnection patterns which are sequentially stacked over the substrate. Each of the pixel cells includes a storage capacitor which includes a lower electrode, and an upper electrode over the lower electrode. The second interconnection pattern includes the same material as a material of the upper electrode, and is formed in the same process as a process of the upper electrode.

Claims (23)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of pixel cells on a substrate; and

a common voltage line providing a common voltage to the pixel cells, the common voltage line comprising first, second and third interconnection patterns which are sequentially stacked over the substrate, wherein:

each of the pixel cells comprises a storage capacitor comprised of a lower electrode, and an upper electrode over the lower electrode, and

the second interconnection pattern comprises the same material as a material of the upper electrode, and the second interconnection pattern is formed in the same process as a process of forming the upper electrode.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the second interconnection pattern is disposed at the same level as a level of the upper electrode.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein:

each pixel cell further comprises a transistor,

the transistor comprises a semiconductor pattern on the substrate, a gate electrode overlapping with the semiconductor pattern, a gate dielectric between the semiconductor pattern and the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode which contact the semiconductor pattern of both sides of the gate electrode, and

the first interconnection pattern comprises the same material as a material of the gate electrode, and is formed in the same process as a process of forming the gate electrode.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the first interconnection pattern and the gate electrode are disposed at different levels.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the first interconnection pattern and the gate electrode are disposed at the same level.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the third interconnection pattern, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed in the same process as a process of forming the third interconnection pattern.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first interconnection pattern comprises the same material as a material of the lower electrode, and is formed in the same process as a process of forming the lower electrode.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first interconnection pattern and the lower electrode are disposed at the same level.

9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the second and third interconnection patterns are directly contacted, and

the liquid crystal display device further comprises a dielectric layer between the first and second interconnection patterns.

10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 9 , wherein the common voltage line further comprises a contact plug which connects the first and second interconnection patterns through the dielectric layer and the second interconnection pattern.

11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first and second interconnection patterns comprise the same material, and

the first and second interconnection patterns comprise a different material from a material of the third interconnection pattern.

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the common voltage line is disposed on an edge portion of the substrate and surrounds the pixel cells.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029325/0106 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2011
From: KIM, YONG JOO; NAM, DOO IN; SHIM, JANG YEOP; KWAK, KYUNG GOOK; LEE, SEUNG KYU
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026739/0855 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0114553 · Nov 17, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120120358A1 · May 17, 2012