IP Library Granted Patent US 8,711,303
Granted Patent B2
US 8,711,303 · App. 13/178,950 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Liquid crystal display panel

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Patent No.
US 8,711,303
App. No.
13/178,950
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display panel that includes a number of pixel electrodes formed on a substrate and are located in a pixel region defined by gate lines and data lines that cross the gate lines. Each of the pixel electrodes located in the pixel region includes a number of sides, and at least one of the sides includes oblique lines and a protrusion formed by the oblique lines, and the pixel electrodes located in the pixel region and adjacent to each other in a first direction form a separation space that includes at least one protrusion, and a width of the separation space gradually reduces and gradually increases in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a singular point that controls the texture of liquid crystals is located at the narrowest width of the separation space.

Claims (42)

1. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

a plurality of pixel electrodes that are formed on a substrate, said plurality of pixels are located in a pixel region defined by gate lines and data lines that cross the gate lines,

wherein each of the pixel electrodes located in the pixel region comprises a plurality of sides, and at least one of the sides comprises oblique lines and a protrusion formed by the oblique lines, and

the pixel electrodes located in the pixel region and adjacent to each other in a first direction form a separation space that comprises at least one protrusion, and a width of the separation space gradually reduces and then gradually increases in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a singular point that controls the texture of liquid crystals is located at a narrow width of the separation space.

2. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the singular point is fixed on the location where the width of the separation space is the smallest.

3. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein an upper space and a lower space of the separation space separated with respect to the location where the width of the separation space, is the smallest have substantially the same space area.

4. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the protrusions correspond to the location where the width of the separation space is the smallest.

5. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are located on a point where an upper height x of the pixel electrode with respect to a lower height y of the pixel electrode is 0.9<x/y<1.1 with respect to the protrusion.

6. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 5 , wherein the protrusions are located on a point where the upper height x and the lower height y of the pixel electrode are equal with respect to the protrusion.

7. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein an oblique angle formed between the second direction and the oblique lines, is greater than 0° and is less than 5°.

8. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel electrodes is symmetrical about an axis that is parallel to the first direction in the center of the pixel electrode, and

the separation space is symmetrical about an axis that is parallel to the first direction at the location where the separation space is the narrowest.

9. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 8 , wherein the pixel electrode is symmetrical about an axis that is parallel to the second direction at the center of the pixel electrode, and the separation space is symmetrical about an axis that is parallel to the second direction at a location where the separation space is the narrowest.

10. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode is point-symmetric with respect to the center of the pixel electrode, and the separation space is point-symmetric with respect to the location where the separation space is the narrowest.

11. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode comprises first and second sides disposed on edges along the second direction,

wherein the first side comprises:

first and second oblique lines that form an oblique angle with respect to the second direction; and

a first protrusion formed on a position where the first and second oblique lines meet each other.

12. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11 , wherein the oblique angle of the first oblique line is equal to that of the second oblique line.

13. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11 , wherein the first oblique line is formed on an upper side of the pixel electrode with respect to the first protrusion, and

the second oblique line is formed on a lower side of the pixel electrode with respect to the first protrusion.

14. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 13 , wherein the height x 1 of the first oblique line with respect to the upper height x of the pixel electrode is 0.2<x 1 /x≦1.

15. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 13 , wherein the height y 1 of the second oblique line with respect to the lower height y of the pixel electrode is 0.2<y 1 /y≦1.

16. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11 , wherein the second side extends parallel to the second direction.

17. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11 , wherein the second side comprises:

third and fourth oblique lines that form an oblique angle with respect to the second direction; and

a second protrusion on a location where the third and fourth oblique lines meet each other.

18. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 17 , wherein the oblique angle of the third oblique line is equal to that of the fourth oblique line.

19. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 17 , wherein the first and fourth oblique lines are formed facing each other with respect to the center of the pixel electrode,

the second and third oblique lines are formed facing each other with respect to the center of the pixel electrode,

the oblique angle of the first oblique line is equal to that of the fourth oblique line, and

the oblique angle of the second oblique line is equal to that of the third oblique line.

20. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 19 , wherein the height of the third oblique line is equal to that of the first oblique line.

21. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 19 , wherein the height of the fourth oblique line is equal to that of the second oblique line.

22. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 17 , wherein the first and second protrusions are located on the same line.

23. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode comprises a first side and a second side facing each other on edges of the pixel electrode in the second direction,

wherein the first side comprises a first protrusion and a first oblique line formed on an upper side of the first protrusion with respect to the first protrusion, and

the second side comprises a second protrusion and a second oblique line formed on a lower side of the second protrusion with respect to the second protrusion.

24. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 23 , wherein the oblique angle of the first oblique line is equal to that of the second oblique line.

25. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 23 , wherein the first and second protrusions are located on the same line.

26. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 25 , wherein the height x 1 of the first oblique line with respect to the height x of the pixel electrode formed on an upper side of the first protrusion with respect to the first protrusion is 0.2<x 1 /x≦1.

27. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 25 , wherein the height y 1 of the second oblique line with respect to the height y of the pixel electrode formed on a lower side of the second protrusion with respect to the second protrusion is 0.2<y 1 /y≦1.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029241/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2011
From: LI, YI; LEE, SEONG-JUN; JANG, YONG-KYU; LEE, JAE-YOUNG; SEO, JU-YEON
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 026677/0147 →