Liquid crystal display device
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, the first substrate having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of pixel regions defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. The pixel regions include a first electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer, the first electrode being overlapped with the drain signal line and formed on a plurality of the pixel regions, a second electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer, the second electrode being overlapped with the first electrode, a first insulating layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second insulating layer formed between the drain signal line and the first electrode.
1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;
the first substrate having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines; and
a plurality of pixel regions defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines;
wherein the pixel regions include:
a first electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer;
a second electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer, the second electrode being overlapped with the first electrode;
a third electrode formed of a transparent conducting layer, the third electrode being overlapped with the drain signal line which extends to a plurality of the pixel regions;
the third electrode being formed in a layer different from a layer of the second electrode, and the third electrode being formed at a position which is closer to the second substrate than a position of the second electrode with respect to the second substrate;
a first insulating layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a second insulating layer and the first insulating layer being formed between the drain signal line and the third electrode; and
the first insulating layer consists of inorganic materials, and the second insulating layer consists of organic materials.
2. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein each pixel region has a thin-film transistor connected to the drain signal line and the gate signal line; and
the thin-film transistor is connected to the first electrode electrically.
3. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is overlapped with the gate signal line.
4. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating layer is overlapped with the gate signal line.
5. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating layer has a dielectric constant of from 3 to 4.
6. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the third electrode has substantially a common electric potential.