Liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a light shielding layer overlapping outermost conductive patterns of an electrode
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode overlapping the first electrode and including a plurality of conductive patterns elongated in a first direction, and a light shielding layer overlapping an outermost conductive pattern of the second electrode.
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:
a first substrate;
a first electrode on the first substrate;
a second electrode overlapping the first electrode, and comprising a plurality of conductive patterns elongated in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction which crosses the first direction; and
a light shielding layer, in the second direction, overlapping outermost conductive patterns of the second electrode at opposing sides of the second electrode in the second direction,
wherein along a total first direction length of the outermost conductive patterns overlapped by the light shielding layer at the opposing sides of the second electrode, a total overlapped second direction width of the outermost conductive patterns overlapped by the light shielding layer at the opposing sides of the second electrode is the same as a second direction width of a single one conductive pattern among the plurality of conductive patterns.
2. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an insulation layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the first electrode comprises a common electrode, and the second electrode comprises a pixel electrode.
3. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the pixel electrode and the insulation layer satisfy the following Equation:
−0.16× T+ 0.38≦ L/P≦− 0.16× T+ 0.48,
wherein T is a cross-sectional thickness of the insulation layer, L is the second direction width of the single one conductive pattern, and P is a pitch of the conductive patterns defined as a distance between centers of two adjacent conductive patterns.
4. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a data line on the first substrate,
wherein the light shielding layer comprises the data line.
5. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a gate line on the first substrate,
wherein the light shielding layer and the gate line comprise a same material.
6. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the light shielding layer and the gate line are in a same layer.
7. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second substrate facing the first substrate, and comprising a color filter,
wherein the light shielding layer is on the second substrate.
8. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the light shielding layer comprises a black matrix.
9. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an edge of the light shielding layer overlapping an outermost conductive pattern among the outermost conductive patterns corresponds to a center line elongated in the first direction and passing through a center of the outermost conductive pattern in a plan view.
10. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:
a first substrate;
a first electrode on the first substrate;
a second electrode overlapping the first electrode, and comprising a plurality of bent conductive patterns elongated in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction which crosses the first direction; and
a light shielding layer, in the second direction, overlapping outermost conductive patterns of the second electrode at opposing sides of the second electrode in the second direction,
wherein along a total first direction length of the outermost conductive patterns overlapped by the light shielding layer at the opposing sides of the second electrode, a total overlapped second direction width of the outermost conductive patterns overlapped by the light shielding layer at the opposing sides of the second electrode is the same as a second direction width of a single one conductive pattern among the plurality of conductive patterns.
11. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising an insulation layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the first electrode comprises a common electrode, and the second electrode comprises a pixel electrode.
12. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the pixel electrode and the insulation layer satisfy the following Equation:
−0.16× T+ 0.38≦ L/P≦− 0.16× T+ 0.48,
wherein T is a cross-sectional thickness of the insulation layer, L is the second direction width of the single one conductive pattern, and P is a pitch of the conductive patterns defined as a distance between centers of two adjacent conductive patterns.
13. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising a data line on the first substrate,
wherein the light shielding layer comprises the data line.
14. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising a gate line on the first substrate,
wherein the light shielding layer and the gate line comprise a same material.
15. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the light shielding layer and the gate line are in a same layer.
16. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a second substrate facing the first substrate, and comprising a color filter,
wherein the light shielding layer is on the second substrate.
17. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the light shielding layer comprises a black matrix.
18. The liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein an edge of the light shielding layer overlapping an outermost conductive pattern among the outermost conductive patterns corresponds to a center line elongated in the first direction and passing through a center of the outermost conductive pattern in a plan view.