IP Library Granted Patent US 9,448,448
Granted Patent B2
US 9,448,448 · App. 14/508,277 · Granted Sep 20, 2016

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 9,448,448
App. No.
14/508,277
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate, and a liquid crystal interposed between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, and drives the liquid crystal in a horizontal electric field. The TFT substrate includes a recess, and the CF substrate includes a columnar protrusion. The protrusion of the CF substrate is fitted to the recess of the TFT substrate so as to function as a stopper for preventing a positional gap between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate.

Claims (41)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate which includes a gate wiring to be formed as a scanning signal line; a second substrate which includes a black matrix; and a liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; the liquid crystal being driven by an electric field which is substantially parallel with the first substrate;

wherein the first substrate has a recess and a wall-like protrusion,

the recess is formed in a region where the wall-like protrusion intersect with the gate wiring in planar view,

the second substrate has a columnar protrusion, and

the columnar protrusion of the second substrate is fitted to the recess of the first substrate, and is a stopper for preventing a positional gap between the first substrate and the second substrate.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the columnar protrusion is a columnar spacer provided in a region where it is overlapped with the black matrix in planar view for holding a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the columnar spacer is higher than the wall-like protrusion by 0.1 to 1.0 μm.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second substrate includes at least a blue filter, a red filter and a green filter so that at least a blue sub pixel, a red sub pixel and a green sub pixel are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively, and

the columnar spacer is provided at a boundary between the blue sub pixel and the red sub pixel.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein a tilt angle of a side wall of the columnar spacer with respect to the second substrate is larger than a tilt angle of a side wall of the wall-like protrusion with respect to the first substrate.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein a photo alignment film is used as an alignment film formed on an upper part of the wall-like protrusion on the first substrate.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recess is holding a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

the columnar protrusion is formed in a region where it is overlapped with the black matrix in planar view.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second substrate includes at least a blue filter, a red filter and a green filter so that at least a blue sub pixel, a red sub pixel and a green sub pixel are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively, and

the columnar protrusion is provided at a boundary between the blue sub pixel and the red sub pixel.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein a tilt angle of a side wall of the columnar spacer with respect to the second substrate is larger than a tilt angle of a side wall of the wall-like protrusion with respect to the first substrate.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first substrate includes a contact hole for electrical contact with a conductive region formed in a lower layer;

the recess is formed at a position where it is overlapped with the contact hole formed in the first substrate in planar view, and

the columnar protrusion is a columnar spacer which is provided in a region where it is overlapped with the black matrix in planar view, and holding a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first substrate includes a wall-like protrusion having an electrode for generating the horizontal electric field; and

the columnar spacer is higher than the wall-like protrusion by 0.1 to 1.0 μm.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the second substrate includes at least a blue filter, a red filter and a green filter so that at least a blue sub pixel, a red sub pixel and a green sub pixel are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively, and

the columnar spacer is provided in a region of the blue sub pixel.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein a tilt angle of a side wall of the columnar spacer with respect to the second substrate is larger than a tilt angle of a side wall of the contact hole with respect to the first substrate.

14. A liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate on which a black matrix is formed, and a liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, which drives the liquid crystal in a horizontal electric field,

wherein the first substrate includes a wall-like protrusion provided with a first electrode, and a second electrode which is formed between the adjacent wall-like protrusions for generating the horizontal electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode for each sub pixel;

the second substrate includes a columnar spacer provided in a region where the black matrix is formed in planar view corresponding to a recess on an extension of the wall-like protrusion of the sub pixel for holding a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and

the columnar spacer is fitted to the recess between the wall-like protrusions of the sub pixel so as to function as a stopper for preventing a positional gap between the first and the second substrate.

15. A liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate which has a TFT, a second substrate which has a black matrix, and a liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal is driven by an electric field,

wherein the first substrate includes a wall-like protrusion provided with a first electrode, a second electrode which is formed between the adjacent wall-like protrusions for generating the electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a contact hole for electrical contact with a conductive region which constitutes the TFT for each sub pixel;

the second substrate includes a columnar spacer provided in a region where the black matrix is formed in planar view corresponding to the contact hole of the sub pixel for holding a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and

the columnar spacer is fitted to the contact hole of the sub pixel, and is a stopper for preventing a positional gap between the first and the second substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2014
From: TOMIOKA, YASUSHI; HIRATSUKA, TAKATO; ITOU, OSAMU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 033902/0902 →