IP Library Granted Patent US 9,030,632
Granted Patent B2
US 9,030,632 · App. 14/531,487 · Granted May 12, 2015

Liquid crystal display device

Inventor: Ryutaro Oke (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/13306G02F1/133512G02F1/136286
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Patent No.
US 9,030,632
App. No.
14/531,487
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a liquid crystal display device in which a source line is divided in a screen and the screen is driven in a horizontally divided state. A divided position ( 40 ) between a source line ( 30 u ) in an upper display region and a source line ( 30 d ) in a lower display region is arranged at an intersecting part between a source line ( 30 ) and a gate line ( 32 ). A part of the source line ( 30 ), which overlaps with a gate line ( 32 a ) on which the divided position 40 is present, has a planar shape additionally including an expanded part ( 46 ) (protruding portion) having the same area as a removed part of the source line ( 30 ) at the divided position ( 40 ), as compared to a part of the source line ( 30 ), which overlaps with a gate line ( 32 b ) on which the divided position ( 40 ) is absent.

Claims (9)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a pair of substrates arranged opposed to each other while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween;

scanning wiring lines extended on one of the pair of substrates along rows of pixels arranged in matrix, respectively, for applying a selection voltage which enables writing of a pixel signal to the pixel rows;

video wiring lines extended on the one of the pair of substrates along columns of the pixels, respectively, for supplying the pixel signal to corresponding one of the pixel rows, to which the selection signal is applied,

the liquid crystal display device employing a division driving method of performing vertical scanning for each of a plurality of display regions obtained by horizontally dividing a screen; and

a light blocking film for covering a pixel separation region provided between the pixels adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction, wherein:

each of the video wiring lines extends in a vertical direction through the pixel separation region, and is divided for each of the plurality of display regions by providing a divided position in the pixel separation region; and

in corresponding one of the pixels adjacent to the divided position, the light blocking film has a planar shape including a convex portion projecting in the horizontal direction in vicinity of the divided position, and in the pixels not adjacent to the divided position as well, the light blocking film has the planar shape so that the respective pixels have a uniform pixel aperture ratio.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the convex portion of the light blocking film covers a region in which alignment control of the liquid crystal is impossible, the region being generated in the vicinity of the divided position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-031221 · Feb 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13766444 · Feb 13, 2013
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