IP Library Granted Patent US 9,638,971
Granted Patent B2
US 9,638,971 · App. 14/532,028 · Granted May 2, 2017

Liquid crystal display device having asymmetrical through hole

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Patent No.
US 9,638,971
App. No.
14/532,028
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of controlling deterioration of contrast even in the case where an opening is formed in an organic flattened film and the film has unevenness. In the liquid crystal display device that includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate and that drives the liquid crystal with a lateral electric field, the TFT substrate has the organic flattened film in which a through hole for contacting a source electrode of the TFT and a pixel electrode and a sectional shape of the through hole is asymmetrical between a side on which the pixel electrode extends and the other side.

Claims (36)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate having a TFT and an alignment film;

a second substrate having a plurality of spacers; and

liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein

the first substrate has an organic flattened film has a through hole for contacting a source electrode of the TFT and a pixel electrode,

a sectional shape of the through hole is asymmetrical to a central axis of the through hole between at a side where the pixel electrode extends and at the other side,

the pixel electrode is in a comb-like shape that has a bent shape in the vicinity of the through hole, and

a range of the asymmetry goes as far as the bent shape of a comb teeth end of the pixel electrode in plan view.

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

wherein

a direction in which the pixel electrode extends and a direction in which a drain wiring of the TFT extends are mutually parallel, and

the direction in which the pixel electrode extends and a direction in which a gate wiring of the TFT extends intersect mutually perpendicularly.

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

wherein the spacers are arranged in a direction in which gate wiring of the TFT extends and on drain wiring of the TFT through the organic flattened film.

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

wherein the alignment film is subjected to an alignment treatment by rubbing.

5. A liquid crystal display device comprising;

a first substrate having a TFT and an alignment film;

a second substrate having a plurality of spacers; and

liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein

the first substrate has an organic film in which a through hole is formed, and

the through hole is such that in a side wall upper part, a side thereof on which the pixel electrode extends has a small taper angle compared with the other side thereof.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein

the organic film is formed of a photoresist film, and

through the hole is formed by exposing the photoresist film using a half-tone mask.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the liquid crystal is driven by a lateral electric field.

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

wherein the through hole contacts a source electrode of the TFT and pixel electrode for forming the lateral electric field.

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

wherein the spacer is arranged in a direction in which gate wiring of the TFT extends and on drain wiring of the TFT through the organic flattened film.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the alignment film is subjected to an alignment treatment by rubbing.

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 Nov 4, 2014
From: KOMATSU, HIROAKI; NAKAYAMA, TAKANORI; SUGIYAMA, SAORI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 034094/0751 →