IP Library Granted Patent US 9,523,897
Granted Patent B2
US 9,523,897 · App. 14/542,912 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 9,523,897
App. No.
14/542,912
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

To take measures against the phenomenon of difficulty for the orientation film material to flow into the through-hole when the diameter of through-holes which connects the pixel electrode and the source electrode becomes small. An interlayer insulating film 109 made of SiN is formed on a counter electrode, and a pixel electrode 110 having a slit 1101 is formed on the interlayer insulating film 109 . A through-hole 111 which connects the pixel electrode 110 and the source electrode of a TFT has a large opening on the upper side, a small opening on the lower side, and an inner wall extending between the large opening and the small opening. The pixel electrode 110 covers the through-hole 111 on an inner side of the pixel of the through-hole 111 but does not cover a periphery of the large opening of the through-hole on an outer side of the through-hole 111 . Consequently, an orientation film material can easily flow from a starting point given by an end portion of the pixel electrode into the inside of the through-hole.

Claims (31)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a thin film transistor substrate including

an organic passivation film,

a common electrode formed on the organic passivation film,

an interlayer insulating film formed on the common electrode,

a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film and having therein a slit closed at an end portion thereof, and

a pixel configured such that a source electrode of a thin film transistor and the pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other through a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film;

a counter substrate; and

liquid crystal sandwiched between the thin film transistor substrate and the counter substrate;

wherein the through-hole has

a large opening on the liquid crystal side,

a small opening on the thin film transistor substrate side, and

an inner wall extending between the large opening and the small opening;

wherein a channel of the thin film transistor is covered by the organic passivation film,

wherein the large opening has a first portion which is not covered by the pixel electrode, and a second portion which is covered by the pixel electrode; and

wherein the inner wall corresponds to the first portion of the large opening is not covered by the pixel electrode.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a shape in plan of the large opening has a major axis and a minor axis; and

wherein the pixel has a rectangular shape and the major axis of the large opening of the through-hole extends in a direction same as a direction of the major axis of the pixel, and the slit extends also to the inner wall of the through-hole.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a shape in plan of the large opening has a major axis and a minor axis;

wherein the pixel electrode includes

a main pixel electrode having the slit and

a sub pixel electrode disposed so as to have a gap from the main pixel electrode;

wherein the pixel has a rectangular shape and the major axis of the large opening of the through-hole extends in a direction same as a direction of the minor axis of the pixel; and

wherein, in a region of the gap, a periphery of the large opening of the through-hole is not covered with the pixel electrode.

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

wherein the pixel electrode has a first end in a side of the through-hole,

wherein the pixel has a second end in the side of the through-hole,

wherein the first end is parallel to the second end, and across the large opening.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the slit overlaps with the inner wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
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