IP Library Granted Patent US 9,638,966
Granted Patent B2
US 9,638,966 · App. 14/789,312 · Granted May 2, 2017

Liquid crystal display device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,638,966
App. No.
14/789,312
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To prevent dark unevenness at the corner portion of a screen, a provided is a liquid crystal display including a first pixel formed with a pixel electrode at a first angle in a Y-direction, wherein the pixel electrodes of top, bottom, left, and right adjacent pixels to the first pixel are at a second angle in a Y-direction. The absolute value of the first angle is equal to the absolute value of the second angle, and a sign of the first angle is opposite to a sign of the second angle The rotation direction of a liquid crystal when a voltage is applied to the pixel electrode is in the opposite directions between the adjacent pixels. Thus, it is possible to prevent ions included in the liquid crystal from flowing on the peripheral portion of a display region to prevent dark unevenness at the corner portion of the screen.

Claims (24)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a TFT substrate including a scanning line extended in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction at a right angle to the first direction, a picture signal line extended in the second direction and arrayed in the first direction, and a pixel formed between the scanning line and the picture signal line;

a counter substrate; and

a liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate,

wherein a first pixel is formed with a pixel electrode bent in a projection in the first direction; and

pixel electrodes of top, bottom, left, and right adjacent pixels to the first pixel are formed with a pixel electrode bent in a projection in a direction opposite to the first direction.

2. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a TFT substrate including a scanning line extended in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction at a right angle to the first direction, a picture signal line extended in the second direction and arrayed in the first direction, and a pixel formed between the scanning line and the picture signal line;

a counter substrate; and

a liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate,

wherein a first pixel set is formed of a plurality of pixels having a pixel electrode at a first angle in the second direction; and

a set of top, bottom, left, and right adjacent pixels to the first pixel set is formed of a plurality of pixels having a pixel electrode at a second angle in the second direction, an absolute value of the first angle is equal to an absolute value of the second angle, and a sign of the first angle is opposite to a sign of the second angle.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the pixel set is configured of three pixels adjacent in a lateral direction.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the pixel set is configured of four pixels adjacent in a lateral direction.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the pixel set is configured of four pixels adjacent in top, bottom, left, and right directions.

6. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a TFT substrate including a scanning line extended in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction at a right angle to the first direction, a picture signal line extended in the second direction and arrayed in the first direction, and a pixel formed between the scanning line and the picture signal line;

a counter substrate; and

a liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate,

wherein: a first pixel set is formed of a plurality of pixels having a pixel electrode bent in a projection in the first direction; and

a set of top, bottom, left, and right adjacent pixels to the first pixel set is formed of a plurality of pixels having a pixel electrode bent in a projection in a direction opposite to the first direction.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein the pixel set is configured of three pixels adjacent in a lateral direction.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein the pixel set is configured of four pixels adjacent in a lateral direction.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein the pixel set is configured of four pixels adjacent in top, bottom, left, and right directions.

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 Jul 1, 2015
From: HIROTA, TAKENORI; ITOU, OSAMU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036000/0126 →