IP Library Granted Patent US 9,482,918
Granted Patent B2
US 9,482,918 · App. 14/862,315 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof and electronic device

Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi (Tokyo, JP); Akio Ota (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/136227G02F1/1368G02F1/13439G02F1/133345G02F1/134363G02F1/136286H01L27/124G02F1/136213G02F2001/13606G02F2001/134372G02F2201/40
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Patent No.
US 9,482,918
App. No.
14/862,315
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid crystal display device, an upper electrode and a drain electrode are reliably connected to each other electrically, with preventing or suppressing an occurrence of an aperture ratio loss, or sufficiently reducing a parasitic capacitance between the scanning line and the lower electrode. An interlayer resin film is formed on a drain electrode, with a hole being formed on the interlayer resin film, and on the drain electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the hole, an island-shaped electrode is formed separately from a lower electrode. Moreover, on the island-shaped electrode, an inter-electrode insulating film is formed, a contact hole is formed in the inter-electrode insulating film, and an upper electrode is formed on the island-shaped electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the contact hole.

Claims (71)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate that is disposed so as to be opposed to the first substrate;

a gate wiring provided on the first substrate along a first direction;

a source wiring provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

a thin-film transistor provided at an intersection between the gate wiring and the source wiring and including a drain electrode;

an organic insulating film formed on the thin-film transistor;

an opening that penetrates the organic insulating film to reach the drain electrode;

an island-shaped electrode formed on the drain electrode that is exposed to the opening, and electrically connected to the drain electrode;

a common electrode formed on the organic insulating film and disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode in the opening;

an inorganic insulating film formed on the common electrode, covering end portions of the island-shaped electrode in the opening and being in contact with the organic insulating film at a portion where the common electrode is disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode in the opening; and

a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shaped electrode in the opening,

wherein the organic insulating film is in contact with the inorganic insulating film in a side surface portion of the opening, and

wherein a portion where the organic insulating film is in contact with the inorganic insulating film in a side surface portion of the opening is in a region on the gate wiring.

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

wherein the opening has a width dimension in the first direction smaller than a width dimension in the second direction, and is formed so as to traverse the gate wiring.

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

wherein a portion of the drain electrode exposed from the organic insulating film at a bottom surface of the opening includes a portion covered by the inorganic insulating film and a portion covered by the island-shaped electrode.

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

wherein the drain electrode and the island-shaped electrode are disposed at a position deviated in the second direction.

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

wherein the second substrate further includes a light-shielding layer, and the light-shielding layer overlaps with the opening so as to be opposed thereto.

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

wherein the island-shaped and the common electrode are made of the same material.

7. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate that is disposed so as to be opposed to the first substrate;

a gate wiring provided on the first substrate along a first direction;

a source wiring provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

a thin-film transistor provided at an intersection between the gate wiring and the source wiring and including a drain electrode;

an organic insulating film formed on the thin-film transistor;

an opening that penetrates the organic insulating film to reach the drain electrode;

an island-shaped electrode formed on the drain electrode that is exposed to the opening, and electrically connected to the drain electrode;

a common electrode formed on the organic insulating film and disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode in the opening;

an inorganic insulating film formed on the common electrode, covering end portions of the island-shaped electrode in the opening and being in contact with the organic insulating film at a portion where the common electrode is disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode in the opening; and

a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shaped electrode in the opening,

wherein part of the opening is formed so as to traverse the gate wiring.

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

wherein in the opening, a portion where the common electrode is disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode overlaps with the gate wiring.

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

wherein the opening has a width dimension in the first direction smaller than a width dimension in the second direction.

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

wherein a portion of the drain electrode exposed from the organic insulating film at a bottom surface of the opening includes a portion covered by the inorganic insulating film and a portion covered by the island-shaped electrode.

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

wherein the second substrate further includes a light-shielding layer, and the light-shielding layer overlaps with the opening so as to be opposed thereto.

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

wherein the drain electrode and the island-shaped electrode are disposed at a position deviated in the second direction.

13. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a gate wiring provided on the first substrate along a first direction;

a source wiring provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

a thin-film transistor provided at an intersection between the gate wiring and the source wiring and including a drain electrode;

an organic insulating film formed on the thin-film transistor;

an opening that penetrates the organic insulating film to reach the drain electrode;

an island-shaped electrode formed on the drain electrode that is exposed to the opening, and electrically connected to the drain electrode;

a common electrode formed on the organic insulating film and disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode in the opening;

an inorganic insulating film formed on the common electrode, covering end portions of the island-shaped electrode in the opening and being in contact with the organic insulating film at a portion where the common electrode is disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode;

a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shaped electrode in the opening;

a second substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the first substrate; and

a light-shielding layer disposed so as to be opposed to the gate wiring and the source wiring on the second substrate,

wherein in the opening, a portion where the common electrode is disposed at a distance from the island-shaped electrode overlaps with the light-shielding layer.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein a portion of the opening where the inorganic insulating film is in contact with the organic insulating film is on a side surface of the opening.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the opening has a width dimension in the first direction smaller than a width dimension in the second direction.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 15 ,

wherein part of the opening is formed so as to traverse the gate wiring.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the drain electrode and the island-shaped electrode are disposed at a position deviated in the second direction.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17 ,

wherein a portion of the drain electrode exposed from the organic insulating film at a bottom surface of the opening includes a portion covered by the inorganic insulating film and a portion covered by the island-shaped electrode.

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 Mar 29, 2016
From: TAKEUCHI, SHUMPEI; OTA, AKIO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 038126/0568 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-166579 · Jul 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13944513 · Jul 17, 2013
Related Publication 20160011475A1 · Jan 14, 2016