IP Library Granted Patent US 10,012,877
Granted Patent B2
US 10,012,877 · App. 15/130,352 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Liquid crystal display device comprising a second electrode having a first slit that includes a first bending portion overlaid on a first electrode

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Patent No.
US 10,012,877
App. No.
15/130,352
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device, includes a first substrate including a second line extending in a second direction, a first interlayer insulating film, a first electrode, a second interlayer insulating film, and a second electrode, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules initially aligned in the second direction, a first polarizer having a first transmission axis perpendicular or parallel to the second line, and a second polarizer having a second transmission axis orthogonal to the first transmission axis.

Claims (45)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate including a second line extending in a second direction, a first interlayer insulating film disposed above the second line, a first electrode disposed above the first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film disposed above the first electrode, and a second electrode which is disposed above the second interlayer insulating film to be opposed to the first electrode and includes a first slit extending in a direction intersecting the second line;

a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing liquid crystal molecules initially aligned in the second direction;

a first polarizer disposed on a side opposite to a side of the first substrate, which is opposed to the second substrate, and having a first transmission axis perpendicular or parallel to the second line; and

a second polarizer disposed on a side opposite to a side of the second substrate, which is opposed to the first substrate, and having a second transmission axis orthogonal to the first transmission axis, wherein

the first substrate further includes a switching element electrically connected with the first electrode,

the second electrode extends above the second line from a position opposed to the first electrode, and

the first slit includes a first bending portion overlaid on the first electrode.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first slit is formed in a V shape including a first portion extending along a first extending direction and a second portion extending along a second extending direction, and

an angle made between the first extending direction and the second direction is equal to an angle made between the second extending direction and the second direction.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second electrode includes a second slit formed to extend parallel to the first slit and to straddle the second line from a position opposed to the first electrode.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein

the second slit includes a second bending portion overlaid on the second line.

5. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate including a second line extending in a second direction, a first interlayer insulating film disposed above the second line, a first electrode disposed above the first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film disposed above the first electrode, and a second electrode which is disposed above the second interlayer insulating film to be opposed to the first electrode and includes a first slit extending in a direction intersecting the second line;

a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing liquid crystal molecules initially aligned in the second direction;

a first polarizer disposed on a side opposite to a side of the first substrate, which is opposed to the second substrate, and having a first transmission axis perpendicular or parallel to the second line; and

a second polarizer disposed on a side opposite to a side of the second substrate, which is opposed to the first substrate, and having a second transmission axis orthogonal to the first transmission axis, wherein

the first substrate further includes a switching element electrically connected with the first electrode,

the second electrode extends above the second line from a position opposed to the first electrode,

the first slit extends linearly at a position overlaid on the first electrode,

the first substrate further includes a first line intersecting the second line, and

the first slit includes a first bending portion overlaid on the first line.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein

the first slit is formed in a V shape including a first portion extending along a first extending direction and a second portion extending along a second extending direction, and

an angle made between the first extending direction and the second direction is equal to an angle made between the second extending direction and the second direction.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein

the second electrode includes a second slit formed to extend parallel to the first slit and to straddle the second line from a position opposed to the first electrode.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first substrate further includes a third electrode disposed above the first interlayer insulating film to be adjacent to the first electrode,

the second line is located between the first electrode and the third electrode, in planar view, and

the first slit intersects the second line and extends linearly at a position overlaid on the first electrode and the third electrode.

9. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate including a first line extending in a first direction, a second line extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a switching element electrically connected with the first line and the second line, a first interlayer insulating film disposed above the switching element, a first electrode disposed above the first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film disposed above the first electrode, and a second electrode which is disposed above the second interlayer insulating film to be opposed to the first electrode and includes a slit extending in a direction different from the first direction and the second direction;

a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing liquid crystal molecules initially aligned in the second direction;

a first polarizer disposed on a side opposite to a side of the first substrate, which is opposed to the second substrate, and having a first transmission axis parallel to the first direction or the second direction; and

a second polarizer disposed on a side opposite to a side of the second substrate, which is opposed to the first substrate, and having a second transmission axis orthogonal to the first transmission axis, wherein

the first electrode is electrically connected with the switching element,

the second electrode extends above the first line and the second line from a position opposed to the first electrode, and

the slit is bent at a position opposed to the first 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 Apr 15, 2016
From: HIGANO, TOSHIYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 038295/0280 →