IP Library Granted Patent US 9,921,437
Granted Patent B2
US 9,921,437 · App. 15/189,530 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Display device

Inventors: Yasuo Naoe (Kanazawa, JP); Kazuyuki Harada (Nonoichi, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
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Patent No.
US 9,921,437
App. No.
15/189,530
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including an organic insulation film including a first contact hole penetrating to the switching element, an island-shaped relay electrode and a common electrode which are formed on the organic insulation film, an interlayer insulation film including a second contact hole at a position different from a position of the first contact hole, a pixel electrode which is formed on the interlayer insulation film and includes a slit which is opposed to the common electrode, and an alignment film covering the pixel electrode and the interlayer insulation film.

Claims (40)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate including:

a pixel defined by two gate lines and two source lines;

a first insulation film having a first contact hole;

a second insulation film having a second contact hole;

a third insulation film having a third contact hole;

a semiconductor layer;

a first conductive layer electrically coupled to the semiconductor layer via the first contact hole;

a second conductive layer formed of a transparent electrically conductive material;

a third conductive layer formed of a transparent electrically conductive material and having a slit; and

a fourth conductive layer formed of a transparent electrically conductive material, wherein

the source lines and the first conductive layer are disposed on the first insulation film,

in a plane view, the first contact hole, the second contact hole, and the third contact hole are placed in the pixel in different places without overlapping, respectively,

the fourth conductive layer faces the slit of the third conductive layer with the third insulation film in between,

a first portion of the second conductive layer is electrically coupled to the first conductive layer via the second contact hole, and

a second portion of the second conductive layer is electrically coupled to the third conductive layer via the third contact hole.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the third conductive layer is a pixel electrode.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the third insulation film is formed of an inorganic material including silicon (Si).

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the second insulation film is formed of an organic material.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer are disposed directly on a top surface of the second insulation film, and are covered with a back surface of the third insulation film.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein the second conductive layer is spaced apart from the fourth conductive layer.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the third conductive layer is disposed directly on a top surface of the third insulation film.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , wherein the first substrate further includes a first alignment film covering the third conductive layer.

9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 8 , wherein a stacked body of the third insulation film, the third conductive layer, and the first alignment film is disposed directly on the top surface of the second insulation film between the second conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer.

10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the second insulation film and the third insulation film include no contact hole at a position overlapping the first contact hole.

11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film and the third insulation film include no contact hole at a position overlapping the second contact hole.

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film and the second insulation film include no contact hole at a position overlapping the third contact hole.

13. A display device comprising:

a first substrate including

a pixel defined by two gate lines and two source lines;

a first insulation film having a first contact hole;

a second insulation film having a second contact hole;

a third insulation film having a third contact hole;

a semiconductor layer;

a first conductive layer electrically coupled to the semiconductor layer via the first contact hole;

a second conductive layer formed of a transparent electrically conductive material; and

a third conductive layer, wherein

in a plane view, the first contact hole, the second contact hole and the third contact hole are placed in the pixel in different places, respectively,

a first portion of the second conductive layer is electrically coupled to the first conductive layer via the second contact hole, and

a second portion of the second conductive layer is electrically coupled to the third conductive layer via the third contact hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-131271 · Jun 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14505292 · Oct 2, 2014
Continuation 13493470 · Jun 11, 2012
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