Liquid crystal display device
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a metal layer formed on an interlayer insulating film, arranged in contact with at least one of common electrodes adjacent to each other via a slit, and covering at least a part of the slit. The metal layer is at least partly opposed to a signal line located in correspondence with the slit and is arranged closer than the signal line to a liquid crystal layer.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate comprising a gate line extending in a first direction, a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction, an interlayer insulating film covering the gate line and the signal lines, and a first common electrode and a second common electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film and divided from each other by a slit formed along a signal line;
a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; and
a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first substrate comprises a first metal layer and a second metal layer extending in the second direction,
each of the first metal layer and the second metal layer has a first edge and a second edge arranged in the first direction,
the second edge is opposed to the first edge,
the first edge of the first metal layer is in contact with the first common electrode,
the second edge of the first metal layer is in contact with the interlayer insulating film at a part of the slit and not in contact with the second common electrode,
the first edge and the second edge of the second metal layer are in contact with the second common electrode,
a first signal line is one of the plurality of signal lines, and is located in correspondence with the slit,
the first edge of the first metal layer is not opposed to the first signal line,
the second edge of the first metal layer is opposed to the first signal line, and
in a plan view,
the first metal layer has a break portion,
the break portion overlaps with the gate line, and
the second metal layer overlaps with the gate line.
2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the second substrate further comprises:
a light-blocking layer defining pixels; and
a spacer projecting through the liquid crystal layer where the spacer overlaps the light-blocking layer, wherein
the spacer is in contact with the first substrate where the spacer overlaps the first signal line opposed to the first metal layer, and
the spacer is in contact with the first substrate at a region where the break portion is formed.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , wherein
the first substrate further comprises:
a plurality of pixel electrodes opposed to the first common electrode and the second common electrode; and
a conductive layer formed in the same layer as the pixel electrode and of the same material as that of the pixel electrode and covering at least a part of the slit,
a first edge of the conductive layer overlaps with the first metal layer,
a second edge of the conductive layer does not overlap with the first metal laver, and
the spacer overlaps with the conductive layer.
4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a driver selectively supplying the first common electrode and the second common electrode with a voltage to display an image in a display area or a drive signal to detect an object in proximity to the display area;
a detection electrode opposed to one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode; and
a detector detecting the object in proximity to the display area based on signals obtained from the detection electrodes when the drive signal is supplied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode.
5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , further comprising a switch connecting the first signal line and one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode to each other, wherein
the first signal line arranged in proximity to the slit is connected by the switch to one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode adjacent to each other via the slit which has stronger capacitance coupling with the first signal line.
6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein a width of the second metal layer in the first direction is larger than a width of a second signal line which is one of the plurality of signal lines and overlaps with the second metal layer in the first direction.
7. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate comprising a gate line extending in a first direction, a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and first common electrode and a second common electrode divided from each other by a slit formed along a signal line;
a second substrate opposed to the first substrate and comprising a light-blocking layer defining pixels; and
a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first substrate comprises a first metal layer and a second metal layer extending in the second direction,
each of the first metal layer and the second metal layer has a first edge and a second edge arranged in the first direction,
the first edge of the first metal layer is in contact with the first common electrode,
the second edge of the first metal layer, which is opposed to the first edge of the first metal layer in the first direction, is in contact with the interlayer insulating film at a part of the slit and not in contact with the second common electrode,
the first edge and the second edge of the second metal layer are in contact with the second common electrode,
the second substrate comprises a spacer projecting through the liquid crystal layer and the gate line where the spacer overlaps the light-blocking layer,
the spacer is in contact with the first substrate where the spacer overlaps with the signal line located in correspondence with the slit,
the first metal layer is not formed where the spacer is in contact with the first substrate,
a part of the first metal layer overlaps with the gate line,
another part of the first metal layer does not overlap with the gate line, and
the second metal layer overlaps with the gate line.
8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , wherein
the first substrate further comprises:
a plurality of pixel electrodes opposed to the first common electrode and the second common electrode; and
a conductive layer formed in the same layer as the pixel electrode and of the same material as that of the pixel electrode and covering at least a part of the slit,
a first edge of the conductive layer overlaps with the first metal layer,
a second edge of the conductive layer does not overlap with the first metal layer, and
the spacer overlaps with the conductive layer.
9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , further comprising:
a driver selectively supplying the first common electrode and the second common electrode with a voltage to display an image in a display area or a drive signal to detect an object in proximity to the display area;
a detection electrode opposed to one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode; and
a detector detecting the object in proximity to the display area based on signals obtained from the detection electrodes when the drive signal is supplied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode.
10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , further comprising a switch connecting the first signal line and one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode to each other, wherein
the first signal line arranged in proximity to the slit is connected by the switch to one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode adjacent to each other via the slit which has stronger capacitance coupling with the first signal line.
11. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate comprising a plurality of signal lines, a first common electrode and a second common electrode divided from each other by slits a slit formed along a signal line, a plurality of pixel electrodes opposed to the first common electrode and the second common electrode, and a conductive layer formed in the same layer as and of the same material as that of the pixel electrode and covering at least a part of the slit;
a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; and
a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first substrate comprises a first metal layer and a second metal layer,
a first edge of the first metal layer is in contact with the first common electrode,
a second edge of the first metal layer, which is opposed to the first edge of the first metal layer in the first direction, is in contact with the interlayer insulating film at a part of the slit and not in contact with the second common electrode,
a first edge and a second edge of the second metal layer are in contact with the second common electrode,
a first edge of the conductive layer overlaps with the first metal layer, and
a second edge of the conductive layer does not overlap with the first metal layer.
12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein
at least one of the signal lines is located in correspondence with the slit,
the first metal layer is at least partly opposed to the signal line located in correspondence with the slit,
the second edge of the first metal layer overlaps with the signal line, and
the first edge of the first metal layer does not overlap with the signal line.
13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a driver selectively supplying the first common electrode and the second common electrode with a voltage to display an image in a display area or a drive signal to detect an object in proximity to the display area;
a detection electrode opposed to one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode; and
a detector detecting the object in proximity to the display area based on signals obtained from the detection electrodes when the drive signal is supplied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode.
14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , further comprising a switch connecting the first signal line and the first common electrode and the second common electrode to each other, wherein
the first signal line arranged in proximity to the slit is connected by the switch to one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode adjacent to each other via the slit which has stronger capacitance coupling with the first signal line.