IP Library Granted Patent US 9,703,409
Granted Patent B2
US 9,703,409 · App. 15/280,499 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Liquid crystal display device

Inventor: Kikuo Ono (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,703,409
App. No.
15/280,499
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first insulating film is formed between a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor. The pixel electrode is connected to a conductive electrode of the thin film transistor via a contact hole formed in the first insulating film. The common electrode is formed so as to overlap a data signal line in plan view, and a metal wiring, which is electrically connected to the common electrode, is formed so as to overlap at least a part of the contact hole in plan view.

Claims (33)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate on a display surface side and a second substrate on a rear surface side, the first substrate and the second substrate being placed so as to be opposed to each other with liquid crystal interposed therebetween,

the second substrate comprising:

a plurality of gate signal lines formed thereon;

a plurality of data signal lines formed thereon;

a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of thin film transistors formed thereon, which are provided correspondingly to a plurality of pixels formed in a row direction in which the plurality of gate signal lines extend and in a column direction in which the plurality of data signal lines extend;

a common electrode formed thereon, which is provided on the display surface side so as to be opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes;

a plurality of metal wirings formed thereon, which are electrically connected to the common electrode; and

a first insulating film formed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the plurality of thin film transistors,

wherein each of the plurality of pixel electrodes is connected to a conductive electrode of each of the plurality of thin film transistors via a contact hole formed in the first insulating film,

wherein the common electrode is formed so as to overlap the data signal line in plan view, and

wherein two metal wirings of the plurality of metal wirings are disposed adjacent to each other, and each of the two metal wirings at least partially overlaps the contact hole in plan view.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the plurality of thin film transistors,

wherein the contact hole is formed in the first insulating film and in the second insulating film, and

wherein each of the plurality of metal wirings is formed so as to overlap, in plan view, the contact hole and a semiconductor layer which forms the thin film transistor.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the second insulating film comprises an organic material.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the two metal wirings at least partially overlap the gate signal line in plan view.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the gate signal line has a notch, and wherein the contact hole is located within the notch in plan view.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third insulating film formed on the plurality of pixel electrodes,

wherein the common electrode overlaps the pixel electrode via the third insulating film,

wherein the two metal wirings overlap the contact hole via the third insulating film, and

wherein the two metal wirings are formed directly above or directly below the common electrode.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer for maintaining a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the spacer is provided so as to overlap at least partially one or both of the two metal wirings in plan view.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of touch detection electrodes extending in the column direction; and

a plurality of drive electrodes extending in the row direction,

wherein each of the plurality of touch detection electrodes and each of the plurality of drive electrodes form an electrostatic capacitance,

wherein the each of the plurality of touch detection electrodes outputs a detection signal related to a drive signal which is applied to the each of the plurality of drive electrodes, and

wherein the each of the plurality of drive electrodes comprises the common electrode.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum width of each of the two metal wirings is smaller than a maximum width of the gate signal line.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the two metal wirings are electrically separated from each other.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two metal wirings has only one end that overlaps the contact hole in plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-182010 · Sep 3, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14199566 · Mar 6, 2014
Related Publication 20170017329A1 · Jan 19, 2017