IP Library Granted Patent US 10,054,826
Granted Patent B2
US 10,054,826 · App. 15/394,082 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Keiichiro Ashizawa (Mobara, JP); Mitsuo Nakatani (Mobara, JP); Hiroaki Miwa (Yokohama, JP); Takao Tanaka (Yachimata, JP); Sadafumi Hirai (Mobara, JP); Shinichi Kawabe (Yokohama, JP); Makoto Sasaki (Mobara, JP); Kazuyuki Ito (Mobara, JP); Masahiro Ieda (Oomishirasato, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Pansonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/13394G02F1/136286
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Patent No.
US 10,054,826
App. No.
15/394,082
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device with a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween, columnar spacers having the substantially equal height formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, and the columnar spacers include the columnar spacer which is contact with a liquid-crystal-side surface of another substrate and the columnar spacer which is not contact with the liquid-crystal-side surface of another substrate.

Claims (21)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;

a plurality of spacers disposed on the first substrate; and

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines, the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines being disposed on the second substrate, wherein the plurality of spacers include a first spacer and a second spacer,

wherein a projection portion is disposed on the second substrate and counters the first spacer,

wherein the first spacer and the second spacer counter the plurality of gate signal lines,

wherein the projection portion includes a semiconductor layer disposed on a corresponding one of the gate signal lines, and a metal layer stacked on the semiconductor layer.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first spacer and the second spacer are substantially equal in height.

3. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines, the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines being disposed on the second substrate,

a plurality of pixel regions defined by the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines,

a plurality of spacers disposed on the first substrate, each of the plurality of spacers countering each of the gate signal lines,

a projection portion disposed on the second substrate, the projection portion being arranged on one of the gate signal lines, and formed by at least a semiconductor layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer being disposed on the semiconductor layer,

wherein the plurality of spacers include a first spacer and a second spacer, a region where the first spacer is disposed corresponds to a region where the projection portion is disposed in a plan view, and a region where the second spacer is disposed does not correspond to the region where the projection portion is disposed in a plan view.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of spacers are columnar spacers.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first spacer and the second spacer are substantially equal in height.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of the projection portion are disposed on the second substrate, and

a number of the plurality of the projection portion is smaller than a number of the plurality of spacers.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the region where the first spacer is disposed overlaps the region where the projection portion is disposed in a plan view, and

the region where the second spacer is disposed does not overlap the region where the projection portion is disposed in a plan view.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2019
From: ASHIZAWA, KEIICHIRO; NAKATANI, MITSUO; MIWA, HIROAKI; TANAKA, TAKAO; HIRAI, SADAFUMI; KAWABE, SHINICHI; SASAKI, MAKOTO; ITO, KAZUYUKI; IEDA, MASAHIRO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048357/0713 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2019
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.; PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048286/0835 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2019
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 048293/0418 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2019
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 048293/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-365378 · Oct 27, 2003 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 14718210 · May 21, 2015
Continuation 14229646 · Mar 28, 2014
Continuation 13771801 · Feb 20, 2013
Continuation 12926769 · Dec 8, 2010
Continuation 12458090 · Jun 30, 2009
Continuation 12149581 · May 5, 2008
Continuation 10969042 · Oct 21, 2004
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