IP Library Granted Patent US 10,139,688
Granted Patent B2
US 10,139,688 · App. 15/586,610 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display including liquid crystal display panel

Inventors: Takafumi Hashiguchi (Tokyo, JP); Naruhito Hoka (Tokyo, JP); Naoya Hirata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G02F1/1345G02F1/134363G02F1/136213G02F2001/13606G02F2001/134318
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Patent No.
US 10,139,688
App. No.
15/586,610
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an FFS liquid crystal display in which a dummy pixel in a dummy pixel region is smaller than a display pixel in a display region, a slit is formed in a common electrode in the display pixel while no slit is formed in the common electrode in the dummy pixel.

Claims (41)

1. A liquid crystal display panel that comprises an FFS liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate located so as to face each other; and

liquid crystals sealed between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein

said first substrate includes

an insulating substrate,

a plurality of gate lines located on said insulating substrate, and

a plurality of source lines located so as to intersect said plurality of gate lines,

a plurality of pixels partitioned by said plurality of gate lines and said plurality of source lines include a display pixel in a display region and a dummy pixel in a dummy pixel region,

each of said plurality of pixels includes

a switching element located close to a position where each of said gate lines and each of said source lines intersect each other,

a pixel electrode connected to said switching element, and

a common electrode that is located in a layer above said pixel electrode with an insulating film between said pixel electrode and said common electrode and that drives said liquid crystals together with said pixel electrode,

an area of said display pixel per one pixel is greater than an area of said dummy pixel per one pixel,

said common electrode in said display pixel has a slit, and

a ratio of an area in which said pixel electrode and said common electrode overlap each other in said dummy pixel to an area of the pixel electrode of the dummy pixel is higher than a ratio of an area in which said pixel electrode and said common electrode overlap each other in said display pixel to an area of the pixel electrode of the display pixel.

2. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between said plurality of gate lines in said dummy pixel region is shorter than a distance between said plurality of gate lines in said display region.

3. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between said plurality of source lines in said dummy pixel region is shorter than a distance between said plurality of source lines in said display region.

4. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a capacitance between said pixel electrode and said common electrode in said dummy pixel is equal to a capacitance between said pixel electrode and said common electrode in said display pixel.

5. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said pixel electrode is located as one across the plurality of pixels in said dummy pixel region.

6. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said switching element is not located in said dummy pixel in which each of said source lines and said pixel electrode are directly connected to each other.

7. A liquid crystal display, comprising the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 .

8. A liquid crystal display panel that comprises an FFS liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate located so as to face each other; and

liquid crystals sealed between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein

said first substrate includes

an insulating substrate,

a plurality of gate lines located on said insulating substrate, and

a plurality of source lines located so as to intersect said plurality of gate lines,

a plurality of pixels partitioned by said plurality of gate lines and said plurality of source lines include a display pixel in a display region and a dummy pixel in a dummy pixel region,

each of said plurality of pixels includes

a switching element located close to a position where each of said gate lines and each of said source lines intersect each other,

a pixel electrode connected to said switching element, and

a common electrode that is located in a layer above said pixel electrode with an insulating film between said pixel electrode and said common electrode and that drives said liquid crystals together with said pixel electrode,

an area of said display pixel per one pixel is greater than an area of said dummy pixel per one pixel, and

said common electrode in said display pixel has a slit while said common electrode in said dummy pixel has no slit.

9. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between said plurality of gate lines in said dummy pixel region is shorter than a distance between said plurality of gate lines in said display region.

10. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between said plurality of source lines in said dummy pixel region is shorter than a distance between said plurality of source lines in said display region.

11. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 , wherein a capacitance between said pixel electrode and said common electrode in said dummy pixel is equal to a capacitance between said pixel electrode and said common electrode in said display pixel.

12. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 , wherein said pixel electrode is located as one across the plurality of pixels in said dummy pixel region.

13. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 , wherein said switching element is not located in said dummy pixel in which each of said source lines and said pixel electrode are directly connected to each other.

14. A liquid crystal display, comprising the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 057651/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2017
From: HASHIGUCHI, TAKAFUMI; HOKA, NARUHITO; HIRATA, NAOYA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042239/0981 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-113298 · Jun 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170351152A1 · Dec 7, 2017