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Granted Patent B2
US 11,169,405 · App. 15/935,353 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Display device comprising a first display electrode, a first electrode, and an insulating film including an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film

Inventor: Masahiro Kosuge (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,169,405
App. No.
15/935,353
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region outside the display region; a liquid crystal layer; an insulating film between the liquid crystal layer and the substrate; an alignment film between the insulating film and the liquid crystal layer and having a front surface in contact with the liquid crystal layer; a pixel electrode having a front surface in contact with the alignment film in the display region; and an electrode having a front surface in contact with the alignment film in the peripheral region. Also, the electrode is supplied with an electric potential in the peripheral region. Each of the alignment film, the pixel electrode, and the electrode is formed on the insulating film. A distance from the substrate to the front surface of the electrode is longer than a distance from the substrate to the front surface of the pixel electrode.

Claims (68)

1. A display device comprising:

an insulating substrate having a display region and a peripheral region outside the display region;

a light shielding film overlapping with e peripheral region;

a liquid crystal layer;

an insulating film between the liquid crystal layer and the insulating substrate;

an alignment film between the insulating film and the liquid crystal layer and having a front surface in contact with the liquid crystal layer;

a first display electrode between the insulating film and the alignment film in the display region and having a front surface in contact with the alignment film; and

a first electrode between the insulating film and the alignment film in the peripheral region and having a front surface in contact with the alignment film,

wherein the first electrode is supplied with an electric potential in the peripheral region,

wherein each of the alignment film, the first display electrode, and the first electrode is formed on the insulating film,

wherein a vertical distance from an upper surface of the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first electrode is longer than a vertical distance from the upper surface of the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first display electrode,

wherein the insulating film includes a first region overlapping with the first electrode in the peripheral region, and a second region not overlapping with the first electrode in the peripheral region,

wherein a thickness of the insulating film in the first region is greater than a thickness of the insulating film in the second region,

wherein the insulating film includes an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film, and

wherein, of the organic insulating film, a thickness of the organic insulating film in the first region is greater than a thickness of the organic insulating film in the second region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the alignment film in a region overlapping with the first electrode is smaller than a thickness of the alignment film in a region overlapping with the first display electrode.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a distance from the insulating substrate to a front surface of the first portion of the alignment film is shorter than the distance from the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first electrode and is longer than the distance from the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first display electrode.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a thickness of the first electrode is greater than a thickness of the first portion of the alignment film.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a thickness of the second portion of the alignment film is 70% or more and 130% or less of a thickness of the first display electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a thickness of the second portion of the alignment film is greater than a thickness of the first display electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second display electrode between the first display electrode and the insulating substrate; and

a first metal wiring in contact with the second display electrode,

wherein the insulating film has an interlayer insulating film between the first display electrode and the second display electrode,

wherein the first metal wiring is not disposed between the first display electrode and the insulating substrate, and

wherein a metal film being in the same layer as the first metal wiring is disposed between the first electrode and the insulating substrate.

8. A display device comprising:

an insulating substrate having a display region and a peripheral region outside the display region;

a light shielding film overlapping with the peripheral region;

a liquid crystal layer;

an insulating film between the liquid crystal layer and the insulating substrate;

an alignment film between the insulating film and the liquid crystal layer and having a front surface in contact with the liquid crystal layer;

a first display electrode between the insulating film and the alignment film in the display region and having a front surface in contact with the alignment film;

a first electrode between the insulating film and the alignment film in the peripheral region and having a front surface in contact with the alignment film;

a second display electrode between the first display electrode and the insulating substrate; and

a first metal wiring in contact with the second display electrode,

wherein the first electrode is supplied with an electric potential in the peripheral region,

wherein each of the alignment film, the first display electrode, and the first electrode is formed on the insulating film,

wherein a vertical distance from an upper surface of the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first electrode is longer than a vertical distance from the upper surface of the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first display electrode,

wherein the insulating film has an interlayer insulating film between the first display electrode and the second display electrode,

wherein the first metal wiring is not disposed between the first display electrode and the insulating substrate, and

wherein a metal film being in the same layer as the first metal wiring is disposed between the first electrode and the insulating substrate.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a thickness of the alignment film in a region overlapping with the first electrode is smaller than a thickness of the alignment film in a region overlapping with the first display electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a distance from the insulating substrate to a front surface of the first portion of the alignment film is shorter than the distance from the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first electrode and is longer than the distance from the insulating substrate to the front surface of the first display electrode.

11. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a thickness of the first electrode is greater than a thickness of the first portion of the alignment film.

12. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a thickness of the second portion of the alignment film is 70% or more and 130% or less of a thickness of the first display electrode.

13. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the alignment film includes a first portion not overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and a second portion overlapping with the first display electrode in the display region, and

wherein a thickness of the second portion of the alignment film is greater than a thickness of the first display electrode.

14. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the insulating film includes a first region overlapping with the first electrode in the peripheral region, and a second region not overlapping with the first electrode in the peripheral region, and

wherein a thickness of the insulating film in the first region is greater than a thickness of the insulating film in the second region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2018
From: KOSUGE, MASAHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 045408/0884 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-065324 · Mar 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180284527A1 · Oct 4, 2018