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US 11,106,096 · App. 16/009,973 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Liquid crystal display device and semiconductor device

Inventor: Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,106,096
App. No.
16/009,973
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

By increasing an interval between electrodes which drives liquid crystals, a gradient of an electric field applied between the electrodes can be controlled and an optimal electric field can be applied between the electrodes. The invention includes a first electrode formed over a substrate, an insulating film formed over the substrate and the first electrode, a thin film transistor including a semiconductor film in which a source, a channel region, and a drain are formed over the insulating film, a second electrode located over the semiconductor film and the first electrode and including first opening patterns, and liquid crystals provided over the second electrode.

Claims (34)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first conductive film that is in a floating state;

a semiconductor film comprising a channel region over the first conductive film;

a gate electrode over the semiconductor film with a first insulating film interposed therebetween;

a second insulating film over the gate electrode and the semiconductor film;

a second conductive film over the second insulating film, wherein the second conductive film is electrically connected to the semiconductor film through a contact hole of the second insulating film and a contact hole of the first insulating film;

a third insulating film over the second conductive film;

a pixel electrode over the third insulating film, the pixel electrode electrically connected to the second conductive film;

a common electrode under the pixel electrode, the common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode;

a liquid crystal over the pixel electrode and the common electrode;

a source wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor film, wherein the source wiring is inflected,

wherein the pixel electrode comprises a first slit and a second slit adjacent to the first slit, wherein each of the first slit and the second slit is a closed opening pattern,

wherein an interval between the first slit and the second slit is smaller than a width of the first slit and is smaller than a width of the second slit,

wherein each of the first slit and the second slit tilts along the source wiring, and the pixel electrode tilts along the source wiring,

wherein each of the first slit and the second slit entirely overlaps with the common electrode,

wherein the channel region comprises a region not overlapping with the common electrode,

wherein each of the pixel electrode and the common electrode has a light-transmitting property.

2. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first conductive film that is in a floating state;

a semiconductor film comprising a channel region over the first conductive film;

a gate electrode over the semiconductor film with a first insulating film including an inorganic material interposed therebetween;

a second insulating film including an organic material over the gate electrode and the semiconductor film;

a second conductive film over the second insulating film, wherein the second conductive film is electrically connected to the semiconductor film through a contact hole of the second insulating film and a contact hole of the first insulating film;

a third insulating film including an organic material over the second conductive film;

a pixel electrode over the third insulating film, the pixel electrode electrically connected to the second conductive film;

a common electrode under the pixel electrode, the common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode;

a liquid crystal over the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and

a source wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor film, wherein the source wiring is inflected,

wherein the pixel electrode comprises a first slit and a second slit adjacent to the first slit, wherein each of the first slit and the second slit is a closed opening pattern,

wherein an interval between the first slit and the second slit is smaller than a width of the first slit and is smaller than a width of the second slit,

wherein each of the first slit and the second slit is inflected, and the pixel electrode is inflected along the first slit and the second slit,

wherein each of the first slit and the second slit entirely overlaps with the common electrode,

wherein the channel region comprises a region not overlapping with the common electrode,

wherein each of the pixel electrode and the common electrode has a light-transmitting property.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2018
From: KIMURA, HAJIME
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046112/0862 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2006-135954 · May 16, 2006 · national
Continuity (8)
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