IP Library Granted Patent US 11,333,935
Granted Patent B2
US 11,333,935 · App. 16/777,402 · Granted May 17, 2022

Liquid crystal display panel

Inventor: Teruhisa Nakagawa (Hyogo, JP)
Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
G02F1/134309G02F1/1368G02F1/136286
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Patent No.
US 11,333,935
App. No.
16/777,402
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix, the liquid crystal display panel comprising: a plurality of first signal lines extending in a row direction or a column direction; a transistor provided in each of the plurality of pixels; and a pixel electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels and connected to the first signal line corresponding to the pixel via the transistor corresponding to the pixel, wherein, in each of the plurality of pixels, the pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are separated across the first signal line corresponding to the pixel.

Claims (69)

1. A liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix, the liquid crystal display panel comprising:

a plurality of first signal lines extending in one of a row direction and a column direction;

a plurality of second signal lines extending in the other direction of the row direction or the column direction,

a first transistor and a second transistor provided in each of the plurality of pixels,

a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels,

wherein, in one pixel,

the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are separated across one first signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are provided in a transmissive region of the one pixel,

the first transistor and the second transistor are separated across the one first signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the first transistor is connected to the one first signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the second transistor is connected to the one first signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the first pixel electrode is connected to the one first signal line corresponding to the one pixel via the first transistor,

the second pixel electrode is connected to the one first signal line corresponding to the one pixel via the second transistor,

the first transistor is connected to one second signal line corresponding to the one pixel, and

the second transistor is connected to the one second signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

wherein further,

the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel and a second pixel,

the first pixel is adjacent to the second pixel in a direction along the second signal line,

the first transistor and the second transistor of the first pixel overlap with one of two adjacent second signal lines of the plurality of second signal lines corresponding to the first pixel in a planar view,

the first transistor and the second transistor of the second pixel overlap with another of the two adjacent second signal lines of the plurality of second signal lines corresponding to the second pixel in the planar view,

a first gate electrode of the first transistor and a second gate electrode of the second transistor of the first pixel connect to one of two adjacent second signal lines of the plurality of second signal lines corresponding to the first pixel, and

the first gate electrode of the first transistor and the second gate electrode of the second transistor of the second pixel connect to another of the two adjacent second signal lines of the plurality of second signal lines corresponding to the second pixel.

2. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first pixel electrode includes a plurality of first line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern in a first direction, and

the second pixel electrode includes a plurality of second line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern in a second direction different from the first direction.

3. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 2 , wherein, in the planar view, in each of the plurality of pixels, a tip of at least one of the plurality of first line electrodes and a tip of at least one of the plurality of second line electrodes overlap the one first signal line corresponding to the pixel.

4. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 2 , wherein

the first pixel electrode has a first bent portion formed by bending a part of a side of at least one of the plurality of first line electrodes in a direction inclined with respect to the first direction,

the second pixel electrode has a second bent portion formed by bending a part of a side of at least one of the plurality of second line electrodes in a direction inclined with respect to the second direction, and

in each of the plurality of pixels, at least one of the first bent portion and the second bent portion overlaps the first signal line corresponding to the pixel in a planar view.

5. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

the plurality of first line electrodes includes a first finger electrode portion,

the plurality of second line electrodes include a second finger electrode portion,

the first bent portion is formed at a tip of the first finger electrode portion, and

the second bent portion is formed at a tip of the second finger electrode portion.

6. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode of the first pixel and the first pixel electrode of the second pixel are provided between two adjacent first signal lines of the plurality of first signal lines.

7. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 6 , wherein

the first pixel electrode includes a plurality of first line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern,

the second pixel electrode includes a plurality of second line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern, and

a second end electrode located closest to the plurality of first line electrodes in the second pixel from among the plurality of second line electrodes in the first pixel is adjacent to a first end electrode located closest to the plurality of second line electrodes in the first pixel from among the plurality of first line electrodes in the second pixel.

8. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a distance between the first end electrode and the second end electrode is greater than a pitch of the plurality of first line electrodes and a pitch of the plurality of second line electrodes.

9. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a distance between the first end electrode and the second end electrode is equal to a pitch of the plurality of first line electrodes and a pitch of the plurality of second line electrodes.

10. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 6 , wherein

the first pixel electrode includes a plurality of first line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern in a first direction,

the second pixel electrode includes a plurality of second line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern in a second direction different from the first direction, and

the second direction that is an extending direction of the plurality of second line electrodes in the one pixel is equal to the first direction that is an extending direction of the plurality of first line electrodes in the other pixel.

11. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of first signal lines is a video signal line connected to a source electrode and/or a drain electrode of the first transistor and the second transistor, and

each of the plurality of second signal lines is a scanning line connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor and the second transistor.

12. A liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix, the liquid crystal display panel comprising:

a plurality of video signal lines extending in one of a row direction and a column direction;

a plurality of scanning lines extending in another direction of the row direction or the column direction,

a first transistor and a second transistor provided in each of the plurality of pixels,

a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels,

wherein, in one pixel,

the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are separated across one video signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the first transistor having a first gate electrode and the second transistor having a second gate electrode are separated across the one video signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the first transistor is connected to the one video signal line corresponding to the one pixel,

the second transistor is connected to the one video signal line corresponding to the one pixel

the first pixel electrode is connected to the one video signal line corresponding to the one pixel via the first transistor,

the second pixel electrode is connected to the one video signal line corresponding to the one pixel via the second transistor,

the first transistor is connected to one scanning line corresponding to the one pixel, and

the second transistor is connected to the one scanning line corresponding to the one pixel,

wherein further

the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel,

the first pixel is adjacent to the second pixel in a direction along the scanning line,

the first gate electrode of the first transistor and the second gate electrode of the second transistor of the first pixel connects to one of two adjacent scanning lines of the plurality of scanning lines corresponding to the first pixel, and

the first gate electrode of the first transistor and the second gate electrode of the second transistor of the second pixel connect to another of the two adjacent scanning lines of the plurality of scanning lines corresponding to the second pixel.

13. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are provided in a transmissive region of the one pixel.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064258/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
Reel/Frame 052849/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2020
From: NAKAGAWA, TERUHISA
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052047/0266 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-033977 · Feb 27, 2019 · national
JP JP2019-034631 · Feb 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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