IP Library Granted Patent US 11,175,546
Granted Patent B2
US 11,175,546 · App. 17/101,031 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo, JP); Toshimasa Ishigaki (Tokyo, JP); Hidehiro Sonoda (Tokyo, JP); Sumito Ueta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,175,546
App. No.
17/101,031
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device comprising a TFT substrate having pixels each including a common electrode formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the common electrode, a pixel electrode having a slit and formed on the interlayer insulating film, a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, and a source electrode electrically conducted to the pixel electrode via the through-hole. A taper angle at a depth of D/2 of the through-hole is equal to or more than 50 degrees. The pixel electrode covers part of a side wall of the through-hole but does not cover the remaining part of the side wall of the through-hole. This configuration facilitates the alignment film material to flow into the through-hole, thereby solving a thickness unevenness of the alignment film in vicinity of the through-hole.

Claims (28)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a transistor substrate including;

a thin film transistor having a source electrode,

an organic insulating film formed on the thin film transistor,

a common electrode formed on the organic insulating film,

an interlayer insulating film formed on the common electrode, and

a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film and connected to the source electrode,

wherein the organic insulating film is formed to surround a contact portion where the source electrode and the pixel electrode are connected,

the common electrode has a hole corresponding to the contact portion, and

in a plan view, the contact portion is located between non-formation parts of the pixel electrode in the hole.

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

wherein the pixel electrode has a slit, and

the slit is one of the non-formation parts.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a scanning line driving the thin film transistor, and

a video signal line electrically connected to the source electrode,

wherein the scanning line extends in a first direction, and

the video signal line extends in a second direction crossing the first direction.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the pixel electrode has an edge located between the contact portion and the scanning line, and

the edge is one of the non-formation parts.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the contact portion and the non-formation parts are arranged in the second direction.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a photo-alignment film aligning the liquid crystal layer,

wherein the photo-alignment film covers the contact portion.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hole is greater than the contact portion in a plan view.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic insulating film is in contact with the interlayer insulating film at the hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-254205 · Dec 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 16271981 · Feb 11, 2019
Continuation 16174438 · Oct 30, 2018
Continuation 16005896 · Jun 12, 2018
Continuation 15901945 · Feb 22, 2018
Continuation 15784405 · Oct 16, 2017
Continuation 15343329 · Nov 4, 2016
Continuation 14564129 · Dec 9, 2014
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