IP Library Granted Patent US 11,536,999
Granted Patent B2
US 11,536,999 · App. 17/187,945 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Manufacturing method for liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Hideo Tanabe (Mobara, JP); Masaru Takabatake (Mobara, JP); Toshiki Kaneko (Chiba, JP); Atsushi Hasegawa (Togene, JP); Hiroko Sehata (Ooamishirasoto, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133345G02F1/1368G02F1/133305G02F1/136213G02F1/136227H01L27/124H01L27/1248H01L29/78675G02F1/13685G02F1/133504G02F1/133555G02F1/134363
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Patent No.
US 11,536,999
App. No.
17/187,945
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.

Claims (43)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first transparent insulation substrate;

a second transparent insulation substrate;

a liquid crystal between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate;

a source electrode of a thin film transistor between the first transparent substrate and the liquid crystal;

a counter electrode between the first transparent substrate and the liquid crystal;

a metal connected to the counter electrode;

a pixel electrode connected to the source electrode;

a first inorganic insulation film provided on the source electrode; and

a second inorganic insulation film provided between the first insulation film and the pixel electrode,

wherein

a through hole penetrates to the first inorganic insulation film and the second inorganic insulation film, and exposes the source electrode, and

the pixel electrode is in contact with the source electrode via the through hole.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , further comprises a video signal line extending in a first direction, wherein

a semiconductor film of the thin film transistor has a first portion, a second portion, and a third position,

the video signal line is connected to the first portion,

the source electrode is connected to the third portion,

the second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion, in plan view,

the first portion has a first width along the first direction,

the second portion has a second width along the first direction,

the third portion has a third width along the first direction,

the first width is larger than the second width, and

the third width is larger than the second width.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , further comprises a scanning signal line extending in a second direction, wherein

the second portion has a length along the second direction, and

the length of the second portion is larger than the second width.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein

the first inorganic insulation film and the second inorganic insulation film have a wall surface defining the through hole, and

the pixel electrode is in contact with the wall surface.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein

the counter electrode and the pixel electrode face each other via the second inorganic insulation film, and

a part of the metal overlaps the pixel electrode.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5 , wherein the pixel has at least one of slits.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , further comprises an organic insulation film covering the thin film transistor, wherein

each of the counter electrode, the pixel electrode and the metal is provided between the organic insulation film and the liquid crystal.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , wherein

the organic insulation film is between the first inorganic insulation film and the second inorganic insulation film,

the counter electrode is between the organic insulation film and the second inorganic insulation film.

9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 8 , wherein

the organic insulation film has a hole,

the hole exposes the first inorganic insulation film, and

the through hole is located inside of the hole.

10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 9 , wherein a wall surface of the organic insulation film defining the hole is in contact with the second inorganic insulation film.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060526/0884 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EASY INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 060671/0594 →
SPLIT AND MERGER Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061354/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 060671/0448 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: TANABE, HIDEO; TAKABATAKE, MASARU; KANEKO, TOSHIKI; HASEGAWA, ATSUSHI; SEHATA, HIROKO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060526/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-160428 · Jun 9, 2006 · national
Continuity (12)
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