IP Library Granted Patent US 11,789,327
Granted Patent B2
US 11,789,327 · App. 17/750,635 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Display device comprising a metal wiring between an organic insulating film and a first inorganic insulating film and having a portion overlapping a drain electrode of a thin film transistor

Inventors: Tohru Sasaki (Mobara, JP); Takahiro Ochiai (Chiba, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
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Patent No.
US 11,789,327
App. No.
17/750,635
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To form a sufficiently large storage capacitor, a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal display panel having multiple pixels arranged in matrix. The first substrate has, in a transmissive display area provided in each of the pixels, a laminated structure containing a first transparent electrode, a first insulating film, a second transparent electrode, a second insulating film, and a third transparent electrode which are laminated in this order. The first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode are electrically insulated from each other and together form a first storage capacitor through the first insulating film, and the second transparent electrode and the third transparent electrode are electrically insulated from each other and together form a second storage capacitor through the second insulating film.

Claims (97)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

an organic insulating film on the first substrate;

a first inorganic insulating film laminated on the organic insulating film;

a signal line between the first substrate and the organic insulating film;

a thin film transistor between the first substrate and the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film laminated on the first inorganic insulating film;

an alignment film covering the second inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent pixel electrode between the organic insulating film and the alignment film;

a first transparent counter electrode between the organic insulating film and the alignment film;

a metal wiring between the organic insulating film and the alignment film; and a thin film transistor between the first substrate and the organic insulating film, wherein

the metal wiring is connected to the first transparent counter electrode, the organic insulating film is between the first substrate and the first inorganic insulating film,

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

the second inorganic insulating film is between the first inorganic insulating film and the alignment film,

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of the thin film transistor at a region where the organic insulating film is not formed, a drain electrode of the thin film transistor is a part of the signal line,

the drain electrode is between the first substrate and the organic insulating film,

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode of the thin film transistor at a region where the organic first inorganic insulating film is not formed,

the metal wiring is between the organic insulating film and the first inorganic insulating film, and

a part of the metal wiring overlaps the drain electrode of the thin film transistor.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first transparent pixel electrode is between the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film,

the first transparent counter electrode is between the second inorganic insulating film and the alignment film, and

the first transparent counter electrode has silts.

3. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

an organic insulating film on the first substrate;

a first inorganic insulating film laminated on the organic insulating film;

a signal line between the first substrate and the organic insulating film;

a thin film transistor between the first substrate and the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film laminated on the first inorganic insulating film;

an alignment film covering the second inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent pixel electrode between the organic insulating film and the alignment film;

a first transparent counter electrode between the organic insulating film and the alignment film;

a metal wiring between the organic insulating film and the alignment film; and a thin film transistor between the first substrate and the organic insulating film, wherein

the metal wiring is connected to the first transparent counter electrode, the organic insulating film is between the first substrate and the first inorganic insulating film,

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

the second inorganic insulating film is between the first inorganic insulating film and the alignment film,

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of the thin film transistor at a region where the organic insulating film is not formed,

a drain electrode of the thin film transistor is a part of the signal line,

the drain electrode is between the first substrate and the organic insulating film,

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode of the thin film transistor at a region where the organic first inorganic insulating film is not formed,

the metal wiring is between the second inorganic insulating film and the alignment film, and

a part of the metal wiring overlaps the drain electrode of the thin film transistor.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the first transparent pixel electrode is between the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film,

the first transparent counter electrode is between the second inorganic insulating film and the alignment film,

the first transparent counter electrode has silts, and

the first transparent counter electrode is stacked on the part of the metal wiring.

5. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

an organic insulating film on the first substrate;

a first inorganic insulating film laminated on the organic insulating film;

a signal line between the first substrate and the organic insulating film;

a thin film transistor between the first substrate and the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film laminated on the first inorganic insulating film;

an alignment film covering the second inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent pixel electrode between the organic insulating film and the alignment film;

a first transparent counter electrode between the organic insulating film and the alignment film;

a metal wiring between the organic insulating film and the alignment film; and a thin film transistor between the first substrate and the organic insulating film, wherein

the metal wiring is connected to the first transparent counter electrode,

the organic insulating film is between the first substrate and the first inorganic insulating film,

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

the second inorganic insulating film is between the first inorganic insulating film and the alignment film,

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of the thin film transistor at a region where the organic insulating film is not formed,

a drain electrode of the thin film transistor is a part of the signal line,

the drain electrode is between the first substrate and the organic insulating film,

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode of the thin film transistor at a region where the organic first inorganic insulating film is not formed,

the metal wiring is between the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film, and

a part of the metal wiring overlaps the drain electrode of the thin film transistor.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the first transparent pixel electrode is between the second inorganic insulating film and the alignment film,

the first transparent counter electrode is between the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film,

the first transparent pixel electrode has silts, and

the first transparent counter electrode is stacked on the part of the metal wiring.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the first transparent pixel electrode is between the organic insulating film and the first inorganic insulating film,

the first transparent counter electrode is between the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film,

the first transparent counter electrode is stacked on the part of the metal wiring.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the organic insulating film is a color filter.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the first transparent pixel electrode is between the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film,

the first transparent counter electrode is between the color filter and the first inorganic insulating film,

the metal wiring is stacked on the first transparent counter electrode, and

the metal wiring is between the first transparent counter electrode and the first inorganic insulating film.

10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprises

a second transparent counter electrode between the second inorganic insulating film and the alignment film, wherein

the second transparent counter electrode has a slit, and

the first transparent pixel electrode is between the first transparent counter electrode and the second transparent counter electrode.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

the first transparent counter electrode is connected to the second transparent counter electrode via a contact hole formed in the first and second inorganic insulating films.

12. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the organic insulating film is a color filter.

13. The display device of claim 12 , further comprises

a second transparent pixel electrode between the second inorganic insulating film and the alignment film, wherein

the first transparent counter electrode is between the first transparent pixel electrode and the second transparent pixel electrode.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the first transparent pixel electrode is connected to the second transparent pixel electrode via a contact hole formed in the first and second inorganic insulating film.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second transparent pixel electrode has a slit.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064533/0738 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063910/0184 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 063955/0284 →
COMPANY SPLIT AND MERGER Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064346/0881 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 063955/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: SASAKI, TOHRU; OCHIAI, TAKAHIRO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063909/0966 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-228412 · Sep 4, 2007 · national
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