IP Library Granted Patent US 12,710,677
Granted Patent B2
US 12,710,677 · App. 18/923,818 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo, JP); Toshimasa Ishigaki (Tokyo, JP); Hidehiro Sonoda (Tokyo, JP); Sumito Ueta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,710,677
App. No.
18/923,818
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
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 (27)

1 . A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a transistor substrate including;

a thin film transistor having an electrode,

a first insulating film formed on the electrode, the first insulating film having a through-hole,

a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating film and connected to the electrode through the through-hole,

a second insulating film formed on the pixel electrode,

a common electrode formed on the second insulating film, and

alignment layer on the common electrode;

a counter substrate having a black matrix formed thereon; and

liquid crystal sandwiched between the transistor substrate and the counter substrate; wherein

the common electrode overlaps a part of the through-hole, and the common electrode has a slit, an end of the slit is located at a sidewall or a bottom face of the through hole, and

the alignment film overlaps the common electrode and the slit in the through-hole.

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

the end of the slit overlaps the black matrix in a plan view.

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

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

a part of the bottom face of the through hole is between the gate line and the slit of the common electrode in a plan view.

5 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the alignment film is a photo-alignment film.

6 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the side wall of the through-hole is covered with the second insulating film.

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

the second insulating film is sandwiched with the pixel electrode and the common electrode at the bottom face of the through-hole.

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

the slit overlaps the sidewall and the bottom face of the through-hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071639/0162 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-254205 · Dec 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (13)
Continuation 18441133 · Feb 14, 2024
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