IP Library Granted Patent US 8,149,367
Granted Patent B2
US 8,149,367 · App. 13/064,333 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Liquid crystal display device

Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,149,367
App. No.
13/064,333
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An IPS-method liquid crystal display device which exhibits small directivity of a viewing angle and high brightness is realized. A planar common electrode is arranged below a pixel electrode which includes comb-teeth-shaped electrodes and slits. When a video signal is applied to the pixel electrode, an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode by way of slit portions formed in the pixel electrode thus controlling liquid crystal molecules. To reduce the occurrence of a phenomenon that an abnormal domain is generated in an end portion of the slit and the abnormal domain lowers transmissivity of liquid crystal, the structure in which the slits having both ends thereof closed and the slits having one-side end portion thereof opened are alternately arranged next to each other in parallel is adopted.

Claims (14)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; and

a electrode with a plurality of slits formed on the first substrate,

wherein the plurality of slits includes a first type slit and a second type slit, one edge of the first type slit is a triangle shape and one edge of the second type slit is a human leg foot shape, and

wherein the second type slit is sandwiched by first type slits.

2. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; and

a electrode with a plurality of slits formed on the first substrate,

wherein the plurality of slits includes a first type slit and a second type slit, one edge of the first type slit is a triangle shape and one edge of the second type slit is a human leg foot shape, and

wherein a number of the second type slits is bigger than a number of the first type slits.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the other edge of the second type slit is a triangle shape.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein triangle edge of the first type slit faces the human leg foot shaped edge of the second type slit.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the other edge of the second type slit is a triangle shape.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein triangle edge of the first type slit faces the human leg foot shaped edge of the second type slit.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
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 Dec 13, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027482/0140 →
ATTACHED ARE (1) THE COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENTS IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION THEREOF AND (2) THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENT IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, WHICH TOGETHER CONVEY 50% OWNERSHIP OF THE REGISTERED PATENTS AS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE RECEIVING PARTIES (SEE PAGE 10, EXHIBIT 2-1, SECTION 1 OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPANY SPLIT PLAN.) Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: HITACHI, DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027615/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2011
From: TANNO, JUNJI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026039/0501 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-299271 · Nov 19, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12292330 · Nov 17, 2008
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