IP Library Granted Patent US 8,362,491
Granted Patent B2
US 8,362,491 · App. 13/083,954 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Yong Ho Jang (Seongnam-si, KR); Nam Wook Cho (Gunpo-si, KR); Min Doo Chun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,362,491
App. No.
13/083,954
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LCD device is disclosed, to minimize the signal distortion by decreasing the instability of voltage in a-Si:H TFT of a gate driving signal output unit, which includes a signal controller for outputting first and second control signals Q and /Q; a pull-up transistor between a clock signal terminal CLK and a gate driving signal output terminal for receiving the first control signal Q, the pull-up transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, wherein the pull-up transistor has an asymmetric structure in a first area of the first source electrode overlapped with the first gate electrode and a second area of the first drain electrode overlapped with the first gate electrode; and a pull-down transistor connected between the gate driving signal output terminal and a ground voltage terminal, wherein the pull-down transistor receives the second control signal.

Claims (13)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:

a signal controller for outputting first and second control signals Q and /Q;

first and second pull-up transistors connected between a clock signal terminal CLK and an output terminal in parallel, the first and second pull-up transistors for receiving the first control signal Q, wherein at least one of the first and second pull-up transistors has an asymmetric structure in the areas of first and second electrodes overlapped with a gate electrode so that a first capacitor overlapping the gate electrode with the first electrode is different from a second capacitor overlapping the gate electrode with the second electrode, and each of the first and second electrodes has a single layer; and

first and second pull-down transistors connected between the output terminal and a ground terminal, the first and second pull-down transistors for receiving the second control signal /Q.

2. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein an overlapped area between the gate electrode and the second electrode is larger than an overlapped area between the gate electrode and the first electrode in at least one of the first and second pull-up transistors, the first electrode connected with the clock signal terminal CLK, the second electrode connected with the output terminal.

3. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal (LCD) device, comprising:

forming a gate electrode on a substrate;

forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate including the gate electrode;

forming an active layer on the gate insulating layer above the gate electrode; and

forming a first electrode and a second electrode on both sides of the active layer, wherein a first area of the first electrode overlapped with the gate electrode is smaller than a second area of the second electrode overlapped with the gate electrode so that a first capacitor overlapping the gate electrode with the first electrode is different from a second capacitor overlapping the gate electrode with the second electrode, and each of the first and second electrodes has a single layer.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second area is about one and a half times as large as the first area.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising an ohmic contact layer between the active layer and the first and second electrodes.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the active layer is formed of an amorphous silicon layer, and the ohmic contact layer is formed of an n-type amorphous silicon layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2011
From: JANG, YONG HO; CHO, NAM WOOK; CHUN, MIN DOO
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026105/0444 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 11, 2011
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026107/0448 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2004-0050516 · Jun 30, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 11168571 · Jun 29, 2005
Related Publication 20110181584A1 · Jul 28, 2011