IP Library Granted Patent US 7,486,363
Granted Patent B2
US 7,486,363 · App. 11/213,923 · Granted Feb 3, 2009

Liquid crystal display device having first and second pixel electrodes overlapped to a counter electrode and connected to separate switching elements

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Patent No.
US 7,486,363
App. No.
11/213,923
Granted
Feb 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode in a pixel formed on a surface of a substrate which faces liquid crystal, the counter electrode is formed below an insulation film, and the pixel electrode is formed above the insulation film, wherein the counter electrode is formed over a whole area of a center except for a slight periphery of at least the pixel, the pixel electrode is constituted of separate pixel electrodes to which a video signal which is supplied to the pixel is inputted through the separate switching elements at the same timing, and the separate pixel electrodes are respectively formed of a plurality of electrodes and the respective electrodes are alternately arranged.

Claims (14)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween;

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines which are formed on the first substrate;

pixels which are formed as regions which are surrounded by the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines;

counter electrodes formed on the pixels,

an insulation film formed above the counter electrodes; and

pixel electrodes formed above the insulation film; wherein

the pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode which are overlapped to the counter electrode in plane,

the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are electrically connected with the same drain signal line through separate switching elements,

the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode each respectively include a plurality of electrodes, and the electrodes which belong to the first pixel electrode and the electrodes which belong to the second pixel electrode are alternately arranged.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the separate switching elements are controlled by the same gate signal line.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode has a comb-teeth-shaped pattern in which a conductive body to which the plurality of electrodes are commonly connected is arranged close to one drain signal line of the pixel, and

the second pixel electrode has a comb-teeth-shaped pattern in which a conductive body to which the plurality of electrodes are commonly connected is arranged close to another drain signal line of the pixel.

4. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the counter electrode of each pixel is electrically connected with the counter electrode of another pixel which is arranged close to each pixel with a gate signal line arranged therebetween through a conductive layer which is formed on an insulation film which is formed in a state that the insulation film also covers the gate signal line.

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 Oct 14, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0139 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2005
From: MORI, IKUKO; ONO, KIKUO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 016928/0570 →