IP Library Granted Patent US 7,800,729
Granted Patent B2
US 7,800,729 · App. 12/071,776 · Granted Sep 21, 2010

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,800,729
App. No.
12/071,776
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can easily prevent the generation of longitudinal smear. The display device includes a display panel having a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of video signal lines, a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix array. In a state that a gap between two neighboring video signal lines with one pixel electrode out of the plurality of pixel electrodes sandwiched therebetween in a region where one pixel electrode is arranged is larger than a gap between two neighboring video signal lines with another pixel electrode different from one pixel electrode sandwiched therebetween in a region where another electrode is arranged, a size of one pixel electrode is set larger than a size of another pixel electrode.

Claims (7)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel having a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of video signal lines, a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix array, wherein

in a state that a gap between two neighboring video signal lines with one pixel electrode out of the plurality of pixel electrodes sandwiched therebetween in a region where one pixel electrode is arranged is larger than a gap between two neighboring video signal lines with another pixel electrode different from one pixel electrode sandwiched therebetween in a region where another electrode is arranged, a size of one pixel electrode in the direction of the gap of the video signal lines is set larger than a size of another pixel electrode in the direction of the gap of the video signal lines, and

wherein assuming a distance between two most spaced-apart pixel electrodes out of the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix array as L DA , the difference in etching quantity generated with respect to a size of the pixel electrode in the direction of the gap of the video signal lines at two positions spaced apart from each other by the distance L DA as σ, a size of one pixel electrode in the direction of the gap of the video signal lines as PXW, and a gap between one predetermined pixel electrode and the predetermined video signal line as DPG min , the relationship between a gap DPGL between one pixel electrode and one video signal line out of two video signal lines and a gap DPGR between one pixel electrode and another video signal line out of two video signal lines satisfies following formula 1 to formula 3.

DPGL+σ/L DA ·PXW>DPGR>DPGL−σ/L DA ·PXW   (formula 1)

DPGL>DPG min −σ/L DA ·PXW   (formula 2)

DPGR>DPG min −σ/L DA ·PXW   (formula 3)

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 May 14, 2008
From: OHARA, KEN; YAMAMOTO, TSUNENORI; NAKAYOSHI, YOSHIAKI; SAITO, HIROSHI; OOIDA, JUN
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020975/0080 →