IP Library Granted Patent US 7,760,281
Granted Patent B2
US 7,760,281 · App. 12/232,791 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,760,281
App. No.
12/232,791
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

To take measures against defects in the conduction by preventing shavings of the orientation film from getting into the terminal portion for liquid crystal display devices using an organic passivation film on a TFT substrate. Image signal lines 107 extend to a terminal portion. The image signal lines 107 , excluding the terminal portion, are covered with an inorganic passivation film 108 and an organic passivation film 109 . In the terminal portion, terminal portion through holes are created in the organic passivation film 109 and the inorganic passivation film 108 , in order to make electrical connection possible. The terminal portion is covered with an ITO film 120 in order to protect the video signal lines 107 . The taper angle θ in the organic passivation film 109 in the terminal portion through holes is 35 degrees or less, and the thickness of the organic passivation film 109 in the periphery of the terminal portion through holes is 300 nm to 600 nm, so that shavings of the orientation film can be prevented from getting into the terminal portion, and thus, defects in the conduction can be prevented.

Claims (22)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a display region where pixels including a pixel electrode and a TFT are formed in regions surrounded by video signal lines and scanning lines, and terminal portions formed outside said display region, characterized in that

an organic insulating film is formed so as to cover said TFT, and the organic insulating film in said pixel portion has a thickness of 1 μm to 4 μm, said pixel electrode is formed on top of said organic insulating film, and a pixel portion through hole for electrically connecting said pixel electrode and said TFT is created in said organic insulating film,

a video signal line or a scanning line extends to said terminal portion outside said display region, and said video signal line or scanning line is covered with said organic insulating film, and

a terminal portion through hole is created in said organic insulating film in said terminal portion, said organic insulating film in the periphery of said terminal portion through hole has a thickness of 300 nm to 600 nm, the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is smaller than the taper angle of said pixel portion through hole in said organic insulating film, and the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is 5 degrees to 35 degrees.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is 20 degrees to 30 degrees.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that there is an inorganic insulating film beneath said organic insulating film in said terminal portion.

4. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a display region where pixels including a pixel electrode and a TFT are formed in regions surrounded by video signal lines and scanning lines, and terminal portions formed outside said display region, characterized in that

an organic insulating film is formed so as to cover said TFT, and the organic insulating film in said pixel portion has a thickness of 1 μm to 4 μm, said pixel electrode is formed on top of said organic insulating film, and a pixel portion through hole for electrically connecting said pixel electrode and said TFT is created in said organic insulating film,

a video signal line or a scanning line extends to said terminal portion outside said display region, and said video signal line or scanning line is covered with said organic insulating film, and

a terminal portion through hole is created in said organic insulating film in said terminal portion, said organic insulating film in the periphery of said terminal portion through hole has a thickness of 100 nm to 600 nm, the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is smaller than the taper angle of said pixel portion through hole in said organic insulating film, and the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is 20 degrees or less.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , characterized in that there is an inorganic insulating film beneath said organic insulating film in said terminal portion.

6. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a display region where pixels including a pixel electrode and a TFT are formed in regions surrounded by video signal lines and scanning lines, and terminal portions formed outside said display region, characterized in that

an organic insulating film is formed so as to cover said TFT, and the organic insulating film in said pixel portion has a thickness of 1 μm to 4 μm, said pixel electrode is formed on top of said organic insulating film, and a pixel portion through hole for electrically connecting said pixel electrode and said TFT is created in said organic insulating film,

a video signal line or a scanning line extends to said terminal portion outside said display region, and said video signal line or scanning line is covered with said organic insulating film, and

a terminal portion through hole is created in said organic insulating film in said terminal portion, the film thickness of said organic insulating film in the periphery of said terminal portion through hole is smaller than the film thickness of said organic insulating film in said pixel portion after half-tone exposure to light, the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is smaller than the taper angle of said pixel portion through hole in said organic insulating film, and the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is 5 degrees to 35 degrees.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , characterized in that the film thickness of said organic insulating film in the periphery of said terminal portion through hole is 300 nm to 600 nm.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , characterized in that the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is 20 degrees to 30 degrees.

9. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a display region where pixels including a pixel electrode and a TFT are formed in regions surrounded by video signal lines and scanning lines, and terminal portions formed outside said display region, characterized in that

an organic insulating film is formed so as to cover said TFT, and the organic insulating film in said pixel portion has a thickness of 1 μm to 4 μm, said pixel electrode is formed on top of said organic insulating film, and a pixel portion through hole for electrically connecting said pixel electrode and said TFT is created in said organic insulating film,

a video signal line or a scanning line extends to said terminal portion outside said display region, and said video signal line or scanning line is covered with said organic insulating film, and

a terminal portion through hole is created in said organic insulating film in said terminal portion, the film thickness of said organic insulating film in the periphery of said terminal portion through hole is smaller than the film thickness of said organic insulating film in said pixel portion after multiple gradation half-tone exposure to light, the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is smaller than the taper angle of said pixel portion through hole in said organic insulating film, and the taper angle of said terminal portion through hole in said organic insulating film is 20 degrees or less.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , characterized in that the film thickness of said organic insulating film in the periphery of said terminal portion through hole is 100 nm to 600 nm.

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 Sep 24, 2008
From: TANABE, HIDEO; TAKABATAKE, MASARU; YAMASHITA, MANABU
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021648/0015 →