Liquid crystal display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10001687-B2
Application number	US-201615245804-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2016
Priority date	Sep 28, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

In a high-resolution liquid crystal display device, measures against display unevenness caused by generation of a region where no alignment film is applied are provided. A liquid crystal display device includes a pixel formed between a scanning line and a video signal line. The pixel includes a TFT, a pixel electrode, and a contact hole connecting the TFT and the pixel electrode. The contact hole is formed in an insulation film formed between the pixel electrode and the TFT. Assuming that a horizontal pitch of the video signal line is ph and a horizontal diameter of the contact hole is dh, ph is 26 μm or less and s/ph is 0.73 or more where s=ph−dh. A tapered angle of a sidewall of the contact hole is 53 degrees or less. A thickness of an alignment film over the pixel electrode is 110 nm or more.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first substrate including pixels each having a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, an insulation film provided between the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode, and an alignment film;
a second substrate; and
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode are connected through a contact hole provided in the insulation film,
when a pixel pitch in a first direction is ph and a diameter of the contact hole in the first direction is dh, ph is 26 μm or less,
when s is defined as ph−dh, s/ph is 0.73 or more,
a tapered angle of a sidewall of the contact hole is 53 degrees or less, and
a thickness of the alignment film located between the pixel electrode and the liquid crystal is 110 nm or more.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the contact hole in the first direction is 7 μm or less.

3. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first substrate including pixels each having a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, an insulation film provided between the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode, and an alignment film;
a second substrate; and
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode are connected through a contact hole provided in the insulation film,
when a pixel pitch in a first direction is ph and a diameter of the contact hole in the first direction is dh, ph is 20 μm or less,
when s is defined as ph−dh, s/ph is 0.8 or more,
a tapered angle of a sidewall of the contact hole is 53 degrees or less, and
a thickness of the alignment film located between the pixel electrode and the liquid crystal is 110 nm or more.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the diameter of the contact hole in the first direction is 4 μm or less.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the alignment film located between the pixel electrode and the liquid crystal is 115 nm or more.

6. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate including a first scanning line and a second scanning line that extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction, a first video signal line and a second video signal line arranged in the first direction, and a first pixel and a second pixel arranged in the first direction side by side between the first scanning line and the second scanning line;
a second substrate; and
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first pixel includes a first TFT and a first pixel electrode that are connected to each other through a first contact hole provided in an insulation film between the first TFT and the first pixel electrode,
the second pixel includes a second TFT and a second pixel electrode that are connected to each other through a second contact hole provided in an insulation film between the second TFT and the second pixel electrode,
when a pitch of the first pixel and the second pixel in the first direction is ph and a diameter of the first contact hole and the second contact hole in the first direction is dh, ph is 26 μm or less,
when a shortest distance between the first contact hole and the second contact hole is s, s/ph is 0.73 or more,
an alignment film is formed between the first and second pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal,
a tapered angle of sidewalls of the first and second contact holes is 53 degrees or less, and
a thickness of the alignment film between the first and second pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal is 110 nm or more.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first pixels are arranged in the second direction with a pitch of pv to form a first pixel line,
the second pixels are arranged in the second direction with the pitch of pv to form a second pixel line, and
a step is formed between the first pixel line and the second pixel line in a side of a display region, the side extending in the first direction.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the step is from pv/4 to pv/2.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first pixels are arranged in the second direction with a pitch of pv to form a first pixel line,
the second pixels are arranged in the second direction with the pitch of pv to form a second pixel line, and
a diameter in the second direction of the first pixel in the first pixel line and a diameter in the second direction of the second pixel in the second pixel line are different from each other in a side of a display region, the side extending in the first direction.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein
the side of the display region extending in the first direction is straight.

11. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate including a first scanning line and a second scanning line that extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction, a first video signal line and a second video signal line arranged in the first direction, and a first pixel and a second pixel arranged in the first direction side by side between the first scanning line and the second scanning line;
a second substrate; and
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first pixel includes a first TFT and a first pixel electrode that are connected to each other through a first contact hole provided in an insulation film between the first TFT and the first pixel electrode,
the second pixel includes a second TFT and a second pixel electrode that are connected to each other through a second contact hole provided in an insulation film between the second TFT and the second pixel electrode,
when a pitch of the first pixel and the second pixel in the first direction is ph and a diameter of the first contact hole and the second contact hole in the first direction is dh, ph is 20 μm or less,
when a shortest distance between the first contact hole and the second contact hole is s, s/ph is 0.8 or more,
an alignment film is formed between the first and second pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal,
a tapered angle of sidewalls of the first and second contact holes is 53 degrees or less, and
a thickness of the alignment film between the first and second pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal is 110 nm or more.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein
the first pixels are arranged in the second direction with a pitch of pv to form a first pixel line,
the second pixels are arranged in the second direction with the pitch of pv to form a second pixel line, and
a step is formed between the first pixel line and the second pixel line in a side of a display region, the side extending in the first direction.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the step is from pv/4 to pv/2.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein
the first pixels are arranged in the second direction with a pitch of pv to form a first pixel line,
the second pixels are arranged in the second direction with the pitch of pv to form a second pixel line, and
a diameter in the second direction of the first pixel in the first pixel line and a diameter in the second direction of the second pixel in the second pixel line are different from each other in a side of a display

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Shimura Masato
• Yuge Shunsuke
• Miyairi Hiroshi
• Ishikawa Tomokazu
• Nishino Tomonori

Classifications

• G02F1/134336

  Matrix · CPC title

• G02F1/136227 Primary

  Through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer · CPC title