Liquid crystal display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10409124-B2
Application number	US-201615277220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device, includes a first substrate including a scanning signal line, a video signal line, a first electrode, a color filter, a common line in contact with the first electrode along the video signal line, an antireflection layer located on the common line, a transparent layer located on the antireflection layer, and a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer located on the first substrate, and a second substrate located on the liquid crystal layer, the transparent layer having a thickness of 10 nm or more and 40 nm or less.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a first substrate including a support substrate, a scanning signal line, a video signal line, a first electrode, a color filter, a common line in contact with the first electrode along the video signal line, an antireflection layer located on the common line, a transparent layer located on the antireflection layer, a second electrode, and an alignment film;
a liquid crystal layer located on the first substrate; and
a second substrate located on the liquid crystal layer, wherein
the transparent layer has a thickness of 10 nm or more and 40 nm or less,
the transparent layer has a first surface which faces the liquid crystal layer,
the second electrode has a second surface which faces the liquid crystal layer,
the alignment film is in contact with the first surface and the second surface,
the transparent layer is between the alignment film and the common line, and
a first distance from the support substrate to the first surface is larger than a second distance from the support substrate to the second surface.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first substrate further includes an insulating layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and which is in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode,
a thickness of the antireflection layer is larger than a thickness of the insulating layer, and
a thickness of the common line is larger than the thickness of the antireflection layer.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , wherein
the transparent layer and the insulating layer are formed of a same material.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein
the transparent layer is formed of silicon nitride.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 4 , wherein
the transparent layer on the antireflection layer is thinner than the insulating layer.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , wherein
the common line has a fourth surface which is in contact with the antireflection layer,
the insulating layer has a fifth surface which is in contact with the second electrode, and
a distance from the support substrate to the fourth surface is larger than a distance from the support substrate to the fifth surface.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the transparent layer is an organic insulating layer.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the transparent layer is formed of a same material as the second electrode and is remote from the second electrode.

9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 8 , wherein
the first substrate further includes an insulating layer located under the second electrode and disposed on a side of the antireflection layer, and an alignment film covering the transparent layer and the second electrode.

10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the transparent layer is formed of a same material as the first electrode and is electrically connected with the first electrode.

11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein
the first substrate further includes an insulating layer located under the second electrode to expose the transparent layer, and an alignment film covering the transparent layer and the second electrode.

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein
the first substrate further includes an insulating layer located under the first electrode and the common line, and an alignment film covering the transparent layer and the first electrode.

13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the antireflection layer and the transparent layer are located on the scanning signal line.

14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the color filter is in contact with any one of the first electrode and the second electrode.

15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the second substrate includes a transparent area above the video signal line.

16. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the alignment film has a third surface which is in contact with the liquid crystal layer just above the transparent layer, and
the third surface protrudes toward the liquid crystal layer.

17. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the alignment film has a recessed portion between the transparent layer and the second electrode.

18. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the common line is larger than a thickness of the antireflection layer,
a thickness of the antireflection layer is larger than the thickness of the transparent layer.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Itou Osamu
• Sonoda Daisuke
• Kosuge Masahiro

Classifications

• G02F1/133502

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• G02F1/136286 Primary

  Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line · CPC title

• G02F1/134363 Primary

  for applying an electric field parallel to the substrate, i.e. in-plane switching [IPS] · CPC title

• G02F1/133707

  Structures for producing distorted electric fields, e.g. bumps, protrusions, recesses, slits in pixel electrodes · CPC title

• G02F1/133345

  Insulating layers (G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence) · CPC title