Liquid crystal display device and the method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10962841-B2
Application number	US-201815883764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2018
Priority date	Jan 30, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of display panels are disposed so as to overlap each other and which displays an image on each of the plurality of display panels. The liquid crystal display device includes a first display panel; and a second display panel disposed so as to overlap the first display panel. The second display panel includes a first substrate on which a source line, a gate line, a thin film transistor, and an organic insulator are formed, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first spacer is formed in the first substrate to hold a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first spacer and the organic insulator are made of a positive photosensitive resin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of display panels are disposed so as to overlap each other and which displays an image on each of the plurality of display panels, the liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first display panel; and
a second display panel disposed so as to overlap the first display panel,
wherein
the second display panel includes a first substrate on which a source line, a gate line, a thin film transistor, and an organic insulator are formed, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
a first spacer is formed in the first substrate to hold a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate,
the first spacer and the organic insulator are made of a positive photosensitive resin,
the first display panel includes a third substrate on which a source line, a gate line, and a thin film transistor are formed and a fourth substrate disposed opposite to the third substrate,
a second spacer is formed in the fourth substrate to hold a distance between the third substrate and the fourth substrate,
the second spacer is made of a negative photosensitive resin, and
an inclination angle of the first spacer to an installation surface is less than 60 degrees, and an inclination angle of the second spacer to an installation surface is greater than or equal to 60 degrees.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first spacer and the organic insulator are integrated with each other.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second display panel includes the gate line formed on the first substrate, a gate insulator that is formed on the first substrate so as to cover the gate line, an electrode constituting the thin film transistor formed on the gate insulator, a protective insulator covering the electrode, the organic insulator formed on the protective insulator, a common electrode formed on the organic insulator, an upper insulator covering the common electrode, and the first spacer and a pixel electrode, which are formed on the upper insulator.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second display panel includes the gate line formed on the first substrate, a gate insulator that is formed on the first substrate so as to cover the gate line, an electrode constituting the thin film transistor formed on the gate insulator, a protective insulator covering the electrode, the organic insulator formed on the protective insulator, a common electrode formed on the organic insulator, an upper insulator covering the common electrode, and a pixel electrode formed on the upper insulator, and the first spacer is integral with the organic insulator.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a color filter is formed on one of the third substrate and the fourth substrate.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a number of pixels per unit area in the second display panel is smaller than a number of pixels per unit area in the first display panel.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second display panel further includes a third spacer formed on the first substrate,
a space is formed between the third spacer and the second substrate, and
the third spacer is made of a positive photosensitive resin.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first spacer overlaps the source line in planar view, and
the third spacer does not overlap the source line in planar view.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the second display panel further includes a pixel electrode formed on the first substrate, a common electrode that is disposed opposite to the pixel electrode, and a common wiring electrically connected to the common electrode, the common wiring being formed by a metallic layer,
the first spacer overlaps the common wiring in planar view, and
the third spacer does not overlap the common wiring in planar view.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first spacer, the third spacer, and the organic insulator are integrated with one another, and
a height of the first spacer is substantially equal to a height of the third spacer, based on an upper surface of the organic insulator on the liquid crystal layer side.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first spacer, the third spacer, and the organic insulator are integrated with one another, and
a height of the first spacer is higher than a height of the third spacer, based on an upper surface of the organic insulator on a liquid crystal layer side.

Assignees

• Panasonic Liquid Crystal Displ
• Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc

Inventors

• Murakoso Tomohiro
• Tsuda Kazuhiko
• Mori Ikuko

Classifications

• G02F1/13394 Primary

  spacers regularly patterned on the cell subtrate, e.g. walls, pillars (G02F1/133377 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F2202/28

  Adhesive materials or arrangements · CPC title

• G09G2300/023

  Display panel composed of stacked panels · CPC title

• G09G3/3677

  suitable for active matrices only · CPC title

• G09G2320/066

  for control of contrast · CPC title