Liquid crystal display device having asymmetrical through hole

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9638971-B2
Application number	US-201414532028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	Nov 6, 2013
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of controlling deterioration of contrast even in the case where an opening is formed in an organic flattened film and the film has unevenness. In the liquid crystal display device that includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate and that drives the liquid crystal with a lateral electric field, the TFT substrate has the organic flattened film in which a through hole for contacting a source electrode of the TFT and a pixel electrode and a sectional shape of the through hole is asymmetrical between a side on which the pixel electrode extends and the other side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate having a TFT and an alignment film;
a second substrate having a plurality of spacers; and
liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein
the first substrate has an organic flattened film has a through hole for contacting a source electrode of the TFT and a pixel electrode,
a sectional shape of the through hole is asymmetrical to a central axis of the through hole between at a side where the pixel electrode extends and at the other side,
the pixel electrode is in a comb-like shape that has a bent shape in the vicinity of the through hole, and
a range of the asymmetry goes as far as the bent shape of a comb teeth end of the pixel electrode in plan view.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a direction in which the pixel electrode extends and a direction in which a drain wiring of the TFT extends are mutually parallel, and
the direction in which the pixel electrode extends and a direction in which a gate wiring of the TFT extends intersect mutually perpendicularly.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the spacers are arranged in a direction in which gate wiring of the TFT extends and on drain wiring of the TFT through the organic flattened film.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the alignment film is subjected to an alignment treatment by rubbing.

5. A liquid crystal display device comprising;
a first substrate having a TFT and an alignment film;
a second substrate having a plurality of spacers; and
liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein
the first substrate has an organic film in which a through hole is formed, and
the through hole is such that in a side wall upper part, a side thereof on which the pixel electrode extends has a small taper angle compared with the other side thereof.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein
the organic film is formed of a photoresist film, and
through the hole is formed by exposing the photoresist film using a half-tone mask.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the liquid crystal is driven by a lateral electric field.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the through hole contacts a source electrode of the TFT and pixel electrode for forming the lateral electric field.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the spacer is arranged in a direction in which gate wiring of the TFT extends and on drain wiring of the TFT through the organic flattened film.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the alignment film is subjected to an alignment treatment by rubbing.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Komatsu Hiroaki
• Nakayama Takanori
• Sugiyama Saori

Classifications

• G02F2001/136236

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/136227 Primary

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

• G02F1/134363

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

• G02F1/13394

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

• G02F2201/121

  common or background · CPC title