Liquid crystal cells – elements and systems – Particular structure – Having significant detail of cell structure only
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-04
2002-10-08
Ton, Toan (Department: 2871)
Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems
Particular structure
Having significant detail of cell structure only
C349S143000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06462798
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device (LCD), and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display device having common-auxiliary electrodes and electric field inducing windows.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, an LCD has been proposed where the liquid crystal is not aligned and the liquid crystal is driven by side electrodes insulated from pixel electrodes.
FIGS. 1
a
and
1
b
are sectional views of pixel unit of the conventional LCDs.
Regarding conventional LCDs, a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on a first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on the first substrate divide the first substrate into a plurality of pixel regions. A thin film transistor (TFT) applies image signal delivered from the data bus line to a pixel electrode
13
on a passivation layer
37
. The TFT is formed on each pixel region and comprises a gate electrode, a gate insulator, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, etc.
Pixel electrode
13
is formed on the gate insulator, thereon passivation layer
37
is formed over the whole first substrate, and side electrode
21
is formed surrounding the pixel electrode
13
and a part of pixel electrode
13
overlaps side electrode
21
. (
FIG. 1A
)
Alternatively, pixel electrode
13
is formed on the gate insulator, and passivation layer
37
is formed over the whole first substrate.
On second substrate, a light shielding layer is formed to shield any light leakage from gate and data bus lines, and the TFT, a color filter layer is formed on the light shielding layer, an over coat layer is formed on the color filter layer, a common electrode
17
is formed to have open area
27
on the over coat layer, and a liquid crystal layer is formed between the first and second substrates.
The common electrode
17
is formed and applies electric field to a liquid crystal layer together with pixel electrode
13
. Side electrode
21
and open area (slit)
27
distort the electric field applied to the liquid crystal layer.
Then, in a unit pixel liquid crystal molecules are driven variously. This means that when voltage is applied to the LCD, dielectric energy due to the distorted electric field arranges the liquid crystal directors in needed or desired positions.
In the LCDs, however, open area
27
in common electrode
17
or pixel electrode
13
is necessary, and the liquid crystal molecules could be driven stably when the open area is wider. If the electrodes do not have an open area or the width of the open area is narrow, the electric field distortion needed to divide the pixel region becomes weak. Then, when voltage over a threshold voltage, V
th
, is applied, the time needed to stabilize the liquid crystal directors increases.
At this time, disclination occurs from the area where the liquid crystal directors are parallel with a transmittance axis of the polarizer, which results in a decrease in brightness. Further, according to the surface state of LCDs, the liquid crystal texture has an irregular structure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an LCD that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-domain LCD having high response time characteristics and high brightness by stable arrangement of liquid crystal molecules.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve the objects and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprises first and second substrates facing each other; a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on the first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on the first substrate to define a pixel region; a common-auxiliary electrode surrounding the pixel region on a same layer whereon the gate bus line is formed; a gate insulator over the whole first substrate; a passivation layer on the gate insulator over the whole first substrate; a pixel electrode in the pixel region, the pixel electrode having an electric field inducing window in the inner part thereof; a light shielding layer on the second substrate; a color filter layer on the light shielding layer; a common electrode on the color filter layer; an alignment layer on at least one substrate between the first and second substrates; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having positive or negative dielectric anisotropy.
The multi-domain liquid crystal display device further comprises a negative uniaxial or negative biaxial film on at least one substrate.
The liquid crystal layer includes chiral dopants.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
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Kim Kyeong Jin
Lee Yun Bok
Yoo Jang Jin
LG. Philips LCD Co. Ltd.
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Schechter Andrew
Ton Toan
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