Liquid crystal cells – elements and systems – Particular structure – Having significant detail of cell structure only
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-20
2003-01-21
Ton, Toan (Department: 2871)
Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems
Particular structure
Having significant detail of cell structure only
C349S043000, C349S046000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06509946
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an active matrix high-resolution liquid crystal display device including plural pairs of common busline and gate busline each extending in parallel to each other in a definite direction, plural source buslines each extending in parallel to each other in such a direction as to intersect detachedly the common and gate buslines, sub-pixel aperture areas each surrounded by the common busline, the gate busline and the source buslines, and Thin Film Transistors (TFTs).
2. Prior Art
There have been known various types of active matrix TFT liquid crystal display devices including plural pairs of gate busline through which a scanning signal is supplied and common busline each extending in parallel to each other in a definite direction; plural source buslines through which an image signal is supplied and which extend in parallel to each other in such a direction as to intersect detachedly the common and gate buslines; sub-pixel aperture areas each surrounded by the common busline, the gate busline and the source buslines; and Thin Film Transistors (TFTs). In case of using such TFT liquid crystal display devices as a display unit of a notebook personal computer (PC) requiring a large aperture ratio, a TN (Twisted Nematic) mode TFT liquid crystal display device is used now since it can afford the large aperture ratio though its viewing angle is bad.
Recently, a large stationary liquid crystal display device has been used as a display device for a normal PC. In this type of the stationary liquid crystal display device, even if the aperture ratio is small, the screen of a display device can be brightened by means of, for example, back light and the like. Accordingly, the viewing angle is important rather than the aperture ratio for this type of the display device. On this account, in recent years, an IPS (In-Plane-Switching) type TFT liquid crystal display device capable of providing a good viewing angle has been used for this purpose.
FIG. 2
shows an embodiment of the aforementioned conventional IPS type TFT liquid crystal display device. In
FIG. 2
, reference numeral
51
denotes busline constituted by plural pairs of common busline
52
and gate busline
53
each extending in parallel to each other in a definite direction, e.g., in a horizontal direction here;
54
denotes plural source buslines extending in parallel to each other in such a direction as to intersect detachedly these common buslines
52
and gate buslines
53
to make a right angle therewith here;
55
denotes a sub-pixel aperture area surrounded by the common busline
52
, the gate busline
53
and the source buslines
54
; and
56
denotes TFT. The TFT
56
includes a source electrode
57
and a drain electrode
58
. The source electrode
57
extends from the source busline
54
. These electrodes are along the gate busline
53
and interspaced in parallel to each other at a definite interval of a channel
59
. The gate busline
53
is placed under the channel
59
consisting of a semiconductor layer through the intermediary of an insulating film which is not shown in the figure.
In the embodiment shown in
FIG. 2
, two pieces of common electrodes
60
are branched from the common busline
52
and extended downwardly along the two pieces of source buslines
54
. On the other hand, the drain electrode
58
of the TFT
56
has a branch extending upwardly between adjacent two pieces of the common electrodes
60
in parallel thereto. As a result, plural (two) parallel electrode pairs are constituted in a sub-pixel area. Of course, the aforementioned constitution can be found between a pair of, for example, transparent glass substrates, and the space between these substrates is filled with a liquid crystal similarly to the usual TFT liquid crystal display device even though these are not shown in FIG.
2
. The part shown in
FIG. 2
corresponds to one of R (Red), G (Green) and B (Blue) sub-pixel areas which constitute one color pixel. In
FIG. 2
, a row of these three sub-pixel areas constitutes the pixel. Accordingly, it is no need of explaining why the height to width ratio of the sub-pixel area is 3:1.
The conventional TFT liquid crystal display device shown in
FIG. 2
has been used without causing serious problems until high resolution is required. Nowadays, a high-resolution liquid crystal display device is required. However, conventional technologies cannot answer this requirement. In other words, when considered for achieving the high resolution on the basis of the same ground rules as conventional, leading ideas will suggest that the aperture ratio of sub-pixel aperture areas inevitably becomes decreased in proportion to the size of a sub-pixel area. Moreover, the number of TFTs to be driven becomes increased because of increasing the number of pixels. Accordingly, time required for driving selected TFT becomes short for activating one sub-pixel area corresponding to the selected TFT since time allowable to be occupied for displaying one frame is determined by a refresh rate. In order to prevent the deterioration of image quality which makes it impossible to form an image in the worst case, it is required to increase the size of TFT even if the aperture ratio of the sub-pixel aperture areas necessarily becomes decreased.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open Hei 2(1990)-58030 discloses a method for solving problems regarding the size of TFT in which the width of the channel of TFT is increased by making source and drain electrodes form a comb-shaped structure. In this structure, teeth of these electrodes facing each other are arranged to run alternately and substantially in parallel to one another on a plane. This method makes it possible to increase the driving ability of the TFT to some extent, but cannot increase the aperture ratio just the same as other conventional methods because it is necessary to form the electrodes into the comb-shaped structure.
The object of the present invention is to provide a high-resolution TFT liquid crystal display device having a structure capable of providing a high aperture ratio and high image quality which have been conflicted with each other in the conventional IPS mode TFT liquid crystal display device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The target of the present invention is a TFT liquid crystal display device which includes plural pairs of common busline and gate busline each extending in parallel to each other in a definite direction, plural source buslines each extending in parallel to each other in such a direction as to intersect detachedly the common and gate buslines, sub-pixel aperture areas each surrounded by the common busline, the gate busline and the source buslines, and Thin Film Transistors (TFTs). In the present invention, the TFT has source and drain electrodes disposed in parallel to each other. The crosswise direction of a channel formed by the parallel source and drain electrodes is parallel to the source buslines. The width of the channel is approximately equivalent to the long side length of the sub-pixel aperture area.
In the present invention, the above constitution makes it possible to increase the size of TFT without affecting adversely the aperture ratio of pixels. Thereby, the driving ability and the charging speed of the TFT can be enhanced. More concretely, a pixel is constituted by laterally disposed three sub-pixel aperture areas. Thereby, in each of the sub-pixel aperture areas, the long side of the sub-pixel aperture area lies along the source busline, and is about three times longer than the short side of the same sub-pixel aperture area which lies along the common and gate buslines. Accordingly, the width of the channel can be made about three times wider than the conventional one. As a result, it is possible to run a current enough to compensate the remarkable decrease of changing time required for the pixel. Thereby, it is possible to maintain a high quality image. Furthermore, the crosswise direction of the channel is parallel to the source buslines and the width thereof is almo
Schechter Andrew
Scully Scott Murphy & Presser
Ton Toan
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