Liquid crystal display device and electronic device

• US 10,698,277 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2017
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kimura, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Charles S
• Application Number:
  US15/823,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20180088425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 349 38- 39, 349 42- 43, 349139
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133345 Insulating layers G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133553 Reflecting elements associated to illuminating devices G02F1/133605
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1337 Surface-induced orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, e.g. by alignment layers
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134363 for applying an electric field parallel to the substrate, i.e. in-plane switching [IPS]
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134372 for fringe field switching [FFS] where the common electrode is not patterned
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1362 Active matrix addressed cells G02F1/134336, G02F1/134363 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136231 for reducing the number of lithographic steps
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136277 formed on a semiconductor substrate, e.g. of silicon
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136286 Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1368 in which the switching element is a three-electrode device G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0876 Supplementary capacities in pixels having special driving circuits and electrodes instead of being connected to common electrode or ground; Use of additional capacitively coupled compensation electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0235 Field-sequential colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/024 Scrolling of light from the illumination source over the display in combination with the scanning of the display screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/027 Details of drivers for data electrodes, the drivers handling digital grey scale data, e.g. use of D/A converters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0275 Details of drivers for data electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays, not related to handling digital grey scale data or to communication of data to the pixels by means of a current
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0297 Special arrangements with multiplexing or demultiplexing of display data in the drivers for data electrodes, in a pre-processing circuitry delivering display data to said drivers or in the matrix panel, e.g. multiplexing plural data signals to one D/A converter or demultiplexing the D/A converter output to multiple columns
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0233 Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0252 Improving the response speed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/106 Determination of movement vectors or equivalent parameters within the image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0435 : Change or adaptation of the frame rate of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/16 : Determination of a pixel data signal depending on the signal applied in the previous frame
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2352/00 : Parallel handling of streams of display data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 : for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/342 : using several illumination sources separately controlled corresponding to different display panel areas, e.g. along one dimension such as lines
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3659 : the addressing of the pixel involving the control of two or more scan electrodes or two or more data electrodes, e.g. pixel voltage dependant on signal of two data electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3685 : Details of drivers for data electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1214 : comprising a plurality of TFTs formed on a non-semiconducting substrate, e.g. driving circuits for AMLCDs
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1218 : with a particular composition or structure of the substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3102 : using two-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators micromechanical modulators as such G02B26/0833; liquid crystal modulators as such G02F1/13

Abstract

To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a substrate;

a transistor comprising;

a gate wiring including a region provided along a first direction;

a semiconductor layer over the gate wiring; and

a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer;

a first insulating film over the transistor;

a pixel electrode on and in contact with the first insulating film and the first electrode;

a common electrode over the substrate;

a wiring provided over the common electrode and along the first direction;

an electrode on and in contact with the first insulating film and the wiring; and

a liquid crystal over the pixel electrode and the common electrode,

wherein;

the common electrode includes a region provided below the gate wiring, and

the electrode is in contact with the wiring in a region overlapping with the common electrode.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises amorphous silicon.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode has a light-transmitting property.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the common electrode has a light-transmitting property.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of the semiconductor layer overlaps with any of the first electrode and the second electrode.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, an orientation of the liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the wiring comprises the same material as the gate wiring.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the electrode comprises the same material as the pixel electrode.

9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a substrate;

a transistor comprising;

a gate wiring including a region provided along a first direction;

a semiconductor layer over the gate wiring; and

a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer;

a first insulating film over the transistor;

a pixel electrode on and in contact with the first insulating film and the first electrode;

a common electrode over the substrate;

a second insulating film over the common electrode;

a wiring provided over the common electrode and along the first direction;

an electrode on and in contact with the first insulating film and the wiring; and

a liquid crystal over the pixel electrode and the common electrode,

wherein;

the common electrode includes a region provided below the gate wiring,

the gate wiring and the wiring are on and in contact with the second insulating film, and

the electrode is in contact with the wiring in a region overlapping with the common electrode.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises amorphous silicon.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the pixel electrode has a light-transmitting property.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the common electrode has a light-transmitting property.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein an end portion of the semiconductor layer overlaps with any of the first electrode and the second electrode.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, an orientation of the liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the wiring comprises the same material as the gate wiring.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the electrode comprises the same material as the pixel electrode.

17. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a substrate;

a transistor comprising;

a gate wiring including a region provided along a first direction;

a semiconductor layer over the gate wiring; and

a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer;

a first insulating film over the transistor;

a pixel electrode on and in contact with the first insulating film and the first electrode;

a common electrode over the substrate;

a wiring provided over the common electrode and along the first direction;

an electrode on and in contact with the first insulating film and the wiring; and

a liquid crystal over the pixel electrode and the common electrode,

wherein;

the common electrode includes a region provided below the gate wiring,

the common electrode is provided over an entire surface of the substrate, and

the electrode is in contact with the wiring in a region overlapping with the common electrode.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises amorphous silicon.

19. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the pixel electrode has a light-transmitting property.

20. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the common electrode has a light-transmitting property.

21. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein an end portion of the semiconductor layer overlaps with any of the first electrode and the second electrode.

22. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, an orientation of the liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.

23. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the wiring comprises the same material as the gate wiring.

24. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the electrode comprises the same material as the pixel electrode.