LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first common electrode;
an insulating layer provided over the first common electrode;
a pixel electrode and a second common electrode provided over the insulating layer; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode.
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Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes. One pair of electrodes includes a comb-shaped common electrode and a comb-shaped pixel electrode. Another pair of electrodes includes a common electrode provided in a pixel portion and the comb-shaped pixel electrode.
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65 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a first common electrode;
an insulating layer provided over the first common electrode;
a pixel electrode and a second common electrode provided over the insulating layer; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (26, 33, 40, 47, 54, 60)
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2. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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an insulating substrate;
a thin film transistor formed over the insulating substrate;
a first common electrode provided in a same layer as a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor;
an insulating layer provided to cover the first common electrode;
a pixel electrode and a second common electrode provided over the insulating layer; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein the first common electrode and the second common electrode are electrically connected, and tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (5, 8, 11, 14, 27, 34, 41, 48, 55, 61)
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3. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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an insulating substrate;
a thin film transistor formed over the insulating substrate;
a first common electrode provided in a same layer as source and drain electrodes in the thin film transistor;
a conductive layer connected to the first common electrode;
an insulating layer provided over the first common electrode and the conductive layer;
a pixel electrode and a second common electrode provided over the insulating layer; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (6, 9, 12, 15, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 62)
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4. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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an insulating substrate;
a thin film transistor formed over the insulating substrate;
a first common electrode provided in a same layer as a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor;
a conductive layer connected to the first common electrode;
an insulating layer provided over the first common electrode and the conductive layer;
a pixel electrode and a second common electrode provided over the insulating layer; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (7, 10, 13, 16, 29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 63)
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17. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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an insulating substrate;
a gate electrode formed over the insulating substrate;
a first common electrode formed in a same layer as the gate electrode;
an insulating layer provided to cover the gate electrode and the first common electrode;
a semiconductor layer provided over the gate electrode with the insulating layer therebetween;
source and drain electrodes provided over the semiconductor layer;
a conductive layer provided to be in contact with the first common electrode;
a pixel electrode connected to one of the source and drain electrodes;
a second common electrode connected to the first common electrode with the conductive layer therebetween; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (19, 21, 30, 37, 44, 51, 58, 64)
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18. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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an insulating substrate;
a gate electrode formed over the insulating substrate;
a conductive layer provided in a same layer as the gate electrode;
a first common electrode provided in contact with the conductive layer;
an insulating layer provided to cover the gate electrode and the first common electrode;
a semiconductor layer provided over the gate electrode with the insulating layer therebetween;
source and drain electrodes provided over the semiconductor layer;
a pixel electrode connected to one of the source and drain electrodes;
a second common electrode connected to the first common electrode; and
a liquid crystal material provided over the pixel electrode and the second common electrode, wherein tilting of the liquid crystal material is controlled by an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, and an electrical field between the pixel electrode and the second common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (20, 22, 31, 38, 45, 52, 59, 65)
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23. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising:
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a first reflective common electrode over a substrate;
a second transparent common electrode over the substrate;
an insulating layer over the first reflective common electrode and the second transparent electrode;
a pixel electrode over the insulating layer, the pixel electrode comprising at least a first portion and a second portion; and
a third common electrode over the insulating layer, the third common electrode comprising at least the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first portion is located over the first reflective common electrode and the second portion is located over the transparent common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 32, 39, 46, 53)
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