LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100118238A1
• Filed: 12/10/2007
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Imai, Hajime, Kitagawa, Hideki, Kikuchi, Tetsuo, Shimada, Junya, Hara, Yoshihito, Imade, Mitsunori
• Application Number:
  US12/524,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20100118238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 349/113
• 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 1/133555 Transflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1362 Active matrix addressed cells G02F1/134336, G02F1/134363 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2202/10 semiconductor

Abstract

Reflection-type and transflective-type liquid crystal display devices having a high image quality, in which moiré or coloration is reduced, are provided at low cost.

A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device having a reflection region in each of a plurality of pixels; the reflection region includes a metal layer, a semiconductor layer, and a reflective layer; a plurality of recesses and protrusions are formed on the surface of the reflective layer; the plurality of recesses are formed according to apertures in the metal layer; the plurality of protrusions are formed so as to conform to the shape of the semiconductor layer; a plurality of pairs among the plurality of recesses that adjoin along a direction include two pairs whose intervals between recesses are different from each other; and a plurality of pairs among the plurality of protrusions that adjoin along a direction include two pairs whose intervals between protrusions are different from each other.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixels, and comprising, in each of the plurality of pixels, a reflection region for reflecting incident light toward a display surface, wherein,

the reflection region includes a metal layer, a semiconductor layer formed on the metal layer, and a reflective layer formed on the semiconductor layer;

a plurality of first recesses or protrusions and a plurality of second recesses or protrusions are formed on a surface of the reflective layer;

the plurality of first recesses or protrusions are formed so as to conform to the shapes of recesses or protrusions of the metal layer, and the plurality of second recesses or protrusions are formed so as to conform to the shapes of recesses or protrusions of the semiconductor layer; and

the plurality of first recesses or protrusions have a plurality of first pairs of first recesses or protrusions adjoining along a first direction, the plurality of first pairs including two pairs whose intervals between recesses or protrusions are different from each other, or

the plurality of second recesses or protrusions have a plurality of second pairs of second recesses or protrusions adjoining along a second direction, the plurality of second pairs including two pairs whose intervals between recesses or protrusions are different from each other.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first recesses or protrusions have a plurality of third pairs of first recesses or protrusions adjoining along a third direction which is different from the first direction, and the plurality of third pairs include two pairs whose intervals between recesses or protrusions are different from each other.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second recesses or protrusions have a plurality of fourth pairs of second recesses or protrusions adjoining along a fourth direction which is different from the second direction, and the plurality of fourth pairs include two pairs whose intervals between recesses or protrusions are different from each other.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein,

the plurality of first recesses or protrusions have a plurality of third pairs of first recesses or protrusions adjoining along a third direction which is different from the first direction, and the plurality of third pairs include two pairs whose intervals between recesses or protrusions are different from each other;

and

the plurality of second recesses or protrusions have a plurality of fourth pairs of second recesses or protrusions adjoining along a fourth direction which is different from the second direction, and the plurality of fourth pairs include two pairs whose intervals between recesses or protrusions are different from each other.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein, on the surface of the reflective layer, at least either the plurality of first recesses or protrusions or the plurality of second recesses or protrusions are randomly disposed.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5, wherein, on the surface of the reflective layer, both the plurality of first recesses or protrusions and the plurality of second recesses or protrusions are randomly disposed.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, comprising a semiconductor element provided corresponding to each of the plurality of pixels, wherein,

the metal layer, the semiconductor layer, and the reflective layer are made of same materials as those of a gate electrode, a semiconductor portion, and source and drain electrodes of the semiconductor element, respectively.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, comprising a liquid crystal layer and an interlayer insulating layer and a pixel electrode interposed between the liquid crystal layer and the reflective layer, wherein a surface of the pixel electrode facing the liquid crystal layer is formed flat without conforming to shapes of the first recesses or protrusions and the second recesses or protrusions of the reflective layer.