LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20180292722A1
• Filed: 06/12/2018
• Published: 10/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Display Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Japan Display Incorporated
• Inventors: TOMIOKA, Yasushi, Ishigaki, Toshimasa, Sonoda, Hidehiro, Ueta, Sumito
• Granted Patent: US 10,146,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133345 Insulating layers G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133357 Planarisation layers
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133512 Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix G02F1/136209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1337 Surface-induced orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, e.g. by alignment layers
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133707 Structures for producing distorted electric fields, e.g. bumps, protrusions, recesses, slits in pixel electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136227 Through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1368 in which the switching element is a three-electrode device G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/121 common or background
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/123 pixel

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device comprising a TFT substrate having pixels each including a common electrode formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the common electrode, a pixel electrode having a slit and formed on the interlayer insulating film, a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, and a source electrode electrically conducted to the pixel electrode via the through-hole. A taper angle at a depth of D/2 of the through-hole is equal to or more than 50 degrees. The pixel electrode covers part of a side wall of the through-hole but does not cover the remaining part of the side wall of the through-hole. This configuration facilitates the alignment film material to flow into the through-hole, thereby solving a thickness unevenness of the alignment film in vicinity of the through-hole.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a transistor substrate including;

a thin film transistor having a source electrode,

a gate signal line driving the thin film transistor,

an organic insulating film formed on the thin film transistor and having a through hole which has a side wall,

a common electrode formed on the organic insulating film,

an interlayer insulating film formed on the common electrode,

a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film, electrically connected to the source electrode via the through-hole, and formed of a conductive material,

a counter substrate,

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the transistor substrate and the counter substrate, and

a photo-alignment film aligning the liquid crystal layer,

wherein a formation part of the conductive material and a non-formation part of the conductive material overlap with the side wall of the through-hole, and

wherein the photo-alignment film is inside the through-hole.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode has a first edge and a second edge,

wherein the first edge and the second edge are arranged in a first direction in which the pixel electrode extends,

wherein the first edge is located closer to the gate signal line than the second edge is, and

the first edge extends in a second direction being not orthogonal to the first direction.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the through-hole formed in the organic insulating film, the through-hole has a cross-section in which a top face is defined on the side of the counter substrate and a bottom face is defined on the side of the source electrode, the top face having a diameter larger than that of the bottom face, the through-hole having a depth of D,

a taper angle at a depth of D/2 of the through-hole is equal to or more than 50 degrees.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3, wherein

the pixel electrode has a slit, and

the slit extends to a depth of 1 μ

m or more from a top surface of the organic insulating film or to a depth of D/4 or more from the top surface of the organic insulating film.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein a taper angle of the through-hole is equal to or more than 60 degrees.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode has a slit, and

a part of the slit overlaps with the through-hole.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the interlayer insulating film is formed by silicon nitride.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode has a first edge and a second edge are arranged in a first direction in which the pixel electrode extends,

wherein the first edge is located closer to the gate signal line than the second edge is, and

the first edge overlaps with the through-hole.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the photo-alignment film has a first part being inside

the through-hole and a second part formed on the pixel electrode, and

wherein a thickness of the first part is thicker than a thickness of the second part.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein a number of the slit of the pixel electrode is only one.