Liquid crystal display device with control capacitors for gray-scale
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising at least one subpixel electrode occupying a part of a region defined by a pixel, said subpixel electrode being disposed on a first insulating film on a first base plate in opposing relation to a common electrode on a second base plate across liquid crystal, a control capacitor electrode partly opposite said at least one subpixel electrode being provided through said first insulating film to form a control capacitor connected in series with a liquid crystal capacitor formed between said at least one subpixel electrode and said common electrode, means for applying a drive voltage across said control capacitor electrode and said common electrode, and an additional capacitor electrode formed in opposing relation to said at least one subpixel electrode through a second insulating film to form an additional capacitor equivalently in parallel to said liquid crystal capacitor.
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Abstract
Each pixel electrode of a liquid crystal display device is divided into a plurality of subpixel electrodes, which are separated by a gap from each other, and a control capacitor electrode is provided opposite at least one of the subpixel electrodes through a first insulating film. The control capacitor electrode has a region extending the entire length of the gap so that a drive voltage can be applied to liquid crystal in the gap. The control capacitor electrode forms a control capacitor connected in series with a liquid crystal capacitor formed by the above-mentioned least one subpixel electrode between it and a common electrode corresponding thereto. An additional capacitor electrode, which is opposite the at least one subpixel electrode through a second insulating film, is formed, by which is formed an additional capacitor equivalently in parallel to the liquid crystal capacitor.
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8 Claims
- 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising at least one subpixel electrode occupying a part of a region defined by a pixel, said subpixel electrode being disposed on a first insulating film on a first base plate in opposing relation to a common electrode on a second base plate across liquid crystal, a control capacitor electrode partly opposite said at least one subpixel electrode being provided through said first insulating film to form a control capacitor connected in series with a liquid crystal capacitor formed between said at least one subpixel electrode and said common electrode, means for applying a drive voltage across said control capacitor electrode and said common electrode, and an additional capacitor electrode formed in opposing relation to said at least one subpixel electrode through a second insulating film to form an additional capacitor equivalently in parallel to said liquid crystal capacitor.
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