Thin-film transistor liquid crystal display devices having cross-coupled storage capacitors
First Claim
1. A thin-film transistor liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a plurality of liquid crystal display cells having pixel electrodes therein; and
a plurality of storage capacitors, each of said plurality of storage capacitors having a first electrode electrically connected to a pixel electrode in one display cell and a second electrode spaced opposite the first electrode and electrically connected to a pixel electrode in another display cell.
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Abstract
Liquid crystal display devices include a matrix of thin-film transistor (TFT) display cells and storage capacitors to capacitively cross-couple pixel electrodes of adjacent display cells together in an efficient manner to improve display resolution. A preferred display device includes a plurality of liquid crystal display cells and spaced storage capacitors which are directly cross-coupled between pixel electrodes of display cells in adjacent rows and/or columns of cells. Here, the spaced storage capacitors each have a first electrode electrically connected to a pixel electrode in one display cell and a second electrode spaced opposite the first electrode and electrically connected to a pixel electrode in another adjacent display cell in the same column or row of display cells. Preferably, the first electrodes of the storage capacitors are contiguous with the pixel electrodes of a respective display cell and the second electrodes of the storage capacitors are electrically connected at ends thereof to respective pixel electrodes by a conductive via. By directly cross-coupling pixel electrodes of closely adjacent display cells together, improved display resolution can be achieved. For example, in the event a pixel electrode of a display cell cannot be properly loaded, the data (e.g., charge) from closely adjacent cells can be shared efficiently by direct cross-coupling to improve overall display resolution, particularly when the data to be loaded into the adjacent display cells is the same.
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18 Claims
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1. A thin-film transistor liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a plurality of liquid crystal display cells having pixel electrodes therein; and a plurality of storage capacitors, each of said plurality of storage capacitors having a first electrode electrically connected to a pixel electrode in one display cell and a second electrode spaced opposite the first electrode and electrically connected to a pixel electrode in another display cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16)
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8. A thin-film transistor liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a plurality of liquid crystal display cells having pixel electrodes therein; and a first plurality of spaced storage capacitor electrodes, each of said first plurality of spaced storage capacitor electrodes capacitively coupled to a respective pixel electrode in one display cell and electrically connected to a respective pixel electrode in another display cell. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a control line; a first plurality of liquid crystal display cells operatively connected to said control line as a first row or first column of display cells; a second plurality of liquid crystal display cells extending adjacent said control line; and a plurality of storage capacitor electrodes, each of said plurality of storage capacitor electrodes electrically connected to a pixel electrode of a respective display cell in said first plurality thereof and capacitively coupled to a pixel electrode of a respective display cell in said second plurality thereof. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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