Liquid crystal display device having an insulation film made of organic material between an additional capacity and a bus line

• US 5,917,563 A
• Filed: 09/13/1996
• Issued: 06/29/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Matsushima, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Sikes, William L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parker, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US08/718,051
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 349/39, 349/138, 349/43, 349/110, 349/122, 349/111, 349/38
• US Class Current: 349/38
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136209 Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix, incorporated in the active matrix substrate, e.g. structurally associated with the switching element
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136213 Storage capacitors associated with the pixel electrode
• 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 1/136286 Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1255 integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device has a plurality of gate bus wirings and source bus wirings on one of paired substrates. Moreover, a inter-layer insulating film made of an organic material is provided on thin film transistors of respective picture elements, and a picture element electrode is provided on the inter-layer insulating film. Furthermore, the liquid crystal display device is provided with an additional capacity common wiring which is provided on the inter-layer insulating film and forms an additional capacity section between the picture element electrode and the additional capacity common wiring. As a result, the liquid crystal display device can realize high quality and a high aperture ratio.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of scanning lines;

a plurality of signal lines arranged to cross said scanning lines;

a switching element provided at an intersection of one of said scanning lines and one of said signal lines;

an inter-layer insulating film made of an organic material formed above said scanning lines, said signal lines and said switching element;

a picture element electrode formed above said inter-layer insulating film; and

an additional capacity common wiring for holding a video signal, an additional capacity section being formed between said picture element electrode and said additional capacity common wiring, said additional capacity common wiring being formed above said inter-layer insulating film.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said additional capacity common wiring is provided at least in a position where said additional capacity common wiring overlaps said switching element.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein said additional capacity common wiring covers at least a PN junction in the switching element and functions as a light shielding film.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said additional capacity common wiring is provided in a position where said additional capacity common wiring overlaps at least said scanning lines or said signal lines.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said additional capacity common wiring is made of the same material as a metal for obtaining ohmic contact of a drain electrode of said switching element with the picture element electrode.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said scanning lines and said signal lines are formed on one of paired substrates and a counter substrate which is the other one of paired substrates does not have a black matrix.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric constant of an insulating film used as a dielectric of the additional capacity section is larger than the dielectric constant of the organic material of said inter-layer insulating film.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7, wherein the dielectric of the additional capacity is made of an anodic oxide film.

9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of scanning lines;

a plurality of signal lines arranged to cross said scanning lines;

a switching element provided at an intersection of one of said scanning lines and one of said signal lines;

a picture element comprising a picture element electrode and a counter electrode with a liquid crystal therebetween;

a wiring layer at the same electric potential as the counter electrode;

a first insulating film for insulating said wiring layer from said picture element electrode; and

a second insulating film having an upper surface above which said picture element electrode and said wiring layer are formed, said second insulating film insulating said picture element electrode and said common wiring from said scanning lines and said signal lines.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said second insulating film comprises an organic film.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said second insulating film comprises a photosensitive film.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said first insulating film has a higher dielectric constant than said second insulating film.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said wiring layer is arranged to overlap said switching element.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said wiring layer is arranged to overlap at least some of said scanning lines and said signal lines.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said first insulating film comprises an anodic oxide film.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said picture element electrode is arranged between said first and second insulating films and said first insulating film is arranged between said picture element electrode and said wiring layer.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said wiring layer is arranged between said first and second insulating films and said first insulating film is arranged between said wiring layer and said picture element electrode.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said second insulating film is transparent.

19. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said second insulating film has a thickness of 2 micrometers or more and a dielectric constant of 4 or less.

20. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein said first insulating film has a dielectric constant of 5 or more.