IPS-LCD having a third electrode having aperture and formed on counter substrate
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, comprising:
- first and second substrates facing each other;
a plurality of first electrodes formed on the first substrate;
a second electrode on the first substrate, the second electrode being insulated from the first electrodes, overlapping the first electrodes at least in part, and forming a continuous plane between the first electrodes; and
a third electrode having an aperture formed on the second substrate, wherein a pixel has at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display having electrodes on a single substrate. A transparent planar electrode elongated in the transverse direction is formed on the inner surface of a substrate, and an insulating film is deposited thereon. A plurality of linear electrodes, which are elongated in the longitudinal direction and either transparent or opaque, are formed on the insulating film. Potential difference between the planar and the linear electrodes generated by applying voltages to the electrodes yields an electric field. The electric field is symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal central line of the linear electrodes and the longitudinal central line of a region between the linear electrodes, and has parabolic or semi-elliptical lines of force having a center on a boundary line between the planar and the linear electrodes. The line of force on the planar and the linear electrodes and on the boundary line between the planar and the linear electrodes has the vertical and the horizontal components, and the liquid crystal molecules are re-arranged to have a twist angle and an tilt angle. The polarization of the incident light varies due to the rearrangement of the liquid crystal molecules.
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13 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, comprising:
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first and second substrates facing each other;
a plurality of first electrodes formed on the first substrate;
a second electrode on the first substrate, the second electrode being insulated from the first electrodes, overlapping the first electrodes at least in part, and forming a continuous plane between the first electrodes; and
a third electrode having an aperture formed on the second substrate, wherein a pixel has at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
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first and second substrates opposite each other;
a liquid crystal layer inserted between the first and the second substrates;
first and second electrodes which are formed on the first substrate and electrically insulated from each other; and
a third electrode having an aperture formed on the second substrate, wherein a rearrangement region, where molecules of the liquid crystal layer are rearranged by an electric field generated when voltages are applied to the first and the second electrodes, is formed at least in part on the first or the second electrode, and a portion of the rearrangement region formed on the first or the second electrode serves as part of a display region. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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