Title:
液晶表示装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4828557
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to implement a bright liquid crystal display device having a high contrast ratio and a wide viewing angle. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention has: a number of data lines; gate lines formed so as to cross the number of data lines; a number of switching elements formed in locations where the number of data lines and the number of gate lines cross; a reflection area and a transmission area formed within each pixel; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between first and second substrates; a common electrode placed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a pixel electrode placed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and the common electrode has slits or protrusions, and the data lines overlap the slits in the common electrode or protrusions of the common electrode in the direction of normal to a surface of the first substrate in the configuration.
Inventors:
Masaya Adachi
Miharu Otani
Jun Tanaka
Miharu Otani
Jun Tanaka
Application Number:
JP2008052858A
Publication Date:
November 30, 2011
Filing Date:
March 04, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hitachi Displays Co., Ltd.
Panasonic LCD Display Co., Ltd.
Panasonic LCD Display Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G02F1/1368; G02F1/1337
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001194671A | ||||
| JP2005309431A | ||||
| JP2006154725A | ||||
| JP2001021894A | ||||
| JP2005250430A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasushi Kobayashi
Haruka International Patent Office
Haruka International Patent Office