Japan Display Inc.

Japan Display Central Inc.

Masanobu Nonaka

Masato Kesho

Toshimasa Yonekura

Kazuhiro Takahashi

Kazuyuki Sunohara

Masanori Ando

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode having a cross shape and surrounded by a first gate line, a second gate line, a first source line and a second source line, the pixel electrode including a main pixel electrode which extends in a first direction and a sub-pixel electrode extending in a second direction, a second substrate including a common electrode, the common electrode including main common electrodes which extend in the first direction and are located, respectively, above the first gate line and above the second gate line, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Liquid crystal display device

According to one embodiment, a flat-panel display device includes a first substrate including an output pad to which a signal necessary for displaying an image on an active area is supplied from a signal supply source, a dummy pad juxtaposed with the output pad, a signal line connected to the output pad, a switching element connected to the signal line, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element in the active area, a first dummy line connected to the dummy pad, spaced apart from the signal line and including a first projection protruding in a direction crossing a direction of extension of the first dummy line, and a second dummy line spaced apart from the dummy pad and the signal line and including a second projection opposed to the first projection.

Flat-panel display device

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode which is located in an inside surrounded by a first gate line, a second gate line, a first source line and a second source line, and a second substrate including a common electrode. The pixel electrode includes a contact portion, two or more main pixel electrodes, and a connection portion connecting the main pixel electrodes. The common electrode includes main common electrodes located above the first gate line, above the second gate line and above a point between the main pixel electrodes, and sub-common electrodes located above the first source line and above the second source line.

According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode including a contact portion, main pixel electrodes extending in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction from two end portions of the contact portion in the first direction, and a connecting portion electrically connecting extended distal ends of the main pixel electrodes, a second substrate including a common electrode including main common electrodes extending substantially parallel to the main pixel electrode on either side of the main pixel electrode, and secondary common electrodes extending between the main common electrodes between the pixel electrodes juxtaposed in the second direction, and a liquid crystal layer.

Liquid crystal display apparatus

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first gate line and a second gate line, a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode electrically connected to the first gate line, a source electrode which contacts the semiconductor layer and which is electrically connected to a first source line, and a drain electrode including a first electrode portion which contacts the semiconductor layer, a second electrode portion which is connected to the first gate line side of the first electrode portion, and a third electrode portion which is connected to the second gate line side of the first electrode portion, a second substrate including a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.

According to one embodiment, a device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode including a contact portion, main pixel electrodes extending from the contact portion in a second direction, and a connection portion which electrically connects the main pixel electrodes, and a switching element including a drain electrode disposed at a middle position in the first direction of the pixel electrode and formed integral with the pixel electrode, a second substrate including main common electrodes extending substantially in parallel to the main pixel electrodes, on both sides of the main pixel electrodes, and sub-common electrodes which extend between the main common electrodes and are located between the pixel electrodes arranged in the second direction, and a liquid crystal layer.

Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first gate line and a second gate line, a storage capacitance line, a first source line and a second source line, a switching element, and a pixel electrode surrounded by the first gate line, the second gate line, the first source line and the second source line, the pixel electrode including a contact portion which is put in contact with the switching element, a first main pixel electrode and a second main pixel electrode, a second substrate including a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate.

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first storage capacitance line and a second storage capacitance line, a gate line located between the first storage capacitance line and the second storage capacitance line, a semiconductor layer located at a substantially central part of a pixel, a source line put in contact with the semiconductor layer, a drain electrode which is put in contact with the semiconductor layer and extends above the first storage capacitance line and the second storage capacitance line, and a pixel electrode including a first main pixel electrode opposed to the first storage capacitance line, and a second main pixel electrode opposed to the second storage capacitance line.

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel having a greater length in a first direction than in a second direction crossing the first direction, the pixel electrode including a first main pixel electrode and a second main pixel electrode which extend in the second direction, a contact portion which is located between the first main pixel electrode and the second main pixel electrode and extends in the second direction, and a sub-pixel electrode which connects the first main pixel electrode, the second main pixel electrode and the contact portion.

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having an active area in which pixels are arranged in a matrix including first and second signal lines and connecting lines. The second signal lines and connecting lines extend in a column direction in the active area. The first signal lines extend in a row direction so as to cross the second signal lines and the connecting lines. The first signal lines are connected to the connecting lines through contact portions provided at the cross area where the first signal lines cross with the connecting lines interposing an insulating layer. The second signal lines and the connecting lines are pulled out from the active area to a signal supply source provided at outside of the active area without detouring in a peripheral region of the display panel.

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Masanobu Nonaka