Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Shinsuke Ogata

Kazushi Yamayoshi

Osamu Miyakawa

Takeshi Sonoda

Takeshi Shimamura

Naruhito Hoka

Koichi Takai

The present invention includes a thin-film transistor, a flattened film having a flattened top surface and having a contact hole formed thereon, and a pixel electrode and a common line which are disposed on the top surface of the flattened film. The common line includes a common metal line, and the pixel electrode has a connection portion formed in the contact hole and electrically connected to the thin-film transistor. The connection portion of the pixel electrode includes a connection metal film made of the material same as the material for the common metal line of the common line.

Liquid crystal display panel and method of manufacturing the same

A liquid crystal display panel includes: a transparent insulating substrate; a signal line and a scanning line arranged in a display region on the transparent insulating substrate and crossing each other in a matrix; a protective insulating film arranged so as to cover at least the signal line and the scanning line from above; a first insulating film that covers the protective insulating film from above; and a first contact hole that penetrates at least the first insulating film and the protective insulating film to reach a surface of a common interconnect. The first contact hole has a bottom and an inner side surface covered with a first stacked film composed of a first transparent conductive film made of the same material as the lower electrode and a second transparent conductive film made of the same material as the upper electrode.

The organic insulating film has an opening through which the drain electrode is partially exposed. The opening has a side wall extending from above the drain electrode. The pixel electrode has a contact portion that is in contact with the drain electrode in the opening of the organic insulating film, a wiring portion that extends directly on the side wall of the organic insulating film from the contact portion, and a body portion that is linked to the wiring portion and is located on the organic insulating film. The interlayer insulating film covers the pixel electrode. The interlayer insulating film covers the source electrode and directly covers the semiconductor film between the source-electrode side surface and the drain-electrode side surface. The common electrode has fringes opposed to the pixel electrode via the interlayer insulating film.

Liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display panel

A liquid crystal display panel includes a thin film transistor disposed on an insulating substrate in a display region, an external wiring for connecting the thin film transistor to a terminal electrode, and a planarized film disposed on the thin film transistor, and having a planarized upper surface. The planarized film is not disposed, or a planarized film having a smaller film thickness than that of the planarized film in the display region is disposed, above the external wiring in a frame region.

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Kumamoto, Japan

Shinsuke Ogata