Au Optronics Corporation

Yi-Chi Lee

Tien-Lun Ting

Wei-Cheng Cheng

Chen-Chun Lin

Chao-Wei Yeh

Mei-Ju Lu

A pixel unit includes a gate line, a first data line, a second data line, a first active device, and a pixel electrode. The first active device is electrically connected to the gate line and the first or second data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first active device. The pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode, and a first connecting electrode. Each of the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode includes a trunk electrode, a traverse trunk electrode, and branch electrodes. The first connecting electrode connects the first sub-pixel electrode to the second sub-pixel electrode.

Pixel unit and display panel

A liquid crystal display panel includes first substrate, active switching device, patterned insulating layer, pixel electrode, auxiliary electrode, second substrate, common electrode and liquid crystal molecules. The patterned insulating layer is disposed on the first substrate and includes a plurality of inner insulating branches and slits, and each slit is located between two adjacent inner insulating branches. The pixel electrode is disposed on the patterned insulating layer and electrically connected to the active switching device. The periphery of the pixel electrode overlaps the inner insulating branches. The auxiliary electrode is disposed on the first substrate and at least partially surrounding the pixel electrode. The auxiliary electrode and the pixel electrode are not electrically connected, and the inner insulating branches partially overlap the auxiliary electrode in a vertical projection direction. The common electrode is disposed on the second substrate. The liquid crystal molecules are interposed between the first and second substrates.

Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal alignment method thereof

A display panel includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The pixel electrode has a cross-shaped opening which includes a first slit extending along a first direction and a second slit extending along a second direction and crossing the first slit. The common electrode is at least disposed at one side of the pixel electrode. The common electrode includes an opening having a largest width in the first direction, and a part of the opening with the largest width is adjacent to an intersection of an extending direction of the first slit and the common electrode. A width of the opening is gradually smaller from the part of the opening with the largest width along the second direction and an opposite direction of the second direction.

Display panel

A display panel includes pixel structures. Each pixel structure includes an active device, a pixel electrode, and a protective layer. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device, wherein the pixel electrode has at least one block-shaped electrode. The protective layer is located below the pixel electrode and includes a recess main portion and recess branched portions. The width of the recess main portion is greater than 0 &#x3bc;m and equal to or less than 4 &#x3bc;m, and the recess branched portions are extended along at least four directions. The pixel electrode covers the recess main portion and the recess branched portions. The display panel includes at least one polarizer, wherein the direction of an adsorption axis of the polarizer is different from the four directions of extension of the recess branched portions.

A pixel structure includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an insulation layer. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The first electrode layer is electrically connected to the active device. The second electrode layer is electrically insulated from the first electrode layer. The insulation layer is located between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer includes an enclosed-frame-shaped portion, first V-shaped branch portions, and second V-shaped branch portions. The first V-shaped branch portions and the second V-shaped branch portions are arranged within the enclosed-frame-shaped portion in opposite directions, and end terminals of the first V-shaped branch portions and end terminals of the second V-shaped branch portions are connected to the enclosed-frame-shaped portion.

Pixel structure

A display panel includes a first substrate, plural pixel structures on the first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium between the two substrates. Each of the pixel structures includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, an insulating layer and a counter electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The common electrode is electrically insulated from the pixel electrode. The insulating layer is between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The counter electrode is electrically insulated from the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the counter electrode is disposed symmetrically around the pixel electrode, and the voltage absolute value of the counter electrode is greater than the voltage absolute value of the pixel electrode.

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