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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
A. U. Vista, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Yi-Fen Lan, Hsin-Chu, TW;
A. U. Vista, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An in-plane switching liquid crystal display has a plurality of protrusion electrodes. Each of the protrusion electrodes has a protrusion body with a surface coated with an electrically conductive layer made from a metal oxide. An adhesion-enhancement medium is provided between the electrically conductive layer and the surface of the protrusion body. The adhesion-enhancement medium comprises a metal such as aluminum or molybdenum or a metal alloy containing molybdenum and at least one of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, tungsten, aluminum and nitride or a metal alloy containing aluminum and at least one of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, tungsten, molybdenun and nitride. The protrusion body can have the shape of a rectangle, triangle, bell, rectangle with a round top, or a cross sectional area having a top portion with a round or flat head and a bottom portion with a waist portion, smaller than the basewidth.