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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kwang Soo Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung Woo Park, Seoul, KR;
Jung Suk Bang, Seoul, KR;
Min Jeong Oh, Gimpo-si, KR;
Hae Ju Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a common electrode; an insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; a roof layer spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a plurality of microcavities disposed therebetween; and a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavities; wherein the pixel electrode includes n branch electrodes that extend parallel with each other, a first connection electrode that connects a first end of a first branch electrode and a first end of a second branch electrode, and a second connection electrode that connects second ends of the n branch electrodes, where the n branch electrodes each has a shape that is bent at least once on a plan view, and the first branch electrode includes a first sub-branch electrode and a second sub-branch that are spaced apart from each other.