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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Ken Kawahata, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An active-matrix liquid crystal display has storage capacitors each having a small area relative to the area of each of pixel electrodes and has a large aperture ratio. A plurality of gate lines are formed on a lower substrate and a plurality of source lines are formed on the lower substrate so as to extend perpendicularly to the gate lines. Thin-film transistors are formed near the intersections of the gate lines and the source lines. Pixel electrodes are connected to the thin-film transistors and storage capacitors. Each storage capacitor includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode disposed opposite to the upper electrode, and an insulating film sandwiched between the upper and the lower electrode. The insulating film for the storage capacitors and gate insulating film for the thin-film transistors are formed separately. The insulating film for the storage capacitors is formed of a material different from that of the gate insulating film in a thickness smaller than that of the gate insulating film so that the storage capacitors have a large capacitance per unit area.