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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Nakano, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1368 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1368 ;
Abstract
An active matrix type liquid display includes a main display and a sub-display having pixel areas. The pixel areas in the sub-display are different in size from the pixel areas in the main display. The active matrix type liquid display is configured so that the ratio of minimum space to maximum space is equal to or greater than one. The minimum space is the distance that separates the nearest ends of one pixel electrode and one gate electrode. The maximum space is the distance between opposite surfaces of paired electrodes.