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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Hiroyasu Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Nagaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Nakahata, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoji Taniguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Nagaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Nakahata, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoji Taniguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, defined as a first substrate and a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates. The device also includes a pixel electrode and an additional electrode formed on the first substrate, and a contact hole that is configured and arranged to connect the pixel electrode and the additional electrode. In certain embodiments, the contact hole is formed at a liquid crystal domain boundary. In other embodiments, an additional contact hole is also provided between the pixel electrode and a second additional electrode, and in such embodiments the contact hole and the additional contact hole are formed within different liquid crystal domains. Further, in certain embodiments, the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel electrode slits arranged in a pattern to form a plurality of liquid crystal domains within each pixel.