Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218669 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus - The invention provides a liquid crystal device including: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer having a negative dielectric anisotropy; a pixel electrode; a counter electrode, the counter electrode being opposed to the pixel electrode; a vertical alignment film that aligns liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in a direction in which the long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are oriented perpendicular to the pair of substrates. The pixel electrode is made up of island-pattern sub pixel elements each two adjacent ones of which are connected to each other via a connection portion having a width narrower than that of the sub pixel element. In addition, the light shielding film is formed, on one of the pair of substrates, in each region not corresponding to the connection portion between each two of the sub pixel elements that are adjacent to each other. | 09-11-2008 |
20090231530 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of displaying pixel electrodes disposed on a surface of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal layer; a plurality of viewing-angle controlling pixel electrodes disposed adjacent to the plurality of displaying pixel electrodes on the side of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal layer; a viewing angle control area controlling a viewing angle in a direction tilted from a normal line of the first substrate by the use of the plurality of viewing-angle controlling pixel electrodes; and a driving circuit supplying an image signal for displaying a plurality of patterns in the viewing angle control area to the plurality of viewing-angle controlling pixel electrodes. | 09-17-2009 |
20100079694 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - Provided is a lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer and pixel electrodes and common electrodes. A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device drives the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes, a light shielding layer is formed on a surface of the second substrate disposed close to the liquid crystal layer. A coloring layer is also formed so as to overlap with the pixel electrodes. An overcoat layer protects the coloring layer, and an alignment film is formed. An electrostatic shielding layer is formed of a transparent conductive material on a surface of the overcoat layer. | 04-01-2010 |
20100091231 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a first electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate and having linear portions; a second electrode having linear portions formed along the linear portions of the first electrode and adjacent to the linear portions of the first electrode at a gap in plan view; and a third electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate and having linear portions overlapping with the linear portions of the second electrode in plan view, wherein electric fields having different directions are generated between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the first electrode and the third electrode. | 04-15-2010 |
20100097558 | CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; a first electrode having a linear portion formed in the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a second electrode having a linear portion formed adjacent to the first electrode; an insulating film disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the first electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the second electrode. In the liquid crystal display, a voltage different from those of the second electrode and the third electrode is applied to the first electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode are partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion. | 04-22-2010 |
20100171896 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first thin film transistor for pixel selection formed on the first substrate, a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed above the first thin film transistor of the first substrate, a second substrate provided above the pixel electrode and the common electrode via a liquid crystal layer, a shield electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate, and the shield electrode and an interconnection, which supplies specific AC or DC potential, and is turned on by potential larger than a predetermined potential. | 07-08-2010 |
20140146281 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a first electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate and having linear portions; a second electrode having linear portions formed along the linear portions of the first electrode and adjacent to the linear portions of the first electrode at a gap in plan view; and a third electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate and having linear portions overlapping with the linear portions of the second electrode in plan view, wherein electric fields having different directions are generated between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the first electrode and the third electrode. | 05-29-2014 |