# US 10,120,228 B2 · Liquid crystal display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,228 B2 - Document ID: US10120228B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/096,299 - Filed: 2016-04-12 - Published: 2016-10-20 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-20 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Inventors: Masami Hayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120228B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/13338: {Input devices, e.g. touch panels} - G02F 1/133528: {Polarisers} - G02F 1/133531: {characterised by the arrangement of polariser or analyser axes} - G02F 1/133548: {Wire-grid polarisers} - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract Provided is a display device that is thin in its entirety and has a high contrast. The display device according to the present invention includes an array substrate provided with multiple pixels in array, and a counter substrate oppositely disposed above the array substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed between the counter substrate and the array substrate. The counter substrate includes a touch sensor wiring pattern disposed in such a manner that at least part of the touch sensor wiring pattern is not parallel or orthogonal to a first polarization axis of polarization light incident on the liquid crystal layer from close to the array substrate. The counter substrate also includes a polarization layer closer to the liquid crystal layer than to the touch sensor wiring pattern, having a second polarization axis with an angle of 0 degrees or 90 degrees with respect to the first polarization axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid crystal display device comprising: an array substrate provided with a plurality of pixels in array; and a counter substrate oppositely disposed above said array substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed between said counter substrate and said array substrate, wherein said counter substrate includes a touch sensor wiring pattern aligned to wiring pattern alignment marks along a wiring pattern direction and disposed in such a manner that at least part of said touch sensor wiring pattern and said wiring pattern direction is not parallel or orthogonal to a first polarization axis of polarization light aligned to polarization alignment marks along the first polarization axis direction and incident on said liquid crystal layer from close to said array substrate, and a polarization layer closer to said liquid crystal layer than to said touch sensor wiring pattern, having a second polarization axis with an angle of 0 degrees or 90 degrees with respect to said first polarization axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said touch sensor wiring pattern is composed of a plurality of wires in a row direction and a plurality of wires in a column direction, both arranged to cross each other through an insulating film when viewed stereoscopically. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said polarization layer includes any of a conductive particle, a conductive fiber, a quenching particle, or a quenching fiber, each having an aspect ratio of two or more, having a dimension of 100 nm or greater in a long-axis direction, and oriented so that said long-axis direction is orthogonal to said first polarization axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said polarization layer includes a plurality of conductive wires each arranged to extend in a direction orthogonal to said first polarization axis at equal intervals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein each of said conductive wires is electrically connected to each other at at least one or more points. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5, wherein each of said conductive wires is electrically connected to an electrode provided in said array substrate in a peripheral area surrounding each of said conductive wires. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein each of said conductive wires is arranged to extend at an interval of 250 nm or smaller, and a width of each of said conductive wires is one-half or less of said interval. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein each of said conductive wires is a stacked film of an Al alloy film close to said liquid crystal layer and an Al film containing high nitride opposite to said liquid crystal layer with respect to said Al alloy film. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein each of said wires in said row direction and each of said wires in said column direction are formed by wires each having a width of 10 μm or smaller. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein each of said wires in said row direction and each of said wires in said column direction have curved-line portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said counter substrate further includes a color filter pattern closer to said liquid crystal layer than to said touch sensor wiring pattern and has a first mark indicating a direction of said second polarization axis of said polarization layer, at least part of said touch sensor wiring pattern, formed close to said liquid crystal layer is formed based on said first mark and has a second mark indicating a location of said touch sensor wiring pattern, and said color filter pattern is formed based on said first mark or said second mark. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11, wherein said counter substrate further includes an orientation film closest to said liquid crystal layer, and said orientation film undergoes a rubbing process based on said first mark or said second mark. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said counter substrate further includes a color filter pattern closer to said liquid crystal layer than to said touch sensor wiring pattern and has a first mark indicating a direction of said second polarization axis of said polarization layer, said color filter pattern is formed based on said first mark and has a third mark indicating a location of said color filter pattern, and at least part of said touch sensor wiring pattern, formed close to said liquid crystal layer is formed based on said first mark or said third mark. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 13, wherein said counter substrate further includes an orientation film closest to said liquid crystal layer, and said orientation film undergoes a rubbing process based on said first mark or said third mark. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said counter substrate further includes a color filter pattern closer to said liquid crystal layer than to said touch sensor wiring pattern, said touch sensor wiring pattern has a second mark indicating a location of said touch sensor wiring pattern, said color filter pattern is formed based on said second mark and has a third mark indicating a location of said color filter pattern, and said polarization layer is formed based on said second mark or said third mark. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 15, wherein said counter substrate further includes an orientation film closest to said liquid crystal layer, and said orientation film undergoes a rubbing process based on said second mark or said third mark. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said polarization layer includes a plurality of conductive wires connected to a rectangular frame, and each wire arranged to extend in a direction orthogonal to said first polarization axis at equal intervals, and wherein the wires are neither orthogonal nor parallel to the rectangular frame. ### Claim 18 A liquid crystal display device comprising: an array substrate provided with a plurality of pixels in array; and a counter substrate oppositely disposed above said array substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed between said counter substrate and said array substrate, wherein said counter substrate includes a touch sensor wiring pattern having a plurality of wires of a same shape extending in two intersecting directions, each of the two intersecting directions not parallel or orthogonal to a first polarization axis of polarization light incident on said liquid crystal layer from close to said array substrate, and a polarization layer closer to said liquid crystal layer than to said touch sensor wiring pattern, having a second polarization axis with an angle of 0 degrees or 90 degrees with respect to said first polarization axis. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said polarization layer includes a plurality of conductive wires connected to a rectangular frame, and each wire arranged to extend in a direction orthogonal to said first polarization axis at equal intervals, and wherein the wires are neither orthogonal nor parallel to the rectangular frame.