Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• touch-sensor electrodes configured to include a plurality of electrodes;
• an array substrate configured to include pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form, gate lines extending along rows in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, source lines extending along columns in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, switching elements arranged in vicinities of positions at which the gate lines and the source lines cross each other, a light-shielding layer arranged in an underlying layer of the switching elements and extending in a direction identical to the direction in which the gate lines extend, and a plurality of stripe-like common electrodes extending in a direction identical to the direction in which the source lines extend;
• a counter-substrate;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer held between the array substrate and the counter-substrate, wherein
• the common electrodes included in the array substrate are used not only as electrodes for display, but also as touch-sensor electrodes and, in a touch operation, a touch drive signal is input to each drive unit electrode including a plurality of common electrodes,
• the light-shielding layer is divided into parts each of which corresponds to the drive unit electrode, and is provided to extend across a region opposed to a region of the drive unit electrode,
• each of the divided parts of the light-shielding layer crosses the source lines of an even number,
• the source lines include first source lines to which a signal of a positive polarity is applied during a predetermined horizontal period of each frame, and second source lines to which a signal of a negative polarity is applied,
• each of the source lines of the even number includes the first source lines and the second source lines of an identical number,
• the switching element possesses a double-gate structure including a first TFT provided on the source line side, and a second TFT provided on the pixel electrode side, and
• an area of a part of the light-shielding layer at which the light-shielding layer crosses the first TFT is smaller than an area of a part thereof at which the light-shielding layer crosses the second TFT.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• touch-sensor electrodes configured to include a plurality of electrodes;
• an array substrate configured to include pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form, gate lines extending along rows in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, source lines extending along columns in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, switching elements arranged in vicinities of positions at which the gate lines and the source lines cross each other, a light-shielding layer arranged in an underlying layer of the switching elements and extending in a direction identical to the direction in which the gate lines extend, and a plurality of stripe-like common electrodes extending in a direction identical to the direction in which the source lines extend;
• a counter-substrate;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer held between the array substrate and the counter-substrate, wherein
• the common electrodes included in the array substrate are used not only as electrodes for display, but also as touch-sensor electrodes and, in a touch operation, a touch drive signal is input to each drive unit electrode including a plurality of common electrodes,
• the light-shielding layer is divided into parts each of which corresponds to the drive unit electrode, and is provided to extend across a region opposed to a region of the drive unit electrode,
• each of the divided parts of the light-shielding layer crosses the source lines of an even number,
• the source lines include first source lines to which a signal of a positive polarity is applied during a predetermined horizontal period of each frame, and second source lines to which a signal of a negative polarity is applied,
• each of the source lines of the even number includes the first source lines and the second source lines of an identical number,
• the counter-substrate includes a color filter including a plurality of types of colored layers, and each of the divided parts of the light-shielding layer is provided to extend across a region opposed to a region of an even number of sets of a plurality of periodically arranged color layers,
• the switching element possesses a double-gate structure including a first TFT provided on the source line side, and a second TFT provided on the pixel electrode side, and
• an area of a part of the light-shielding layer at which the light-shielding layer crosses the first TFT is smaller than an area of a part thereof at which the light-shielding layer crosses the second ITT.