# US 10,310,336 B2 · Array substrate and liquid crystal display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,336 B2 - Document ID: US10310336B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/539,683 - Filed: 2017-05-15 - Published: 2018-10-04 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-31 - Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jinjie Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310336B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/134309: {characterised by their geometrical arrangement} - G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line} - H10D 86/00: Integrated devices formed in or on insulating or conducting substrates, e.g. formed in silicon-on-insulator [SOI] substrates or on stainless steel or glass substrates - G02F 1/134345: {Subdivided pixels, e.g. for grey scale or redundancy} - G02F 2201/123: pixel - 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 - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ## Abstract The present invention provides an array substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in array, and each pixel electrode comprises a first pixel region and a second pixel region connected to the first pixel region, and the first electrode region comprises a first peripheral electrode and four first sub regions, each having a plurality of first branch electrodes, and the first branch electrodes are obliquely disposed and have an angle to the first peripheral electrode; the second pixel region comprises a second peripheral electrode and four second sub regions, each having a plurality of second branch electrodes, and in the four second sub regions, the second branch electrodes in two second sub regions are arranged horizontally, and the second branch electrodes in the other two second sub regions are arranged vertically. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An array substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in array, wherein each pixel electrode comprises a first pixel region and a second pixel region connected to the first pixel region, and the first pixel region comprises a first peripheral electrode and four first sub regions, each having a plurality of first branch electrodes, and the first branch electrodes are obliquely disposed and have an angle to the first peripheral electrode; the second pixel region comprises a second peripheral electrode and four second sub regions, each having a plurality of second branch electrodes, and in the four second sub regions, the second branch electrodes in two second sub regions are arranged horizontally, and the second branch electrodes in the other two second sub regions are arranged vertically, wherein gaps among the plurality of second branch electrodes in each of the second sub regions are different from gaps among the plurality of first branch electrodes in each of the first sub regions, so that twist angles of liquid crystals in a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal display having the array substrate have difference to achieve low color shift; the second peripheral electrode comprises two main electrodes, and the two main electrodes are arranged on two diagonal lines of the second peripheral electrode and are orthogonally crossed, and the two main electrodes and the second peripheral electrode form the four second sub regions, and the second branch electrodes in each second sub region are perpendicular to the second peripheral electrode, which constitute the second sub region; the first pixel region comprises a vertical main electrode and a horizontal main electrode, which are orthogonally crossed in the first peripheral electrode, and the vertical main electrode and the horizontal main electrode are crossed to form the four first sub regions, and the first branch electrodes are distributed in each of the first sub regions and have an angle to the vertical main electrode or the horizontal main electrode; and the vertical main electrode of the first pixel region is arranged in a vertical straight line with at least one of the second branch electrodes arranged vertically in the other two second sub regions in a plan view. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein the vertical main electrode extends to an outside of the first peripheral electrode and is connected to the second peripheral electrode of the second pixel region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein the first pixel region and the second pixel region are connected by a peripheral trace. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein the first branch electrodes are set at an angle of +45 degrees or ±135 degrees with the horizontal main electrode or the vertical main electrode; the second branch electrodes are set at +45 degrees with the two main electrodes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The array substrate according to claim 4, wherein the first peripheral electrode and the second peripheral electrode are rectangular frame structures. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein a width of the first branch electrodes is different from a width of the second branch electrodes. ### Claim 7 A liquid crystal display, comprising an array substrate, a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and the array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in array, wherein each pixel electrode comprises a first pixel region and a second pixel region connected to the first pixel region, and the first pixel region comprises a first peripheral electrode and four first sub regions, each having a plurality of first branch electrodes, and the first branch electrodes are obliquely disposed and have an angle to the first peripheral electrode; the second pixel region comprises a second peripheral electrode and four second sub regions, each having a plurality of second branch electrodes, and in the four second sub regions, the second branch electrodes in two second sub regions are arranged horizontally, and the second branch electrodes in the other two second sub regions are arranged vertically, wherein gaps among the plurality of second branch electrodes in each of the second sub regions are different from gaps among the plurality of first branch electrodes in each of the first sub regions, so that twist angles of liquid crystals in the liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the color filter substrate of the liquid crystal display have difference to achieve low color shift; the second peripheral electrode comprises two main electrodes, and the two main electrodes are arranged on two diagonal lines of the second peripheral electrode and are orthogonally crossed, and the two main electrodes and the second peripheral electrode form the four second sub regions, and the second branch electrodes in each second sub region are perpendicular to the second peripheral electrode, which constitute the second sub region; the first pixel region comprises a vertical main electrode and a horizontal main electrode, which are orthogonally crossed in the first peripheral electrode, and the vertical main electrode and the horizontal main electrode are crossed to form the four first sub regions, and the first branch electrodes are distributed in each of the first sub regions and have an angle to the vertical main electrode or the horizontal main electrode; and the vertical main electrode of the first pixel region is arranged in a vertical straight line with at least one of the second branch electrodes arranged vertically in the other two second sub regions in a plan view. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The liquid crystal display according to claim 7, wherein the vertical main electrode extends to an outside of the first peripheral electrode and is connected to the second peripheral electrode of the second pixel region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The liquid crystal display according to claim 7, wherein the first pixel region and the second pixel region are connected by a peripheral trace. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The liquid crystal display according to claim 7, wherein the first branch electrodes are set at an angle of ±45 degrees or ±135 degrees with the horizontal main electrode or the vertical main electrode; the second branch electrodes are set at +45 degrees with the two main electrodes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The liquid crystal display according to claim 10, wherein the first peripheral electrode and the second peripheral electrode are rectangular frame structures. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The liquid crystal display according to claim 7, wherein a width of the first branch electrodes is different from a width of the second branch electrodes.