# US 10,503,018 B2 · Display device and electronic device

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- Number: US 10,503,018 B2
- Document ID: US10503018B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/033,716
- Filed: 2018-07-12
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-05
- Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Daisuke Kubota; Yusuke Kubota
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503018B2

## CPC

- G02F 1/133707: {Structures for producing distorted electric fields, e.g. bumps, protrusions, recesses, slits in pixel electrodes}
- G02F 1/13394: {spacers regularly patterned on the cell subtrate, e.g. walls, pillars (G02F1/133377 takes precedence)}
- G02F 1/136213: {Storage capacitors associated with the pixel electrode}
- 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

A display device having less defective alignment is provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio and including a capacitor which can increase charge capacity is also provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio, including a capacitor with large charge capacity, and having less defective alignment is also provided. A display device includes a pixel in a region defined by a scan line, a data line, and a capacitor line. The pixel includes a liquid crystal layer between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, a spacer in the liquid crystal layer, and a transistor connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode has a depressed portion, and alignment in the liquid crystal layer is controlled by the depressed portion and the spacer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising:
a first pixel comprising:
a first pixel electrode;
a first counter electrode;
a first liquid crystal layer between the first pixel electrode and the first counter electrode;
a first spacer in the first liquid crystal layer and between the first pixel electrode and the first counter electrode; and
a first transistor electrically connected to the first pixel electrode;
a second pixel comprising:
a second pixel electrode;
a second counter electrode;
a second liquid crystal layer between the second pixel electrode and the second counter electrode;
a second spacer in the second liquid crystal layer and between the second pixel electrode and the second counter electrode; and
a second transistor electrically connected to the second pixel electrode;
a capacitor line between the first pixel and the second pixel; and
an insulating layer over the first transistor and the second transistor, the insulating layer having an opening,
wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are provided over the insulating layer and overlap with the opening,
wherein the first pixel electrode includes a first depressed portion along the opening,
wherein the second pixel electrode includes a second depressed portion along the opening,
wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode do not overlap with the capacitor line, and
wherein the capacitor line overlaps with the opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the first spacer and the first depressed portion do not overlap with each other, and
wherein the second spacer and the second depressed portion do not overlap with each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of alignment films facing each other with the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer provided therebetween.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1,
wherein alignment in the first liquid crystal layer is controlled by the first depressed portion and the first spacer, and
wherein alignment in the second liquid crystal layer is controlled by the second depressed portion and the second spacer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the first pixel comprises a first capacitor comprising:
the first pixel electrode; and
a conductive layer having a light-transmitting property,
wherein the second pixel comprises a second capacitor comprising:
the second pixel electrode; and
the conductive layer having a light-transmitting property,
wherein the conductive layer includes a first region overlapping with the capacitor line, and
wherein the opening includes a second region overlapping with the first region.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The display device according to claim 5, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are located symmetrically with respect to the capacitor line.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The display device according to claim 5,
wherein the first transistor and the second transistor each comprise a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor layer, and
wherein the oxide semiconductor layer and the conductive layer are provided over a same surface and include a same material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 1.