Liquid crystal display including spacers
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSae Ron Park, Chang Hun Kwak, Jin Suek Kim
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line provided in a first direction on the first substrate; a data line insulated from the gate line and provided in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; a sub-spacer overlapping the data line and provided in a bar shape extending in the second direction; a second substrate overlapping the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the sub-spacer includes a separation region from which a part of the sub-spacer is removed.
Claims20
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a gate line provided in a first direction on the first substrate;
- a data line insulated from the gate line and provided in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;
- a pixel electrode comprising a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode that are separated from each other by the gate line;
- a sub-spacer overlapping the data line and provided in a bar shape extending in the second direction;
- a second substrate overlapping the first substrate;
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- a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate,
- wherein the sub-spacer includes a separation region from which a part of the sub-spacer is removed,
- wherein the sub-spacer continuously extends in the second direction along the first sub-pixel electrode and overlaps the gate line in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate,
- wherein the sub-spacer is discontinued by the separation region in the second direction along the second sub-pixel electrode, and
- wherein a ratio of a first length of the separation region in the second direction with respect to a second length of the pixel electrode in the second direction is 5% to 25%.
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a gate line provided on the first substrate in a first direction;
- a data line insulated from the gate line and provided in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;
- a pixel electrode comprising a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode that are separated from each other by the gate line;
- a shielding electrode insulated from the data line and overlapping the data line;
- a sub-spacer overlapping the shielding electrode and provided in a bar shape extending in the second direction;
- a main spacer overlapping the gate line;
- a second substrate overlapping the first substrate;
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- a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate,
- wherein a first height of the sub-spacer is shorter than a second height of the main spacer,
- wherein the sub-spacer has a first portion that continuously extends in the second direction along the first sub-pixel electrode and overlaps the gate line in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate and a second portion that extends from the first portion in the second direction along the second sub-pixel electrode and includes a separation region,
- wherein the main spacer overlaps the gate line away from an overlapping region between the sub-spacer and the gate line in the direction perpendicular to the first substrate, and
- wherein a ratio of a first length of the separation region in the second direction with respect to a second length of the pixel electrode in the second direction is 5% to 25%.
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