Liquid crystal display
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoo Jeong Huh, Dong Wook Kim, Seung Hyun Park
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate facing a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first field generating electrode on the first substrate, and a second field generating electrode on the first substrate and including a plurality of branch electrodes overlapped with the first field generating electrode. The second field generating electrode includes a wing connected to an end of a first branch electrode positioned at an outermost side the plurality of branch electrodes.
Claims30
A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a first electrode on the first substrate;
- and
- a second electrode on the first substrate and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes overlapped with the first electrode,
- wherein the second electrode comprises a wing connected to an end of a first branch electrode disposed at one end of the plurality of branch electrodes.
A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a first electrode on the first substrate;
- and
- a second electrode on the first substrate and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes overlapped with the first electrode,
- wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are configured to be aligned in a first direction for at least a determined period of time,
- wherein the second electrode further comprises a connection part to connect ends of the plurality of branch electrodes,
- wherein a length of a slit in the first direction is at least about 40 μm, the slit being formed between two of the plurality of branch electrodes, and
- wherein a value equivalent to multiplying a width of the connection part by the length of the slit is at least about 90.
A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a first electrode on the first substrate;
- a second electrode on the first substrate and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes overlapped with the first electrode;
- a thin film transistor on the first substrate to transfer a data voltage to the second electrode;
- and
- an insulating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising a contact hole to connect the second electrode and the thin film transistor,
- wherein the second electrode is disposed on the first electrode,
- wherein the first electrode comprises a hole surrounding the contact hole,
- wherein a slit between the plurality of branch electrodes is inclined towards a first side of the plurality of branch electrodes with respect to a first direction and forms an oblique angle with the first direction,
- wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are configured to be aligned in the first direction for at least a determined period of time, and
- wherein a distance from a bottom of the slit to a first side of the hole closest to a bottom of the slit is at most 10 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.