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US 2023/0408874 A1Published application
Display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsShunichi KIMURA, Toshiharu MATSUSHIMA
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, in a display device, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode overlap with a first electrode which includes a first branch portion that is exposed from between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, a second electrode includes a first trunk portion, a second branch portion, and a second trunk portion, the second branch portion overlaps with the first pixel electrode, a light-shielding layer includes a first opening portion, a second opening portion, and a light-shielding portion located between the first and second opening portions, the first opening portion overlaps with the second branch portion, and the light-shielding portion overlaps with the first branch portion.
Claims16
A display device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer consisting of liquid crystal molecules located between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
- the first substrate includes a first electrode, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode disposed at an interval in a first direction from the first pixel electrode, and a second electrode,
- the second substrate includes a light-shielding layer,
- the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode overlap with the first electrode,
- the first electrode includes a first branch portion that is exposed from between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the second electrode includes a first trunk portion extending in the first direction, a second branch portion with a first long edge and a second long edge extending in the second direction from the first trunk portion, and a second trunk portion disposed at an interval in the second direction from the first trunk portion and extending in the first direction,
- the second branch portion overlaps with the first pixel electrode,
- the light-shielding layer includes a first opening portion, a second opening portion provided at an interval in the first direction from the first opening portion, and a light-shielding portion located between the first opening portion and the second opening portion,
- the first opening portion overlaps with the second branch portion,
- the light-shielding portion overlaps with the first branch portion, and
- when a voltage is applied between the first pixel electrodes and the second electrode, the liquid crystal molecules near the first long edge of the second branch portion and the liquid crystal molecules near the second long edge of the second branch portion rotate in opposite directions.
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A display device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
- the first substrate includes a first electrode, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode disposed at an interval in a first direction from the first pixel electrode, and a second electrode,
- the second substrate includes a light-shielding layer,
- the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode overlap with the first electrode,
- the first electrode includes a first branch portion that is exposed from between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the second electrode includes a second branch portion extending in the second direction,
- the second branch portion overlaps with the first pixel electrode,
- the light-shielding layer includes a first opening portion, a second opening portion provided at an interval in the first direction from the first opening portion, and a light-shielding portion located between the first opening portion and the second opening portion,
- the first opening portion overlaps with the second branch portion, and
- the light-shielding portion overlaps with the first branch portion.
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A display device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
- the first substrate includes a first electrode, a first pixel electrode, and a second electrode,
- the second substrate includes a light-shielding layer,
- the first pixel electrode overlaps with the first electrode,
- the first pixel electrode includes a first portion, a second portion disposed separated in the first direction from the first portion, and a slit extending between the first portion and the second portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first electrode includes a first branch portion that is exposed from the slit and extends in the second direction,
- the second electrode includes a first trunk portion extending in the first direction, a second branch portion extending in the second direction from the first trunk portion, a third branch portion disposed at an interval in the first direction from the second branch portion and extending in the second direction from the first trunk portion, and a second trunk portion disposed at an interval in the second direction from the first trunk portion and extending in the first direction,
- the second branch portion overlaps with the first portion,
- the third branch portion overlaps with the second portion,
- the light-shielding layer includes an opening portion, and
- the opening portion overlaps with the first branch portion, the second branch portion, and the third branch portion.
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