Liquid crystal display including signal electrodes connected to each other by first anode oxide electrode and auxiliary electrode connected to second anode oxide electrode

A liquid crystal display device comprising first and second substrates opposing each other at a certain gap, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first substrate, a nonlinear resistor disposed in a region where the first and second electrodes overlap, and a liquid crystal filled between the first and second substrates, characterized in that:

• said first electrode comprises a lower electrode constituting the nonlinear resistor, a plurality of first signal electrodes for applying an external signal to the nonlinear resistor, a first anode oxide electrode connected to the first signal electrode for forming a nonlinear resistor layer by subjecting the lower electrode to an anodic oxidation treatment, a second anode oxide electrode independent of the first anode oxide electrode, and an auxiliary electrode connected to the second anode oxide electrode, and the plurality of first signal electrodes are connected to each other by the first anode oxide electrode when the lower electrode is subject to the anodic oxidation treatment;
• wherein said second electrode is provided with two upper electrodes disposed on the nonlinear resistor layer, a display electrode connected to the upper electrodes, a second signal electrode for covering the first signal electrode, and a connecting electrode for covering a part of the first anode oxide electrode;
• wherein one of said two upper electrodes is connected to the second signal electrode, while the other thereof is connected to the display electrode;
• wherein said two nonlinear resistors are structured by said lower electrode, the nonlinear resistor layer formed by subjecting the lower electrode to the anodic oxidation treatment, and said two upper electrodes;
• wherein the first anode oxide electrode is separated at portions thereof where the first signal electrodes are connected to each other upon completion of the anodic oxidation treatment, thereby separating the first signal electrodes from each other to permit them to be independent of each other,
• wherein the second anode oxide electrode is separated at portions thereof where the auxiliary electrodes are connected to each other upon completion of the anodic oxidation treatment, thereby separating the auxiliary electrodes from each other to permit them to be independent of each other;
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• wherein the nonlinear resistor layer provided on the second anode oxide electrode by the anodic oxidation treatment is thicker in thickness than the nonlinear resistor layer provided on the first anode oxide electrode.

A liquid crystal display device comprising first and second substrates opposing each other at a certain gap, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first substrate, a nonlinear resistor disposed in a region where the first and second electrodes overlap, and a liquid crystal filled between the first and second substrates, characterized in that:

• said first electrode is provided with anode oxide electrodes formed of a metal film, a plurality of signal electrodes connected to the anode oxide electrodes, and a plurality of lower electrodes connected to the signal electrodes;
• wherein said second electrode is provided with upper electrodes disposed on the nonlinear resistor layer formed by subjecting the lower electrodes to the anodic oxidation treatment, formed by subjecting the lower electrodes to the anodic oxidation treatment, and a display electrode connected to the upper electrode;
• wherein said nonlinear resistors are structured by said lower electrode, the nonlinear resistor layer, and the upper electrodes;
• wherein the anode oxide electrode is provided with an etching removal part between the signal electrode and the display electrode, and an overlapping part overlapping at the lower part of the display electrode, and the nonlinear resistor layer is formed on the entire surfaces of the anode oxide electrode, the signal electrodes, and the lower electrode by the anodic oxidation treatment;
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• wherein the part where the plurality of signal electrodes of the anode oxidation electrodes are removed upon completion of the anodic oxidation treatment, thereby separating the signal electrodes to permit them to be independent of each other, so that the overlapping part of the anode oxide electrodes is separated and remains at each of the display electrode.

A liquid crystal display device comprising first and second substrates opposing each other at a certain gap, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first substrate, a nonlinear resistor disposed in a region where the first and second electrodes overlap, and a liquid crystal filled between the first and second substrates, characterized in that:

• said first electrode is provided with signal electrodes formed of a metal film, an anode oxide electrode connected to the plurality of signal electrode, and an island-shaped lower electrode, and a line connecting part which connects the lower electrode to the anode oxide electrodes;
• wherein said second electrode is provided with two upper electrodes disposed on the nonlinear resistor layer formed by subjecting the lower electrodes to an anodic oxidation treatment, and a display electrode formed of a transparent conductive film;
• wherein the two upper electrodes cross the lower electrodes, while one of them is connected to the signal electrode, and the other is connected to the display electrode;
• wherein said two nonlinear resistors are structured by said lower electrode, the nonlinear resistor layer, and said two upper electrodes;
• where the anode oxide electrode is provided with an etching removal part between the signal electrode and the display electrode, and an overlapping part overlapping at the lower part of the display electrode, and the nonlinear resistor layer is formed on the entire surfaces of the anode oxide electrode, the signal electrodes, and the lower electrode by the anodic oxidation treatment;
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• wherein the part where the plurality of signal electrodes of the anode oxidation electrode are connected to each other, the line connecting part, and the etching removal part are removed upon completion of the anodic oxidation treatment, thereby separating the signal electrodes and the respective lower electrodes to permit them to be independent of each other, so that the overlapping part of the anode oxide electrodes is separated and remains at each of the display electrodes.