Hybrid switching mode liquid crystal display device
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun Ho Shin, Jong Jin Park, Wook Sung Kim
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Abstract
A hybrid switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. A plurality of first electrodes are formed on the first substrate and applies an in-plane electric field. A plurality of second electrodes are formed on the second substrate and applies perpendicular and inclined electric fields with the first electrodes.
Claims36
A switching mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device formed to generate first and second switched electric field for driving a matrix of LCD elements, said liquid crystal display device comprising:
- first and second substrates;
- a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
- a pair of first electrodes on said first substrate applying first electric fields in a plane corresponding to said first substrate;
- a plurality of second electrodes on said second substrate applying second electric fields between said first and second substrates at an orientation different from said first electric fields, wherein the pair of first electrodes are parallel to the second electrodes and do not overlap the second electrodes;
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- a pair of first conductive lines intersecting the pair of first electrodes, respectively;
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- a second conductive line intersecting the second electrode;
- wherein said first and second fields are applied concurrently.
A switching mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device formed to generate first and second switched electric field for driving a matrix of LCD elements, said liquid crystal display device comprising:
- first and second substrates;
- a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
- a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes at a first side of said liquid crystal layer for applying first electric fields in a plane corresponding to said first substrate;
- a plurality of third electrodes at second side of said liquid crystal layer for applying second electric fields between said first and second substrates at an orientation different from said first electric fields, wherein the second electrodes are parallel to the third electrodes and do not overlap the third electrodes;
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- a first conductive line intersecting the first electrodes;
- a second conductive line intersecting the second electrodes;
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- a third conductive line intersecting the third electrodes;
- wherein said first and second electric fields are applied concurrently.
A switching mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device formed to generate first and second switched electric fields for driving a matrix of LCD elements, said liquid crystal display device comprising:
- first and second substrates;
- a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
- a plurality of data electrodes and a plurality of first common electrodes on said first substrate for applying first electric fields in a plane corresponding to said first substrate;
- a plurality of second common electrodes on said second substrate for applying second electric fields between said first and second substrates at an orientation different from said first electric fields, wherein the second common electrodes are parallel to the first common electrodes and do not overlap the first common electrodes;
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- a first conductive line intersecting the first common electrodes;
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- a second conductive line intersecting the second common electrodes;
- wherein said first and second electric fields are applied concurrently.
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