Liquid crystal display apparatus having wide transparent electrode and stripe electrodes

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a pair of substrates;
• a liquid crystal arranged between said pair of the substrates;
• a plurality of stripe electrodes and an alignment layer formed in one of said substrates;
• an alignment layer formed in the other substrate;
• said stripe electrodes including first and second groups of stripe electrodes parallel to each other, the first group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a first voltage, and the second group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a second voltage different from the first voltage;
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• each of the stripe electrodes of the first and second groups located in one region having a shape aligned in one direction, each of the stripe electrodes of the first and second groups located in another region having the same shape as the stripe electrodes of said first and second groups located in said one region but aligned in the direction perpendicular to said one direction,
• wherein the first group of stripe electrodes include a first subgroup of parallel linear portions and a second subgroup of parallel linear portions arranged at an angle to the first subgroup of linear portions, and the second group of stripe electrodes include a third subgroup of parallel linear portions and a fourth subgroup of parallel linear portions arranged at an angle to the third subgroup of the linear portions, the first and second subgroups of linear portions and the third and fourth subgroups of linear portions being arranged at an angle of 2 to 88 degrees to the data bus lines.

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a pair of substrates;
• a liquid crystal arranged between said pair of substrates;
• a plurality of stripe electrodes and an alignment layer formed in one of said substrates;
• an alignment layer formed in the other substrate;
• gate bus lines, data bus lines and TFTs arranged in said one substrate;
• said stripe electrodes including first and second groups of stripe electrodes parallel to each other, the first group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a first voltage, and the second group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a second voltage different from the first voltage;
• a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a peripheral portion, a first connection electrode arranged at the peripheral portion of the pixel for connecting the first group of stripe electrodes together, and a second connection electrode arranged at the peripheral portion of the pixel for connecting the second group of stripe electrodes together, the first connection electrode at least partially overlapping the second connection electrode through an insulating layer;
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• a driving correction electrode portion crossing one stripe electrode of said first or second groups at a right or acute angle thereto, said driving correction electrode portion being connected to one stripe electrode of the group different from the group including said first one stripe electrode and arranged in the same layer as said first or second connection electrode for said one stripe electrode of said different group;
• wherein the first group of stripe electrodes includes a first subgroup of parallel linear portions and a second subgroup of parallel linear portions arranged at an angle to the first subgroup of the linear portions,
• and the second group of the stripe electrodes includes a third subgroup of parallel linear portions and a fourth subgroup of parallel linear portions arranged at an angle to the third subgroup of the linear portions, the first and second subgroups of linear portions and the third and fourth subgroups of linear portions being arranged at an angle of 2 to 88 degrees to the data bus lines;
• wherein said one substrate further comprises gate bus lines, data bus lines and TFTs, the first group of the stripe electrodes being connected to the TFTs;
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• wherein in one pixel, said first connection electrode includes a plurality of connection electrode portions connecting the first and second subgroups of linear portions together, and
• discontinuously extending in parallel to the data bus lines at the peripheral portion of the pixel for connecting the ends of at least two linear portions of said first and second subgroups to each other, and said second connection electrode interconnects said third and fourth subgroups of the linear portions together.

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a pair of substrates;
• a liquid crystal arranged between said pair of substrates;
• a plurality of stripe electrodes and an alignment layer formed in one of said substrates;
• an alignment layer formed in the other substrate;
• gate bus lines, data bus lines and TFTs arranged in said one substrate;
• said stripe electrodes including first and second groups of stripe electrodes parallel to each other, the first group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a first voltage, and the second group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a second voltage different from the first voltage;
• a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a peripheral portion, a first connection electrode arranged at the peripheral portion of the pixel for connecting the first group of stripe electrodes together, and a second connection electrode arranged at the peripheral portion of the pixel for connecting the second group of stripe electrodes together, the first connection electrode at least partially overlapping the second connection electrode through an insulating layer;
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• a driving correction electrode portion crossing one stripe electrode of said first or second groups at a right or acute angle thereto, said driving correction electrode portion being connected to one stripe electrode of the group different from the group including said first one stripe electrode and arranged in the same layer as said first or second connection electrode for said one stripe electrode of said different group;
• wherein the first group of the stripe electrodes is connected to the TFTs,
• wherein one of the stripe electrodes of the first group is connected to a portion of the first connection electrode parallel to the data bus lines, said portion of said first connection electrode extends in one direction from the joint between said one stripe electrode and said portion of said first connection electrode, and said driving correction electrode portion extends in parallel to said data bus lines in the direction opposite to said portion of the connection electrode and ends at a position overlapping the nearest one of the stripe electrodes of the second group.

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a pair of substrates;
• a liquid crystal arranged between said pair of substrates;
• a plurality of stripe electrodes and an alignment layer formed in one of said substrates;
• a transparent electrode covering substantially the whole surface of the other substrate and an alignment layer formed in the other substrate;
• said stripe electrodes including first and second groups of stripe electrodes parallel to each other, the first group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a first voltage and the second group of stripe electrodes being supplied with a second voltage different from the first voltage;
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• said transparent electrode having a region of high resistance and a region of low resistance.