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US 7,023,514 B2Granted
Liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorsChul Sang Shin, Gyo Won Chin
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a plurality of gate and data lines formed crossing each other on the first substrate to define a plurality of pixel areas, an insulating layer formed on the plurality of gate and data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed within the plurality of pixel areas, a plurality of separators formed on the insulating layer between the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a second substrate facing the first substrate.
Claims25
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of gate and data lines formed crossing each other on the first substrate to define a plurality of pixel areas;
- an insulating layer formed on the plurality of gate and data lines;
- a passivation layer covering portions of the insulating layer over the gate and data lines;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes formed within the plurality of pixel areas;
- a plurality of separators formed on the passivation layer between the plurality of pixel electrodes to overlap the gate and data lines without an intervening metal layer therebetween;
- and
- a second substrate facing the first substrate.
5 more elements
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of gate and data lines formed on the first substrate;
- a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate and data lines;
- an insulating layer formed on an entire surface of the first substrate covering the thin film transistors;
- a passivation layer covering portions of the insulating layer over the gate and data lines;
- a plurality of separators formed on the passivation layer over the gate and data lines without an intervening metal layer therebetween;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes formed between the separators;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal material layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
7 more elements
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of gate and data lines formed on the first substrate;
- a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate and data lines;
- an insulating layer formed on an entire surface of the first substrate covering the thin film transistor;
- a passivation layer covering portions of the insulating layer over the gate and data lines;
- a plurality of separators formed on the passivation layer over the gate and data lines, wherein a ratio between top and bottom widths of the separators is about 1.0˜0.5;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes formed between the separators;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal material layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
7 more elements
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of gate and data lines formed on the first substrate;
- a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate and data lines;
- an insulating layer formed on an entire surface of the first substrate covering the thin film transistor;
- a passivation layer covering portions of the insulating layer over the gate and data lines;
- a plurality of separators formed on the passivation layer over the gate and data lines, wherein each of the separators have a contact angle thereof about 40˜50°;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes formed between the separators;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal material layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
7 more elements
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of gate and data lines formed on the first substrates;
- a plurality of thin film transistor formed at intersections between the gate and data lines;
- an insulating layer formed on an entire surface of the first substrate covering the thin film transistors;
- a passivation layer covering portions of the insulating layer over the gate and data lines;
- a plurality of separators formed on the passivation layer over the gate and data lines;
- wherein a width of the separators is about 3˜5μm;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes formed between the separators;
- a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal material layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
8 more elements
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display, comprising the steps of:
- forming a plurality of gate and data lines on a first substrate to cross each other;
- forming a plurality of thin film transistors at intersections between the gate and data lines;
- forming an insulating layer on an entire surface of the first substrate covering the thin film transistors;
- forming a passivation layer over an entire surface of the first substrate;
- removing the passivation layer except portions over the gate and data lines;
- forming a plurality of separators on the passivation layer over the gate and data lines;
- forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the insulating layer;
- forming a second substrate to face the first substrate;
- and
- forming a liquid crystal material layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.
7 more elements
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display, comprising the steps of:
- forming a plurality of gate and data lines on a first substrate to cross each other;
- forming a plurality of thin film transistors at intersections between the gate and data lines;
- forming an insulating layer on an entire surface of the first substrate covering the thin film transistors;
- forming a passivation layer over an entire surface of the first substrate;
- removing a first thickness of the passivation layer to a predetermined thickness except portions of the passivation layer over the gate and data lines;
- forming a plurality of separators on the passivation layer over the gate and data lines;
- forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the insulating layer;
- forming a second substrate to face the first substrate;
- and
- forming a liquid crystal material layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.