# US 8,570,476 B2 · Liquid crystal display device having the same openings and manufacturing method thereof

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- Number: US 8,570,476 B2
- Document ID: US8570476B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/535,097
- Filed: 2009-08-04
- Published: 2010-06-03
- Granted: 2013-10-29
- Earliest claimed: 2008-12-03
- Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kyung Ha Lee; Sang Hun Han
- Inventors: Kyung Ha Lee; Sang Hun Han
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8570476B2

## CPC

- G02F 1/134363: {for applying an electric field parallel to the substrate, i.e. in-plane switching [IPS]}
- H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines}
- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

## Abstract

An LCD device and a manufacturing method thereof having improved transmittance and contrast ratio are disclosed. According to the LCD device and the manufacturing method thereof, a first common electrode which includes first and second horizontal electrode bars and a plurality of first vertical common electrode bars is disposed on a layer different from a second common electrode which includes a third horizontal common electrode bar and a plurality of second vertical common electrode bars. A pixel electrode which includes a horizontal pixel electrode bar and a plurality of vertical pixel electrode bars is disposed on the same layer as the second common electrode. The second common electrode is connected to the first common electrode.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a gate line disposed along a first direction;
a data line crossing the gate line along a second direction;
a thin film transistor disposed on the gate line and connected to the gate line and the data line;
a first common electrode disposed on the same layer as the gate line and including first and second horizontal electrode bars and a plurality of first vertical common electrode bars extended between the first and second horizontal electrode bars, the first horizontal electrode bar disposed adjacent to the gate line;
a second common electrode disposed on a layer different from the first common electrode and including a third horizontal common electrode bar and a plurality of second vertical common electrode bars; and
a pixel electrode disposed on the same layer as the second common electrode and including a horizontal pixel electrode bar and a plurality of vertical pixel electrode bars alternately arranged with the plurality of second vertical common electrode bars,
wherein an entire region of the second horizontal electrode bar of the first common electrode overlap the third horizontal electrode bar of the second common electrode,
wherein the third horizontal electrode bar of the second common electrode and the horizontal pixel electrode bar of the pixel electrode are disposed on the same layer,
wherein the outermost first vertical common electrode bars of the first common electrode overlap the corresponding outermost vertical pixel electrode bars of the pixel electrode, respectively to form a storage capacitor, and
wherein the remaining first vertical common electrode bars of the first common electrode between the outermost first vertical common electrode bars each entirely overlap with each corresponding one of the second vertical common electrode bars of the second common electrode along a lengthwise direction of the second vertical common electrode bars.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the second vertical common electrode bars are arranged to overlap the first vertical common electrode bars, respectively.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein the second vertical common electrode bars have at least width larger than the respective first vertical common electrode bars.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the third horizontal common electrode bar of the second common electrode is connected to the second horizontal common electrode bar of the first common electrode.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal pixel electrode bar and the first horizontal common electrode bar overlap together with a passivation film and a gate insulation film interposed therebetween to form another storage capacitor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the vertical pixel electrode bars and the first and second vertical common electrode bars have crooked (or curved or bent) shapes.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the gate line include first and second layers and the first common electrode include the first layer.

### Claim 8

A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, the method comprising:
forming a gate line and a first common electrode, which includes first and second horizontal common electrode bars and a plurality of first vertical common electrode bars, on a substrate;
forming an gate insulation film on the substrate including the gate line;
forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulation film opposite to the gate line;
forming a data line and source/drain electrodes on the substrate including the semiconductor layer;
forming a passivation film, which includes a contact hole exposing the second horizontal common electrode bar, on the substrate including the data line; and
forming a pixel electrode, which includes a horizontal pixel electrode bar and a plurality of vertical pixel electrode bars, and a second common electrode which includes a third horizontal common electrode bar and a plurality of second vertical common electrode bars alternately arranged with the plurality of vertical pixel electrode bars, on the passivation film,
wherein an entire region of the second horizontal electrode bar of the first common electrode overlap the third horizontal electrode bar of the second common electrode,
wherein the third horizontal electrode bar of the second common electrode and the horizontal pixel electrode bar of the pixel electrode are disposed on the same layer,
wherein the outermost first vertical common electrode bars of the first common electrode overlap the corresponding outermost vertical pixel electrode bars of the pixel electrode, respectively to form a storage capacitor, and
wherein the remaining first vertical common electrode bars of the first common electrode between the outermost first vertical common electrode bars each entirely overlap with each corresponding one of the second vertical common electrode bars of the second common electrode along a lengthwise direction of the second vertical common electrode bars.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein the second common electrode is formed to overlap the first common electrode.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein the second vertical common electrode bars are formed to overlap the first vertical common electrode bars, respectively.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the second vertical common electrode bars have at least width larger than the respective first vertical common electrode bars.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein the horizontal pixel electrode bar and the first horizontal common electrode bar overlap together with a passivation film and a gate insulation film interposed therebetween to form another storage capacitor.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the third horizontal common electrode bar is connected to the second horizontal common electrode bar through a contact hole.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein openings between the plurality of vertical pixel electrode bars and one of the plurality of first vertical common electrode bars and the plurality of second vertical common electrode bars are equal to one another in width.

### Claim 15 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein openings between the plurality of vertical pixel electrode bars and one of the plurality of first vertical common electrode bars and the plurality of second vertical common electrode bars are equal to one another in width.