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US 8,947,625 B2Granted
Thin film transistor array panel and liquid crystal display device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung-Ho Hong, Hyeok-Jin Lee, Soon-Joon Rho, Yong-Woon Lim, Suk Choi, Oh-Jeong Kwon, Kyung-Hye Park, Su-Jin Kim
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Abstract
The present invention provides a panel capable of driving a liquid crystal in stable manner and improving response speed of the liquid crystal of a liquid crystal display, and the panel according to the present invention may include: a substrate; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed facing each other on the substrate; and a branch electrode extending from at least one of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed to face each other on the substrate;
- a branch electrode extending from one of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode;
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- a dummy electrode disposed under the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, or both the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode,
- wherein the other of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is free of any branch electrode, and
- wherein the dummy electrode is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode.
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A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other;
- a gate line disposed on the first substrate;
- a voltage transmitting line disposed on the first substrate;
- a data line disposed on the first substrate and configured to transmit a data signal;
- a first thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the voltage transmitting line;
- a second thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line;
- a first pixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor;
- a second pixel electrode connected to the second thin film transistor and facing the first pixel electrode;
- a branch electrode extending from one of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode;
- a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, having positive dielectric anisotropy, and being aligned vertically;
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- a dummy electrode disposed under the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, or both the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode,
- wherein the other of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is free of any branch electrode, and
- wherein the dummy electrode is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.