Liquid crystal display
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorSeung Jae Lee
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display including a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate, a gate line and a data line on the first substrate, a thin film transistor coupled to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor, and a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer therebetween, and including a plurality of branch electrodes and a connector coupling the branch electrodes, the common electrode overlapping the data line and extending in parallel with the data line, wherein a width of the connector of the common electrode is about 8.0 μm to about 13.5 μm.
Claims11
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- a gate line and a data line on the first substrate;
- a thin film transistor coupled to the gate line and the data line;
- a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor;
- and
- a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer therebetween, and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes and a connector coupling the branch electrodes, the common electrode overlapping the data line and extending in parallel with the data line, the plurality of branch electrodes extending along a same direction that is different from an extension direction of the connector and being between the gate line and an adjacent gate line,
- wherein a width of the connector of the common electrode is about 8.0 μm to about 13.5 μm.
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- a gate line and a data line on the first substrate;
- a thin film transistor coupled to the gate line and the data line;
- a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor;
- and
- a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer therebetween, and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes and a connector coupling the branch electrodes, the common electrode overlapping the data line and extending in parallel with the data line,
- wherein a width of the connector of the common electrode is about 8.0 μm to about 13.5 μm,
- wherein a first distance is between a first edge of the date line and a second edge of the connector nearest the first edge, the first distance being less than a second distance between the first edge and a third edge of the pixel electrode nearest the first edge,
- wherein the third edge does not overlap the connector, and
- wherein a third distance between the second edge and the third edge is less than about 3.0 μm.
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate;
- a gate line and a data line on the first substrate;
- a thin film transistor coupled to the gate line and the data line;
- a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor;
- and
- a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer therebetween, and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes and a connector coupling the branch electrodes, the common electrode overlapping the data line and extending in parallel with the data line,
- wherein a width of the connector of the common electrode is about 8.0 μm to about 13.5 μm,
- wherein a first distance is between a first edge of the data line and a second edge of the connector nearest the first edge, the first distance is greater than a second distance between the first edge and a third edge of the pixel electrode nearest the first edge,
- wherein the third edge of the pixel electrode overlaps the connector, and
- wherein a third distance between the second edge and the third edge is less than about 1.25 μm.
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