# US RE47,431 E1 · Liquid crystal display having a reduced number of data driving circuit chips > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US RE47,431 E1 - Document ID: USRE47431E1 - Status: Granted - Kind: E1 - Application number: 15/182,305 - Filed: 2016-06-14 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2005-09-15 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/USRE47431E1 ## CPC - G02F 1/134336: {Matrix} - G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line} - H01L 27/12 - H01L 27/124 - 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 - H01L ## Abstract A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate, a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors and arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a first side parallel to each gate line and a second side being shorter than the first side, the second side being formed next to the first side, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes that are adjacent to each other in a column direction are connected to different data lines from each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid crystal display comprising: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate and extended in a first direction; a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of gate lines and extended in a second direction; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines; and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors and arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the pixel electrodes is formed in a substantially rectangular shape elongated in the first direction and includes a first side parallel to each gate line and a second side being formed next to the first side, wherein the length of the first side is about three times longer than the length of the second side, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes that are adjacent to each other in the second direction are connected to different data lines from each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display of claim 1, further comprising a storage electrode line, wherein at least a portion of the storage electrode line overlaps a pixel electrode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The liquid crystal display of claim 2, wherein the storage electrode line extends perpendicular to a gate line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal display of claim 3, wherein the storage electrode line is located in the same layer as a data line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal display of claim 3, wherein the storage electrode line comprises: a plurality of first parts located in the same layer as the gate line and disposed between two adjacent gate lines; and a plurality of second parts located in a different layer from the gate line, wherein the plurality of second parts intersect the gate line and connect the plurality of first parts with each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The liquid crystal display of claim 5, wherein each second part is located in the same layer as the pixel electrode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The liquid crystal display of claim 3, wherein the storage electrode line includes at least one branch being adjacent to one of the plurality of gate lines and extending substantially parallel to the plurality of gate lines. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The liquid crystal display of claim 7, wherein a boundary of the pixel electrode is located on the at least one branch of the storage electrode line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The liquid crystal display of claim 2, wherein the storage electrode line is substantially parallel to a gate line and arranged alternately with the gate line, wherein the storage electrode line is located in a same layer as the gate line. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The liquid crystal display of claim 9, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a drain electrode overlapping the storage electrode line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The liquid crystal display of claim 9, wherein a boundary of the pixel electrode is located on the storage electrode line. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The liquid crystal display of claim 9, wherein the pixel electrode covers a gate line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The liquid crystal display of claim 9, wherein a data line and the pixel electrode overlap each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The liquid crystal display of claim 13, further comprising an organic layer formed between the pixel electrode and the data line and between the pixel electrode and the gate line. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein a thin film transistor comprises: a gate electrode connected to a gate line; a source electrode connected to a data line; and a drain electrode connected to a pixel electrode, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode have a substantially bilateral symmetry. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display of claim 1, further comprising a gate driver connected to the plurality of gate lines, wherein the gate driver comprises: a first gate driving circuit connected to first gate lines; and a second gate driving circuit connected to second gate lines, wherein the first and the second gate driving circuits are located in a same layer as the plurality of gate lines, the plurality of data lines, and the plurality of thin film transistors. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The liquid crystal display of claim 16, wherein the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit are disposed opposite each other with respect to the substrate. ### Claim 18 A liquid crystal display comprising: a substrate; a first gate line disposed on the substrate and extended in a first direction; a first data line crossing the first gate line and extended in a second direction; a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the first data line, respectively; a first pixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor through a first contact hole and including a length parallel to each gate line, and a width, the width being a longest dimension of the first pixel electrode in the second direction, wherein the first pixel electrode is formed in a substantially rectangular shape elongated in the first direction, and the length of the first pixel electrode is substantially three times longer than the width of the first pixel electrode; a second gate line parallel to the first gate line and disposed at an opposite side of the first pixel electrode to the first gate line; a second data line parallel to the first data line and disposed at an opposite side of the first pixel electrode to the first data line; a second thin film transistor connected to the second gate line and the second data line, respectively; a second pixel electrode that is proximate to the first pixel electrode and is disposed at an opposite side of the second gate line to the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode being connected to the second thin film transistor through a second contact hole; and a first storage electrode and a second storage electrode on the substrate, wherein the first contact hole is adjacent to the first data line, and the second contact hole is adjacent to the second data line, wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are disposed between the first data line and the second data line, wherein the first storage electrode comprises a first portion parallel to the first gate line, and a second portion parallel to the first data line, wherein the second storage electrode comprises a third portion parallel to the second gate line, and a fourth portion parallel to the second data line, wherein the second portion is adjacent to the first data line, wherein the fourth portion is adjacent to the second data line, and wherein a drain of the first thin film transistor comprises a fifth extension overlapping the second portion and first stick-shaped end portion overlapping the first portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The liquid crystal display of claim 18, wherein the first thin film transistor comprises a first source electrode connected to the first data line, and wherein the first source electrode is disposed on the first gate line. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The liquid crystal display of claim 19, wherein the second thin transistor comprises a second source electrode connected to the second data line, and wherein the second source electrode is disposed on the second gate line. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The liquid crystal display of claim 18, wherein a drain of the second thin film transistor comprises a sixth extension overlapping the fourth portion and a second stick-shaped end portion overlapping the third portion. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The liquid crystal display of claim 21, wherein the second pixel electrode covers the first gate line. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The liquid crystal display of claim 18, wherein the first thin film transistor is adjacent to the first data line, and wherein the second thin film transistor is adjacent to the second data line.