Abstract: To reduce disturbances in display of images due to static electricity without deteriorating optical properties in a display. The display includes a conductive pattern provided on the upper surface of the substrate, a protection layer provided on the upper surface of the substrate to cover the conductive pattern, and a conductive layer provided on the protection layer. The sheet resistance of the conductive pattern is not more than 8?/square. A ratio of the total sum of areas of portions of the plurality of sub-pixels that overlap the conductive pattern in a plan view to the total sum of the areas of the plurality of sub-pixels is 1 to 22%. A sheet resistance of the conductive layer is higher than the sheet resistance of the conductive pattern.

Abstract: The detection speed of a touch is improved and the reliability of a touch panel electrode formed on the outer side of a glass substrate is improved. A liquid crystal display device is provided in which a first electrode is formed on the outer side of a counter substrate as the first electrode is extended in a first direction. A second electrode extended in a direction perpendicular to the first direction is formed on the inner side of a TFT substrate. A touch panel function is provided on a liquid crystal display panel. The first electrode is formed of a metal or alloy. A protective film is formed to cover the first electrode. On the outer side of the first substrate, a groove is formed between the end portion of the protective film and the first electrode in parallel with the edge of the counter substrate.

Abstract: Detection electrode wirings formed by an ITO film have a high resistance and the detection capability thereof is degraded with the increase of the size and/or resolution. A manufacturing method of a display device includes: (a) arranging liquid crystal between an array substrate and a counter substrate; (b) forming a metal layer and a low-reflection layer on the counter substrate after the step (a); (c) applying an overcoat film onto the metal layer and the low-reflection layer; and (d) curing the overcoat film to form a protection layer. The step (d) cures the overcoat film with light and heat.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device having an array substrate includes the steps of forming a projection of an organic material in a pixel on the array substrate by patterning a photosensitive material or by inkjet, forming a TFT on the array substrate, wherein a source electrode of the TFT is formed to extend on at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an inorganic passivation layer over the TFT and over at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an organic passivation layer over the inorganic passivation layer, forming an upper insulating layer over at least part of the organic passivation layer, forming a contact hole in the inorganic passivation layer and the upper insulation layer over the upper surface of the projection, and forming a pixel electrode on the upper insulation layer which contacts the source electrode.

Abstract: When a protective film is formed so as to cover an electrode, a position of an end portion of the protective film is highly accurately adjusted. An electrode substrate includes a second substrate, and a sensing electrode continuously formed on the second substrate from a first region on an upper surface of the second substrate via a second region on the upper surface of the second substrate over a third region on the upper surface of the second substrate. Also, the electrode substrate includes a concave/convex pattern formed on the sensing electrode or the second substrate in the second region, and a protective film formed in the first region and the second region so as to cover the sensing electrode. An end portion of the protective film on the third region side is positioned on the concave/convex pattern.

Abstract: An electrode substrate includes a sensing electrode formed on a glass substrate, a concave/convex pattern formed on the glass substrate, and a protective film formed so as to cover the sensing electrode. The concave/convex pattern is disposed closer to an outer periphery of the glass substrate than the sensing electrode is when seen in a plan view. The protective film is formed so as to cover a part of the glass substrate positioned between the sensing electrode and the concave/convex pattern when seen in a plan view.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device having an array substrate includes the steps of forming a projection of an organic material in a pixel on the array substrate by patterning a photosensitive material or by inkjet, forming a TFT on the array substrate, wherein a source electrode of the TFT is formed to extend on at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an inorganic passivation layer over the TFT and over at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an organic passivation layer over the inorganic passivation layer, forming an upper insulating layer over at least part of the organic passivation layer, forming a contact hole in the inorganic passivation layer and the upper insulation layer over the upper surface of the projection, and forming a pixel electrode on the upper insulation layer which contacts the source electrode.

Abstract: To prevent a phenomenon that an alignment film material is difficult to flow into the through-hole where a diameter of a through-hole for connecting between a pixel electrode and a source electrode is reduced. A liquid crystal display device comprising a TFT substrate having pixels each including a common electrode formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the common electrode, a pixel electrode having a slit and formed on the interlayer insulating film, a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, and a source electrode electrically conducted to the pixel electrode via the through-hole. A taper angle at a depth of D/2 of the through-hole is equal to or more than 50 degrees. The pixel electrode covers part of a side wall of the through-hole but does not cover the remaining part of the side wall of the through-hole.

Abstract: In an LCD device, the slope angle of a wall surface of a wall structure (wall-surface slope angle) is varied in accordance with the angle formed between the wall structure and an alignment treatment direction (alignment treatment angle). At places where the alignment treatment angle is small, the wall-surface slope angle is made larger; conversely, at places where the alignment treatment angle is large, the wall-surface slope angle is made smaller.

Abstract: In an LCD device having wall electrodes, four kinds of pixels are used that impart different alignment properties to the liquid crystal molecules. Specifically, the LC molecules are aligned such that: the LC molecules in first pixels twist clockwise and rise in a plus direction; the LC molecules in second pixels twist clockwise and rise in a minus direction; the LC molecules in third pixels twist counterclockwise and rise in the plus direction; and the LC molecules in fourth pixels twist counterclockwise and rise in the minus direction. The pixels of the same type are arranged in rows such that their long sides are adjacent to one another.

Abstract: Pixel electrodes and a common electrode are formed on a first panel. A wall is formed on the first panel. The wall includes a large insulating wall that is made of an insulating material and projects toward a second panel, and a wall electrode part that covers a side wall of the large insulating wall and functions as the pixel electrode or the common electrode. The wall includes a side surface on which an alignment film that defines an alignment of liquid crystal molecules of a liquid crystal layer is formed. The side wall of the wall is inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to the first panel and the second panel. With this configuration, in a liquid crystal display device having the wall electrode, light leakage at the time of displaying a black image can be reduced.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display panel in which both the prevention of low-temperature bubble defects and the prevention of unevenness in brightness by pressure can be achieved without the need of forming multiple types of spacers differing in the height. In a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of spacers 14 arranged between a pair of transparent substrates 11 and 12 and a liquid crystal 13 encapsulated between the transparent substrates, the spacers 14 are of a uniform height and each spacer 14 is substantially in a trapezoidal shape in which the ratio between the top area and the bottom area is 0.3 or less. The spacers 14 are formed on one of the transparent substrates 11 and 12. The spacers 14 are arranged at appropriate density so that the contact area ratio of the spacers' top surfaces in contact with the opposing substrate per unit area is within a range of 0.8%-1.0%.

Abstract: In an IPS mode liquid crystal display device, a counter electrode is formed flat on a first insulating film. A second insulating film is formed in the peripheral portion of the counter electrode. A third insulating film is formed so as to cover the counter electrode and the second insulating film. A pixel electrode is formed on the third insulating film. The second and third insulating films are present between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in the periphery of the pixel. The third insulating film is present between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in the portion other than the peripheral portion of the pixel. An electric field between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode is smaller in the periphery of the pixel than in the vicinity of the center of the pixel, to prevent the occurrence of a domain in the periphery of the pixel.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device having an array substrate includes the steps of forming a projection of an organic material in a pixel on the array substrate by patterning a photosensitive material or by inkjet, forming a TFT on the array substrate, wherein a source electrode of the TFT is formed to extend on at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an inorganic passivation layer over the TFT and over at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an organic passivation layer over the inorganic passivation layer, forming an upper insulating layer over at least part of the organic passivation layer, forming a contact hole in the inorganic passivation layer and the upper insulation layer over the upper surface of the projection, and forming a pixel electrode on the upper insulation layer which contacts the source electrode.

Abstract: In order to improve the transmissivity of each pixel and the brightness of a high-definition screen, a TFT and a projection are disposed in each pixel, a source electrode of the TFT extends so as to cover the projection, an inorganic passivation film is formed over the TFT and the projection, an organic passivation film is formed on the inorganic passivation film on the TFT, an opposed electrode is formed on the organic passivation film, an upper insulation film is formed over the opposed electrode, a pixel electrode is formed on the upper insulation film, and the pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode through a connection hole formed in the inorganic passivation film and the upper insulation film on the projection. Accordingly, the diameter of a through-hole can be made smaller.

Abstract: Pixel electrodes each include a pixel plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a pixel wall portion rising up from the pixel plane portion. Common electrodes each include a common plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a common wall portion rising up from the common plane portion so as to face the pixel wall portion. Each of the compartment areas has the pixel wall portion on one of right and left sides in the lateral direction, and has the common wall portion on the other of the right and left sides. Molecules of the liquid crystal material are tilted up from the pixel wall portions in a direction of the common wall portion by the electric field. The respective pixel wall portions of the adjacent compartment areas are positioned on opposite sides to each other in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A high-definition and high-contrast liquid crystal display device having a high aperture ratio without light leakage around a columnar spacer is provided. The liquid crystal display device of a horizontal electric field type includes a TFT substrate with a pixel electrode and a common electrode, a color filter substrate with a color filter, a columnar spacer interposed between the substrates, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the substrates. A liquid crystal alignment film formed between the substrates is a photo-alignment film. The columnar spacer, formed on the color filter substrate or the TFT substrate, has a wall-like shape and an inclined surface extending in a direction parallel to or perpendicular to a direction in which the liquid crystal is initially aligned.

Abstract: To suppress generation of low temperature impact bubbles and a damage in an electrode, etc. on a wall structure in manufacturing process, the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate; a second substrate which is provided so as to face the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer which is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a wall structure which is formed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode which is provided at least on a side surface of the wall structure; a common electrode which is formed on the first substrate; and a plurality of pixels which include the pixel electrode and the common electrode, in which a high portion is provided at a portion of the wall structure, and the first substrate comes into contact with the second substrate at the high portion.

Abstract: In an IPS-type liquid crystal display device, peeling-off between a common electrode formed in a matted manner in plane and an interlayer insulation film is prevented. The common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film in a matted manner in plane, the interlayer insulation film is formed on the common electrode, and a comb-teeth-shaped pixel electrode is formed on the interlayer insulation film. The pixel electrode is connected with a source electrode via a through hole formed in the organic passivation film and an inorganic passivation film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a pair of wall electrodes facing each other, which is disposed on pixels on a first substrate, functions as one of pixel electrodes and a common electrode, and takes a posture of standing on the first substrate. Also, the liquid crystal display device has a center electrode that is disposed between the pair of wall electrodes, functions as the other of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, has a convexity lower in height than the pair of wall electrodes, and makes a width in a direction along which the pair of wall electrodes faces each other gradually smaller toward the second substrate. According to this liquid crystal display device, since a vertical electric field can be prevented from being developed on an upper side of the center electrode, a transmittance of light can be improved.