Abstract: The liquid crystal display device, in which liquid crystal is filled between a TFT array substrate having a TFT and a counter substrate placed opposite to the TFT array substrate, includes a pixel electrode placed at least partly directly over or under a drain electrode of the thin film transistor so as to directly overlap the drain electrode, an interlayer insulating layer placed to cover the pixel electrode, and a counter electrode placed on the interlayer insulating layer and having a slit to generate a fringe electric field with the pixel electrode, wherein the counter electrode is placed to overlap a gate line connected to a gate electrode of the TFT in at least part of area and connected to the counter electrode in an adjacent pixel across the gate line.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes a reflective electrode, a storage capacitor electrode disposed below the reflective electrode with a first insulation layer interposed therebetween, a second insulation layer disposed above the reflective electrode, the second insulation layer having a contact hole in an area where the storage capacitor electrode is not disposed, a transmissive electrode electrically connected to the reflective electrode through the contact hole, and a thickness compensation pattern disposed below the reflective electrode in an area having the contact hole. The thickness compensation pattern is isolated from the storage capacitor electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display of the present invention comprises a display portion having two opposed insulating substrates (an electrode substrate (1) and an opposed substrate 2) holding a liquid crystal layer to form a plurality of display elements, wires (3a) formed on at least one of the insulating substrates, for supplying signals to the plurality of display elements, a driver LSI (6) provided in a peripheral portion of the insulating substrate, being connected to terminals of the wires (3a, 3b) to drive a plurality of display elements, and a conductive film pattern portion formed on the wires (3a) in the peripheral portion of the insulating substrate with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween. With this constitution, a liquid crystal display which allows inspection of output signals of the driver LSI in a failure analysis, without extending wires or exposing electrode portions connected to the wires and a method of inspecting the liquid crystal display are provided.

Abstract: A method of producing a thin film transistor array substrate which includes an insulating substrate, a display pixel having a pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode, a gate wiring, and a source wiring perpendicular to the gate wiring, comprising forming a first thin metal multi-layer film an upper layer of which includes aluminum, and spreading a photo-resist, forming the photo-resist to a thickness less in an area connected to a second thin metal film than other area, patterning the first thin metal film, reducing a thickness of the photo-resist layer and removing the photo-resist in the area, removing the upper layer in the area to expose a lower layer, forming an interlayer insulating film and patterning it to expose the lower layer in the area, and patterning the second thin metal film to include the area, to connect the lower layer to the second thin metal film.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate having an opposing electrode; and a liquid crystal layer; wherein the first substrate includes: gate wires; source wires that cross the gate wires in plan view; a reflective pixel electrode that is formed apart from the source wires by a predetermined region in a reflective region, the reflective region is a part of a unit pixel region partitioned by the gate wires and the source wires; and a reflective contrast reduction preventing electrode formed above the reflective pixel electrode in the predetermined region, and the reflective contrast reduction preventing electrode having a region overlapping with the reflective pixel electrode in plan view; and wherein the reflective contrast reduction preventing electrode is connected to the reflective pixel electrode; and the reflective pixel electrode includes a constricted part in close proximity to the contact hole in plan view.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate including an insulating substrate, a first metallic pattern formed on the insulating substrate, and an insulating film provided on the first metallic pattern. A semiconductor pattern is provided on the insulating film, and a second metallic pattern is provided on the semiconductor pattern. The second metallic pattern is surrounded by the semiconductor pattern.

Abstract: An array substrate has regions in which an intermediate resist film thickness is formed and processed by an intermediate exposure amount which does not completely expose a resist, respectively on a drain electrode, source terminal, and a common connection wiring which are made of a second conductive film. Thin film patterns or a common wiring made of a first conductive film is formed in substantially entire regions on the bottom layers of the regions so that the heights from a substrate are substantially the same.

Abstract: A method of producing a thin film transistor array substrate which includes an insulating substrate, a display pixel having a pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode, a gate wiring, and a source wiring perpendicular to the gate wiring, comprising forming a first thin metal multi-layer film an upper layer of which includes aluminum, and spreading a photo-resist, forming the photo-resist to a thickness less in an area connected to a second thin metal film than other area, patterning the first thin metal film, reducing a thickness of the photo-resist layer and removing the photo-resist in the area, removing the upper layer in the area to expose a lower layer, forming an interlayer insulating film and patterning it to expose the lower layer in the area, and patterning the second thin metal film to include the area, to connect the lower layer to the second thin metal film.

Abstract: An In Plane Switching (IPS) liquid crystal displaying apparatus includes a TFT array substrate, an opposite substrate opposed to the TFT array substrate and a liquid crystal interposed between the TFT array substrate and the opposite substrate. The TFT array substrate includes a plurality of driving electrodes formed on a passivation film and connected with the plurality of TFTs, a plurality of opposite electrodes formed on the passivation film, each of the plurality of opposite electrodes opposing the respective plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of common lines configured to connect each of the plurality of opposite electrodes with each of a plurality of pixels. The TFT array substrate provided with a light shielding formed in such a manner as to superpose one signal line of the plurality of signal lines and one opposite electrode of the plurality of opposite electrodes.

Abstract: A method of producing a thin film transistor array substrate which includes an insulating substrate, a display pixel having a pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode, a gate wiring, and a source wiring perpendicular to the gate wiring, comprising forming a first thin metal multi-layer film an upper layer of which includes aluminum, and spreading a photo-resist, forming the photo-resist to a thickness less in an area connected to a second thin metal film than other area, patterning the first thin metal film, reducing a thickness of the photo-resist layer and removing the photo-resist in the area, removing the upper layer in the area to expose a lower layer, forming an interlayer insulating film and patterning it to expose the lower layer in the area, and patterning the second thin metal film to include the area, to connect the lower layer to the second thin metal film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device that has reflective contrast reduction preventing electrodes formed in given positions and that is capable of preventing bright dot defects while preventing reduction of reflective contrast. In a reflective region in a pixel region, a reflective electrode is formed in the same layer as source bus lines and separated by given spaces from the source bus lines. Reflective contrast reduction preventing electrodes are formed above the given spaces and have areas overlapping the reflective electrode in plane view, with an insulating film formed between them. The reflective contrast reduction preventing electrodes are in an electrically floating state.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes a reflective electrode, a storage capacitor electrode disposed below the reflective electrode with a first insulation layer interposed therebetween, a second insulation layer disposed above the reflective electrode, the second insulation layer having a contact hole in an area where the storage capacitor electrode is not disposed, a transmissive electrode electrically connected to the reflective electrode through the contact hole, and a thickness compensation pattern disposed below the reflective electrode in an area having the contact hole. The thickness compensation pattern is isolated from the storage capacitor electrode.

Abstract: A method of driving a liquid crystal display device of IPS mode is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer placed between the substrates, gate lines placed above one of the substrates, source lines placed to cross the gate lines with an insulative layer interposed therebetween, a switching element placed near the crossing point of the gate lines and the source lines, and a pixel electrode connected to the source lines through the switching element. A signal voltage required for image display is supplied to the pixel electrode by the source line through the switching element. The method sets an average value of the signal voltage in such a way that an average value of a positive polarity voltage and a negative polarity voltage of the pixel electrode varies with a grayscale to be displayed, and inputs the average value of the signal voltage to the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device displays images by applying an electric field substantially parallel to an insulating substrate between a pixel electrode and a common electrode placed across from each other. The liquid crystal display device has a capacitor terminal connected to the pixel electrode and placed opposite to a capacitor electrode with an insulating layer therebetween. The pixel electrode has at least two voltage supply paths to the capacitor terminal.

Abstract: A contrast reduction preventive electrode is formed in a reflective region, and in the same layer as a transparent pixel electrode. A connection for connecting the contrast reduction preventive electrode and the transparent pixel electrode is formed, in such a position that the connection does not overlap an auxiliary capacitive wiring in plan view. When a short circuit is generated between the surfaces of the contrast reduction preventive electrode and an opposed electrode (not shown), the contrast reduction preventive electrode is cut off from the transparent pixel electrode at the connection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device that has reflective contrast reduction preventing electrodes formed in given positions and that is capable of preventing bright dot defects while preventing reduction of reflective contrast. In a reflective region in a pixel region, a reflective electrode is formed in the same layer as source bus lines and separated by given spaces from the source bus lines. Reflective contrast reduction preventing electrodes are formed above the given spaces and have areas overlapping the reflective electrode in plane view, with an insulating film formed between them. The reflective contrast reduction preventing electrodes are in an electrically floating state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device capable of reducing cost by reduction in number of integrators. Signal lines (91 to 94, 95 to 98, 99 to 912, 913 to 916) are brought together into one line by means of signal lines (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) to be connected to integrators (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d), respectively. Selector lines (71 to 74) orthogonal to the signal lines (91 to 916) are formed and connected to a selector driving circuit (3). An a-SiTFT (12) is formed at each of intersections: an intersection of the selector line (71) and the signal lines (91, 95, 99, 913); an intersection of the selector line (72) and the signal lines (92, 96, 910, 914); an intersection of the selector line (73) and the signal lines (93, 97, 911, 915); and an intersection of the selector line (74) and the signal lines (94, 98, 912, 916). The selector lines (71 to 74) are driven in sequence by the selector driving circuit (3) in the frame period.

Abstract: A driving method for a display device that includes: plural read signal lines; plural selectors connected to the read signal lines; plural gate signal lines; a photo-sensor connected to one of the read signal lines based on whether the one of the gate signal lines are switched on; and a detection circuit that detects an output value of the photo-sensor and selectively establishes connections with the read signal lines based on whether the selectors are switched on, includes: switching on one of the selectors; switching on the one of the gate signal lines; and detecting the output value. A timing of switching on the one of the gate signal lines is delayed by a specific period from a timing of switching on the one of the selectors. An influence of switching noises to the detection of the output value remains during the specific period.

Abstract: A liquid display device and a manufacturing method for the display, in which a molecule misalignment of a liquid crystal 300 is reduced, and aperture rate is increased so that short circuit between source lines 2 and common electrodes 6 rarely occurs without adding manufacturing processes, can be obtained. In the liquid crystal display, first electrode patterns 11 are arranged along the source lines 2 in a layer, with a gate insulation film 8 intervening, underneath the source lines 2, and second electrode patterns 12 are arranged along the source lines 2 in a layer, with an interlayer insulation film 9 intervening, above the source lines 2, in positions where the second electrode patterns 12 do not substantially overlap the source lines 2, thereby, a leak electric field from the source lines 2 can be effectively shielded by the electrode patterns 11 arranged underneath the source lines and the electrode patterns 12 arranged above the source lines.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device in which a transmissive area to transmit light to a pixel area and a reflective area as well as a thin film transistor are arranged on an insulating substrate, includes an TFT array substrate having plural gate wirings each provided with a gate electrode and a storage capacitive wiring provided with a storage capacitive electrode made of a first conductive film, plural source wirings each provided with a source electrode and a drain electrode made of a second conductive film, a reflecting pixel electrode extending from the drain electrode, and a transmissive pixel electrode formed through a second insulating film, and an opposite substrate arranged oppositely to the TFT array substrate. The source wirings and the reflecting pixel electrode are arranged apart from each other by a predetermined interval, and a contrast preventing electrode is formed over the interval on the second insulating film.