JP3493534B2 - Liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more specifically, it can be used in the field of manufacturing an active matrix liquid crystal display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of liquid crystal display device,
It is known that pixels are arranged in a so-called delta (or triangle) array structure as shown in FIG. Since the liquid crystal display device having such a structure adopts the delta arrangement, the resolution of the display image is improved,
It is commonly used for moving images. FIG. 7 is a plan view of a TFT substrate which constitutes the liquid crystal display element. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates ITO (Indium Tin) arranged in a delta type.
Oxide) is a pixel electrode. For this reason, the columns of the pixel electrodes 1 adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be displaced by a half pitch of the pixel pitch. The pixel electrode 1 has a rectangular shape 1.
Each corner has a rectangular cutout shape, and an inverted staggered thin film transistor (TFT) 2, for example, is arranged in this cutout. Note that the cutout portions formed in the pixel electrode 1 are set so that the positions of the cutout portions are different between adjacent columns of pixels. Specifically, as shown in the figure, a cutout portion 1A is provided at the lower right of the figure.
The column in which the pixels in which the pixels are formed are arranged and the column in which the pixels in which the cutout portion 1B is formed are arranged in the lower left of the drawing are arranged adjacent to each other.

The thin film transistor 2 arranged in the cutout portion of the pixel electrode 1 is composed of a gate electrode 3, a gate insulating film (not shown), a semiconductor layer 4, a source electrode 5, a drain electrode 6, and the like. The gate electrode 3 is drawn out in a vertical direction from a gate line 7 running along the pixel column in the column direction. Further, the drain electrode 6 is
It is led out from a drain line 8 extending in a zigzag shape that runs along the row direction. Specifically, the drain line 8 extends along the side edge of the pixel electrode 1 in the row direction (vertical direction in the drawing) along the row direction portion 8A, and along the gate line 7 between adjacent pixel columns. And a column-direction portion 8B that runs in the column direction (lateral direction in the drawing). Furthermore, the source electrode 5 is connected to the pixel electrode 1,
The pattern is formed so that the end portion overlaps the pixel electrode 1. A polarizing plate is provided on each of the opposing outer surfaces of the thus configured TFT substrate and a common substrate (not shown), and an alignment film is provided on each of the opposing inner surfaces of both substrates. Liquid crystal is enclosed between the substrates to generally form a liquid crystal display element. In addition, C in the drawing indicates a storage capacitor electrode formed so as to overlap the portion of the pixel electrode 1.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view of one pixel portion of the TFT substrate in the above-mentioned conventional liquid crystal display element, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. Reference numeral 9 in FIG.
Is a glass substrate, and a polarizing plate 20 is formed on the opposite outer surface of the glass substrate 9. As described above, the gate electrode 3 is formed on the inner surface of the glass substrate 9 facing the gate electrode 3, and the gate insulating film 10 is formed on the gate electrode 3 and the glass substrate 9. Then, the semiconductor layer 4 and the pixel electrode 1 are patterned on the gate insulating film 10. A source electrode 5 connected to the pixel electrode 1 and a drain electrode 6 are separately formed on the semiconductor layer 4, and a channel region 4a is formed in the semiconductor layer 4 between the source electrode 5 and the drain electrode 6. Is provided. Light such as a backlight is made to enter the liquid crystal display element from the polarizing plate 20 side. The light absorption axis a of the polarizing plate 20 was oblique with respect to the direction of the gate line 7 and the direction of the drain line 8 for convenience of the direction of the alignment treatment applied to the liquid crystal alignment film.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional liquid crystal display element, as shown in FIG. 7, the drain line has a pixel electrode 1 due to its pixel arrangement (delta arrangement).
It is a structure that runs around the outer peripheral edge of zigzag. Therefore, there is a problem that the length of the wiring becomes long. As a specific problem, the long wiring leads to an increase in wiring resistance and the generation of unnecessary electrostatic capacitance with other wiring. In particular, as shown in FIG.
Since the gate line 7 and the column direction portion 8B of the drain line 8 are formed in parallel at a predetermined interval so as not to overlap with each other, there is a problem that the length of the drain line becomes long. Therefore, there is a problem that the wiring resistance further increases and the gate line 7 and the column direction portion 8B of the drain line 8 run in parallel, so that an unnecessary capacitance is easily generated between the wirings. Further, if an attempt is made to secure the line width of the drain line or the distance between the drain line and another wiring or the pixel electrode 1, there is a problem that the area of the pixel electrode 1 is limited and the aperture ratio as a pixel is lowered. In particular,
In the liquid crystal display element, the pixel becomes finer as the resolution becomes higher. Therefore, it is effective to have a structure in which the thin film transistor 2 is arranged in the cutout portions 1A and 1B of the pixel electrode 1 as in the above-described conventional liquid crystal display element. However, there is a problem that the area of is further reduced.

Further, in the conventional liquid crystal display device, as shown in FIG. 9, the light of the backlight provided below is directly or between the metal films such as the source electrode 5, the drain electrode 6 and the gate electrode 3. And is incident on the channel formation region of the semiconductor layer 4 having photoconductivity. By the way, light (including backlight light and natural light) vibrates perpendicularly to its traveling direction, but when considering reflection of light, it is divided into two, S-polarized light and P-polarized light. I can think. The S-polarized light described above is a component whose amplitude is parallel to the reflecting surface, and the P-polarized light is a component whose amplitude is vertical (angled) to the reflecting surface. In particular, the light that repeatedly reaches the channel portion of the thin film transistor due to repeated reflection is S
It is known that polarized light is most of it. That is, since the S-polarized light that is incident obliquely from below is incident from the source electrode side and the drain electrode side respectively and reaches the channel region, the off-current of the thin film transistor 2 increases, and the contrast decreases and crosstalk occurs. However, there is a problem that the display quality is deteriorated. A first object of the present invention is to increase the aperture ratio of a pixel and
This is to reduce the wiring resistance of the drain line. In addition, a second object of the present invention is to suppress deterioration of contrast and occurrence of crosstalk.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
On a transparent substrate, connected to thin film transistors, columns or
Pixels in which one pitch is a predetermined number that is linearly continuous in the row direction
Electrodes are placed half a pitch apart in adjacent columns or rows
In a liquid crystal display device that uses a thin film transistor on a transparent substrate.
Connected to a transistor and run straight in the column or row direction
Pixel electrodes with a predetermined number of 1 pitch are arranged in adjacent columns or
Is a liquid crystal display element that is displaced by half a pitch in rows
Te, drain lines connected to the thin film transistor
And one of the gate lines are adjacent to each other in a predetermined column or row.
Between the pixel electrodes that are
An oblique straight line portion that connects adjacent straight line portions diagonally,
The channel length direction of the thin film transistor is the column or row direction.
Differently, the TFTs of the thin film
The direction of the channel length is in one direction, and
Channels of said thin film transistors in adjacent columns or rows
The long direction faces the other direction, and the direction of the light absorption axis
Direction, and the direction of the light absorption axis and the other direction
The above-mentioned transparent polarizing plate whose angle is substantially equal to the direction
It is characterized in that it is arranged on the outer surface of the substrate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, one of the two pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a predetermined column or row sandwiching one drain line or gate line is one diagonal of the drain line or gate line. A substantially triangular region having a peripheral portion along a straight line portion and surrounded by the peripheral portion, a gate line or a drain line corresponding to the two pixel electrodes, and the other peripheral portion of the two pixel electrodes. In addition, the thin film transistor is arranged so as to be connected to the other of the two pixel electrodes.

[0009]

According to the invention of claim 3, one pitch is red.
From the pixel electrodes corresponding to color, green, and blue display respectively
It is characterized by

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the pixel electrode is approximately five.
It is characterized by having a rectangular shape.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the drainage is arranged in the column direction.
The storage capacitor electrode is located below the straight line
It is formed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a thin film is formed on the transparent substrate.
Connected to a membrane transistor and linearly in the column or row direction
Pixel electrodes having a predetermined number of consecutive one pitches are adjacent to each other.
Liquid crystal display elements arranged in half columns or rows
At the drain connected to the thin film transistor
One of the line or gate line is within a given column or row
A straight line along the row or column direction between adjacent pixel electrodes
And an oblique straight line connecting diagonally adjacent straight lines.
The thin film transistor has a channel length direction in a column or
Different from the row direction, the channel length of the thin film transistor
All are facing the same direction, and the direction of the light absorption axis is
Substantially orthogonal to the channel length direction of the membrane transistor
Such a polarizing plate is disposed on the outer surface of the transparent substrate.
To collect.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by constructing one of the drain line and the gate line by the straight line portion and the diagonal straight line portion, the total length of the line can be shortened. Therefore, the wiring resistance can be reduced. Further, by making the channel length direction of the thin film transistor different from the column or row direction, the thin film transistors can be efficiently arranged in area.

Furthermore, each column or row faces a different direction.
Direction of thin film transistor and optical absorption of polarizing plate
Arrange the polarizers so that the angles formed by the axes are substantially equal.
Therefore, it is emitted to the thin film transistor through the polarizing plate.
Light can be made uniform regardless of the channel length direction.
The off current caused by light can be made uniform.
An effect that a display with good color balance can be performed is exhibited.

In the invention of claim 2, the line is
One of the two pixel electrodes sandwiched between the two peripheral edges and two pixel electrodes
Gate line or drain line corresponding to the pole and 2
Substantial triangle surrounded by the other peripheral edge of one pixel electrode
Since the thin film transistor is placed in the shape area, it is easy
Set the channel length and width of the thin film transistor to
And improve the aperture ratio of the pixel electrode.
be able to.

In the invention according to claim 3, 1 pitch
Is the pixel voltage corresponding to red, green, and blue display respectively.
Since it is composed of poles, good color composition can be realized.

In the invention described in claim 4, substantially pentagonal shape
Due to the shape, the pixel electrodes can be arranged with high precision.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the storage capacitor
The electrode can hold the capacitance of the pixel electrode.
In addition, the storage capacitor electrode did not overlap with the gate line.
Prevent unnecessary capacitance from being generated between the gate line and
You can stop.

In a sixth aspect of the invention, the thin film transistor is
All channel lengths of the transistors are in the same direction,
The light absorption axis of the polarizing plate is in the channel length direction of the thin film transistor.
Are substantially orthogonal to the source electrode and the drain.
It absorbs S-polarized light that enters the channel from the electrode side.
Can reduce the off current of thin film transistor.
Therefore, a display with a high contrast ratio can be realized.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, details of a liquid crystal display device according to the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of a liquid crystal display element according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing one pixel electrode. 1 and 2 are one of the substrates, TF, which constitutes a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal is sealed between a pair of substrates each having a polarizing plate provided on the outer surface thereof.
It shows the T substrate. 11R, 11 in the figure
G and 11B indicate pixel electrodes made of, for example, ITO formed on one transparent substrate made of glass or the like. A plurality of pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B are arranged in this order with a pitch of 11R for displaying red, 11G for displaying green, and 11B for displaying blue in the column direction (horizontal direction in the drawing) as shown in FIG. The pixel row 11L is configured. Direction perpendicular to the column direction (hereinafter referred to as the row direction)
Pixel electrodes 11R between adjacent pixel columns 11L
The pitches of 1G and 11B are the same, the rows are formed so as to be shifted by a half pitch, and are arranged in a so-called delta arrangement.
The shape of the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B is a substantially pentagonal shape (strictly a heptagonal shape) in the present embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 2, two parallel sides 11d parallel to the row direction A column direction side 11e having a right angle to the side 11d and having a length approximate to the interval (pixel width) of the parallel sides 11d, and two corners connecting both ends of the column direction side 11e and one end of each parallel side 11d. The contour is composed of the side 11f and two oblique sides 11g corresponding to the oblique sides of an isosceles triangle whose base is a line segment connecting the other ends of the parallel sides 11d.
It should be noted that these two oblique sides 11g intersect outside the line connecting the parallel sides 11d, and thus the pixel electrodes 11R and 11R.
Projections 11h are formed on G and 11B. The pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B having such a shape are arranged so as to have the same direction, as shown in FIG. Specifically, the protruding portion 11h is arranged so as to face the pixel column 11L adjacent in one direction in the row direction, and the column direction side 11e is arranged so as to face the pixel column 11L adjacent in the other direction in the row direction. ing.

A gate line (gate bus line) 12 made of a metal material is formed between the pixel columns 11L adjacent to each other. When forming these gate lines 12, at the same time, the gate electrode 12A is formed in a pattern so as to be drawn out from a predetermined position of the gate line 12. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the gate electrode 12A is drawn out in different directions between adjacent gate lines. For example, referring to FIG. 1, the gate line 1 in the first column from the top
The gate electrode 12A extracted from 2 is extracted in the direction of approximately 45 degrees diagonally to the upper left in the drawing. In addition, the gate electrode 12 drawn from the gate line 12 in the second column from the top
A is drawn out in a direction of approximately 45 degrees to the upper right with respect to the gate line 12. Therefore, the gate electrode 12A drawn from the gate line 12 in the first column from the top and the gate electrode 12A drawn from the gate line 12 in the second column from the top have their respective pulling directions (gate width direction). It makes an angle of about 90 degrees.

Focusing on one gate line 12,
The gate line 12 includes a pixel electrode 11R belonging to a pixel row 11L located on one side of the pixel row 11L that sandwiches the gate line 12,
It is parallel to the column direction side 11e of 11G and 11B.
In addition, the gate line 12 and the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11 that are adjacent to each other in the pixel column 11L located on the other side.
A substantially triangular region A is formed between B. In the region A, the above-mentioned gate electrode 12A is drawn out, a gate insulating film (not shown) is formed on the gate electrode 12A, and the semiconductor layer 13 is patterned on the gate insulating film. A drain electrode 15m and a source electrode 14 connected to the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B are patterned on 13 to form a thin film transistor Q. The source electrode 14 and the drain electrode 1 of the semiconductor layer 13 of this thin film transistor Q
The channel region 13a is provided between 5 m, and the direction c of the channel length CL of the channel region 13a is set in each gate electrode 12
The direction is perpendicular to the pull-out direction of A (direction of gate width CW).

In the figure, reference numeral 15 indicates a drain line formed by patterning a metal film. This drain line 1
5 is a thin film transistor Q connected to the pixel electrode 11R
15R integrally formed with the drain electrode 15m of
A drain electrode 15m integrally formed with the drain electrode 15m of the thin film transistor Q connected to the pixel electrode 11G, and a drain electrode 15m integrally formed with the drain electrode 15m of the thin film transistor Q connected to the pixel electrode 11B, are not shown. A predetermined voltage corresponding to a signal displaying red is applied to the drain line 15R from the driving circuit, a predetermined voltage corresponding to a signal displaying green is applied to the drain line 15G, and a predetermined voltage corresponding to a signal displaying blue is applied. It is applied to the drain line 15B. Therefore, the drive circuit only needs to apply a voltage corresponding to each color for each line, so that the configuration can be simplified. In addition, the drain lines 15R, 15G, 15
B respectively connects a row-direction straight line portion 15k formed between adjacent pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B in the same pixel column 11L and a corresponding row-direction straight line portion 15k between each pixel column 11L. And an oblique straight line portion 15l. In this way, the drain line 15 is formed so as to run in a zigzag shape in the row direction along the contours of the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B forming the row. The drain electrode 15m has a substantially triangular region A as described above.
It is drawn out from the diagonal straight line portion 15l of the drain line 15 existing inside. In this way, the drain line 15
Since the portion connecting the row-direction linear portions 15k to each other is the diagonal linear portion 15l connecting the two in the shortest distance, the drain line 15 and the gate line 12 do not run along the conventional line, and unnecessary capacitance is eliminated. Can be prevented. In the present embodiment, the storage capacitor electrode 16 is provided below the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, 11B via an insulating film (not shown) in each of the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, 11B along the pixel column 11L. Although not shown, the other counter substrate is provided with red, green, and blue color filters ga corresponding to the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B, respectively.

Further, in this embodiment, a polarizing plate (not shown) is provided on the lower surface (the surface opposite to the surface facing the substrate on which the common electrode is formed) of the transparent substrate (not shown). In such an incident type liquid crystal display element, a backlight is provided below the lower surface polarizing plate, and light traveling in a direction other than the normal direction of the surface of the semiconductor layer 13 such as the backlight has an amplitude of the polarizing plate and It is composed of S-polarized light having a light component parallel to the surface of the semiconductor layer 13 and P-polarized light having an amplitude orthogonal to this S-polarized light. Here, the P-polarized light is attenuated by the polarizing plate or the like regardless of the directions of the transmission axis and the absorption axis of the polarizing plate. By the way, in such a thin film transistor Q, the light entering from the source electrode side and the light entering from the drain electrode side have the semiconductor layer 13
Easy to penetrate into the channel region. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the light absorption axis a of the polarizing plate and the channel length direction c of the thin film transistor Q are set to form an angle of about 45 degrees. The reason why the angle is set to 45 degrees in the present embodiment is that the channel length directions of the thin film transistors Q incorporated in the adjacent pixel rows 11L form an angle of 90 degrees with each other. If the direction and the light absorption axis direction of the polarizing plate are set to 90 degrees, the channel length direction c of the thin film transistor Q in the pixel row 11L above and below that direction and the light absorption axis direction of the polarizing plate become parallel, The S-polarized light component, which easily causes the reflection of the amplitude in the channel length direction, is incident on the thin film transistor Q from the source and drain electrode sides, and the channel characteristics may change from column to column. This is to balance the characteristics.

With the above structure, the aperture ratio of the pixel can be increased in this embodiment. That is, the drain line 15 and the gate line 12
By adopting a structure in which and are not aligned in parallel, it is not necessary to secure a sufficient distance between both lines. Therefore, it becomes possible to bring the pixel columns 11L closer to each other. Therefore, the pixel electrode 1 on the TFT substrate surface
The area of 1R, 11G, and 11B can be increased, and the aperture ratio of the pixel can be substantially increased. Further, since the drain line 15 and the gate line 12 are not arranged parallel to each other in this way, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that unnecessary capacitance is generated.
Moreover, since the gate line 15 includes the diagonal straight line portion 151, the total extension of the wiring is short, and the wiring resistance can be reduced.

Further, the pixel electrodes 11 adjacent to each other in the pixel column
The substantially triangular region A formed by the oblique side 11g and the gate line 12 is a wide region in which the length of the base of the triangle is approximately the pixel width, and is therefore formed within this region A. It is possible to set the channel length and the channel width of the thin film transistor Q in a wide range. In particular, in liquid crystal display elements, pixel electrodes have become finer in recent years along with higher definition, and the size of thin film transistors connected thereto has been inevitably reduced, so that the short channel effect of MOS transistors occurs. It's getting easier. By adopting the structure of this embodiment, the channel length and channel width of the thin film transistor can be secured, and the short channel effect can be effectively prevented.

Further, in this embodiment, the pixel column 1
By arranging the gate line 12 linearly between the 1L, it is possible to prevent the storage capacitor electrode 16 from intersecting and overlapping with each other and to prevent generation of unnecessary capacitance in the gate line 12.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the channel length direction c of the thin film transistor Q and the light absorption axis a of the polarizing plate are set to form an angle of 45 degrees, even if the channel length directions are different. The channel characteristics of all thin film transistors can be made uniform. Therefore, according to this embodiment, there is an effect of improving the display balance of the liquid crystal display element.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the outline of a second embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the channel length direction of the thin film transistor Q is different between the adjacent pixel columns 11L, but in the present embodiment, all the thin film transistors connected to the pixel electrodes have the same channel length direction. I am trying. In the description of the present embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the pixel electrode 11 has a pentagonal shape and the side 11 in the column direction.
The length of e is the same as the interval between the parallel sides 11d and 11d, that is, the two parallel sides 11d and the column direction side 11e intersect at a right angle. Therefore, the pixel electrode 1 corresponds to the portion where the gate line 12 and the drain line 15 are orthogonal to each other.
1 can be arranged area-efficiently, and the pixel area can be increased. In addition, the gate width direction of the gate electrode 12A drawn from the gate line 12 is set to be the same direction between the pixel columns 11L. Therefore, in the present embodiment, polarization is performed so that the light absorption axis a of the polarizing plate forms an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the channel length direction (gate width direction) a of all the thin film transistors Q connected to the pixel electrode 11. The board is installed. Thus, the thin film transistor Q
By aligning the channel length direction c of, the light incident on the polarizing plate can be directly emitted from the source or drain electrode side, or
It becomes possible to maximize the absorption of S-polarized light which is reflected by the electrodes and travels in the direction of incidence on the semiconductor layer 13 and which has an amplitude in the direction orthogonal to the channel length direction. Since it is possible to suppress the incidence of the S-polarized light that is easily reflected, the amount of light incident on the semiconductor layer 13 of the thin film transistor Q is reduced, and accordingly, the increase of the off current of the thin film transistor Q can be suppressed. As a result, it is possible to prevent inconveniences such as a decrease in contrast of the liquid crystal display element and occurrence of crosstalk, and display quality can be improved.

(Embodiment 3) FIGS. 4 and 5 show Embodiment 3 of the liquid crystal display element of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view showing one pixel portion, and FIG. 5 is an X plane shown in FIG.
It is a sectional view of a -X portion. In the description of the present embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment described above will be designated by the same reference numerals.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a gate electrode 12A is formed on a transparent substrate 17 made of glass, for example. In the step of forming the gate electrode 12A, the gate line 12 is also patterned at the same time. Then, a light-transmissive gate insulating film 18 such as SiN is deposited on the gate electrode 12A and the transparent substrate 17. Furthermore, this gate insulating film 18
A semiconductor layer 13 made of, for example, amorphous silicon, and a pixel electrode 11 made of ITO are patterned on the upper side at positions facing the gate electrode 12A. Further, on the semiconductor layer 13, the source electrode 14 and the drain electrode 15m separated on the semiconductor layer 13 are formed. The drain electrode 15m is, as shown in FIG. 4, a drain line 15 that is orthogonal to the gate line 12 in plan view.
It is formed at the same time as the drain line 15 so that the pattern is drawn out at an angle of 45 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pixel electrode 11
A notch 11h is formed in a portion facing the intersection of the gate line 12 and the drain line 15 when seen in a plan view. A thin film transistor Q is arranged in a region formed by the cutout portion 11h, the gate line 12 and the drain line 15. The gate electrode 12A forming the thin film transistor Q is led out from the gate line 12 so as to form an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the gate line 12. That is, in the channel length direction c of the thin film transistor Q, the gate line 1
2 and the drain line 15 are set to form an angle of 45 degrees.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the transparent substrate 17
A polarizing plate 20 is disposed on the lower surface of the. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the thin film transistor Q is set to have an angle of 90 degrees in the channel length direction c with respect to the light absorption axis a of the polarizing plate 20. With such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 5, the light incident on the polarizing plate 20 absorbs S-polarized light that easily causes reflection of an amplitude in a direction orthogonal to the channel length direction, and P-polarized light is polarized light. Is attenuated by the source electrode 14 and the drain electrode 1
The amount of light reflected by the gate electrode 12A and the like and incident on the semiconductor layer 13 of the thin film transistor Q for 5 m can be reduced. It should be noted that the present embodiment is not limited to the liquid crystal display element having the delta arrangement in the pixel arrangement, but can be applied to the liquid crystal display elements in any other arrangement, and may be a normal lattice-like matrix arrangement. .

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the outline of a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the above-described first and second embodiments, the drain line is provided with the diagonal linear portion, but the present embodiment is characterized in that all the drain lines are formed in a linear shape. In the description of this embodiment, the same parts as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the pixel electrode 11
R, 11G, and 11B are sequentially arranged in the row direction (vertical direction in the drawing), and are offset by half pitch for each row. The drain line 30 is linearly arranged in the pixel row direction between the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B, and is connected to the drain electrode 31 of the thin film transistor Q provided in the region A. The gate line 32 includes a diagonal straight line portion 32a and a column direction straight line portion 32.
It is connected to the gate electrode of the thin film transistor Q and is provided so as to meander vertically between the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G and 11B in the column direction. Storage capacitor electrode 34
Are meanderingly provided in the downward direction of the pixel electrodes 11R, 11G, and 11B through the insulating film. Therefore, the drain line 30 has a lower resistance, and the signal voltage can be applied at high speed even if the number of pixels is increased in the vertical direction. Further, although the channel length direction of the thin film transistor Q is different for each row, it is not limited to this and may be set only in one direction.

Although the first to fourth embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these.
Various design changes that accompany the gist of the configuration are possible. For example, the liquid crystal driving method used in the above embodiment may be any driving method such as TN liquid crystal driving, STN liquid crystal driving, ferroelectric liquid crystal driving, antiferroelectric liquid crystal driving, electric field birefringence control driving method. Further, the drain line in the above embodiment may be formed integrally with the drain electrode, and the gate line may be formed integrally with the gate electrode and made of the same metal as the storage capacitor electrode at once. Although the thin film transistor in the above-described embodiment is an inverted stagger type, it is not limited to this and may be a positive stagger type or a coplanar type, and the semiconductor layer may be amorphous silicon or polysilicon. In the above embodiment, the thin film transistor is provided on the lower substrate, but in the case of a reflective liquid crystal display element, the thin film transistor is provided on the upper substrate, and the polarization axis of the polarizing plate and the channel length direction of the thin film transistor are appropriately set. S-polarized light from above may be controlled. In the above embodiment, R, G, and B are arranged in this order as one pitch, but the pixel electrodes corresponding to R, G, and B may be arranged without being limited to this order.

[0038]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the aperture ratio of pixels. Further, it is possible to reduce the wiring resistance of the drain line and to suppress the generation of unnecessary electrostatic capacitance with other wirings. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the component of S-polarized light having an amplitude orthogonal to the channel length direction from the light that is introduced into the element and is incident from a light source such as a backlight. Can be reduced, and the occurrence of crosstalk can be prevented. Therefore, the present invention has an effect of realizing a liquid crystal display element having high display quality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a liquid crystal display element according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing a pixel electrode according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing Embodiment 2 of the liquid crystal display element according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view showing a pixel electrode in Embodiment 3 of the liquid crystal display element according to the present invention.

5 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a fourth embodiment of the liquid crystal display element according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a conventional liquid crystal display element.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view showing a pixel electrode of a conventional liquid crystal display element.

9 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Pixel electrode 12 gate lines 12A gate electrode 13 Semiconductor layer 15 drain line 15m drain electrode 15k Line direction straight section 15l diagonal straight section 16 Storage capacitor electrode 17 Transparent substrate 20 Polarizer a Light absorption axis b Light transmission axis c Channel length direction

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pixel electrode, which is connected to a thin film transistor and is linearly continuous in a column or row direction and has a predetermined number as one pitch, is arranged on a transparent substrate with a half pitch shift in adjacent columns or rows. In the liquid crystal display device, one of a drain line and a gate line connected to the thin film transistor has a linear portion along a row or column direction and a linear portion adjacent to each other between adjacent pixel electrodes in a predetermined column or row. And a diagonal straight line portion, the channel length direction of the thin film transistor is different from the column or row direction.
The length of the channel of the thin film transistor in a predetermined column or row
The direction is one direction and is adjacent to the predetermined column or row.
The channel length direction of the thin film transistors in columns or rows is
The other direction, the angle between the direction of the light absorption axis and the one direction, and the light absorption axis
The direction of the collecting axis and the angle formed by the other direction are substantially equal.
A liquid crystal display device, wherein such a polarizing plate is disposed on the outer surface of the transparent substrate . 2. One of two pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a predetermined column or row sandwiching one drain line or gate line is provided along an oblique straight line portion of the one drain line or gate line. The peripheral portion has a substantially triangular area surrounded by the peripheral portion, a gate line or a drain line corresponding to the two pixel electrodes, and the other peripheral portion of the two pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal display element according to claim 1, wherein a thin film transistor is arranged so as to be connected to the other of the two pixel electrodes. Wherein the 1 pitch, red, green liquid crystal display element according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the consisting of the corresponding pixel electrode to the blue display. Wherein said pixel electrode, a liquid crystal display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a substantially pentagonal shape. Wherein said column direction, a liquid crystal display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 straight portion accumulated in the lower capacitor electrode of the drain line is being formed through the insulating film. 6. Connect to thin film transistor on transparent substrate
The column or whereabouts A predetermined number of straight lines
The pixel electrodes that are to be
In the liquid crystal display element that is arranged with a shift, A drain line and a gate connected to the thin film transistor.
One of the adjacent lines in a given column or row
A straight line along the row or column direction and adjacent to each other between the element electrodes
The thin film,
The transistor channel length direction is different from the column or row direction.
, The thin film transistors have the same channel length direction.
The direction of the light absorption axis of the thin film transistor.
The polarizing plate that is substantially orthogonal to the channel length direction is
Liquid crystal display characterized by being arranged on the outer surface of a transparent substrate
element.