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Figure 1A is a diagrammatic cross-section, shows the design of a known multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays.
Figure 1B is a diagrammatic cross-section, shows the design of another known multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays.
Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic cross-section, shows the design of another multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays.
Fig. 3 shows the part section simplified schematic diagram of a multi-domain liquid crystal display device for according to design of the present invention.
Fig. 4 shows the driver module synoptic diagram of a liquid crystal indicator.
Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C is a synoptic diagram, is shown under the different inversion timing control models, and same picture (frame) pixel is represented the polarity that writes of signal.
Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B are according to one embodiment of the invention, show the synoptic diagram of a multi-domain liquid crystal display device.
Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B are the synoptic diagram of explanation auxiliary electrode design concept of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 11 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 12 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 13 A and Figure 13 B be for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and wherein Figure 13 B is the sectional view that B-B ' the line crosscut along Figure 13 A gets.
Figure 14 A and 14B be for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and wherein Figure 14 B is the sectional view that C-C ' the line crosscut along Figure 14 A gets.
Figure 15 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 16 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 17 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 18 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 19 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 20 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 21 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 22 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 23 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 24 is a synoptic diagram, shows that the present invention uses an example of rotatory polarization system.
Embodiment
Fig. 3 shows the part section simplified schematic diagram of a multi-domain liquid crystal display device (multi-domain LCD) 10 for according to design of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, LCD 10 comprises toward each other a filter sheet base plate 12 and an active block substrate 14, and folder is established a liquid crystal layer 16 between two substrates.Liquid crystal layer 16 adopts negative dielectric anisotropy (negative dielectric anisotropy) liquid crystal material, makes that liquid crystal molecule is vertical orientation (vertical alignment) when not applying voltage.In addition, can add in the liquid crystal layer 16 to help and revolve adulterant (chiral dopant), to quicken the liquid crystal rotation and to reduce misorientation defective (disclination).On the transparency carrier 18 of active block substrate 14, be formed with changeover module 20 as thin film transistor (TFT) (TFT) and so on, pixel electrode 22, and both alignment layers 24.Be formed with colored filter 28, shading black matrix layer 30, shared electrode 32 and both alignment layers 34 on the transparency carrier 26 of filter sheet base plate 12.
The arrange in pairs or groups multi-domain liquid crystal display device design of reversal of poles sequential control of following explanation the present invention.
At first, Fig. 4 shows driver module 40 synoptic diagram of a liquid crystal indicator.As shown in Figure 4, display control circuit 42 is according to the image and the control data that receive, produce clock signal C K, horizontal-drive signal HSY, vertical synchronizing signal VSY and the data image signal Da etc. that show usefulness, and in feed-in data line drive circuit 44 and the gate line drive circuit 46.Polarity switching circuit 42a in the display control circuit 42 is according to the polarity switch-over control signal Φ of horizontal-drive signal HSY and vertical synchronizing signal VSY generation AC driving liquid crystal panel 50, and this polarity switch-over control signal Φ is in order to the sequential of decision liquid crystal panel 50 reversal of poles.Shared electrode driving circuit 48 produces the share voltage Vcom of the shared electrode of supply liquid crystal panel 50.
Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C is a synoptic diagram, and when showing LCD tie point counter-rotating, row counter-rotating or row reverse signal source, same picture (frame) pixel is represented the polarity that writes of signal.Fig. 5 A shows some counter-rotating (dot inversion) sequential control, and Fig. 5 B shows delegation's counter-rotating (column inversion) sequential control, and Fig. 5 C shows row counter-rotating (row inversion) sequential control.Shown in Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C, the denominator of these three kinds of inversion timing control models is just can alternately occur under the same picture and negative two kinds of opposed polarities.Therefore, the present invention can utilize this inversion timing control characteristic to carry out multiple domain orientation design.
Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B are according to one embodiment of the invention, show the synoptic diagram of a multi-domain liquid crystal display device 60, and wherein Fig. 6 A is the diagrammatic top view of observing from the substrate normal direction, and Fig. 6 B is the sectional view that A-A ' the line crosscut along Fig. 6 A gets.
The diagrammatic top view of Fig. 6 A shows a plurality of pattern assemblies 62 (picture elements) that constitute this multi-domain liquid crystal display device 60.On an active block substrate 14 as shown in Figure 3, be formed with sweep trace (scan line) 66 that multiple tracks is parallel to each other and the data line (data line) 68 that is parallel to each other, and two adjacent sweep traces 66 are orthogonal to two adjacent data lines 68 and define pattern assembly distributed areas.As shown in Figure 6A, a plurality of pattern assemblies 62 are arranged a pattern assembly array that constitutes along horizontal (column direction) and vertical (line direction) simultaneously.In this instructions, " pattern assembly " term is meant the minimum addressing display unit (addressable display unit) in the viewing area of a liquid crystal indicator.For example, in a color liquid crystal display arrangement, each redness (R) of a corresponding pixel, green (G) or blue (B) sub-pixel (sub-pixel) are a pattern assembly.Utilize (+), (-) symbol to mark out pattern assembly 62 polarity under the same picture (frame) on Fig. 6 A simultaneously, because of present embodiment adopts some counter-rotating (dotinversion) sequential control pattern, so all alternately occur in turn in reaching on the column direction on the line direction in the pattern assembly of tool positive polarity (+) under the same picture and the pattern assembly of negative polarity (-).
According to design of the present invention, in the pattern assembly distributed areas that two adjacent sweep traces 66 and two adjacent data lines 68 are defined, be formed with a pattern assembly 62 and in pattern assembly 62 outsides to small part around an auxiliary electrode 64 of this pattern assembly 62.This auxiliary electrode 64 connects adjacent pattern assembly 62, so have the polarity opposite with its pattern assembly that is centered on 62.In detail, as illustrated in Fig. 6 A, auxiliary electrode 64 comprises one around portion and a junction, comprise the strip section 64c and the 64d of the strip section 64a of essence parallel scan lines 66 (extending) and 64b, essence panel data line 68 (following direction extends) around portion along column direction, connecting portion comprise a tool vertically trend strip section 64e with the pixel electrode 56 of bridge joint top and below around section 64a-64d.Therefore, the present invention's design makes each auxiliary electrode that centers on a pattern assembly 62 64, all be connected to another pattern assembly 62 adjacent with its pattern assembly that is centered on, because the some inversion timing control polarity of two adjacent pattern assemblies down just is opposite, so can obtain each auxiliary electrode 64 and its pattern assembly that is centered on 62 opposite polarity results.
The sectional view of Fig. 6 B know display pattern assembly 62 the rete stack architecture and with the relative configuration of auxiliary electrode 64.Shown in Fig. 6 B, the gate insulator of a tool dielectric effect (gate insulator) 52 is formed on the transparency carrier 18, and second metal level of composition data line 68 (metal 2 layer) M2 is formed on the gate insulator 52.The protective seam of one tool dielectric effect (passivation insulator) 54 is arranged on the gate insulator 52 with cover data line 68, and is formed on the protective seam 54 by the pixel electrode 56 that nesa coating constitutes.In pattern assembly distributed areas, auxiliary electrode 64 is formed at layer around pixel electrode 56 and with pixel electrode 56, and both polarity is opposite.The material of auxiliary electrode 64 for example can be nesa coating or metallic conduction material.Must notice that in this auxiliary electrode 64 itself also constitutes the part of viewing area, so can be considered an extension of pixel electrode 56 when auxiliary electrode 64 and pixel electrode 56 are made of nesa coating equally.
Followingly utilize auxiliary electrode 64 to form fringe fields and change the design concept of liquid crystal alignment with Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B explanation the present invention.
Shown in Fig. 7 A, when not applying voltage (Voff) as yet, the negative anisotropic liquid crystal molecule 58 of dielectric of tool is vertical orientation, and promptly each liquid crystal molecule 58 is arranged to be close to vertical active block substrate 14 modes.Then, shown in Fig. 7 B, when applying voltage (Von) in shared electrode 32 and pixel electrode after 56 a period of times, because of pixel electrode 56 with around auxiliary electrode 64 polarity is opposite each other, form the direction of an electric field of inclination so produce fringe field effect (fringe field effect) between the two, the anisotropic liquid crystal molecule 58 of the negative dielectric of tool is pointed to rotate to be the direction vertical with the tilting electric field direction.Refer again to Fig. 6 A, according to auxiliary electrode 64 distribution design of the present invention, because of four limits of a pixel electrode 56 respectively by the strip section 64a of essence parallel scan lines 66 and 64b, centered on the strip section 64c and the 64d of essence panel data line 68, so after fringe field causes, can produce four different tilting electric field directions, liquid crystal molecule 58 around making is toppled over toward the center simultaneously and is produced four different liquid crystal molecules tilt directions, and acquisition is partitioned into the effect in the little territory of liquid crystal of the different vergence directions of four tools.
Form the design of auxiliary electrode 64 by the present invention's inversion timing control model of arranging in pairs or groups, the general thin film transistor (TFT) processing procedure of only need arranging in pairs or groups forms the auxiliary electrode 64 that a distribution mode designs in advance more in addition, can utilize the opposite polarity of 56 of auxiliary electrode 64 and its pixel electrodes that is centered on to obtain multiple domain orientation effect.Utilize the design of convex body (bump) or concave structure to compare with known, the present invention's each liquid crystal molecule 58 under the state that does not apply voltage (Voff) all is vertical orientation, can avoid light leakage phenomena to produce so can not produce unnecessary light path difference (Δ nd=0).On the other hand, with be known in the electrode place and form the mode crack and compare, the present invention is by the fringe field effect that opposite polarity produced of 56 of auxiliary electrode 64 and its pixel electrodes that is centered on, can provide stronger lqiuid crystal molecule tipping strength, to increase the viewing area useful area and effectively to promote whole light transmittance.
Fig. 8 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.Under an inversion timing control model, the pattern assembly 62 of same picture tool positive polarity and negative polarity is in all alternately occurring in turn on the line direction and on the column direction, so as shown in Figure 8, the connecting portion 64e of auxiliary electrode 64 also can form the laterally strip section of trend of tool, with the pixel electrode 56 of bridge joint left and right-hand around section 64a-64d.
Fig. 9 is shown in the present invention's design under row counter-rotating (row inversion) sequential control pattern for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 9, because of under row inversion timing control model, only follow direction (vertically) in the pattern assembly of same picture tool positive polarity and negative polarity and go up one after the other and occur, thus the connecting portion 64e of auxiliary electrode longitudinally the pixel electrode 56 of bridge joint top and below center on section 64a-64d.
Figure 10 is shown in the present invention's design under delegation's counter-rotating (columninversion) sequential control pattern for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 10, because of under row inversion timing control model, only go up one after the other in the pattern assembly of same picture tool positive polarity and negative polarity and occur, so the connecting portion 64e of auxiliary electrode is along the pixel electrode 56 of horizontal bridge joint left and the right-hand section 64a-64d that centers on along column direction (laterally).
Figure 11 is shown in another design of the present invention under the row inversion timing control model for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 11, an auxiliary electrode 64A comprises two strip sections 65 and 67, the right side of strip section 67 contiguous pattern assembly 62C (negative polarity), and strip section 65 is along the angular direction is connected to a pattern assembly 62A (positive polarity); On the other hand, an auxiliary electrode 64B comprises two strip sections 69 and 71, the left side of strip section 71 adjacent pattern assembly 62C (negative polarity), and strip section 69 is along the angular direction is connected to a pattern assembly 62B (positive polarity).Therefore, the pattern assembly 62C of tool negative polarity is centered on to produce fringe field by strip section 67 and 71 parts respectively, and acquisition is partitioned into the effect in the little territory of liquid crystal of different vergence directions.Moreover, because of between the pattern assembly 62A (positive polarity) of pattern assembly 62C (negative polarity) and its top also because of opposite polarity produces between the pattern assembly 62D (positive polarity) of fringe field and pattern assembly 62C (negative polarity) and its below also because of opposite polarity produces fringe field, so the design of present embodiment can obtain to be partitioned into the effect in the little territory of liquid crystal of four tools difference vergence directions.Hence one can see that, according to design of the present invention, auxiliary electrode 64 does not need to be arranged at four sides of a contiguous pattern assembly 62, only need auxiliary electrode 64 is arranged at least one side of a contiguous pattern assembly 62, that is to small part around this pattern assembly 62, can obtain to be partitioned into the effect in the little territory of liquid crystal of the different vergence directions of four tools.Must notice that in this auxiliary electrode 64 itself also constitutes the part of viewing area, so can be considered an extension of pattern assembly when auxiliary electrode and pixel electrode are made of nesa coating equally.Moreover same pattern assembly 62 for example can be centered on by same auxiliary electrode 64 as shown in figure 10, also can be centered on by two the different auxiliary electrodes (64A, 64B) that are connected to two different pattern assemblies (62A, 62B) respectively as shown in figure 11.
In above-mentioned each embodiment, though the connecting portion of auxiliary electrode 64 and the portion of centering on are illustrated as the strip section and constitute, but its profile, trend and link position do not limit, only need to reach connect auxiliary electrode and pattern assembly, and relative pixel electrode 56 profiles be distributed in its side and utilize the effect of opposite polarity formation fringe field to get final product in order to do obtaining.
Moreover, according to design concept of the present invention as can be known, only need make auxiliary electrode 64 and 56 tool opposite polarities of its pixel electrode that is centered on can produce the fringe field effect, the mode that obtains opposite polarity as for auxiliary electrode 64 does not limit.For example, though the auxiliary electrode 64 of the foregoing description be illustrated as be connected to follow direction, column direction or on the angular direction with its another the most contiguous pixel electrode 56 to obtain opposite polarity, but also the connecting portion of an auxiliary electrode 64 can be prolonged or connecting portion is made of a plurality of strip sections, so as to pixel electrode that this connecting portion jumper connection to this auxiliary electrode 64 is centered on 56 another more contiguous pixel electrode 56 arround it, can make this auxiliary electrode 64 have the polarity opposite equally with its pixel electrode that is centered on 56.
Figure 12 is a diagrammatic cross-section, shows another embodiment design of tool bed hedgehopping layer of the present invention.As shown in figure 12, after forming protective seam 54, can deposit a planarization layer 55 again, again pixel electrode 56 and auxiliary electrode 64 are formed on the planarization layer 55 afterwards, but bed hedgehopping pixel electrode 56 positions like this are to obtain to improve the effect of aperture opening ratio.Perhaps, protective seam 54 also can be omitted, and gets final product and directly form planarization layer 55 on gate insulator 52.
Figure 13 A and Figure 13 B be for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and wherein Figure 13 B is the sectional view that B-B ' the line crosscut along Figure 13 A gets.The present invention produces fringe field under reversal of poles sequential control pattern mode does not limit.As shown in FIG. 13A, the auxiliary electrode 64 around each pixel electrode 56 can utilize the first metal layer (metal 1 layer) M1 to constitute.The clear interconnection line distribution mode of utilizing the first metal layer M1 to constitute auxiliary electrode 64 that shows of the diagrammatic cross-section of Figure 13 B.Shown in Figure 13 B, the pixel electrode 56 of tool positive polarity in pattern assembly distributed areas " connect the source/drain region 74 of a thin film transistor (TFT) via contact hole 72a; and and be made of the first metal layer M1 in the adjacent pattern assembly distributed areas and be formed at auxiliary electrode 64 with layer with sweep trace 66; also be connected to same source/drain region 74 and tool positive polarity via contact hole 72b, the auxiliary electrode 64 of the pixel electrode 56 ' of tool negative polarity and tool positive polarity is a tool opposite polarity and produce the fringe field effect in the same pattern assembly like this distributed areas.
Figure 14 A and Figure 14 B be for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and wherein Figure 14 B is the sectional view that C-C ' the line crosscut along Figure 14 A gets.Shown in Figure 14 A, the auxiliary electrode 64 that centers on each pixel electrode 56 can utilize second metal level (metal 2 layer) M2 to constitute.The clear interconnection line distribution mode of utilizing the second metal level M2 to constitute auxiliary electrode 64 that shows of the diagrammatic cross-section of Figure 14 B.As shown in Figure 14B, the pixel electrode 56 of tool negative polarity in pattern assembly distributed areas " connect the source/drain region 74 of a thin film transistor (TFT) via contact hole 72c; and and be made of the second metal level M2 in the adjacent pattern assembly distributed areas and also be connected to same source/drain region 74 and the tool negative polarity with auxiliary electrode 64 that data line 68 (not icon) is formed at layer, the pixel electrode 56 ' of tool positive polarity and tool negative polarity auxiliary electrode 64 are tool opposite polarity and produce the fringe field effect in the same pattern assembly like this distributed areas.
By each above-mentioned enforcement profit as can be known, auxiliary electrode 64 of the present invention only need and produce the fringe field effect based on opposite polarity around pixel electrode 56 and get final product, its generation type does not limit fully, be formed at layer with pixel electrode 56, or utilize the first metal layer M1, the second metal level M2 constitute all can, the corresponding interconnection line distribution mode of only need arranging in pairs or groups again gets final product.Moreover sweep trace 66 constitutes with the ground floor metal and data line 68 constitutes with second layer metal though the foregoing description is illustrated as, and also sweep trace 66 can be constituted with the ground floor metal with second layer metal formation and data line 68.In addition, no matter which kind of structure auxiliary electrode 64 adopts form, and a counter-rotating of all can arranging in pairs or groups as described above, row counter-rotating or row inversion timing control model are to produce the fringe field effect.Figure 15 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 15, in pattern assembly distributed areas, can form an order font around the auxiliary electrode 64 of pixel electrode 56 and distribute, and single pattern assembly 62 is divided into three sub-pattern assembly 62a, 62b, 62c.In other words, pixel electrode 56 in a pattern assembly 62 is divided into three rectangular area 56a, 56b, 56c by auxiliary electrode 64, strip section around each four side in rectangular area can cause four liquid crystal molecules tilt directions respectively, so each rectangular area can independently cause block as an edge electric field.As shown in figure 16, auxiliary electrode 64 also can form font distribution on the one and single pattern assembly 62 is divided into two sub-pattern assembly 62d and 62e.Certainly, this partitioning scheme does not limit and all can obtain effect of the present invention, gets over for a long time when the region quantity that is partitioned into, and then the liquid crystal reaction velocity is fast more, so the distribution mode of auxiliary electrode 64 is adjusted in visual actual demand.
Figure 17 is for showing the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and another pattern assembly that is shown under the row inversion timing control model is cut apart design.As shown in figure 17, each pattern assembly is centered on by auxiliary electrode 64 ' part, and each pattern assembly 62 ' is divided into two sub-pattern assembly 62a ' and 62b ' by auxiliary electrode 64 '.Perhaps, also can be as shown in figure 18, each pattern assembly is divided into three sub-pattern assembly 62c ', 62d ' and 62e ' by auxiliary electrode.Moreover, as shown in figure 19, also can only utilize electrode to crack and 69 cut apart each pattern assembly, or utilize electrode to crack as shown in figure 20 69 to be alternately distributed mode with auxiliary electrode 64 and to cut a pattern assembly.In addition, auxiliary electrode 64 it provide the distribution mode of the section of cutting apart sub pattern assembly effect not limit, for example can be as shown in figure 20, and different cut section all are connected to same pattern assembly, or can be as shown in figure 21, different cut section are connected to different pattern assemblies respectively.
Moreover, the above-mentioned mode that the single pattern assembly is divided into a plurality of sub pattern assemblies, the inversion timing control model that can arrange in pairs or groups different equally, for example illustrative some reversing mode of Figure 15, the illustrative row reversing mode of Figure 16 or row reversing mode all can, only need adjust the distribution and the connected mode of auxiliary electrode 64, allow each sub pattern assembly 62a-62e that is partitioned into have opposite polarity and get final product with the auxiliary electrode 64 that centers on.In addition, one cut apart in the pattern assembly design in this, the formation of auxiliary electrode 64 does not limit equally.For example, auxiliary electrode 64 can be formed at layer with pixel electrode 56d, 56e as shown in figure 15, also can be as shown in figure 22, and auxiliary electrode 64 is made of the second metal level M2 and the single pattern assembly is divided into a plurality of sub pattern assembly 62a, 62b, reaches 62c.Certainly, the auxiliary electrode 64 of cutting apart the single pattern assembly also can be made of the first metal layer M1.
According to design of the present invention, the pixel electrode 56 that auxiliary electrode 64 centers on it only need be kept opposite polarity and cause that the fringe field effect gets final product, and its external form does not limit and the variation of visual actual needs fully.For example, as shown in figure 23, pixel electrode 56 and auxiliary electrode 64 can the corresponding external forms that forms tool circular arc lead angle, so help under the occasion of revolving adulterant in interpolation, can effectively increase each regional printing opacity homogeneity of a pattern assembly.
In addition, according to design of the present invention, the rotatory polarization system that also can fit in the liquid crystal cells outside is to increase light transmittance.As shown in figure 24, for example can between upper substrate 26 and Polarizer 76a, and infrabasal plate 18 and Polarizer 76b between 1/4 wavelength plate (quarter wave plate) 78a and 78b are set respectively, and two 1/4 wavelength plates all with the polarization axle clamp miter angle of Polarizer, a line polarisation system can be converted to a rotatory polarization system.
The above only is an illustrative, but not is restricted.Anyly do not break away from spirit of the present invention and category, and, all should be contained in the claim, but not be defined in the above embodiments its equivalent modifications of carrying out or change.