KR101297737B1 - Liquid crystal display - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a liquid crystal display device having visibility and transmittance. The liquid crystal display covers a first field forming electrode and a first field forming electrode including a plurality of sub electrodes arranged in parallel to each other at a predetermined interval in a pixel area, and a connection electrode electrically connecting the sub electrodes. A second field forming electrode comprising a first substrate including a first alignment layer rubbed in a first direction or including a plurality of openings formed in parallel to each other in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the first substrate; And a second substrate including a second alignment layer rubbed in a second direction covering the two field formation electrodes.

Description

[0001] Liquid crystal display [0002]

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device.

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is one of the most widely used flat panel displays. It consists of two substrates on which electrodes are formed and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A display device for controlling an amount of light transmitted by applying a voltage to rearrange liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal layer.

Among them, the vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display in which the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules are arranged perpendicular to the upper and lower substrates without an electric field is applied, and thus, the contrast ratio is large and the wide viewing angle is easily realized. Means for implementing a wide viewing angle in a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display include a method of forming an incision pattern on the electrode and a method of forming protrusions. All of these are methods of securing a wide viewing angle by forming a fringe field to evenly distribute the tilting direction of the liquid crystal in four directions. The patterned vertically aligned (PVA) mode, which forms an incision pattern in the electrode, has been recognized as a wide viewing angle technology that can replace the in-plane switching (IPS) mode or the fringe field switching (FFS) mode.

However, the PVA mode exhibits inferior side gamma curve distortion in which the front gamma curve and the side gamma curve do not coincide with each other, and thus show inferior visibility in the left and right sides compared to the twisted nematic mode. For example, in the case of the PVA mode in which the domain is divided by means of division, the screen tends to appear brighter toward the side and the color tends to shift toward the white side.In severe cases, the picture is clumped because there is no gap between the bright gradations. It also happens.

An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having improved visibility and transmittance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having high process efficiency and preventing electric field distortion.

The technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the technical matters mentioned above, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate, a passivation film disposed on the thin film transistor, and a passivation film. A plurality of sub-electrodes and a plurality of sub-electrodes arranged in parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other as a first electrode disposed in the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a first contact hole. A first electrode including a connection electrode, a first alignment layer disposed on the first electrode, a second substrate, a second electrode disposed on the second substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on the second electrode, and Liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

The details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

The liquid crystal display according to the embodiments of the present invention minimizes the overlapping area between the field forming electrodes, orients the liquid crystal molecules in a horizontal direction, and adopts a structure that enables formation of an electric field of the transverse electric field component, thereby improving viewing angle and transmittance. It can increase. In addition, since only one electrode of the field forming electrode includes the patterned field forming electrode, there is less possibility of occurrence of electrostatic problems. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a conductive polarizing plate and process efficiency is high. In addition, since only one electrode of the field forming electrodes is patterned, no misalignment occurs when the first substrate and the second substrate are aligned, and thus no electric field distortion occurs.

1 is a layout diagram of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II 'of FIG.
3 and 4 are a plan view and a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, respectively.
5 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an on state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a layout diagram of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII ′ of FIG. 6.
8 and 9 are plan and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, respectively.
10 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an on state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a layout diagram of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XII-XII ′ of FIG. 11.
13 and 14 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an on state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a layout diagram of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XVI-XVI ′ of FIG. 16.
18 and 19 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, respectively.
20 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an on state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
21 is a cross-sectional view conceptually illustrating an equipotential shape formed in a thin film transistor on state of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. In addition, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the present specification may be used in a meaning that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art unless there is another definition. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

First, a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. 1 is a layout view of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II 'of FIG. 1.

The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal molecule 310 injected between the first substrate 100 and the second substrate 200 facing the first substrate 100 and the first substrate 100 and the second substrate 200 and oriented horizontally with the substrate. It consists of a liquid crystal layer 300 comprising a.

First, the first substrate 100 may be formed of indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO), or the like, on a substrate 110 made of a transparent insulating material such as glass. A pixel electrode 182 which is formed of a transparent conductive oxide and includes a plurality of sub-electrodes 82a spaced at a predetermined interval and arranged in parallel with each other, and a connection electrode 182b electrically connecting them to the pixel electrode 182. Formed. The pixel electrode 182 is connected to the thin film transistor to receive an image signal voltage. The thin film transistor is connected to the gate line 122 transmitting the scan signal and the data line 162 transmitting the image signal, respectively, to turn on or off the pixel electrode 182 according to the scan signal. An alignment layer is formed on the substrate 110 on which the pixel electrode 182 is formed, which horizontally aligns the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules 310 included in the liquid crystal layer 300 in an initial state without applying a voltage. It is for.

In addition, the second substrate 200 may include a black matrix 220 to prevent light leakage on the lower surface of the substrate 210 made of a transparent insulating material such as glass, a color filter 230 of red, green, and blue, and ITO or IZO. The common electrode 270 which is an electric field formation electrode formed from transparent conductive oxides, such as these, is formed. An alignment layer is formed on the substrate 210 on which the common electrode 270 is formed. This is to level the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules 310 included in the liquid crystal layer 300 in an initial state.

A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

First, the first substrate 100 will be described. The gate wiring formed on the substrate 110 is connected to the gate line 122 and the gate line 122 which extend in the horizontal direction to receive a gate signal from the outside. The gate pad 124 transfers to the line 122, and the gate electrode 124 of the thin film transistor connected to the gate line 122 and formed in the shape of a protrusion. The gate wiring has a single layer structure of a conductive film made of aluminum-based metal such as aluminum (Al) or an aluminum alloy, or chromium (Cr) having good physical, chemical and electrical contact properties with other materials, particularly ITO or IZO, on the conductive film. ), Titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo) and alloys thereof, and the like, and may have a multilayer film structure (not shown) including another conductive film.

A gate insulating layer 130 made of silicon nitride (SiNx) or the like is formed on the substrate 110 and the gate wiring.

The data line is formed on the gate insulating layer 130. The data line is formed in a vertical direction and intersects the gate line 122 to define, for example, a data line 162 defining a rectangular pixel region, and a source electrode 165 as a branch of the data line 162. The drain electrode 166 is formed adjacent to the source electrode 165, and the data pad 168 is formed at one end of the data line 162. The data line 162, the source electrode 165, the drain electrode 166, and the data pad 168 also have a single film structure of a conductive film made of aluminum-based metal such as aluminum (Al) or aluminum alloy, or the like, as described above. On the conductive film, another conductive film made of chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo) and alloys thereof with good physical, chemical and electrical contact properties with other materials, in particular ITO or IZO, It may have a multilayer film structure (not shown) including.

An island-like semiconductor layer 140 used as a channel portion of the thin film transistor is formed below the source electrode 165 and the drain electrode 166. In addition, a material such as n + hydrogenated amorphous silicon doped with a high concentration of silicide or n-type impurities to reduce contact resistance between the source and drain electrodes 165 and 166 and the channel portion semiconductor layer 140 on the semiconductor layer 140. Resistive contact layers 155 and 156 are formed.

On the data line, a protective film 170 made of an inorganic insulator such as silicon nitride or an organic insulator such as resin is formed. In the passivation layer 170, contact holes 177 and 178 exposing the drain electrode 166 and the data pad 168 are formed. In addition, a contact hole 174 connected to the gate insulating layer 130 is formed in the passivation layer 170, which exposes the gate pad 124.

The pixel electrode 182 electrically connected to the drain electrode 166 through the contact hole 177 is formed on the passivation layer 177. The pixel electrode 182 includes a plurality of sub electrodes 182a and a connection electrode 182b connecting the sub electrodes 182a. The sub-electrodes 182a of the pixel electrode 182 may have a predetermined stripe shape, for example, formed in a direction parallel to the long side of the pixel area. In this case, the width and the interval of each sub-electrode 182a depend on the setting of the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display, for example, the width of each sub-electrode 182a may be about 6 μm or less, and between the sub-electrodes 182a. The interval of may be 4 to 14㎛. For example, when the width of the sub-electrode 182a is 4 μm, the interval between the sub-electrodes 182a may be 11 μm. The connection electrode 182b of the pixel electrode 182 is formed to electrically connect each sub-electrode 182a as described above. For example, the connection electrode 182b may be formed by connecting each sub-electrode 182a at either or both ends of the sub-electrodes 182a, or by connecting the center portion of each sub-electrode 182a. It can be formed, the formation position is not particularly limited. The pixel electrode 182 to which the pixel voltage is applied generates a electric field together with the common electrode 270 of the second substrate 200 to form liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer 300 between the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270. Determine the arrangement of 310.

In addition, an auxiliary gate pad 184 and an auxiliary data pad 188 connected to the gate pad 124 and the data pad 168 are formed on the passivation layer 170 through the contact holes 174 and 178, respectively. This is to compensate for adhesion with an external circuit device and to protect the gate pad 124 and the data pad 168, and may be formed of, for example, ITO or IZO.

As described above, the alignment layer 190 is formed on the substrate 110 on which the pixel electrode 182 is formed. The alignment layer 190 uses a horizontal alignment layer such that the initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules 310 of the liquid crystal layer 300 is horizontal to the substrate 110. In order to suppress the generation of two or more domains when voltage is applied to the liquid crystal display, an alignment layer that maintains the liquid crystal molecules 310 with a pretilt angle of about 0.5 ° to about 3 ° may be used. In addition, the alignment layer 190 is rubbed with an inclination of α ° with respect to the sub-electrode 182a in the parallel plane of the substrate 110 with the initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules 310 of the liquid crystal layer 300. The angle α depends on the setting of the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display, and may be any angle except 0 ° and 90 °, and may be, for example, 60 ° to 85 °.

Subsequently, the second substrate 200 will be described. A black matrix 220 is formed on the opposite surface of the first substrate 100 of the substrate 210 to prevent light leakage. Red, green, and blue color filters 230 are formed on the black matrix 220, and an overcoat layer 250 is formed on the color filter 230 to planarize the step formed by the color filter 230. It is.

The common electrode 270 is formed on the overcoat layer 250. The common electrode 270 may be formed of, for example, a transparent conductive oxide material, for example, ITO or IZO.

As described above, the alignment layer 280 is formed on the substrate 210 on which the common electrode 270 is formed. The alignment layer 280 allows the initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules 310 to be horizontal, maintains the pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules 310 at about 0.5 ° to about 3 °, and the alignment layer of the first substrate 110. It is parallel to the rubbing direction of 190 but rubbing to form an opposite direction, that is, 180 ° with the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 110. For example, if the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100 is rubbed to have an inclination of α °, the alignment layer 280 of the second substrate 200 is rubbed to have an inclination of α °, but the first substrate ( The rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the reference numeral 190 forms 180 °. The angle α depends on the setting of the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display device, and may be any angle except 0 ° and 90 °, and may be, for example, 65 to 80 °.

The first substrate 100 on which the thin film transistor having the above structure is formed and the second substrate 200 on which the color filter is formed are horizontally aligned, and the dielectric anisotropy Δε is smaller than 0, that is, the liquid crystal molecules. A liquid crystal layer 300 including liquid crystal molecules 310 arranged in a direction perpendicular to an electric field formation direction of the long axis of 310 is formed. In the liquid crystal molecules 310, the long axes of the liquid crystal molecules 310 operate substantially parallel to the surfaces of the substrates 110 and 210 as the pixels are turned on or off.

Subsequently, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment according to the on or off of the thin film transistor will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. 3 and 4 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in the on state of the thin film transistor of the liquid crystal display according to the related art.

First, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the off state of the thin film transistor, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, are formed on the sub-electrodes 182a parallel to the long sides of the pixel region and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval. The liquid crystal molecules 310 between the common electrodes 270 having the long axis have a pretilt angle of 0.5 ° to 3 ° with respect to the substrates 110 and 210, and are arranged in parallel with the rubbing direction of the horizontal alignment layer. For example, the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100 is rubbed to have an inclination of about 60 ° to 85 ° based on the sub-electrode 182a, and the alignment layer of the second substrate of the second substrate 200 ( 280 may be rubbed to have the same inclination angle as that of the first substrate, but when rubbed to form a 180 ° angle with the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100, the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules 310 may be a sub-electrode ( 182a) at an angle of about 60 to 85 degrees.

Next, referring to the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules when the thin film transistor is turned on, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, when the thin film transistor is turned on and an image signal is applied to the pixel electrode 182, the first and second electrodes are arranged. An electric field is formed between the substrates 100 and 200. In the central portion of the sub-electrode 182a, a vertical electric field is formed to go straight to the common electrode 270 at the corresponding position, and the outer side of the sub-electrode 182a does not go straight to the common electrode 270 toward both ends. A bending transverse electric field is formed. The liquid crystal molecules 310 adjacent to the alignment layers 190 and 280 maintain their original alignment due to anchoring energy with the alignment layers 190 and 280, and the liquid crystal molecules 310 positioned in the center of the liquid crystal layer 300. ) Is dependent on the direction in which the electric field is formed, that is, the liquid crystal molecules 310 having negative dielectric anisotropy under the influence of the transverse electric field rotate so that their major axis is perpendicular to the direction of the field formation. The initial orientation of the liquid crystal molecules 310 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the sub-electrode 182a by rubbing of the alignment layers 190 and 280. When the voltage is applied, the initial rotation direction is determined by the angles, and the liquid crystal molecules 310 are determined. ) Rotates uniformly in the same direction.

In the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment as described above, the pixel electrode 182 of the first substrate 100 includes a plurality of sub electrodes 182a having a predetermined shape, and the common electrode of the second substrate ( 270 may simplify the process rather than patterning both the field forming electrodes of the first substrate 100 and the second substrate 200 by not patterning, and prevent electrostatic staining by common electrode patterning of the upper plate. In order to reduce the cost, there is no need to use a separate conductive polarizing plate. In addition, since no separate patterning is performed on the common electrode 270, there is no misalignment problem between the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270 when the first and second substrates 100 and 200 are aligned. The phenomenon does not occur. In addition, the overlapping portions of the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270 are reduced to have a low liquid crystal capacitance. In addition, since the initial orientation of the liquid crystal molecules 310 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the sub-electrode 182, when the voltage is applied, the liquid crystal molecules 310 uniformly rotate in the same direction. Since no texture occurs between liquid crystal molecules having different orientations, abnormal domains do not occur. In addition, the liquid crystal molecules positioned in the region corresponding to both ends of the sub-electrode 182a and the sub-electrode 182a are oriented so as to be perpendicular to the transverse electric field direction, thereby having a transmittance equal to or higher than that of the PVA mode. In addition, when the dielectric anisotropy of the liquid crystal molecules is increased, it is possible to maximize the transmittance as compared to other liquid crystal display devices using equivalent voltages, and the visibility of the liquid crystal molecules due to the high rate of movement of the director in the plane is excellent.

Next, a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a layout view of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII ′ of FIG. 6.

The alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100 of the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is rubbed at 90 ° with respect to the long side of the pixel region, and the second alignment layer 280 is formed with respect to the long side of the pixel region. Rubbing at 90 °, but rubbing to form a 180 ° with the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100, the sub-electrode 182a with respect to the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100 ) Is the same as the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, except that it has an inclination of 60 ° to 85 ° and is formed in parallel with each other. Therefore, the description overlapping with the embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

Subsequently, the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of turning on or off the thin film transistor will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. 8 and 9 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the on state of the thin film transistor of the liquid crystal display according to the related art.

First, referring to the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the off state of the thin film transistor, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a predetermined angle with respect to the rubbing direction of the rubbed alignment layer 190 is formed at 90 ° with respect to the long side of the pixel region. For example, the long-term axis of the liquid crystal molecules 310 between the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270 including the sub-electrodes 182a which are inclined at an angle of 60 ° to 85 ° and are formed in parallel with each other. It has a pretilt angle of 0.5 ° to 3 ° with respect to the surfaces of the substrates 110 and 210 and is arranged in parallel with the rubbing direction of the horizontal alignment layer. That is, the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules 310 is oriented in a direction of 90 ° with respect to the long side of the pixel area, and thus, the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules 310 has an inclination angle of about 60 to 85 ° with respect to the sub electrode 182a. arranged with α).

Next, referring to the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules when the thin film transistor is turned on, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, when the thin film transistor is turned on and an image signal is applied to the pixel electrode 182, the first and second electrodes are arranged. An electric field is formed between the substrates 100 and 200. In this case, as described in the liquid crystal arrangement of the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the center of the sub-electrode 182a, a vertical electric field is formed to go straight to the common electrode 270 at a corresponding position. The transverse electric field is bent outward without going straight to the common electrode 270 toward both ends with respect to the electrode 182a. The liquid crystal molecules 310 adjacent to the alignment layers 190 and 280 maintain their original alignment states, and the liquid crystal molecules 310 positioned at the center of the liquid crystal layer 300 have negative dielectric anisotropy according to the direction in which the transverse electric field is formed. The liquid crystal molecules 310 having the same rotate as their long axes are perpendicular to the direction of the electric field formation. At this time, the liquid crystal molecules 310 whose initial direction is determined by the rubbing of the alignment layers 190 and 280 uniformly rotate in the same direction.

In the liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention as described above, like the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, since the common electrode 270 is not patterned, there is an effect of simplifying the process and reducing costs. When the first substrate 100 and the second substrate 200 are aligned, electric field distortion due to misalignment does not occur. In addition, the portion where the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270 overlap with each other has a low liquid crystal capacitance. In addition, since the liquid crystal molecules 310 rotate uniformly in the same direction, no texture is generated and thus abnormal domains do not occur. In addition, when the dielectric anisotropy of the liquid crystal molecules is increased to be equal to or higher than that of the PVA mode, the transmittance can be maximized compared to other liquid crystal displays using equivalent voltages. This is excellent.

Next, a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG. 11 is a layout view of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XII-XII ′ of FIG. 11.

The first substrate 100 of the liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is the first substrate of the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention except for the pixel electrode 182 and the alignment layer 190. Since it is the same as 100), a description of overlapping portions will be omitted and the difference will be described.

11 and 12, a pixel electrode 182 electrically connected to the drain region 166 through the contact hole 177 is formed on the passivation layer 177. The pixel electrode is positioned in a pixel area defined by the gate line 122 and the data line 162 that cross each other. The pixel electrode may be made of, for example, a transparent conductive material such as ITO or IZO.

An alignment layer 190 is formed on the substrate 110 on which the pixel electrode 182 is formed. The alignment layer 190 may be a horizontal alignment layer that makes the initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules horizontal with respect to the substrate surface, and for example, an alignment layer that maintains a pretilt angle of about 0.5 ° to 3 °. In addition, the alignment layer 190 has an inclination of α ° with respect to the opening 270a of the common electrode 270 which will be described later in the parallel plane of the substrate 110 of the liquid crystal molecules 310 of the liquid crystal layer 300. It is rubbed to have. The angle α depends on the setting of the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display, and may be any angle except 0 ° and 90 °, and may be, for example, 60 ° to 85 °.

The second substrate 200 of the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is the second substrate of the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention except for the common electrode 270 and the alignment layer 280. 200, the description of overlapping parts will be omitted and the difference will be described.

As illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12, a common electrode 270 including a plurality of openings 270a and a common electrode part 270b is formed on the overcoat layer 250. The opening 270a of the common electrode 270 may be formed in a direction parallel to the long side of the pixel area, for example, and may have a predetermined stripe shape. At this time, the width of each of the openings 270a and the width of the common electrode portion positioned between the openings 270a, that is, the width between the openings 270a, depend on the setting of the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display device. The width of the 270a may be about 4 to 14 μm, and the width between the openings 270a may be 6 μm or less. For example, when the width of the opening 270a is 11 μm, the opening 270a may be 4 μm. The common electrode 270 may be formed of, for example, a transparent conductive oxide material, for example, ITO or IZO.

As described above, the alignment layer 280 is formed on the substrate 210 on which the common electrode 270 is formed. The alignment layer 280 may use a horizontal alignment layer that makes the initial alignment of liquid crystal molecules horizontal with respect to the substrate surface, and may use, for example, an alignment layer that maintains a pretilt angle of about 0.5 ° to 3 °. In addition, the alignment layer 280 allows the initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules 310 to have an inclination of α ° with respect to the opening 270a in a plane parallel to the substrate 210. The angle α depends on the setting of the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display, and may be any angle except 0 ° and 90 °, and may be, for example, 60 to 85 °. In this case, the rubbing direction is 180 ° with the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 110.

12 to 15, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention according to turning on or off the thin film transistor will be described. 13 and 14 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating an arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 15 is another embodiment of the present invention. A cross-sectional view schematically showing the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an on state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to an example.

First, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the OFF state of the thin film transistor will be described. As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, the pixel electrode 182 formed in the pixel region and the long side of the pixel region formed thereon are parallel to each other. The liquid crystal molecules 310 between the common electrodes 270 including the plurality of openings 270a have a pretilt angle of 0.5 ° to 3 ° with respect to the surfaces of the substrates 110 and 210, and rubbing of the horizontal alignment layer. It is arranged parallel to the direction. For example, when the alignment layers 190 and 280 of the first and second substrates 110 and 120, respectively, are rubbed in opposite directions to have an inclination of 60 ° to 85 ° based on the opening 270a, the liquid crystal molecules ( The long axis of 310 is arranged with an inclination angle α of about 60 to 85 degrees relative to the opening 270a.

Next, referring to the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules when the thin film transistor is turned on, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 15, when the thin film transistor is turned on and an image signal is applied to the pixel electrode 182, the first and second electrodes are arranged. An electric field is formed between the substrates 100 and 200. In the pixel electrode 182 corresponding to the center portion of the common electrode portion 270b positioned between the openings 270a of the common electrode 270, a vertical electric field that goes straight to the center portion of the common electrode portion 270b is formed. In the pixel electrode 182 at the position corresponding to the opening 270a, a transverse electric field is formed that converges without going straight to the common electrode unit 270. The liquid crystal molecules 310 adjacent to the alignment layers 190 and 280 maintain their original alignment states, and the liquid crystal molecules 310 positioned at the center of the liquid crystal layer 300 may have negative dielectric anisotropy along the transverse electric field direction. Molecule 310 rotates such that its long axis is perpendicular to the field formation direction. At this time, the liquid crystal molecules 310 whose initial direction is determined by the rubbing of the alignment layers 190 and 280 uniformly rotate in the same direction.

In the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention as described above, the predetermined opening 270a is formed in the common electrode 270, and the pixel electrode 182 formed in the pixel area is not even patterned. Like the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it has a transmittance equal to or higher than that of the PVA mode. In addition, by patterning the opening 270a to include only the common electrode 270, an electric field distortion due to misalignment does not occur when the first and second substrates 100 and 200 are aligned. In addition, the overlapping portions of the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270 are reduced to have a low liquid crystal capacitance. In addition, since the initial orientation of the liquid crystal molecules 310 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the sub-electrode 182, when the voltage is applied, the liquid crystal molecules 310 uniformly rotate in the same direction. Since no texture occurs between liquid crystal molecules having different orientations, abnormal domains do not occur. In addition, when the dielectric anisotropy of the liquid crystal molecules is increased, the transmittance can be maximized compared to other liquid crystal display devices using equivalent voltages, and the visibility of the liquid crystal molecules in the plane is high, so the visibility is excellent.

Next, a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. FIG. 16 is a layout view of a liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment, and FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XVII-XVII ′ of FIG. 16.

The alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100 of the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is rubbed at 90 ° with respect to the long side of the pixel area, and the second alignment layer 280 is formed on the long side of the pixel area. Rubbing at 90 ° with respect to the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 190 of the first substrate 100 so as to form a rubbing direction of the alignment layer 280 of the second substrate 100. The opening 270a of the 270 is a pattern including the opening 270a of the common electrode 270 parallel to the long side of the pixel region, except that the opening 270a is formed in parallel with each other, for example, when having an inclination of 60 ° to 85 °. The same as the liquid crystal display according to another embodiment of the invention. Therefore, the description overlapping with another embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

17 to 20, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal display according to the other exemplary embodiment according to the on or off of the thin film transistor will be described. 18 and 19 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically illustrating arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an off state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 20 is another embodiment of the present invention. A cross-sectional view schematically showing the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules in an on state of a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display according to an example.

First, referring to the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the off state of the thin film transistor, as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, the rubbing is performed at 90 ° with respect to the pixel electrode 182 formed in the pixel region and the long side of the pixel region. The liquid crystal molecules 310 between the common electrodes 270 including the openings 270a are formed to be in parallel with each other at an angle with respect to the rubbing direction of the alignment layer 280 at an angle of, for example, 60 to 85 °. The long axis has a pretilt angle of 0.5 ° to 3 ° with respect to the surfaces of the substrates 110 and 210 and is arranged in parallel with the rubbing direction of the horizontal alignment layer. That is, the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules 310 is oriented in a direction of 90 ° with respect to the long side of the pixel area, and thus, the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules 310 has an inclination angle of about 60 to 85 ° with respect to the sub electrode 182a. arranged with α).

Next, referring to the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules when the thin film transistor is turned on, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 20, when the thin film transistor is turned on and an image signal is applied to the pixel electrode 182, the first and second electrodes are arranged. An electric field is formed between the substrates 100 and 200. In the pixel electrode 182 corresponding to the center portion of the common electrode portion 270b positioned between the openings 270a of the common electrode 270, a vertical electric field that goes straight to the center portion of the common electrode portion 270b is formed. In the pixel electrode 182 at the position corresponding to the opening 270a, an electric field of a transverse electric field component that converges without going straight to the common electrode part 270 is formed. The liquid crystal molecules 310 adjacent to the alignment layers 190 and 280 maintain their original alignment states, and the liquid crystal molecules 310 positioned at the center of the liquid crystal layer 300 have negative dielectric anisotropy according to the direction in which the transverse electric field is formed. The liquid crystal molecules 310 having the same rotate as their long axes are perpendicular to the direction of the electric field formation. At this time, the liquid crystal molecules 310 whose initial direction is determined by the rubbing of the alignment layers 190 and 280 uniformly rotate in the same direction.

As described above, the liquid crystal display according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an opening 270a parallel to the long side of the pixel area, and is equal to or greater than the PVA mode. Transmittance. In addition, by patterning the opening 270a only to the common electrode 270, the electric field distortion due to misalignment does not occur when the first and second substrates 100 and 200 are aligned. In addition, the overlapping portions of the pixel electrode 182 and the common electrode 270 are reduced to have a low liquid crystal capacitance. In addition, since the initial orientation of the liquid crystal molecules 310 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the sub-electrode 182, when the voltage is applied, the liquid crystal molecules 310 uniformly rotate in the same direction. Since no texture occurs between liquid crystal molecules having different orientations, abnormal domains do not occur. In addition, when the dielectric anisotropy of the liquid crystal molecules is increased, the transmittance can be maximized compared to other liquid crystal display devices using equivalent voltages, and the visibility of the liquid crystal molecules in the plane is high, so the visibility is excellent.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail through experimental examples. However, it should be understood that the following experimental examples are intended to illustrate the present invention and the present invention is not limited by the following experimental examples.

First, the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is simulated, and the maximum value of the transmittance obtained by the simulation is described in Table 1 below. In Table 1, w denotes the width of the sub-electrode of the pixel electrode, l denotes the gap between the sub-electrodes of the pixel electrode, d denotes the cell gap, Δn denotes the birefringence, and Δε is the dielectric constant. Anisotropy means φ, which means an angle between the sub-electrode of the pixel electrode and the rubbing direction. In addition, the equipotential shape formed in the on state of the thin film transistor of the liquid crystal display of Experimental Example 1 is conceptually illustrated in FIG. 21. FIG. 21 illustrates a stripe-shaped sub-electrode 182a formed on the substrate 110 of the first substrate and a common electrode 270 formed on the substrate 220 of the second substrate in the liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment. The arrangement of liquid crystal molecules 310 having an equipotential shape and negative dielectric anisotropy formed therebetween.

w l d △ n Δε φ Transmittance (%) Experimental Example 1 4 11 5.2 0.0800 -6 80 42.29

As shown in Table 1 and FIG. 21, the transmittance obtained by simulating the liquid crystal display of Experimental Example 1 was about 42.29%, which has a transmittance equal to or higher than that of the PVA mode liquid crystal display.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

100: first substrate 182: pixel electrode
182a: sub electrode 182b: connection electrode
190: alignment layer 200: second substrate
270: common electrode 270a: opening
270b: common electrode 280: alignment layer
300: liquid crystal layer

Claims (20)

A first substrate;
A thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate;
A passivation film disposed on the thin film transistor;
A pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a first contact hole formed in the passivation layer, the plurality of sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval and arranged in parallel to each other; A pixel electrode including a connection electrode electrically connecting the sub electrodes;
A first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode;
A second substrate;
A common electrode on the second substrate;
A second alignment layer disposed on the common electrode; And
And a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The method according to claim 1,
The passivation layer includes an inorganic material. The method according to claim 1,
The passivation layer includes an organic material. The method according to claim 1,
A gate wiring disposed on the first substrate and including a gate line and a gate electrode;
A gate insulating film disposed on the gate wiring; And
And a data line disposed on the gate insulating layer, the data line including a data line, a drain electrode, and a source electrode. 5. The method of claim 4,
A gate pad disposed at an end of the gate line; And
And a data pad disposed at an end of the data line. 6. The method of claim 5,
The passivation film is disposed on the gate wiring and the data wiring. The method of claim 6,
An auxiliary gate pad disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the gate pad through a second contact hole formed in the passivation layer; And
And an auxiliary data pad disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the data pad through a third contact hole formed in the passivation layer. The method according to claim 1,
And the first alignment layer is rubbed in a first direction, and the second alignment layer is rubbed in a second direction. The method of claim 8,
The long axis of the liquid crystal molecules is parallel to the first substrate and the second substrate. 10. The method of claim 9,
And the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer are horizontal alignment layers. 10. The method of claim 9,
Liquid crystal molecules constituting the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy. The method of claim 8,
The pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecule which comprises the said liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal display device in the range of 0.5 degrees-3 degrees. The method of claim 8,
And a first angle and a second direction to form an angle of 180 degrees. The method of claim 13,
And the sub electrodes and the first direction form an angle of 60 ° to 85 °. The method according to claim 1,
The width of each of the sub-electrodes is less than 6㎛ liquid crystal display device. The method according to claim 1,
The distance between the sub electrodes is in the range of 4 to 14㎛. The method according to claim 1,
The second substrate has a planar shape. 17. The method of claim 16,
The second alignment layer is in direct contact with the common electrode. The method according to claim 1,
And the connection electrode connects the sub electrodes at ends of the sub electrodes. The method according to claim 1,
The connection electrode connects the sub electrodes at the centers of the sub electrodes.

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