公开(公告)号：US20220326576A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17706916

申请日：2022-03-29

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi Tomioka ,  Kentaro Okuyama

IPC: G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1334 ,  G02F1/137

Abstract: According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first light-transmitting substrate; a second light-transmitting substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the first light-transmitting substrate; a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate; alignment films that are provided to the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate, respectively, and are in contact with the liquid crystal layer; and at least one light emitter disposed so as to be opposed to at least one of side surfaces of the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal comprising a polymer network formed in a mesh shape and liquid crystal molecules held in a dispersed manner in gaps of the polymer network, and each of the alignment films comprises a photocrosslinkable group connected to the polymer network.

公开(公告)号：US11384204B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US17164973

申请日：2021-02-02

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Hidehiro Sonoda ,  Takenori Hirota ,  Yasushi Tomioka ,  Noboru Kunimatsu

IPC: C08G73/10 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  C09D179/08 ,  G02F1/1333

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a varnish for a photo alignment film includes an imidization promotor and a first polyamic acid-based compound in an organic solvent. The first polyamic acid-based compound is a polyamic acid or a polyamic acid ester. The imidization promotor has skeleton containing no primary amino group and no secondary amino group. The first polyamic acid-based compound has terminal skeletons containing no primary amino group.

公开(公告)号：US11277926B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US16897301

申请日：2020-06-10

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Hajime Yamaguchi ,  Yasushi Tomioka

IPC: H05K7/02 ,  H05K7/04 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H05K1/14 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first submodule having a display panel, a second submodule having a cover member located on the display panel, and a first decoupling layer located between the first submodule and the second submodule, and each of the first submodule and the second submodule has a single neutral plane.

公开(公告)号：US11175546B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US17101031

申请日：2020-11-23

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi Tomioka ,  Toshimasa Ishigaki ,  Hidehiro Sonoda ,  Sumito Ueta

IPC: G02F1/136 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1368

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a TFT substrate having pixels each including a common electrode formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the common electrode, a pixel electrode having a slit and formed on the interlayer insulating film, a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, and a source electrode electrically conducted to the pixel electrode via the through-hole. A taper angle at a depth of D/2 of the through-hole is equal to or more than 50 degrees. The pixel electrode covers part of a side wall of the through-hole but does not cover the remaining part of the side wall of the through-hole. This configuration facilitates the alignment film material to flow into the through-hole, thereby solving a thickness unevenness of the alignment film in vicinity of the through-hole.

公开(公告)号：US10852589B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16714083

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.

Inventor： Noboru Kunimatsu ,  Masaki Matsumori ,  Hidehiro Sonoda ,  Yasushi Tomioka ,  Toshiki Kaneko

IPC: G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1343

Abstract: The present invention prevents the shaving of an alignment film caused by a columnar spacer in a liquid crystal display device of an IPS method using photo-alignment. A plinth higher than a pixel electrode is formed at a part where a columnar spacer formed over a counter substrate touches a TFT substrate. When an alignment film of a double-layered structure is applied over the pixel electrode and the plinth, the thickness of the alignment film over the plinth reduces by a leveling effect. When photo-alignment is applied in the state, a photodegraded upper alignment film over the plinth disappears and a lower alignment film having a high mechanical strength remains. As a result, it is possible to prevent the shaving of the alignment film.

公开(公告)号：US10578924B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US15264146

申请日：2016-09-13

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Masaki Matsumori ,  Shuji Imazeki ,  Yasushi Tomioka ,  Noboru Kunimatsu

IPC: G02F1/1337 ,  C08G73/16 ,  C09D179/08 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1343

Abstract: Various layer separation states are generated by the combination of a polyamide acid ester and a polyamide acid and a long residual image characteristic cannot be further improved merely by combining them. A liquid crystal display device comprises a substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and an orientation film placed between the substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The orientation film comprises a polyimide precursor having two or more components. In the polyimide precursor, an octanol-water partition coefficient is defined as log P and the difference in log P (Δ log P) between the two components having most distant log Ps is set so as to fall within a prescribed range.

公开(公告)号：US10573709B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US16008580

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi Tomioka ,  Hajime Yamaguchi

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a display device which includes an insulating substrate having a bend area, and a wiring line located in the bend area. The bend area is bent about a bend axis extending in a first direction. The wiring line in the bend area has a first portion which extends in the first direction and a second portion which extends in a direction intersecting the first portion and is connected to the first portion. A first angle formed by the first portion and the second portion is less than 90 degrees.

公开(公告)号：US10185184B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15660254

申请日：2017-07-26

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi Tomioka ,  Noboru Kunimatsu ,  Yosuke Hyodo ,  Toshiki Kaneko ,  Yuko Matsumoto

IPC: G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1362

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate having gate lines and data lines arranged thereon, the gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, the data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; a counter substrate having a black matrix and a color filter; and liquid crystals put between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. Columnar spacers are fainted on the counter substrate. Pedestals are formed on portions of the TFT substrate, the portions corresponding to the columnar spacers. A convex portion and a concave portion are present at the top end of the columnar spacer. The pedestal is formed corresponding to the concave portion. The concave portion is opened at the ends thereof and connected to the lateral side of the columnar spacer.

公开(公告)号：US10126611B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US16014024

申请日：2018-06-21

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi Tomioka ,  Yosuke Hyodo ,  Hidehiro Sonoda ,  Noboru Kunimatsu

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1362

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.

公开(公告)号：US10031383B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US15891707

申请日：2018-02-08

Applicant: Japan Display Inc.

Inventor： Yasushi Tomioka ,  Yosuke Hyodo ,  Hidehiro Sonoda ,  Noboru Kunimatsu

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1337

CPC classification number: G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133788 ,  G02F1/136227 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2202/02 ,  H01L27/1218

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.