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Liquid crystal display device

Granted 12 May 2015 · no office action yet

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory

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Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Hideki Uochi · Examiner: Tina Wong · AU 2874 · TC 2800

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Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes.

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6 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section G — Physics
  • G02F1/1362
  • G02F1/1368
  • G02F1/1343
  • G02F1/1335
USPC · US Patent Classification
349/141349/114

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related publicationUS 20140111727 A124 Apr 2014

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