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B2Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof
Granted 1 Dec 2015 · 2 office actions
Current assignee: Samsung Display · originally Samsung Electronics
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Inventors: Seon Uk Lee, Yeun Tae Kim, Kyung Tae Chae, Sung Hwan Won +1 · Examiner: Thoi Duong · AU 2871 · TC 2800
Application
13/933,534
filed 2 Jul 2013
Publication
US 20140152948
published 5 Jun 2014
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US 9,201,257
granted 1 Dec 2015
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G02F1/1333
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes: an insulation substrate; a microcavity layer disposed on the insulation substrate and having a reversed taper side wall; a pixel electrode disposed in the microcavity layer on the insulation substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavity layer; and a common electrode which covers the liquid crystal layer.
Claims
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›1.independentA liquid crystal display comprising:nan insulation substrate;a microcavity layer disposed on the insulation substrate and having a reversed taper side…+15
›2.↳ 1The liquid crystal display of claim 1, whereinnthe first light blocking member has a tapered side wall corresponding to the reversed taper side wall o…d2+6
›3.↳ 2The liquid crystal display of claim 2, whereinna height of the light blocking member corresponds to a height of the first microcavity layer.d3+5
›4.↳ 3The liquid crystal display of claim 3, whereinnthe common electrode has a substantially planar structure.d4+2
›5.↳ 4The liquid crystal display of claim 4, further comprising:na second passivation layer disposed between the first light blocking member and the common …d5+1
›6.↳ 5The liquid crystal display of claim 5, whereinnthe common electrode is disposed substantially parallel to the insulation substrate corresponding to th…d6
›7.↳ 3The liquid crystal display of claim 3, whereinnthe common electrode has a curved structure near the light blocking member.d4+1
›8.↳ 7The liquid crystal display of claim 7, whereinnthe common electrode has a curved upper structure near the light blocking member.d5
›9.↳ 1The liquid crystal display of claim 1, further comprising:na roof layer which covers the common electrode.d2+6
›10.↳ 9The liquid crystal display of claim 9, whereinna liquid crystal injection hole is defined in the roof layer.d3+5
›11.↳ 10The liquid crystal display of claim 10, whereinnthe liquid crystal injection hole is positioned at a thin film transistor formation region.d4+4
›12.↳ 11The liquid crystal display of claim 11, whereinnthe common electrode exposes the liquid crystal injection hole.d5+3
›13.↳ 12The liquid crystal display of claim 12, whereinnthe common electrode has a structure extending in one direction, andthe common electrode comprises a c…d6+2
›14.↳ 13The liquid crystal display of claim 13, whereinnthe common electrode connection is disposed on the first light blocking member and is supported by the…d7
›15.↳ 13The liquid crystal display of claim 13, whereinnthe common electrode connection is supported by the roof layer.d7
›16.↳ 1The liquid crystal display of claim 1, whereinnthe pixel electrode comprises a stem, and a plurality of minute branches extending from the stem.d2
›17.independentA liquid crystal display comprising:nan insulation substrate;a microcavity layer disposed on the insulation substrate;a pixel electrode disposed in th…+17
›18.↳ 17The liquid crystal display of claim 17, whereinnthe microcavity layer has a reversed taper side wall.d2+1
›19.↳ 18The liquid crystal display of claim 18, whereinnthe first light blocking member has a taper side wall corresponding to the reversed taper side wall of…d3
›20.↳ 17The liquid crystal display of claim 17, whereinnthe microcavity layer has a tapered side wall.d2+1
›21.↳ 20The liquid crystal display of claim 20, whereinnthe first light blocking member has a reversed tapered side wall corresponding to the tapered side wal…d3
›22.↳ 17The liquid crystal display of claim 17, whereinnthe height of the first light blocking member corresponds to the height of the microcavity layer.d2+5
›23.↳ 22The liquid crystal display of claim 22, whereinnthe common electrode has a substantially planar structure substantially horizontal to the insulation s…d3+2
›24.↳ 23The liquid crystal display of claim 23, further comprising:na second passivation layer disposed between the first light blocking member and the common…d4+1
›25.↳ 24The liquid crystal display of claim 24, whereinnthe common electrode is disposed substantially parallel to the insulation substrate corresponding to t…d5
›26.↳ 22The liquid crystal display of claim 22, whereinnthe common electrode has a curved structure near the light blocking member.d3+1
›27.↳ 26The liquid crystal display of claim 26, whereinnthe common electrode has a curved upper structure near the light blocking member.d4
›28.↳ 17The liquid crystal display of claim 17, further comprising:na roof layer which covers the common electrode.d2+6
›29.↳ 28The liquid crystal display of claim 28, whereinna liquid crystal injection hole is defined in the roof layer.d3+5
›30.↳ 29The liquid crystal display of claim 29, whereinnthe liquid crystal injection hole is positioned at a thin film transistor formation region.d4+4
›31.↳ 30The liquid crystal display of claim 30, whereinnthe common electrode exposes the liquid crystal injection hole.d5+3
›32.↳ 31The liquid crystal display of claim 31, whereinnthe common electrode has a structure extending in one direction, andthe common electrode comprises a c…d6+1
›33.↳ 32The liquid crystal display of claim 32, whereinnthe common electrode connection is disposed on the first light blocking member and is supported by the…d7
›34.↳ 31The liquid crystal display of claim 31, whereinnthe common electrode connection is supported by the roof layer.d6
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Section G — Physics
- G02F1/1333
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