LCD having obliquely split or interdigitated pixels connected to MIM elements having a diamond-like insulator

Claim 1

A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of transparent substrates arranged to face each other; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said transparent substrates; a plurality of common electrodes each having a strip configuration formed on an inside face of one of said configuration formed on an inside face of one of said transparent substrates; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on an inside face of the other of said transparent substrates in a matrix having columns and rows such that each row of said pixel electrodes is arranged along a respective one of said common electrodes for defining a respective row of pixels in association with said common electrodes, each of said pixel electrodes being divided into at least two interdigitating comb-shaped parts; a plurality of MIM switching devices formed on said inside face of the other of said transparent substrates and respectively connected to each of said parts of said pixel electrodes, each of said MIM switching devices including a first metal film, a hard carbon film on said first metal film and a second metal film on said hard carbon film; and a plurality of extending scanning electrodes disposed on said inside face of said other of said transparent substrates along respective columns of said pixel electrodes, and each of said scanning electrodes being coupled to one column of said pixel electrodes along said each of said scanning electrodes through said respective MIM switching devices.