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Reflective type liquid crystal display with reversely staggered TFT structures
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1993-02-18
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Granted: 1994-07-05
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Expires: 2013-02-18
Abstract
Abstract An active matrix reflective type liquid crystal display is provided which is obtained by an easy alignment of the respective layers of the display, and the use of small TFTs and a reduced number of manufacturing steps. Each TFT comprises a drain electrode which comprises an area where a scanning conductor and a signal conductor concerned intersect, a source electrode which comprises an area where a short-circuiting conductor concerned parallel to the signal conductor and the associated scanning conductor concerned intersect, a gate electrode which comprises an area provided between the drain and source electrodes concerned on the scanning conductor and a reflective electrode concerned provided at an end of the short-circuiting conductor concerned.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaru Takabatake
- 👤 Yuji Mori
- 👤 Yoshiharu Nagae
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 03:18
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/136; G02F1/1362; G02F1/1368; H; H10; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10D30/67; H10D30/6704; H10D30/6723; H10D30/6729; H10D30/673; H10D30/6732; H10D30/674; H10D30/6741; H10D30/6743; H10D30/6746
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display including a plurality of scanning conductors, a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of thin film transistors and reflective pixel electrodes provided in the vicinity of areas where the plurality of scanning conductors and the plurality of signal conductors intersect, comprising: the thin film transistors having a reversely staggered structure where each transistor has a drain electrode comprising an area where a scanning conductor concerned and a signal conductor concerned intersect, a source electrode comprising an area where a short-circuiting conductor concerned parallel to the signal conductor and the scanning conductor intersect, a gate electrode comprising a region formed between the drain and source electrodes on the scanning conductor and a reflective electrode provided at an end of the short-circuiting conductor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display including a plurality of scanning conductors, a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of thin film transistors and reflective pixel electrodes provided in the vicinity of areas where the plurality of scanning conductors and the plurality of signal conductors intersect, comprising: the thin film transistors having a reversely staggered structure where each transistor has a drain electrode comprising an area where a scanning conductor concerned and a signal conductor concerned intersect, a source electrode comprising an area where a short-circuiting conductor concerned parallel to the signal conductor and the scanning conductor intersect, a gate electrode comprising a region formed between the drain and source electrodes on the scanning conductor and a reflective electrode provided at an end of the short-circuiting conductor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of storage capacitance electrodes and an insulating layer provided between a respective one of storage capacitance electrodes and a reflective electrode concerned to form a storage capacitance.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the length of the short-circuiting conductors in the direction of extension of the plurality of signal conductors is larger than the width of the scanning conductors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 3, wherein the short-circuiting conductor protrudes from the area where the scanning conductor concerned and the short-circuiting conductor intersect in the direction of the intersection.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 3, wherein the short-circuiting conductors each take substantially the form of L which includes sections parallel to the signal conductors and the scanning conductors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the reflective electrode is formed on an organic passivation film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein a reflective electrode and a scanning conductor on which a thin film transistor which controls the reflective electrode is formed hold an insulating layer between the reflective electrode and an adjacent scanning conductor to form a storage capacitance.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A reflective type liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein a short-circuiting conductor and a corresponding reflective electrode are made integrally with each other by the same material.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of making a reflective type liquid crystal display with a plurality of scanning conductors, a plurality of signal conductors, a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of reflective pixel electrodes and a plurality of storage capacitances (Cstr) provided in the vicinity of areas where the corresponding plurality of scanning conductors and the corresponding plurality of signal conductors intersect, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming the scanning conductors; (b) forming the signal conductors and a plurality of short-circuiting conductors which are parallel to the signal conductors and which intersect with the scanning conductors.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of making a reflective type liquid crystal display with a plurality of scanning conductors, a plurality of signal conductors, a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of reflective pixel electrodes and a plurality of storage capacitances (Cstr) provided in the vicinity of areas where the corresponding plurality of scanning conductors and the corresponding plurality of signal conductors intersect, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming the scanning conductors; (b) forming the signal conductors and a plurality of short-circuiting conductors which are parallel to the signal conductors and which intersect with the scanning conductors.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein the scanning conductor forming step comprises simultaneous formation of storage capacitance electrodes which each constitute a part of the storage capacitance.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 9, comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of reflective electrodes concerned after the two steps.
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