US6327006B1
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TFT-LCD having shielding layers on TFT-substrate
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1999-10-27
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Granted: 2001-12-04
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Expires: 2019-10-27
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal display device is so constructed that the scattered or reflected incident rays and even the return rays are prevented from entering the transistor part. The device is free from the problem of photoelectric current leakage. The device comprises an active substrate with a pixel transistor TFT thereon and a counter substrate that faces the active substrate via liquid crystal therebetween, wherein light-shielding layers (upper light-shielding layer, and lower light-shielding layer) are formed to be adjacent to the side of the pixel transistor part that faces the counter substrate and adjacent to the side thereof that faces opposite to the counter substrate and wherein the upper light-shielding layer and the lead electrode shield the entire region except the pixel openings from the incident rays that enter the device through the counter substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Takusei Sato
- 👤 Fumiaki Abe
- 👤 Yoshihiro Hashimoto
- 👤 Satofumi Koike
- 👤 Katsuhide Uchino
- 👤 Yuji Hayashi
- 👤 Masayuki Iida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:35
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/136; G02F1/1362; G02F1/136209; G02F1/1368
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising an active substrate with a pixel transistor thereon, said pixel transistor having a pixel opening and being formed on a pixel transistor-forming layer, a counter substrate that faces said active substrate and bonded thereto via a predetermined space there between, and a liquid crystal component sealed in said predetermined space, wherein said device includes; a first light-shielding layer means, including layers in at least two sites, formed adjacent to the side of said pixel transistor that faces the counter substrate, and a second light-shielding layer formed adjacent to the side of said pixel transistor that faces opposite to the counter substrate, said first light-shielding layer means substantially shielding the entire region constituting said pixel transistor, except for the pixel opening, from the incident rays that enter the device through the counter substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising an active substrate with a pixel transistor thereon, said pixel transistor having a pixel opening and being formed on a pixel transistor-forming layer, a counter substrate that faces said active substrate and bonded thereto via a predetermined space there between, and a liquid crystal component sealed in said predetermined space, wherein said device includes; a first light-shielding layer means, including layers in at least two sites, formed adjacent to the side of said pixel transistor that faces the counter substrate, and a second light-shielding layer formed adjacent to the side of said pixel transistor that faces opposite to the counter substrate, said first light-shielding layer means substantially shielding the entire region constituting said pixel transistor, except for the pixel opening, from the incident rays that enter the device through the counter substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said pixel transistor is a thin film transistor (TFT).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least the facing source/drain edges in said pixel transistor are shielded from light by said second light-shielding layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein LDD regions are formed adjacent to the light-shielded source/drain edges.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said second light-shielding layer is earthed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said second light-shielding layer is connected with a gate line.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said second light-shielding layer is formed below the pixel transistor-forming layer via an insulating film having a thickness of from 200 to 1500 nm therebetween.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said second light-shielding layer has a resistivity of not larger than 100 Ω/square.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said second light-shielding layer has a transmittance of not larger than 50% at least for the light falling within a wavelength range of from 400 to 500 nm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said pixel transistor is a polycrystalline Si-TFT.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first light-shielding layer means further includes at least one pixel transistor electrode.
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