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Active matrix substrate, for use in a liquid crystal display and method for producing the same

US5877832A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/136227
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An active matrix substrate includes a switching device; a scanning line electrically connected to the switching device; a signal line electrically connected to the switching device and arranged so as to cross the scanning line; an interlayer insulation layer formed over the switching device, the scanning line and the signal line, the interlayer insulation layer having a contact hole; and a picture element electrode provided on the interlayer insulation layer and electrically connected to the switching device through the contact hole. The picture element electrode has a recessed portion in the contact hole, and a buried portion formed of an insulation material is provided in the recessed portion so that a top surface of the buried portion and a top surface of the picture element electrode are at an identical level.

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