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Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device

US5926161A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 1996
Grant dateJul 20, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0247
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display device including the panel which has a transparent first substrate, a second substrate arranged so as to oppose the first substrate with a space therebetween and liquid crystals filled in the space between the first substrate and the second substrate and having a twist angle which changes in a plane in parallel with a direction of an electric field. The panel has pixels including pixel electrodes connected to source electrodes and counter electrodes with the pixels being arranged in M rows and N columns, where M and N are integers of at least two. Both of the pixel electrodes and the counter electrodes are provided at the second substrate. The panel also includes drain lines independently provided for respective columns, gate lines independently provided for respective rows, and counter lines connected to the counter electrodes. The counter lines include first counter lines at at least one of odd number columns and odd number rows and second counter lines at at least one of even number columns and even number rows with the first and second counter lines being independent of one another.

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