The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201610007055.4 filed on Jan. 5, 2016 in the State Intellectual Property Office of China, the whole disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of liquid crystal display technology, and in particular, to an array substrate having common electrode compensation lines, a liquid crystal display panel, and a display device.
With display technology becoming mature increasingly, a higher requirement for better display quality arises. In general, a liquid crystal display panel comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate disposed to be cell-aligned and bonded together, with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. On the array substrate, as illustrated in
Currently, for solving such problem, as illustrated in
The present application has been made to overcome or alleviate at least one aspect of the above mentioned disadvantages and/or shortcomings in the prior art. One main object of the exemplary embodiment of the present application is to provide an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel, and a display to ensure that a later repairmen of data lines will not be affected and an influence on transmittance will be alleviated, in case of a common electrode.
Following technical solutions are adopted in the exemplary embodiments of the application for achieving the above desired technical purposes.
According to an aspect of the exemplary embodiment of the present application, there is provided an array substrate, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines on the substrate, the plurality of first signal lines being arranged in parallel in a first layer and the plurality of second signal lines being also arranged in parallel in a second layer, the plurality of first signal lines being intersected with and insulated from the plurality of second signal lines; a plurality of pixel regions each of which is defined collectively by every two adjacent first signal lines and every two adjacent second signal lines; and common electrodes located within respective pixel region defined by the adjacent first signal lines and the adjacent second signal lines, wherein a plurality of first common electrode compensation lines are provided, each of which is provided within respective pixel region which corresponds to a pixel with the lowest transmittance and is electrically connected with a corresponding common electrode within the pixel region; and the first common electrode compensation line is insulated from both the first signal lines and the second signal lines.
Accordingly, in another aspect of the exemplary embodiment of the present application, there is also provided a liquid crystal display panel comprising the array substrate provided by exemplary embodiments of the invention; Accordingly, in yet another aspect of the exemplary embodiment of the present application, there is further provided a display device comprising the liquid crystal display panel provided by exemplary embodiments of the invention.
The above and other features and advantages of the present application will become more apparent and a more comprehensive understanding of the present application can be obtained, by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
An array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel, and a display device are provided by the exemplary embodiments of the invention.
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described hereinafter in detail with reference to the attached drawings, wherein the like reference numerals refer to the like elements. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms, and thus the detailed description of the embodiment of the application in view of attached drawings should not be construed as being limited to the embodiment set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that the present disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the general concept of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.
Respective thickness and shape of each film layer in the drawings are only intended to exemplarily illustrate the contents of the disclosure, rather than to demonstrate the practical dimension or proportion of components of the array substrate.
According to a general technical concept of the present application, an array substrate is provided by an exemplary embodiment of the application, as illustrated in
In the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, first common electrode compensation lines are arranged within pixel regions which correspond to pixels provided with a minimal transmittance, by which first common electrode compensation lines a common electrode is charged so as to ensure a constant voltage on the common electrode. Moreover, since the first common electrode compensation lines are configured to overlap neither first signal lines nor second signal lines, a repairmen of the first signal lines or the second signal lines will not be adversely affected in case that there is short-circuit or open-circuit thereon. Besides, since the common electrode compensation lines are arranged within pixel regions provided with the lowest transmittance, the influence onto overall transmittance of the display panel is minimized relatively.
During practical implementation, for example, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the pixels provided with a minimal transmittance are usually blue pixels. Therefore, during practical implementation, by way of example, the first common electrode compensation lines are arranged in pixel regions which correspond to blue pixels.
By way of example, during practical implementation, for simplifying drawings, when the pixel regions which correspond to pixels provided with minimal transmittance are arranged in a row direction on the array substrate, for example, correspondingly, the first common electrode compensation lines are arranged to extend in the row direction, and the first common electrode compensation lines within adjacent pixel regions which are arranged in the row direction are connected in series. Additionally or alternatively, when the pixel regions which correspond to pixels provided with minimal transmittance are arranged in a column direction on the array substrate, for example, correspondingly, the first common electrode compensation lines are arranged to extend in the column direction, and the first common electrode compensation lines within adjacent pixel regions which are arranged in the column direction are connected in series.
During practical implementation, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, for example, the first signal lines are data lines while the second lines are gate lines; in another exemplary embodiment, for example, the first signal lines are gate lines while the second lines are data lines. Here the specific types are not specified.
By way of example, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in
During practical implementation, when the first common electrode compensation lines function as first compensation lines solely, since it is required that the first compensation lines should be arranged to be in electrical connection with the common electrode, then, the shorter the distance between the first compensation line and the common electrode is, the easier the production processes may be.
By way of example, as illustrated in
This is because that, in order to ensure a constant voltage of the common electrode, it is required to decrease the electrical resistance of the first common electrode compensation lines; however, in case that the material of the first common electrode compensation lines has been defined, it is necessary to decrease the electrical resistance by increasing areas thereof, which would result in reduction of aperture ratio. Therefore, in addition to the first common electrode compensation lines, by adding the second compensation lines which are arranged to be in electrical connection with the first common electrode compensation lines, not only is the overall electrical resistance of the common electrode compensation lines reduced so as to stabilize the voltage of the common electrode, but also for example the width of the first compensation lines can be made thinner so as to minimize the influence of the first compensation lines onto the aperture ratio of the array substrate to ensure transmittance therethrough. Moreover, since the second compensation lines are arranged in the same layer in which the second signal lines are located, hereby, by altering original pattern upon formation of the second signal lines, a pattern of the first signal lines and a pattern of the second signal lines may be formed simultaneously by a single stage patterning process without addition of any processes for preparing only the second compensation lines individually, such that the process steps may be simplified and production cost may also be saved.
By way of example, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, orthographic projections of the second compensation line on the substrate coincide with orthographic projections of the first compensation line on the substrate. As such, it can be ensured that the influence of the arrangement of the second compensation lines onto the aperture ratio is minimized while the areas of the second compensation lines are maximized, such that the electrical resistance of compensation lines of the common electrode is minimized.
By way of example, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in
By way of example, during practical implementation, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, when each of the first common electrode compensation lines 14 comprise the first compensation line 141 and the second compensation line 142, as illustrated in
Alternatively, as illustrated in
During practical implementation, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, for further stabilizing the voltage of the common electrode, as illustrated in
Though the voltage of the common electrode may be further stabilized by adding the second common electrode compensation line, it also increases one stage of patterning process. Therefore, during practical implementation, it is determined whether to arrange the second common electrode compensation line according to practical situation.
By way of example, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, due to relatively low electrical resistivity of metal, the material of the second common electrode compensation line is chosen as metal.
Since metal materials typically functions as light-shielding materials, hereby, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an orthographic projection of the second common electrode compensation line on the substrate coincides with an orthographic projection of the first common electrode compensation line on the substrate. As such, it may be ensured that not only is the influence of the arrangement of the second common electrode compensation line onto the aperture ratio minimized but also the electrical resistance of the second common electrode compensation line is minimized.
Alternatively, during practical implementation, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in
As such, hereby, by altering original pattern upon formation of the pixel electrode, a pattern of the pixel electrode and a pattern of the second common electrode compensation line may be formed simultaneously by a single stage patterning process without addition of any processes for preparing only the second common electrode compensation line individually, such that the preparation process steps may be simplified and production cost may also be saved.
It should be noticed that, the second common electrode compensation line provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention is insulated from the first signal lines, the second signal lines and the pixel electrode.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, during practical implementation, in the above array substrate, when the first compensation line is located above the second compensation line, by way of example, the first compensation line is configured to be in electrical connection with the second common electrode compensation line via a via-hole; and when the second compensation line is located above the first compensation line, by way of example, the second compensation line is configured to be in electrical connection with the second common electrode compensation line via a via-hole. Furthermore, since the deeper the via-hole is, the relatively more difficult the production process may be; then, upon implementation of the electrical connection, two most adjacent layers are chosen for achieving such electrical connection.
During practical implementation, as illustrated in
As shown in
As shown in
By way of example, in the above array substrate provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, other structures or film layers such as thin film transistor and the like may be arranged on the substrate. Since the configuration of these structures and film layers are identical to those in the prior art, then detailed depictions will not be made herein.
Next, taking the array substrate as illustrated in
Taking the array substrate as illustrated in
(1) Forming a pattern of a second signal line (not illustrated in
(2) Forming a pattern of a first insulation layer 15, by a single stage patterning process, wherein the pattern of the first insulation layer 15 comprises at least a first via-hole V1 for connecting a first compensation line 141 with the second compensation line 142, as illustrated in
(3) Forming a pattern of a first signal line 11 and a pattern of a first compensation line 141, by a single stage patterning process, wherein the first compensation line 141 is arranged to be in electrical connection with the second compensation line 142 via the first via-hole V1, as illustrated in
(4) Forming a pattern of a second insulation layer 16, by a single stage patterning process, wherein the pattern of the second insulation layer 16 comprises at least a second via-hole V2 for connecting the first compensation line 141 with the second common electrode compensation line 17, as illustrated in
(5) Forming a pattern of a second common electrode compensation line 17, by a single stage patterning process, wherein the second common electrode compensation line 17 is arranged to be in electrical connection with the first compensation line 141 via the second via-hole V2, as illustrated in
(6) Forming a pattern of a common electrode 13, by a single stage patterning process, wherein the common electrode 13 is arranged to be directly in electrical connection with the second common electrode compensation line 17, as illustrated in
Taking the array substrate as illustrated in
(5) Forming a pattern of the second common electrode compensation line 17 and a pattern of a pixel electrode 18, by a single stage patterning process, wherein the second common electrode compensation line 17 is arranged to be in electrical connection with the first compensation line 141 via the second via-hole V2, as illustrated in
(6) Forming a pattern of a third insulation layer 19 by a single stage patterning process, wherein the pattern of the third insulation layer 19 contains at least a third via-hole V3 for connecting the second common electrode compensation line 17 with a common electrode 13, as illustrated in
(7) Forming a pattern of a common electrode 13 by a single stage patterning process, wherein the common electrode 13 is arranged to be in electrical connection with the second common electrode compensation line 17 via the third via-hole V3, as illustrated in
Accordingly, on the basis of the same inventive concept, a liquid crystal display panel is provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, comprising the above array substrate provided by above exemplary embodiments. Since the problem solving principle of the liquid crystal display panel is similar to that of the above array substrate, the specific implementation of the liquid crystal display panel may refer to the implementation of the aforementioned array substrate, without repeating such contents any more.
Accordingly, on the basis of the same inventive concept, a display device is provided by an exemplary embodiment of the invention, comprising the above liquid crystal display panel provided by the above exemplary embodiments of the invention. For example, the display device may be products or components with display functionality, such as Mobile Phone, Tablet PC, Television, Monitor, Laptop, Digital Photo Frame, Navigator, and so on. The specific implementation of the display device may refer to the implementation of the aforementioned liquid crystal display panel, without repeating such contents any more.
By way of example, an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided by the exemplary embodiments of the invention, with first common electrode compensation lines being arranged within pixel regions which correspond to pixels provided with a minimal transmittance, by which first common electrode compensation lines, a common electrode is charged so as to ensure a constant voltage on the common electrode. Moreover, since the first common electrode compensation lines are configured to overlap neither first signal lines nor second signal lines, a repairmen of the first signal lines or the second signal lines will not be adversely affected in case that there is short-circuit or open-circuit thereon. Besides, since the common electrode compensation lines are arranged within pixel regions provided with the lowest transmittance, the influence onto overall transmittance of the display panel is minimized relatively.
Although the disclosure is described in view of the attached drawings, the embodiments disclosed in the drawings are only intended to illustrate the preferable embodiment of the present application exemplarily, and should not be deemed as a restriction thereof.
Various embodiments of the present application have been illustrated progressively, the same or similar parts of which can be referred to each other. The differences between each embodiment and the others are described in emphasis.
It should be appreciated for those skilled in this art that the above embodiments are intended to be illustrated, and not restrictive. For example, many modifications may be made to the above embodiments by those skilled in this art, and various features described in different embodiments may be freely combined with each other without conflicting in configuration or principle.
Although several exemplary embodiments of the general concept of the present application have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the disclosure, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.
It should be noted that the terms, such as “comprising”, “including” or “having”, should be understood as not excluding other elements or steps and the word “a” or “an” should be understood as not excluding plural of said elements or steps. Further, any reference number in claims should be understood as not limiting the scope of the present application.
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