LCD Array Substrate Layout for Short-Circuit and Crosstalk Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing technologies for liquid crystal display panels face issues with short circuits and crosstalk due to underexposed transparent metal layers at overlapping positions between color-resistance units, affecting electrical performance and display quality.

Innovation Solution

The array substrate design includes a transparent metal layer with a shielding common electrode and a color-resistance layer, where the overlap width between adjacent color-resistance units is increased in specific target areas to prevent underexposure and ensure sufficient exposure, thereby avoiding short circuits and crosstalk.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the overlap width between adjacent color-resistance units is increased in target areas, then the exposure completeness and electrical performance are improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical performanceVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different overlap widths in different regions: target areas (where scanning lines intersect pixel electrode intervals) have increased overlap width to ensure complete exposure and prevent short circuits, while non-target areas maintain standard overlap width. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by improving electrical performance only where necessary without uniformly increasing manufacturing complexity across the entire substrate.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Illumination intensity

If the transparent metal layer is eliminated above the data line, then the contrast ratio is improved, but the shielding effect against electric field interference deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrast ratioVSAvoidshielding effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent eliminates the black matrix above data lines in non-target areas to improve contrast ratio and light transmission, while retaining the transparent metal layer in target areas to provide necessary electric field shielding. This spatially selective approach resolves the contradiction by optimizing both contrast ratio and shielding effect in their respective regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This design enhances the electrical performance by eliminating metal oxide residue at overlapping positions, preventing short circuits and crosstalk, and improving the display effect of the liquid crystal display panel.

Implementation Method 1

a transparent metal layer is provided on the array substrate side to form a shielding electrode to shield the electric field above the data line

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectric field shielding: Faraday Cage

Implementation Method 2

a Photo Resin (PR) is coated on the transparent metal layer to perform an exposure process

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhoto exposure: Photography

Data Source

PatentUS20240419043A1Array Substrate and Liquid Crystal Display Panel
Publication Date: 2024.12.19 HKC CORP LTD
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AI summary

The present application relates to an array substrate (1) and a liquid crystal display panel. The driving array layer of the array substrate (1) comprises a scanning line (G) extending along a first direction (X) and a data line (D) extending along a second direction (Y); the transparent metal layer (14) comprises a first pixel electrode (141a) and a second pixel electrode (141b) which are alternately provided along a first direction (X) and a second direction (Y), and a shielding common electrode (142) located in an interval region of the first pixel electrode (141a) and the second pixel electrode (141b); the color-resistance layer (13) comprises color-resistance units (131) respectively corresponding to the first pixel electrode (141a) and the second pixel electrode (141b), and in the second direction (Y), a first overlap width (W1) between two adjacent color-resistance units (131) corresponding to the target area is greater than a second overlap width (W2) between two adjacent color-resistance units (131) at the remaining positions in the target area formed by the interval between the first pixel electrode (141a) and the second pixel electrode (141b) intersecting with the scanning line (G). The array substrate can avoid electrical performance problems such as short circuits, crosstalk, etc. due to the remaining underexposed transparent metal layer.