Patent ID: 6188459
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A panel for a liquid crystal display device, the panel comprising:a substrate;a data line on said substrate, extending along a first direction; anda pixel region on said substrate, disposed adjacent said data line;a plurality of spaced apart parallel elongate pixel electrodes disposed within said pixel region; anda plurality of spaced apart parallel elongate common electrodes disposed within said pixel region, parallel to said plurality of pixel electrodes, and positioned such that a respective pixel electrode is disposed adjacent and parallel to a respective common electrode,wherein said common and pixel electrodes define a plurality of gaps, a respective one of said gaps separating a respective pair of parallel adjacent common and pixel electrodes, wherein the gaps of said plurality of gaps are nonuniform in size and include a first group of gaps of a first size and a second group of gaps of a second size different from said first size, and wherein said first group of gaps comprises all of said plurality of gaps except a gap between one common electrode nearest said data line and a pixel electrode nearest said one common electrode.