Patent ID: 6040882
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a transparent substrate;a plurality of scanning signal lines arranged on a surface of said transparent substrate, the scanning signal lines each having a pair of sub scanning signal lines, the scanning signal lines being arranged such that a number of pairs of sub scanning signal lines are repeated with a first distance, one of each pair of sub scanning signal lines being arranged adjacent to the other of each pair of sub scanning signal lines with a second distance being shorter than said first distance;a plurality of display signal lines which intersect said plurality of scanning signal lines, being arranged on said surface of the transparent substrate, the pair of sub scanning signal lines and a pair of display signal lines defining a first region, an upper one of the pair of sub scanning signal lines and a lower one of a next pair of sub scanning signal lines and the pair of display signal lines, defining a second region which is wider than said first region;a plurality of pixel electrodes being arranged within the second regions, the two pixel electrodes disposed within of the second regions;a plurality of switching devices respectively corresponding to the second regions, each of the switching devices being connected to a corresponding one of the display signal lines and a corresponding one of the pixel electrodes; anda plurality of common electrodes respectively disposed within the corresponding one of the second regions such that each common electrode is shared by the two pixel electrodes in each second region so as to face the corresponding two pixel electrodes in the corresponding second region, the common electrodes being driven independently from the plurality of scanning signal lines and the plurality of display signal lines wherein each common electrode is in the form of an H character, and the common electrode overlaps along periphery portions of the corresponding two pixel electrodes except for periphery portions thereof respectively connected to the corresponding switching device, for forming a storage capacitance type capacitor therebetween.