Patent ID: 6078367
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display element comprising at least a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode which is connected to the thin film transistor and drives a liquid crystal layer sealed between opposing electrodes, the liquid crystal display element further comprising:a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes formed from said pixel electrode;a plurality of control capacitor electrodes provided under a protective insulating film, the protective insulating film for protecting source electrodes of said thin film transistor; anda plurality of control capacitors, each of the control capacitors formed from one of the sub-pixel electrodes, one of the control capacitor electrodes, and said protective insulating film, wherein adjacent ones of the control capacitors share one of the sub-pixel electrodes or one of the control capacitor electrodes,at least one of said control capacitors, through a gate insulating film provided on top of a gate electrode of said thin film transistor, being formed by the one of the sub-pixel electrodes, and a control capacitor electrode provided below said gate insulating film, andat least one of said control capacitors, through said gate insulating film, being formed by another one of the sub-pixel electrodes adjacent to the one of the sub-pixel electrodes, and by said control capacitor electrode provided below said gate insulating film.