Patent ID: 8451241
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G02F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; an infrared sensor arranged on the first substrate; an infrared filter arranged corresponding to the infrared sensor arranged on the second substrate; a light guiding plate arranged under the first substrate; a first light source arranged on one side of the light guiding plate to emit white light; a second light source arranged on the other side of the light guiding plate to emit infrared light to the light guiding plate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other; a pixel transistor arranged at each crossing of the gate line and the data line; a common line and a sensing line arranged parallel to the gate line; and a read-out line arranged parallel to the data line, wherein the infrared sensor is formed between the common line, the sensing line and the read-out line, wherein the infrared sensor comprises: a sensing transistor connected to one side of the common line, the sensing transistor receiving reflected infrared light upon touch, to allow a photo-current to flow through the sensing transistor, wherein the sensing transistor comprises: a shielding pattern in the same layer as the gate line on the first substrate; a semiconductor layer comprising a stack-structure including an amorphous silicon layer and an impurity layer formed by interposing a gate insulating film on the shielding pattern; a source electrode and a drain electrode at both sides of the semiconductor layer, in the same layer as the data line; and a gate electrode arranged on an interlayer film covering the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode; an infrared sensing capacitor arranged between the sensing transistor and the common line, the infrared sensing capacitor charged by the photo-current flowing through the sensing transistor; and a switching transistor interposed between the infrared sensing capacitor and the read-out line, the switching transistor receiving an operation signal from the sensing line and being switched, the switching transistor transferring electric charges charged from the infrared sensing capacitor to the read-out line.