WO2006098475A1 - パネルおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a panel and a manufacturing method thereof.
- the present invention relates to a liquid crystal panel in which a liquid crystal layer is formed by a single drop filling method.
- a process for filling a liquid crystal material in the panel there is a process for filling a liquid crystal material in the panel.
- the filling method of the liquid crystal material include a dip type and a dispenser type. In these methods, after a pair of substrates are bonded together via a sealing material, a liquid crystal material is filled into the panel from the opening of the sealing material using a capillary phenomenon and a pressure difference, and the opening is further sealed. The method to stop is taken. As the screen size increases, the tact time for filling the liquid crystal material has become a problem.
- a one-drop filling method (also referred to as an ODF method or a drop bonding method) has been developed.
- the one-drop filling method is a method in which a liquid crystal material is dropped into a seal pattern frame formed on one substrate before overlapping without providing an opening in the seal pattern, and a pair of substrates are stacked under reduced pressure, and then the seal is formed. This is a method of curing the material.
- the single-drop filling method has the advantages of being able to cope with an increase in screen size and dramatically shortening the tact time for filling the liquid crystal material.
- Patent Documents 1 to 4 disclose techniques for preventing contact between an uncured sealing material and a liquid crystal material in a one-drop filling method. Specifically, it is disclosed that a seal barrier is provided on the liquid crystal layer side of the seal material to prevent contact between the uncured seal material and the liquid crystal material.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-6-194615
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-40442
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-315810
- Patent Document 4 JP 2004-233648 A
- a light shielding layer black matrix
- Fig. 7 (a) is a plan view schematically showing a mopile liquid crystal panel
- Fig. 7 (b) is a schematic diagram of a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate 100 in the portion surrounded by Y in Fig. 7 (a).
- FIG. 7 (c) is a schematic enlarged view of the force filter substrate 200 in a portion surrounded by Y in FIG. 7 (a). As shown in FIG.
- the sealing material 300 When light (ultraviolet light) is irradiated from the side, there is a portion where the photopolymerization reaction of the sealing material 300 does not proceed sufficiently due to light shielding by the wiring 400. That is, conventionally, light (ultraviolet light) can be irradiated only from the TFT substrate 100 side, and the sealing material 300 shielded by the wiring 400 of the TFT substrate 100 has not been sufficiently cured. For this reason, the sealing material 300 has to contain a thermosetting agent that is made only of a light (ultraviolet ray) curing agent, and use it together with ultraviolet curing.
- One of the objects of the present invention is to reduce uncured portions in the sealing material.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal panel in which the components in the sealing material are reduced in the risk of being mixed into the liquid crystal layer while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost. It is to maintain the display quality and ensure the reliability of the liquid crystal panel.
- the present invention provides the above-described problem by forming a light-shielding layer on the second substrate having a gap (slit) having a negative-positive relationship with respect to the wiring of the first substrate in the peripheral portion where the sealing material is provided.
- the panel of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate. And a sealing material formed on the periphery of the second substrate.
- the first substrate has a light-shielding wiring at least in the peripheral portion.
- the second substrate has a light shielding layer in the peripheral portion, and the light shielding layer has a gap in a region overlapping with the wiring.
- the sealing material can be cured by irradiating light from both sides of the panel, uncured portions in the sealing material can be reduced.
- the panel of the present invention may be a liquid crystal panel further provided with a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
- the sealing material in the liquid crystal panel of the present invention may be a layer without an opening for injecting a liquid crystal material, or a loop shape (closed frame shape).
- the liquid crystal panel of the present invention may have a liquid crystal layer formed by a single drop filling method.
- the sealing material has an opening for injecting the liquid crystal material, and the opening force of the sealing material can be filled with liquid crystal material by dip type or dispenser type.
- the seal material is a light / heat combination curable type sheet that undergoes a curing reaction by both light irradiation and heating, which only takes place with a light curable type sheet material that undergoes a light curable reaction when irradiated with light such as ultraviolet rays. It is good even if it is a stick material.
- the sealing material may be a composition containing a thermosetting agent that is composed only of a photocuring agent.
- the photocurable sealing material is preferred over the light / heat combined curing sealing material.
- the liquid crystal panel of the present invention can be irradiated from both sides, the curing time can be further shortened by using a photo-curing sealant, and the liquid crystal layer and the uncured layer are uncured.
- the contact time with the sheet material can be shortened. Therefore, the liquid crystal panel of the present invention has a Since the possibility that the components in the sealing material are mixed into the liquid crystal layer is further reduced, the display quality can be more reliably maintained.
- the liquid crystal panel of the present invention may further include a partition wall formed on the sealing material and having an inclined surface on the sealing material side, inside the sealing material. Since this liquid crystal panel has a partition wall formed on the inner side (liquid crystal layer side) of the sealing material, the uncured seal is applied between the time when the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to the time when the sealing material is cured. It is possible to prevent the components in the material from coming into contact with the liquid crystal layer. In addition, since the surface of the partition wall on the seal material side is inclined, the contact area between the partition wall and the seal material is larger than when the surface of the partition wall on the seal side is perpendicular to the panel surface.
- the reliability of bonding between the partition walls and the sealing material is improved, so that the relative displacement between the first substrate and the second substrate can be prevented more reliably. Furthermore, since the width of the sealing material can be shortened, the non-display area around the liquid crystal display panel can be reduced without contributing to display. That is, the liquid crystal display panel can be miniaturized.
- the present invention relates to a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate.
- a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal panel comprising a sealing material formed in a peripheral portion and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
- the manufacturing method includes a step of forming a light-shielding wiring in at least the peripheral portion of the first substrate, and a step of forming a light-shielding layer having a gap in a region overlapping the wiring in the peripheral portion of the second substrate.
- a step of applying an uncured sealing material containing a photo-curing agent to the peripheral portion of one of the first substrate and the second substrate in a loop shape, and being surrounded by the uncured sealing material Irradiating light from both sides of the first substrate and the second substrate to the step of dropping a liquid crystal material into the region, the step of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, and the uncured sealing material.
- “light” includes visible light, ultraviolet rays, and X-rays.
- the sealing material can be sufficiently cured only by light irradiation in the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal panel employing the one-drop filling method.
- the risk of impurities in the sealing material being mixed into the liquid crystal layer can be reduced. Therefore, the display quality can be more reliably maintained and the reliability of the liquid crystal panel can be ensured.
- an uncured portion in the sealing material can be reduced.
- the present invention when the present invention is applied to a liquid crystal panel, it is possible to reduce the possibility that components in the sealing material are mixed into the liquid crystal layer while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost. Therefore, it is possible to maintain good display quality and ensure the reliability of the liquid crystal panel.
- FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view schematically showing the liquid crystal display panel of Embodiment 1, and FIG. 1 (b) is a portion surrounded by X in FIG. 1 (a).
- FIG. 1 (c) is a schematic enlarged view of the color filter substrate in the portion surrounded by X in FIG. 1 (a).
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ⁇ in FIG. 1 (a).
- FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (e) are schematic enlarged views of the TFT substrate in the portions surrounded by A to E in FIG. 1 (a), respectively.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view schematically showing a manufacturing process for the liquid crystal display panel of Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the periphery of the liquid crystal display panel of Embodiment 2.
- FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view schematically showing a manufacturing process for the liquid crystal display panel of Embodiment 2.
- Fig. 7 is a plan view schematically showing a mopile liquid crystal panel
- Fig. 7 (b) is a schematic enlargement of the TFT substrate in the part surrounded by Y in Fig. 7 (a).
- FIG. 7 (c) is a schematic enlarged view of the color filter substrate in a portion surrounded by Y in FIG. 7 (a).
- a liquid crystal display panel will be described as an example.
- the panel in the present invention can be applied to other display panels other than the liquid crystal display panel.
- a display element that uses an optical medium other than a liquid crystal material as a display medium such as a plasma display panel (PDP), an inorganic or organic electoric luminescence (EL) display panel, or electoric chromic display ( It can be applied to display panels such as ECD) and electrophoretic display panels.
- the panel of the present invention is not limited to a display panel intended for image display, but can be applied to a panel used for other purposes.
- the image shift panel typically includes at least a combination of a liquid crystal panel that modulates the polarization state of light and a birefringent element that shifts the optical path according to the polarization state of light emitted from the liquid crystal panel. Have one set.
- the parallax barrier panel can display a stereoscopic image by combining with a video display element having a left-eye pixel and a right-eye pixel.
- Fig. 1 (a) is a plan view schematically showing the liquid crystal display panel of Embodiment 1
- Fig. 1 (b) is a schematic diagram of the TFT substrate 1 in the portion surrounded by X in Fig. 1 (a).
- FIG. 1 (c) is a schematic enlarged view of the color filter substrate 2 in a portion surrounded by X in FIG. 1 (a).
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in Fig. 1 (a).
- the liquid crystal display panel of the present embodiment includes a TFT substrate 1 as a first substrate, a color filter (CF) substrate 2 as a second substrate disposed opposite to the TFT substrate 1, and TFT substrates 1 and CF.
- a sealing material 3 interposed between the substrates 1 and 2 and sandwiched between the substrates 2 and 2 and a liquid crystal layer 7 interposed between the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2 are provided.
- the TFT substrate 1 includes a plurality of gate bus lines (not shown) each extending in the row direction, a plurality of source bus lines (not shown) extending across the gate bus lines, the gate bus lines and the source bus lines. TFTs (not shown) provided in the vicinity of the intersection, pixel transparent electrodes (not shown) arranged in a matrix connected to the source bus lines (not shown) via the TFTs, and covering the pixel transparent electrodes A liquid crystal alignment film (not shown). Further, typically, terminals and drive circuits (both not shown) for inputting signals to the gate bus line and the source bus line are formed outside the sealing material 3 on the TFT substrate 1. ing.
- the CF substrate 2 includes a color filter layer (not shown), a black matrix formed in the boundary region of each color filter layer, an opposing common electrode made of ITO (indium tin oxide), polyimide, And a liquid crystal alignment film (not shown) made of polyamic acid or the like.
- the liquid crystal alignment film is usually used with a rubbing process, but the rubbing process may not be performed when a vertical alignment film is used or in a PD LC (polymer dispersion type liquid crystal) display mode.
- PD LC polymer dispersion type liquid crystal
- Both the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2 have optical transparency.
- Substrates 1 and 2 are made of quartz glass, soda lime glass, borosilicate glass, low alkali glass, no alkali Examples thereof include glass such as glass, plastic such as polyester and polyimide.
- the sealing material 3 is continuously formed in a loop shape along the peripheral edges of both the substrates 1 and 2, and by sealing the both substrates 1 and 2, the liquid crystal material is sealed and the air outside the panel is sealed. And has a function of preventing moisture from entering the liquid crystal layer 7.
- an ultraviolet ray curable composition is preferably used.
- a composition containing a curing agent (polymerization initiator) that reacts with ultraviolet rays or visible light based on an acrylic polymer and / or an epoxy polymer or an acrylic-epoxy polymer is used.
- the width of the sealing material 3 depends on various conditions such as the material of the paper material 3 and is not uniquely determined, but is typically about 0.3 mm to 3 mm.
- the TFT substrate 1 has wiring 4 in the peripheral portion where the sealing material 3 is provided.
- the wiring 4 is typically formed of an aluminum film, a titanium film, an aluminum alloy film, a molybdenum alloy film, a chromium film, or the like, or a multilayer film thereof, and has a characteristic that hardly transmits light (light shielding property).
- 3 (a) to 3 (e) are schematic enlarged views of the TFT substrate 1 in the portions surrounded by A to E in FIG. 1 (a), respectively. In FIG. 3 (a) to FIG.
- reference numeral 11 is an electrostatic countermeasure circuit block
- reference numeral 12 is a counter common electrode wiring
- reference numeral 14 is a source bus line
- reference numeral 15 is a gate bus line
- reference Reference numeral 16 is an inspection wiring.
- various wirings 4 are formed in the peripheral portion where the sealing material 3 is provided, and the wiring 4 is included in the area of the peripheral portion where the sealing material 3 is formed. The percentage of the area occupied by varies depending on the location.
- the CF substrate 2 has a light shielding layer 5 in the peripheral portion where the sealing material 3 is provided.
- the light shielding layer 5 has a gap 6 in a region overlapping the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1. In other words, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the light shielding layer 5 has a gap 6 that has a negative-positive relationship with respect to the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1.
- the material of the light shielding layer 5 is not limited, and may be resin or metal.
- the gap 6 is substantially equal to the width d of the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1, and is preferably 5 zm or more, more preferably ⁇ or more.
- the gap 6 is less than 5 zm, the amount of light passing through the gap 6 is reduced when light is cured from the CF substrate 2 by irradiating light from the CF substrate 2 side, and the area corresponding to the gap 6 (in other words, The sealing material 3 in the area of the wiring 4 on the TFT substrate 1 may become insufficiently cured.
- the formation density of the wiring 4 differs depending on the location. Therefore, when the formation density of the wiring 4 is low, even if the wiring 4 has a width d of less than 5 / im, the sealing material 3 is sufficient even if the corresponding gap 6 is not 5 ⁇ m or more. May be cured.
- the light shielding layer 5 since the light shielding layer 5 has a gap 6 in the region overlapping the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1, the ability to cure the sealing material 3 by irradiating light from both sides of the panel S can. That is, even when the photocurable sealing material 3 is used, an uncured portion in the sealing material 3 can be reduced. In addition, since it is not necessary to provide a partition wall between the sealing material 3 and the liquid crystal layer 7, an increase in manufacturing cost can be suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the display quality of the liquid crystal display panel and to ensure reliability. Since the TFT substrate 1 corresponding to the gap 6 of the light shielding layer 5 is provided with light shielding wiring 4, it prevents light from a light source such as a backlight from leaking when the liquid crystal display panel is used. Can do.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display panel of this embodiment. Since the TFT substrate 1 can be formed by conventional means such as photolithography, description of the manufacturing process is omitted.
- the light shielding layer 5 is formed in the display region of the CF substrate 2 and in the peripheral portion (non-display region) of the CF substrate 2 as shown in FIG. 4A by a printing method or the like.
- the light shielding layer (black matrix) in the display area is formed in the boundary area between the color filters of the respective colors.
- the light shielding layer 5 in the peripheral portion is formed so as to have a gap 6 in a region overlapping the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1.
- the light shielding layer 5 may be formed simultaneously with the light shielding layer (black matrix) in the display area.
- a counter common electrode (not shown) and a liquid crystal alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like are sequentially formed, and then a rubbing process is performed.
- an ultraviolet curable uncured sealing material 13 containing an acrylic resin or an epoxy resin is applied to the periphery of the CF substrate 2 by a screen printing method or a dispenser method.
- the pattern of the uncured sealing material 13 has a loop shape (closed frame shape) that does not have an opening serving as a liquid crystal injection port. If a sealing material that undergoes a curing reaction by visible light is used instead of an ultraviolet curable sealing material, the subsequent ultraviolet irradiation process can be performed. If you change to the visible light irradiation process, it will be good.
- a liquid crystal material 17 is dropped into a region surrounded by the uncured sealing material 13 on the CF substrate 2.
- the liquid crystal material 17 is sealed in the panel to form the liquid crystal layer 7 (see FIG. 4 (d)).
- the uncured sealing material 13 is irradiated with ultraviolet rays (UV) from both sides of the TFT substrate 1 side and the CF substrate 2 side.
- UV ultraviolet rays
- UV irradiated from the TFT substrate 1 side do not enter the uncured sealing material 13 on the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1.
- the light shielding layer 5 of the CF substrate 2 has a gap 6 in a region corresponding to the wiring 4, ultraviolet rays (UV) irradiated from the CF substrate 2 side enter the uncured sealing material 13.
- UV ultraviolet rays
- ultraviolet irradiation may be performed from one of the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2 and then irradiation from the other substrate, or both substrates 1 and 2 may be performed. You may perform ultraviolet irradiation simultaneously. However, in order to shorten the contact time between the uncured sealing material 13 and the liquid crystal layer 7 as much as possible and reduce the possibility that the components in the uncured sealing material 13 are mixed into the liquid crystal layer 7, both substrates 1 and 2 It is preferable to simultaneously irradiate with ultraviolet rays.
- ultraviolet rays are irradiated from both sides of the TFT substrate 1 side and the CF substrate 2 side, but ultraviolet rays may be irradiated only from the CF substrate 2 side.
- the formation density of the wiring 4 in the region 3 of the sealing material 3 of the TFT substrate 1 is high, the area occupied by the gaps in the wiring 4 is small. Therefore, even if the ultraviolet rays are irradiated from the TFT substrate 1, the uncured sealing material 13 There are cases where almost no hardening of the resin is expected.
- the panel is configured using the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2, but the panel may be configured using a TFT substrate having a color filter and a counter substrate.
- the counter substrate has a light shielding layer in the periphery where the sealing material is provided. The layer has a gap in a region overlapping with the wiring of the TFT substrate.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the periphery of the liquid crystal display panel of the second embodiment.
- components having substantially the same functions as those of the liquid crystal display panel of Embodiment 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.
- the liquid crystal display panel of the present embodiment further includes a partition wall 8 continuously formed along the sealing material 3 on the inner side (the liquid crystal layer 7 side) of the loop-shaped sealing material 3. 7 is surrounded by a bulkhead 8.
- the partition wall 8 has an inclined surface 81 on the sealing material 3 side and a side surface 82 on the liquid crystal layer 7 side.
- the partition wall 8 is preferably formed of a light transmissive material. Examples of the material of the partition wall 8 include acrylic, polyimide or epoxy photosensitive organic materials, and inorganic materials such as silicon dioxide. Further, the partition wall 8 may be formed using the same material as the material of the sealing material 3 to be used. As a result, it is possible to improve the adhesion reliability between the sealing material 3 and the partition wall S.
- the partition walls 8 can be formed by conventional means such as photolithography. Illustratively, a method for forming the partition wall 8 by photolithography will be described. First, the film-like solder resist is dry-bonded to the CF substrate 2 by a laminator. Alternatively, apply a liquid solder resist uniformly on the entire surface of the CF substrate 2 by spin coating, slit coating, slit & spin, screen printing, spraying, curtain coating, etc. Bake (pre-beta). Thereafter, a solder resist formed on the CF substrate 2 is overlaid with a photomask on a dry film, and then exposed to a desired pattern with ultraviolet rays or visible light. Further, development is performed to remove unnecessary portions, and then baking is performed by a hot plate or an oven (post beta), thereby forming the partition wall 8.
- a hot plate or an oven post beta
- the inclined surface 81 can be formed by using a gradation photomask having a light-shielding portion in which part of the transmittance changes continuously.
- a photomask whose UV transmittance continuously decreases from the inside to the outside in the region corresponding to the inclined surface 81.
- a gradation photomask is disclosed in JP-A-2002-229040.
- the inclined surface 81 can also be formed by changing the exposure amount (time, illuminance) and development conditions (developer concentration, developer temperature, development time). Furthermore, when the partition wall 8 is formed using an inorganic material, silicon dioxide or the like can be deposited through a deposition mask. Spatter can be processed by various methods that are generally known, such as EB (electron beam) evaporation. Further, the inclined surface 81 can be formed by changing the deposition mask during deposition.
- the partition wall 8 is interposed between the sealing material 3 and the liquid crystal layer 7, uncured components in the sealing material 3 are prevented from being mixed into the liquid crystal layer 7. be able to. Further, since the surface 81 of the partition wall 8 on the sealing material 3 side is inclined, the contact area between the partition wall 8 and the sealing material 3 is large. Therefore, relative displacement between the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2 can be prevented more reliably. As a result, the width of the sealing material 3 can be shortened, and the liquid crystal display panel can be downsized.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display panel of this embodiment.
- the TFT substrate 1 can be formed by conventional means such as a photolithography method or a printing method, and the CF substrate 2 can be formed by the method shown in Embodiment 1. Therefore, the description of these manufacturing steps is omitted. To do.
- a liquid photosensitive acrylic resin is applied onto the CF substrate 2 using a screen printing method and dried to form a photosensitive resin film 18.
- a photosensitive resin film 18 By patterning the photosensitive resin film 18 by a photolithography method using a gradation photomask, a light-transmitting loop-shaped partition wall 8 is formed near the periphery of the CF substrate 2 (FIG. 6 (b )).
- the partition wall 8 is slightly crushed. Therefore, the height of the partition wall 8 is set to a value that accounts for the expected amount (approximately 0.2 ⁇ m) and the cell gap. It is preferable to set this value. Further, when the liquid crystal display device has columnar spacers, the manufacturing process is simplified by forming the columnar spacers in addition to forming the partition walls 8.
- An ultraviolet ray curable uncured sealing material 13 containing acrylic resin, epoxy resin, or the like is applied by the dispenser method.
- the pattern of the uncured sealing material 13 is a loop shape (closed frame shape) that does not have an opening serving as a liquid crystal inlet. Since the outer surface 81 of the partition wall 8 is inclined, when the uncured sealing material 13 is applied, it is difficult for air bubbles to be caught in the uncured sealing material 13. In particular, a gap is hardly generated between the inclined surface 81 of the partition wall 8 and the uncured sealing material 13.
- a liquid crystal material 17 is dropped into a region surrounded by the partition wall 8 on the CF substrate 2.
- the liquid crystal material 17 is sealed in the panel, and the liquid crystal layer 7 is formed (see Fig. 6 (d)).
- the partition wall 8 and the uncured sealing material 13 are irradiated with ultraviolet rays (UV) from both the TFT substrate 1 side and the CF substrate 2 side.
- the partition wall 8 has translucency, and the light shielding layer 5 of the CF substrate 2 has a gap 6 in a region corresponding to the wiring 4, so that the ultraviolet ray (UV) irradiated with the force on the CF substrate 2 side is uncured. It enters the sealing material 13.
- ultraviolet rays (UV) are incident from the gaps in the wiring 4 of the TFT substrate 1 and the gap 6 in the CF substrate 2, and the curing of the uncured sealing material 13 proceeds. Therefore, the uncured portion in the sealing material 3 Can be reduced.
- the liquid crystal display panel of this embodiment is manufactured.
- the light to be irradiated is not limited to an ultraviolet ray as long as it has a wavelength for curing the uncured sealing material 13, but may be, for example, visible light or X-rays.
- the uncured sealing material 13 it is preferable to irradiate the liquid crystal display part with ultraviolet light through a photomask that shields the display area in order to prevent the liquid crystal display portion from being irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- the force S for forming the partition wall 8 on the CF substrate 2, and the partition wall 8 may be formed on the TFT substrate 1 instead of the CF substrate 2.
- the force that applies the uncured seal material 13 on the CF substrate 2 Even if the uncured seal material 13 is applied on the TFT substrate 1, it is acceptable.
- the force color filter that composes the panel using TFT substrate 1 and CF substrate 2 A panel may be formed using a TFT substrate and a counter substrate.
- a TFT is used as the liquid crystal driving element.
- other active driving elements such as MIM (Metal Insulator Metal) may be used, and a certain level uses a driving element.
- passive (multiplex) drive may be used.
- the liquid crystal display panel may be any of a transmission type, a reflection type, and a transmission / reflection type.
- the panel of the present invention can be used for a liquid crystal display panel, a PDP, an inorganic or organic EL display panel, an ECD panel, an electrophoretic display panel, and the like. Moreover, it can be used not only for display panels but also for image shift panels, parallax barrier panels, and the like. More specifically, it can be used for mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistance), personal computers, flat-screen TVs, medical displays, car navigation systems, amusement devices, and the like.
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