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Meta patents LCD design with angled slits to speed up screen response

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Meta has been granted a patent for a specific design in liquid crystal display (LCD) pixels. The invention adds a slit with multiple angled sections to the transparent electrode layer, which helps the liquid crystals move faster when voltage is applied.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement for LCD screens that could make them react slightly faster to changes, though it is a minor internal component update rather than a new consumer feature.

In the filing’s own words

A liquid crystal pixel includes liquid crystals, a source electrode, and a transparent common electrode layer. The liquid crystals are configured to change an alignment of the liquid crystals in response to a voltage applied across the source electrode and the transparent common electrode layer. The slit in the transparent common electrode layer includes multiple angled sections.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A liquid crystal pixel comprising: liquid crystals; a source electrode; and a transparent common electrode layer, wherein the liquid crystals are configured to change an alignment of the liquid crystals in response to a voltage applied across the source electrode and the transparent common electrode layer, wherein: a slit in the transparent common electrode layer includes at least five angled sections, and a main section of the at least five sections being oriented at a main angle, the orienting enabling decreasing of a response time of the liquid crystal panel.

Facts

Company: Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
Official title: Multi-angle slit for common electrode layer of liquid crystal display
Patent number: US12748331B2
Application number: 18630816
Filed: Apr 9, 2024
Granted: Sep 29, 2026
Inventors: 5
Claims: 20

Classified under

G02F 1/134318 Physics & computingG02F 1/13439 Physics & computingG06F 1/163 Physics & computing

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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