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Sony patents LCD screen with raised electrodes to control liquid crystals

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony has filed a patent for a liquid crystal display that uses electrodes with small raised sections, or standing parts, facing the liquid crystal layer. These raised sections help the pixel circuits apply voltage to control how the liquid crystals align and display colors.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to display hardware that could help manufacturers fine-tune how screens handle light and color, though it does not guarantee a new consumer product.

In the filing’s own words

A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate including a pixel circuit that drives the liquid crystal layer for each of pixels; a second substrate disposed to be opposed to the first substrate with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; and multiple first electrodes that are provided on the first substrate for the respective pixels and each include one or more standing parts standing toward the liquid crystal layer, a predetermined voltage being applied to each of the multiple first electrodes by the pixel circuit.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate including a pixel circuit that drives the liquid crystal layer for each of pixels; a second substrate disposed to be opposed to the first substrate with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; and multiple first electrodes that are provided on the first substrate for the respective pixels and each include one or more standing parts standing toward the liquid crystal layer, a predetermined voltage being applied to each of the multiple first electrodes by the pixel circuit.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
Publication number
US20260319301A1
Application number
18872311
Filed
Jun 5, 2023
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
17

Classified under

G02F 1/136227 Physics & computingG02F 2201/123 Physics & computingG02F 2203/02 Physics & computing
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