| US 7,511,793 B2 | ||
| Liquid crystal display having additional signal lines to define additional pixel regions | ||
| Woo-Suk Chung, Anyang (Korea, Republic of); Chi-Woo Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Bo-Young An, Daeku (Korea, Republic of); Hyong-Gon Lee, Yongin (Korea, Republic of); and Sung-Hee Cho, Yongin (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on May 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/743,378. | ||
| Application 11/743378 is a continuation of application No. 11/166010, filed on Jun. 24, 2005, granted, now 7,218,371, filed on May 15, 2007. | ||
| Application 11/166010 is a continuation of application No. 10/178016, filed on Jun. 20, 2002, granted, now 6,927,830, filed on Aug. 09, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-0043031 (KR), filed on Jul. 18, 2001; and application No. 2001-0050420 (KR), filed on Aug. 21, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0229747 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/1345 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/136 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 349—149 [349/143; 349/43] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first insulating substrate;
a plurality of data lines formed on the first insulating substrate and extending in a substantially column direction;
a plurality of gate lines formed on the first insulating substrate and intersecting the data lines;
a plurality of additional signal lines formed on the first insulating substrate, parallel to one of the data line and the
gate line, and intersecting one of the data line and the gate line;
a second insulating substrate disposed opposite the first insulating substrate;
a black matrix formed between the first substrate and the second substrate and screening regions defined by the plurality
of additional signal lines;
a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode to control liquid crystal molecules;
a plurality of switching elements transmitting data signals from the plurality of data lines to the pixel electrodes in response
to gate signals from the plurality of gate lines; and
a controller controlling the liquid crystal display, the controller supplying signals to a data driving circuit and a gate
driving circuit, and the controller is electrically connected to the additional signal lines.
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