Patents Examined by David Nelms
  • Patent number: 7903211
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first substrate including a gate bus line, a data bus line intersecting the gate bus line, a thin film transistor formed near an intersection between the gate bus line and the data bus line, and a pixel electrode including a transmission electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor and a reflection electrode electrically connected to the transmission electrode, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate and including an opposed electrode opposed to the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The transmission electrode includes a plurality of electrode units interconnected to each other by an interconnection pattern, and the reflection electrode is formed over the electrode unit with an insulation layer with convexities formed in the surface of the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tashiro, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Hidefumi Yoshida, Yoshinori Tanaka, Norio Sugiura, Seiji Doi, Manabu Sawasaki, Tomonori Tanose, Isao Tsushima, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Tomoshige Oda
  • Patent number: 7903228
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device comprises ferroelectric particles suspended in a liquid crystal material. A method for fabricating a light-modulating device is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a pair of substrates with a cell gap therebetween, wherein electrodes are disposed on the facing surfaces of the substrates, and permanently disposing a suspension of ferroelectric particles in a liquid crystal material into said cell gap. A method of generating an image comprises providing a pair of substrates with a cell gap therebetween, providing transparent electrodes on each of said substrates adjacent to the cell gap, permanently disposing a suspension of ferroelectric particles in a liquid crystal material within the cell gap, and applying an electric field across the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kent State University
    Inventors: Yurii Reznikov, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Victor Reshetnyak, John West
  • Patent number: 7903226
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device 10 and a method of making such liquid crystal display device that improves display quality by providing heat dissipation pattern 4 for effectively dissipating heat generated by the driver ICs 2. The heat dissipation pattern 4 is formed on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal panel 1 along one side thereof so as to minimize non-uniform thermal distribution on the liquid crystal panel 1 at locations adjacent to and distant from the driver ICs 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yuge
  • Patent number: 7903216
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device is provided in which a liquid crystal layer formed of a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, the liquid crystal device including: an alignment film controlling the liquid crystal, the alignment film being disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate and between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate in a vertical direction; a first wave plate and a first polarizing plate provided on a surface of the first substrate opposite to the liquid crystal layer; and a second wave plate and a second polarizing plate provided on a surface of the second substrate opposite to the liquid crystal layer. Here, an alignment control portion controlling alignment of the liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer is provided on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 7903205
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image display device having a configuration that allows the device to be manufactured in such a way as to prevent unwanted spread and penetration of the polymeric precursor of the elastomer in its liquid display panel and thereby prevent the expansion and degradation of the members adjacent to the panel, which leads to an improvement in the performance of the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Sugibayashi, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yasushi Tomioka
  • Patent number: 7903210
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, wherein light having an exposure energy is irradiated on the surface of a photo-sensitive resin layer having a predetermined film thickness, and a distribution of thermal deformation characteristics in the thickness direction (or the plane direction) of the photo-sensitive resin layer is formed, then heat treatment is performed to form random undulation (micro-grooves or micro-wrinkles) on the surface of the photo-sensitive resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventors: Norio Sugiura, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Kunihiro Tashiro
  • Patent number: 7903224
    Abstract: To long sides of a front-side liquid crystal display panel and a rear-side liquid crystal display panel on the same side, elongated portions of flexible printed circuit boards having a substantially U-shape in a plan view are respectively connected by thermo-compression bonding. Due to such a constitution, when the front-side liquid crystal display panel and the rear-side liquid crystal display panel overlapping each other use the flexible printed circuit boards having the same specification, the flexible printed circuit boards can be easily pulled around and connected to a drive printed circuit board and, at the same time, can enhance a material cutting efficiency of flexible printed circuit boards, and can provide a liquid crystal display device at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Komori
  • Patent number: 7903208
    Abstract: A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display includes: light shielding parts formed on a front surface of a substrate at predetermined intervals to prevent light leakage; color filter Layers disposed between the light shielding parts on the front surface of the substrate and including color filter patterns of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) for implementing a color image; and a transparent conductive layer formed on a rear surface of the substrate, where the rear surface of the substrate is opposite the front surface of the substrate on which the color filter layers are formed, and formed in a porous structure having a plurality of holes spaced at predetermined intervals. Therefore, it is possible to shield an electrostatic field due to external static electricity and improve image display quality, thereby increasing high brightness characteristics and readability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hydis Technologies Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Cheol Hwan Lee, Yoon Seok Choi, Dae Suk Kim, Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 7903184
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate of a TFT LCD device is disclosed with following steps: providing a transparent substrate having a thin film transistors area and a storing capacitor area; forming an aluminum metal layer and a metal protecting layer on the substrate; patterning a first pattern on the aluminum metal layer of the TFT area, and a second pattern on the metal protecting layer of the storing capacitor area through a halftone mask; forming an aluminum nitride layer on the patterned metal protecting layer; removing the aluminum nitride layer form a rugged surface; forming patterned gates, patterned sources, and patterned drains over the patterned metal protecting layer of the TFT area, and forming a second metal layer over the rugged surface of the aluminum layer on the storing capacitor area, wherein the second metal layer is electrically connected with the drains; and forming patterned pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Chen, Li-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 7898628
    Abstract: A transverse electric field mode liquid crystal display device capable of improving the viewing angle characteristic in black display at an oblique viewing angle with a simple structure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Ishikawa, Tetsuyuki Kurata
  • Patent number: 7898602
    Abstract: On the display surface side of a DV display apparatus which performs image separation via a parallax barrier, a normally-white TN liquid crystal section is arranged such that a viewing angle direction heads toward the passenger seat. In a case where display is performed for both the driver's seat and the passenger seat, a drive voltage of the TN liquid crystal section is switched off. In a case where display for the driver's seat is set to non-display and an image is displayed only for the passenger seat, a halftone voltage is applied as the drive voltage of the TN liquid crystal section. In the case where display for at least one display direction is set to non-display in a display apparatus which can display different images in plural display directions by using a common display screen, it is possible to prevent image light for other directions from leaking to the non-display direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yabuta, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tomoo Takatani
  • Patent number: 7898631
    Abstract: A display device for improving a binding force between upper and lower substrates and a method of manufacturing the display device are presented. The display device includes a display panel having a display area, a sealant area enclosing the display area, a first peripheral area positioned outside the sealant area and a second peripheral area disposed between the display area and the sealant area. A gate driver is formed in the display area and the binding member is formed in the sealant area. The reflective member is formed in at least one of the first peripheral area and the second peripheral area to guide the light to the binding member and cure the binding member. With the reflective member, an increased amount of light is provided to the binding member so that the binding member is fully cured to couple the upper and lower substrates to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 7898629
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode to which a signal is supplied through a first switching element and a second electrode to which a signal is supplied through a second switching element in each pixel region on a substrate, wherein liquid crystal is driven in response to a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode. In such a constitution, the first electrode is formed as one electrode of a first holding capacitance which is constituted by sandwiching an insulation film between the first electrode and a signal line and, at the same time, the second electrode is formed as one electrode of a second holding capacitance which is constituted by sandwiching an insulation film between the second electrode and a signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kikuo Ono, Ryutaro Oke
  • Patent number: 7898622
    Abstract: An aligning method of a ferroelectric liquid crystal display includes; disposing a first mask and a second mask, each of which has opening regions and blocking regions arranged in alternating fashion in vertical direction and horizontal direction corresponding to liquid crystal cells of the liquid crystal display; and injecting a ferroelectric liquid crystal material within the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Won Choi, Hong Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 7898605
    Abstract: An conductive coating serves as a light shield film and is kept at a given voltage. A metal interconnection is located in the same layer as a source line and connected to the drain of a thin-film transistor. An interlayer insulating film is constituted of at least lower and upper insulating layers and formed between the conductive coating and the source line. According to one aspect of the invention, an auxiliary capacitor is formed by the metal interconnection and the conductive coating serving as both electrodes and at least the lower insulating layer film serving as a dielectric. The auxiliary capacitor is formed in a region of the interlayer insulating film in which the upper insulating layer has been removed by etching. According to another aspect of the invention, the conductive coating has a portion that is in contact with the lower insulating layer in a region where the conductive coating coextends with the metal interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ohtani, Yasushi Ogata, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 7898618
    Abstract: In an LCD apparatus, a reflecting plate, which is formed on a pixel electrode connected to a switching device formed on an array substrate, defines a first area from which a natural light is reflected and a second area through which an artificial light is transmitted. The reflecting plate is partially extended to and overlapped with the second area depending upon a rubbing direction of the array substrate. Thus, the reflective-transmissive type LCD apparatus may prevent occurrence of the afterimage, and may enhance a contrast ratio thereof when operated in a transmissive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Jae-Young Lee, Yong-Kyu Jang, Sung-Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 7894007
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a display section which is composed of a plurality of display pixels, a driving unit which drives the display pixels, and a control unit which controls the driving unit. A first substrate includes pixel electrodes which are disposed in association with the plurality of display pixels. A second substrate includes a counter-electrode which is opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes. A pair of alignment films are disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes and the counter-electrode, and control an alignment state of liquid crystal molecules, which are included in the liquid crystal layer, by rubbing treatment. Dummy display pixels are disposed on a terminal end side of the display section in a rubbing direction. A driving unit includes circuit for cyclically applying a reverse transition prevention signal to the dummy display pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fukami, Yukio Tanaka, Masaki Miyatake, Hiroshi Azuma, Kenji Nakao
  • Patent number: 7894005
    Abstract: A parallax barrier liquid crystal panel for a stereoscopic display device, including a first substrate including an active region and a non-active region, a second substrate facing the first substrate, first, second, and third lines in the non-active region, at least one barrier electrode in the active region and connected to the first line, at least one pair of first and second transmission electrodes disposed adjacent to the barrier electrode and connected to the second and third lines, respectively, a common electrode on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 7894031
    Abstract: A pixel structure for a horizontal field LCD comprises a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units comprises a gate line corresponding to the pixel unit, a data line corresponding to the pixel unit, and at least one TFT, wherein the TFT is electrically connected with the gate line and the data line, the gate line and the data line divide the pixel unit into four sub-pixels, the sub-pixel is provided with a pixel electrode which is electrically connected with the TFT, and the pixel electrode is provided with a plurality of slits in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaikwang Kim
  • Patent number: 7894011
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a repair line for substituting open-circuited signal lines. Signal lines are disposed over a first side of a first substrate of the liquid crystal display panel for data transmission. Repair lines are disposed over a first side of a second substrate of the liquid crystal display panel for substituting open-circuited signal lines. The first side of the first substrate faces the first side of the second substrate. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chi-Nan Liao