Abstract: A display device with a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate comprises: a first insulating substrate; a gate and data line formed on the first insulating substrate; a pixel thin film transistor formed on the display region and electrically connected to the gate line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor; a gate driver formed on the non-display region and connected to the gate line; and a direct current (DC)/DC converter formed on the non-display region and having a capacitance part. The capacitance part includes: a first capacitance part with a first electrode, a first dielectric layer, and a second electrode; and a second capacitance part with the second electrode, a second dielectric layer, and a third electrode.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: A display device with a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate comprises: a first insulating substrate; a gate line formed on the first insulating substrate; a pixel thin film transistor formed on the display region and electrically connected to the gate line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor; a gate driver formed on the non-display region and connected to the gate line; and a direct current (DC)/DC converter formed on the non-display region and having a capacitance part. The capacitance part includes: a first capacitance part with a first electrode, a first dielectric layer, and a second electrode; and a second capacitance part with the second electrode, a second dielectric layer, and a third electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate comprising: a first insulating substrate; gate and data lines which are formed on the first insulating substrate and intersecting each other; a pixel thin film transistor formed on the display region and electrically connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor; a gate driver formed on the non-display region and connected to the gate line to drive the gate line; and a direct current (DC)/DC converter formed on the non-display region and comprises a converter thin film transistor and a capacitance part; the capacitance part includes: a first capacitance part which comprises a first electrode, a first

Abstract: Provided are a circuit board and a display device having the circuit board. The circuit board includes a first surface opposite to a second surface and a first and a second wire disposed on the first surface. The circuit board is attached substantially to one side of the display panel unit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels and blocks of shift registers that are connected to one another for temporarily storing data signals and from which the data signal outputs are sequentially applied to drive the pixels. Each of the shift registers receives a shift start signal and at least one of first and second clock signals, of which phases are opposite to each other, and a high period of the shift start signal corresponds to two cycles of the respective clock signals so that each pixel is pre-charged from the data signal from previous block of registers before receiving the data signal for the current block thereby preventing a boundary between blocks from being visually recognized.

Abstract: In a pixel for displays capable of simplifying manufacturing process, a display apparatus having a simplified pixel structure and a method of manufacturing a cost competitive display device, a display pixel includes a channel layer, first to third signal lines, first and second insulating layers and a pixel electrode. The first signal line is formed on the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer insulates the channel layer from the first signal line. The second insulating layer insulates the first signal line from the second and third signal lines, and includes contact holes. The second and third signal lines are connected to the channel layer through the contact holes. The pixel electrode including indium zinc oxide is formed on the identical layer with the first and second signal lines, and disposed on the second insulating layer. Therefore, manufacturing process is simplified and manufacturing time is reduced.

Abstract: A display panel includes gate lines formed on a substrate, storage electrode lines formed on the substrate and being parallel to the gate lines, data lines insulated from the gate lines and crossing the gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) connected with the gate lines and the data lines, and pixel electrodes having a first sub-electrode connected with a TFT and a second sub-electrode formed at a side opposite the first sub-electrode with respect to a gate line, wherein the TFT and a storage electrode line are disposed between the first and second sub-electrodes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for driving the data in a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel are presented. The method and apparatus prevent or reduce defects at the boundary between pixel blocks when the pixel blocks are sequentially driven on a block-by-block basis. The method includes applying data signals to a first data block, precharging a second data block that is adjacent to the first data block to a predetermined precharge voltage, and applying data signals to the second data block. The precharging prevents a large voltage difference at the boundary, thereby reducing defects.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display device includes a signal controller synthesizing first and second signals, respectively, having first and second signal levels to output a synthesized signal having third to fifth signal levels, a signal extracting unit extracting the first and second control signals from the synthesized signal, a gate driver generating gate signals based on the first control signal, and a data driver generating data signals based on the second control signal.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes first to third voltage lines disposed along an edge of the panel unit in a ring shape, fourth to sixth voltage lines disposed along an edge of the panel unit in a ring shape and at outer sides of the first to third voltage lines, respectively, a first diode unit including a first diode group connected in series between the second voltage line and the fifth voltage line wherein the first diode group includes a plurality of diodes, and a second diode unit including a second diode group connected in series between the third voltage line and the sixth voltage line wherein the second diode group includes a plurality of diodes. One end of each of the data lines is connected between the first diode group and the other end thereof is connected between the second diode group via the transmission gate.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a touch panel which outputs a predetermined enable signal corresponding to an external pressure; a display panel which includes a light detector responding to external light and generating a predetermined electrical signal representing the position of the light; and a panel driver which forms an image corresponding to the electrical signal on the display panel if the enable signal is input.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate comprising: a first insulating substrate; gate and data lines which are formed on the first insulating substrate and intersecting each other; a pixel thin film transistor formed on the display region and electrically connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor; a gate driver formed on the non-display region and connected to the gate line to drive the gate line; and a direct current (DC)/DC converter formed on the non-display region and comprises a converter thin film transistor and a capacitance part; the capacitance part includes: a first capacitance part which comprises a first electrode, a first

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display panel having a data-storing unit including transistors integrated into the display panel. The data-storing transistors of the data-storing unit may be formed in the same film (layer) as the TFT pixel transistors on the display panel. Each of the plurality of transistors of the data-storing unit includes an input electrode connected to one of a first voltage or a second voltage depending upon a bit of stored data, and an output electrode commonly connected to a data output terminal of the data-storing unit. The data-storing unit further includes and a Serial-In, Parallel-Out shift register supplied with a reset and first and second clock signals and connected to the input electrodes of the transistors, respectively.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes associated pairs of amplifiers used in an output buffer of a data driver to implement dot inversion driving of the LCD. The data driver includes a first amplifier having an output terminal connected to a first data line and outputting a positive polarity voltage, a second amplifier having an output terminal connected to a second data line and outputting a negative polarity voltage, and a switching unit connected between the output terminals of the two amplifiers and the two data lines and operative in response to a switching signal to interchange the amplifier output signals respectively applied to the data lines.

Abstract: A display panel includes gate lines formed on a substrate, storage electrode lines formed on the substrate and being parallel to the gate lines, data lines insulated from the gate lines and crossing the gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) connected with the gate lines and the data lines, and pixel electrodes having a first sub-electrode connected with a TFT and a second sub-electrode formed at a side opposite the first sub-electrode with respect to a gate line, wherein the TFT and a storage electrode line are disposed between the first and second sub-electrodes.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving part, a gate driving part and a gate selecting part. The display panel has source lines and gate lines intersecting the source lines. The driving part converts original data signals received through an interlaced scan method into analog-type data voltages and outputs the data voltages to the source lines. The gate driving part sequentially outputs gate signals. The gate selecting part selectively outputs the gate signals to odd-numbered gate lines and even-numbered gate lines corresponding to the data voltages output to the source lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus and method for automatically sensing and compensating a delay time of a gate signal fed to the LCD display panel. The LCD panel includes a signal converter for generating a power clock signal, a delay controller for generating a delay control signal corresponding to the delay value of the gate signal by comparing the power clock signal with a signal derived from the data lines, and a pixel voltage signal generator for supplying a pixel voltage signal to the data lines of the LCD panel in response to the delay control signal.