Abstract: In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a ferroelectric LC layer is formed between first and second substrates of a LC panel. The LC panel is cooled at a low temperature, for example at ?20° C., where the ferroelectric LC maintains a smetic phase. Due to the cooling, molecules are uniformly aligned for their early alignment state.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of data lines arranged along a first direction on a substrate, a plurality of gate lines arranged a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the substrate to define a plurality of pixel regions, each of the gate lines having at least one first set of protrusions and depressions, a driving device within each of the pixel regions, a pixel electrode within each of the pixel regions, and a metal layer overlapping each of the gate lines to create a storage capacitor.

Abstract: A color filter substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions having reflective and transmissive portions, a black matrix on the substrate, a buffer layer on the black matrix having a first open portion corresponding to the transmissive portion of the pixel region and a patterned spacer within the reflective portion of the pixel region, a color filter layer on the buffer layer, the color filter layer having a first thickness within the reflective portion of the pixel region and a second thickness within the transmissive portion of the pixel region, and a common electrode on the color filter layer, wherein the buffer layer and the patterned spacer are a single body.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same includes a liquid crystal display having a thin film transistor on a substrate; an insulating layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the thin film transistor; a first photo-acryl layer on the insulating layer; a plurality of protrusions on the first photo-acryl layer at fixed intervals, the plurality of protrusions being formed of a second photo-acryl layer; and a reflective electrode on the first photo-acryl layer including the protrusions for being connected to a predetermined portion of the thin film transistor. The liquid crystal display device is provided for maximizing reflection efficiency.

Abstract: A color filter substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions having reflective and transmissive portions; a black matrix on the substrate; a buffer layer on the black matrix, the buffer layer having a groove corresponding to the black matrix; a color filter layer on the buffer layer, the color filter layer having a first thickness in the reflective portion and a second thickness in the transmissive portion wherein the first thickness is substantially half of the second thickness, the color filter layer having a step difference at a border between the reflective and transmissive portions; and a common electrode on the color filter layer.

Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode in a pixel region, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a common electrode, a first alignment layer on the pixel electrode, a second alignment layer on the common electrode, a first ferroelectric liquid crystal layer on the first alignment layer and including a first spontaneous polarization, a second ferroelectric liquid crystal layer on the second alignment layer and including a second spontaneous polarization, a rotational direction of the first ferroelectric liquid crystal layer with respect to the first alignment layer being different from a rotational direction of the second ferroelectric liquid crystal layer with respect to the second alignment layer, and a twisted nematic liquid crystal layer between the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pixel electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate; a first alignment layer of a ferroelectric liquid crystal material over the pixel electrode, the first alignment layer having a first spontaneous polarization along a first direction; a common electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate; a second alignment layer of the ferroelectric liquid crystal material over the common electrode, the second alignment layer having a second spontaneous polarization along the first direction; a liquid crystal layer in between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, the liquid crystal layer including a nematic liquid crystal material and a dye material; and a first polarizer disposed on an outer surface of one of the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate including a pixel region and a pixel electrode in the pixel region; a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a common electrode; first and second alignment layers disposed on the entire surfaces of the pixel electrode and the common electrode; first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers coated on the first and second alignment layers and including first and second spontaneous polarizations; and a twisted nematic liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers.

Abstract: A LCD device and method that improve contrast ratio, reduce grayscale inversion and light leakage without a retardation film. The LCD device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate, the first and second substrates including a pixel region; a first electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate in the pixel region; a first alignment layer over the first electrode, the first alignment layer including a mesogenic material; a second electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate; a second alignment layer over the second electrode, the second alignment layer including a same material as the first alignment layer; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second alignment layers; and first and second polarizers on outer surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively, wherein the first and second alignment layers compensate retardation of the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reflective plate of an LCD including a reflective surface, and a plurality of reflective bumps arranged the reflective surface, wherein each of the plurality of bumps forms a part of a sphere, wherein the bumps have a radius and a height, and wherein a ratio of the radius to the height for each of the bumps is a fixed value.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with an interposed liquid crystal layer that has a negative or a positive dielectric anisotropy. First and second electrodes are formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. A first orientation film comprised of a ferroelectric liquid crystal polymer is formed on the first electrode, and a second orientation film is formed on the second electrode. First and second polarizers are formed on exterior surfaces of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: An array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes: a gate line on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region having a transmissive portion and a reflective portion; a common line parallel to and spaced apart from the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes; a capacitor electrode extending from the drain electrode and overlapping the common line; a reflective layer covering the common line and the thin film transistor and corresponding to the reflective portion; and a transparent electrode connected to the drain electrode and disposed in the pixel region.

Abstract: A method of driving a ferroelectric liquid crystal display with improved brightness while providing DC compensation. The method includes applying a data voltage, a compensation voltage, and a common voltage to each display pixel in each frame so as to selectively drive the liquid crystals, wherein the compensation voltage has a polarity (referenced to the common voltage) that is opposite the data voltage. The data voltage is applied for a longer period of time than the compensation voltage, but the magnitude of the compensation voltage is greater than the magnitude of the data voltage (when both are referred to the common voltage).

Abstract: Disclosed is a transreflective in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The LCD device includes first and second substrates including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a transmitting unit and a reflecting unit, wherein the first substrate includes a first electrode and the second substrate includes a second electrode in each of the transmitting unit and the reflecting unit for applying voltages; first and second passive alignment layers over the first and second electrodes, respectively; first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal alignment layers on the first and second passive alignment layers, respectively; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a first polarizer and a first retardation layer; a second substrate having a second polarizer and a second retardation layer; and a pixel between the first and second substrates, the pixel having a thin film transistor, a first reflective layer on the first substrate, a second reflective layer on the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with an interposed liquid crystal layer that has a negative or a positive dielectric anisotropy. First and second electrodes are formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. A first orientation film comprised of a ferroelectric liquid crystal polymer is formed on the first electrode, and a second orientation film is formed on the second electrode. First and second polarizers are formed on exterior surfaces of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display cell, and a fabricating method thereof, that incorporates a light-cured monomer in a ferroelectric liquid crystal. By injecting the light-cured monomer/ferroelectric liquid crystal between substrate while in a nematic phase or isotropic phase, by performing DC voltage treatments as the liquid crystal temperature decreases, and by performing a light irradiation treatment, a stable, aligned ferroelectric liquid crystal cell is produced. Such a ferroelectric liquid crystal cell can reduce flicker and can be realigned after a physical shock.

Abstract: A pressure sealing apparatus and method for a ferroelectric liquid crystal display is disclosed for improving an alignment characteristic of a liquid crystal. In the apparatus and method, simultaneously with a pressurization of a liquid crystal display panel into which a liquid crystal has been injected, the liquid crystal display panel is subjected to a temperature treatment along with an application of an electric field.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with an interposed liquid crystal layer that has a negative or a positive dielectric anisotropy. First and second electrodes are formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. A first orientation film comprised of a ferroelectric liquid crystal polymer is formed on the first electrode, and a second orientation film is formed on the second electrode. First and second polarizers are formed on exterior surfaces of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same includes a liquid crystal display having a thin film transistor on a substrate; an insulating layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the thin film transistor; a first photo-acryl layer on the insulating layer; a plurality of protrusions on the first photo-acryl layer at fixed intervals, the plurality of protrusions being formed of a second photo-acryl layer; and a reflective electrode on the first photo-acryl layer including the protrusions for being connected to a predetermined portion of the thin film transistor. The liquid crystal display device is provided for maximizing reflection efficiency.