Abstract: A method of fabricating a self-aligned top-gate organic transistor comprises depositing a photoresist material over the dielectric material, and exposing the photoresist material to irradiation through the substrate using the source and drain electrodes as a mask. The exposure defines a region for deposition of the gate electrode.

Abstract: A passive matrix display comprising an array of diodes disposed between a plurality of anode lines and a plurality of cathode lines, wherein at least some of the diodes are emissive diodes which are orientated in a forward direction relative to the cathode and anode lines and others of the diodes are sensing diodes orientated in a reverse direction relative to the cathode and anode lines.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a first conductive layer formed over the substrate; at least one layer of a light-emissive organic material formed over the first conductive layer; a barrier layer formed over the at least one organic layer which acts to protect the at least one layer of organic material; and a second conductive layer, preferably a patterned sputtered layer, formed over the barrier layer.

Abstract: In an OCB liquid crystal display device, a gradation voltage of a video signal is set to be lower than a black display optimum voltage, and a reverse transition prevention voltage is set to be higher than the black display optimum voltage and to be lower than a maximum applied voltage, and as the gradation voltage of the video signal becomes low, the reverse transition prevention voltage is set to be high.

Abstract: In order to charge and discharge parasitic capacitance of a source signal line sufficiently and program a predetermined current value into a pixel transistor, it is necessary to output a relatively large current from the source driver circuit. However, if such a large current is passed through the source signal line, the value of this current is programmed into the pixel, causing a larger than desired current to flow through an EL element. For example, if a 10 times larger current is used for programming, a 10 times larger current flows through the EL element, and thus the EL element illuminates 10 times more brightly. To obtain predetermined emission brightness, the time during which the current flows through the EL element can be reduced to 1/10 of one frame (1 F). This way, the parasitic capacitance of the source signal line can be charged and discharged sufficiently and the predetermined emission brightness can be obtained.

Abstract: A level shifter circuit which amplifies the amplitude of an input signal, includes a CMOS inverter which is composed of a p-type transistor and an n-type transistor, a first and a second capacitor one electrode of each of which is connected to the gate of the p-type transistor and that of the n-type transistor, respectively, a first switch which supplies the input signal to the other electrodes of the first and second capacitors, a second switch which applies a direct-current voltage whose amplitude is nearly half of the amplitude of the input signal to the other electrodes of the first and second capacitors, and a third and a fourth switch which apply a first and a second preset voltage to one electrode of each of the first and second capacitors, respectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor, the method comprising: depositing a source and drain electrode; forming a thin self-assembled layer of material on the source and drain electrodes, the thin self-assembled layer of material comprising a dopant moiety for chemically doping an organic semi-conductive material by accepting or donating charge and a separate attachment moiety bonded to the dopant moiety and selectively bonded to the source and drain electrodes; and depositing a solution comprising a solvent and an organic semi-conductive material in a channel region between the source and drain electrode.

Abstract: In order to improve accuracy in determining whether or not an object touches a display screen, a display device includes a display unit and a processor. The display unit includes an image display unit which displays an image on a display screen, an optical input unit which picks up an image of an object adjacent to the display screen and a capacitive coupling detector which detects a capacitive coupling to the object adjacent to the display screen. The processor determines that the object touches the display screen by using, and concurrently calculates the coordinates touched by the object by using the capacitive coupling detected by the capacitive coupling detector, and the image picked up by the optical input unit.

Abstract: An anti-theft tag includes a body that carries an EAS sensor, a shrinkable sleeve disposed about the outside of the body, an adhesive material disposed on the body between the body and the sleeve, and a sleeve holder extending from the body. The sleeve holder is constructed and arranged to hold the sleeve on the body such that a portion of the sleeve and the body define an aperture configured to receive an elongate article, such as an arm from a pair of eyeglasses. In use, once the anti-theft tag is disposed on the article, an assembler shrinks the sleeve to secure the anti-theft tag to the arm. In such a configuration, the sleeve and adhesive material holds the body of the anti-theft tag against the arm, thereby limiting the ability for a thief to remove the anti-theft tag from the elongate article by twisting or rotating the anti-theft tag relative to the article.

Abstract: A first path for directly inputting a control signal from the outside to a data signal processor and a second path for inputting a control signal generated by a bus interface to the data signal processor can be selectively switched by a switching portion. At the test time of a timing controller, the first path is selected by the switching portion so that the control signal is directly input to the data signal processor without being passed through the bus interface having a slow operation clock, and thus the timing controller can be reliably tested. At the normal use time, the second path is selected by the switching portion, thereby the control signal is input via the bus interface to various kinds of processors such as the data signal processor, and thus the normal operation can be reliably treated.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of source lines, a plurality of display pixels, each of which is connected to an associated one of the plurality of source lines, a source driver which successively outputs a non-video signal which is common to the plurality of source lines and a video signal which is independent in association with each of the plurality of source lines, a selection switch circuit which is connected between the plurality of source lines and the source driver, and a controller which controls the source driver and the selection switch circuit, wherein the controller is configured to control the selection switch circuit such that the non-video signal which is output from the source driver, is supplied to the plurality of source lines in parallel, and a timing of an end of supply of the non-video signal is varied between the plurality of source lines.

Abstract: A method and a device for projecting an image made up of pixels onto a projection surface, including a variable-intensity light source emitting a light beam and a decoupling device, and a deflection device directing the light beam onto a projection surface. In The light beam(s) are deflected such that the beams strike mirror facets of the polygonal mirror twice in a row. The diameter at which the beam strikes the first mirror facet of the polygonal mirror is adjusted such that it is dimensioned to practically not be cut by the facet edges. At the second strike, the light beam always intersects the mirror facet at the same location.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing electronic or electric products such as flat-panel display devices, for coping with change or variations of dimensions of the products and for curbing damage or fracture on the products and reducing recovery cost for containers, according to one embodiment, comprising; sequentially placing first flat electronic or electric products as to be sandwiched by a resin-sheet band formed of one or pair of band-shaped flat resin sheet and as to be arrayed in a row; forming joined areas by bonding faces of the resin-sheet band as to form receptacles respectively for the first flat electronic or electric products; thus forming a band-shaped package; and then transporting or storing such array of the first flat electronic or electric products in the band-shaped package as to be used for producing second electronic or electric products.

Abstract: Appropriate image quality is maintained when a display device is powered on or when a signal is applied. After a power supply is stabilized, a pixel select gate driver section scans all pixel circuits. A final illumination on/off driver outputs illumination on/off gate signals. In this case, a start pulse for an illumination on/off shift register is started when or after an output enable signal for an illumination on/off gate signal output control circuit is output. This prevents the illumination on/off gate signals, serving as scan signals, from being improperly supplied to the pixel circuits.

Abstract: An organic light emissive device including a cathode; an anode; and an organic light emissive region between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode includes a transparent bilayer comprising a layer of a low work function metal having a work function of no more than 3.5 eV and a transparent layer of silver.

Abstract: A layer composition of an electrowetting system with a first electrode layer, an insulator layer on the first electrode layer, and a fluid layer over the insulator layer, wherein the fluid layer comprises at least two immiscible fluids which, under the influence of an applied voltage, reversibly change their wetting behavior of a surface allocated to the insulator layer, wherein the insulator layer being at least in part built of a material with a permittivity of ?r?20. The fluid layer is adjacent to at least one layer being repellent for the at least one of the fluids. On the surface of the repellent layer pointing away from the fluid layer is provided an adhesion enhancing layer before the subsequent layer.

Abstract: A display includes pixels arrange in a matrix. Each pixel includes a display element, a first drive current control circuit which is supplied with a first video signal and outputs a first drive current to the display element at magnitude corresponding to magnitude of the first video signal, and a second drive current control circuit which is supplied with a second video signal and outputs a second drive current to the display element at magnitude corresponding to magnitude of the second video signal. The display can set a ratio T1/T2 larger than 1, wherein T1 represents a time period over which the first drive current control circuit can output the first drive current to the display element, and T2 represents a time period over which the second drive current control circuit can output the second drive current to the display element.

Abstract: A combined information display and information input device comprising a matrix of independently addressable light emitting devices and a plurality of light sensing devices, the light emitting devices comprising organic light emitting diodes comprising organic light emitting material positioned between a low work function electrode and a high work function electrode characterized in that the light sensing devices comprise organic photovoltaic devices comprising at least an organic electron donor and at least an organic electron acceptor positioned between a high work function electrode and a low work function electrode. The combined information display and information input device has application as a touch screen, for example for a mobile communication device.

Abstract: A multi-electrode double tube fluorescent lamp includes first external electrodes formed at two ends of an outer glass tube or an inner glass tube, and a second external electrode formed at an inner wall surface of the inner glass tube in a longitudinal direction. A first power source is connected with the first external electrode, and a second power source is connected with the second external electrode. A third external electrode formed along an outer surface of the outer glass tube is connected with the second power source. The second external electrode and the third external electrode are arranged in a radial shape in a direction vertical with respect to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A light-emissive device is prepared by depositing a polymer layer on a substrate. The deposition process utilizes a formulation comprising a conjugated polymer dissolved in a solvent, the solvent including a trialkyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon wherein at least two of the alkyl substituents are ortho to one another. The deposition of the polymer layer on the substrate may be accomplished by an ink-jet method.