Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electroluminescent device which has an anode (4) and a cathode (10) and arranged between the anode (4) and the cathode (10) a light emissive layer (8), also includes an anode protection layer (6) which protects the anode (10) against the effects of converting a precursor polymer to a semiconductive conjugated polymer which constitutes the light emissive layer (8). This has been found to increase the brightness and half-life of devices.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device comprising: a current drive switching element having an input electrode, an output electrode, a switchable region comprising a semiconductive polymer material electrically coupled between the input electrode and the output electrode, and a control electrode electrically coupled to the switchable region so as to allow the application of a bias to the control electrode to vary the flow of current through the switchable region between the input electrode and the output electrode; and a second circuit element integrated with the switching element, and electrically coupled with the input electrode of the switching element for receiving a drive current from the switching element.

Abstract: A MOS capacitor used in an active matrix liquid crystal display is manufactured by a process comprising the steps of forming capacitor electrodes with a dielectric layer between them in a semiconductor layer, forming a p+ diffused region and an n+ diffused region adjacent to the capacitor electrodes in the semiconductor layer, and making a complementary connection between the regions.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method of driving a liquid crystal display in which optimum pre-writing can be performed on a first line during a vertical blanking line based on a data enable signal from a system. In a method of driving a liquid crystal display for controlling timing for outputting grayscale data to a predetermined pixel based on a data enable signal Enab, a period of the data enable signal is measured as a horizontal period (steps S2 through S5); a virtual enable signal is generated during a vertical blanking period based on the horizontal period (steps S6 through S8); the sum of the data enable signal and virtual enable signal is held as a vertical period (step S10); and pre-writing of a predetermined grayscale data is performed at least in a pixel at a display starting line at a point in time that precedes the vertical period by an amount which is an integral multiple of the horizontal period (steps S11 through S15).

Abstract: A display device used for a display unit of portable electronic equipment, a light source device therefor and a light guide plate, suppressing dispersion in the brightness and featuring a high contrast and a good display quality. The constitution includes a light incidence surface on where light emitted from an LED falls, a light reflection surface formed facing the light incidence surface and reflects light from the light incidence surface, a light outgoing surface arranged between the light incidence surface and the light reflection surface, and has a circularly polarizing plate intimately adhered onto the surface thereof, and an opposing surface formed facing the light outgoing surface and in which there are alternately arranged first opposing surfaces for guiding the incident light to the light outgoing surface as well as to the light reflection surface, and second opposing surfaces for emitting the light reflected by the light reflection surface through the light outgoing surface.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a first substrate having a display portion that has transistors, pixel electrodes, scanning bus lines and data bus lines, and a peripheral circuit portion that is connected to the scanning bus lines and the data bus lines, a second substrate that opposes to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal put between the first substrate and the second substrate, comprises color filters formed on or under the pixel electrodes over the transistors in the display portion, and a color resin film for the color filters left in the peripheral circuit portion. Accordingly, the capacitance between wirings can be reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display used as a display of an information apparatus, a liquid crystal display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same and provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display on which the position of a defect can be easily detected to achieve high display quality, a liquid crystal display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A display device used as a display unit of electronic equipment and a substrate for the display device, featuring a good display quality. The substrate for the display device comprises a plurality of gate bus lines formed in parallel on the substrate, a plurality of drain bus lines formed in parallel intersecting the plurality of gate bus lines via an insulating film, a plurality of storage capacitor bus lines formed nearly in parallel with the gate bus lines, a plurality of common storage capacitor wirings electrically connected to the plurality of storage capacitor bus lines and formed of the same material as that of the plurality of storage capacitor bus lines, and connection wirings for electrically connecting the plurality of common storage capacitor wirings together.

Abstract: A method of repairing a disconnected wiring, which has a step of connecting a main wiring in which disconnection is caused and a spare wiring which is formed on or under the main wiring via an interlayer insulating film in their intersecting region of the main and spare wirings, comprising the steps of opening a hole by irradiating a laser beam of a first output intensity from a laser to the intersecting region of the main wiring and the spare wiring, and connecting the spare wiring and the main wiring by melting a part of the spare wiring and the main wiring by irradiating a laser beam of a second output intensity, which is different from the first output intensity, toward the hole.

Abstract: A transparent or substantially transparent formable and/or flexible component for use as an outer protective element in an electronic or opto electronic device including at least one electrically active organic layer, which component is a composite structure comprising a layer of glass of a thickness less than or equal to 200 microns and a layer of plastic.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel of the active matrix drive type in which each pixel is provided with an storage capacitor, wherein capacitors for stabilizing the voltage are added to the common storage capacitor bus line that applies a predetermined potential to the storage capacitor bus lines provided for each of the rows to absorb noise that mixes into the storage capacitor bus lines through parasitic capacitances, thereby to decrease fluctuation in the voltage of the storage capacitor bus lines and to prevent the occurrence of display unevenness and crosstalk. Capacitors Ccs for stabilizing the voltage are added to a common storage capacitor bus line (vertical Cs line) 5 that applies a predetermined potential (storage capacitor bus line voltage Vcs) to the storage capacitor bus lines (horizontal Cs lines) 4 provided for each of the rows to form a common side of the storage capacitors Cs formed in each of the pixels.

Abstract: A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and carrying projections and depressions, a reflective electrode on the second substrate so as to cover the projections and depressions and in electrical contact with a switching device provided on the second substrate via a contact hole, and a negative liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the contact hole is disposed centrally to the reflection electrode and a structure controlling alignment of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer is disposed so as to overlap the contact hole viewed in a direction perpendicular to the second substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display that is used as a display of a portable electronic apparatus and that is capable of display in both of reflective and transmissive modes and relates to a liquid crystal display having the same. The invention is aimed at achieving high display characteristics at a low cost.

Abstract: An arrangement for displaying video images on a projection surface, in which the display is carried out on the projection surface at an inclination, comprises a source for the emission of a substantially parallel light bundle for a sequential illumination of image points of the video image, which source can be intensity-modulated, a deflection device for scanning the light bundle in two dimensions, and a control device which controls the intensity modulation for the light bundle as well as the deflection of the light bundle in accordance with a function that is obtained through a calculated distortion correction of the image, at least with respect to the inclination. A method for the compensation of geometric image errors in video images is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor device formed on an insulating substrate of a liquid crystal display device and others, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display device. In structure, there are provided the steps of forming a negative photoresist film on a first insulating film for covering a first island-like semiconductor film, forming a resist mask that has an opening portion in an inner region with respect to a periphery of the first island-like semiconductor film by exposing/developing the negative photoresist film from a back surface side of a transparent substrate, etching the first insulating film in the opening portion of the resist mask, forming a second insulating film for covering the first insulating film and a conductive film thereon, and forming a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode by patterning the conductive film.

Abstract: A transparent or substantially transparent formable and/or flexible component for use as an outer protective element in an electronic or opto electronic device including at least one electrically active organic layer, which component is a composite structure comprising a layer of glass of a thickness less than or equal to 200 microns and a layer of plastic.

Abstract: Dissipation of heat generated by a luminescent source, such as a fluorescent lamp, of a backlight apparatus and an LCD therewith is enhanced by providing a proximity section in a holder, making the hottest part the closest to the holder for efficient heat conduction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes the steps of: (a) capturing an insulating granular spacer with an optical forceps apparatus which utilizes a capture force of a laser beam; (b) disposing the insulating granular spacer captured with the optical forceps apparatus on one of a pair of display device substrates at a predetermined position; and (c) stacking the pair of display device substrates via the insulating granular spacer. A display device is provided which can set the distance between a pair of display device substrates uniform and suppress the display quality from being lowered.

Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight device that has a heat-generating light source, such as a fluorescent tube. This backlight device includes; fluorescent tubes that emit light when power is supplied to the fluorescent tube electrodes; and a light guide plate that guides the light emitted from the fluorescent tubes to a liquid crystal panel. In this backlight device, heat release members for releasing the heat from the fluorescent tube electrodes are provided at the corners of the light guide plate that face the fluorescent tube electrodes of the fluorescent tubes. With these heat release members, the light guide plate is prevented from melting.