Abstract: Provided is a backlight unit with an extending portion that extends from one of a plurality of sheets included in an optical sheet. The optical sheet is on a light guide plate, and a light emitting diode chip is disposed at a side of the light guide plate. A portion of a flexible printed circuit board, to which the light emitting diode chip is mounted, overlaps a portion of the light guide plate. The extending portion overlaps the portion of the flexible printed circuit board. Thus, the occurrence of lines of light due to light progressing between the light guide plate and the flexible printed circuit board can be prevented, thereby obtaining uniform brightness and improving image quality.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer disposed between first and second substrates in which the first substrate is divided into an active region and a pad region outside the active region that includes: gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define pixels in the active region of the first substrate; a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in each of the pixels; common lines parallel to the gate lines in the active region; gate pads in the pad region, the gate pads electrically connected to the gate lines; data pads in the pad region, the data pads electrically connected to the data lines; a common electrode along an edge of the active region and electrically connected with the common lines; an insulation film over the common electrode; and a distortion preventing electrode overlapping the common electrode with the insulation film interposed therebetween for creating a capacitance.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for measuring response time of liquid crystal includes controlling temperature of a liquid crystal display panel, generating a liquid crystal driving signal having a variable voltage level that is changed according to a response property of the liquid crystal display panel and a target voltage level, and supplying the liquid crystal driving signal to the liquid crystal display panel, detecting the response property corresponding to the liquid crystal driving signal, and adjusting the variable voltage level until the response property reaches a desired level and setting a modulated data substantially equal to the variable voltage level when the response property reaches the desired level, the modulated data based on temperatures being determined by changing the temperature of the liquid crystal display panel. Also, method and apparatus for driving a LCD device using the above-described method.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least one printing nozzle for applying a material, at least one first printing plate, at least one second printing plate, at least one printing roll for transcribing a portion of the pattern material on one of a first substrate and a second substrate, the transcribed portion of the pattern material corresponding to an engraving in one of the first and second printing plates, and a washer unit for washing one of the first and second printing plates while the printing roll transcribing the pattern material.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a conversion portion processing a plurality of data signals to increase at least one of a plurality of gray levels of the plurality of n-bit data signals; a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels supplied with the plurality of data signals processed; a light source supplying light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light source control portion adjusting a light luminance in inverse proportion to increasing the at least one of the plurality of gray levels.

Abstract: An in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate; gate lines and data lines formed on the first substrate and crossing each other to form unit pixel regions; a switching device formed at each crossing of the gate lines and the data lines; at least one common electrode and pixel electrode arranged horizontally on the first substrate and generating a horizontal electric field; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein when a maximum voltage is applied to the at least one common electrode and pixel electrode, a maximum twist angle between liquid crystal molecules constituting the liquid crystal layer is about 90°. Also, the liquid crystal molecules forming the liquid crystal layer include a liquid crystal molecule having a positive dielectric anisotropy and a liquid crystal molecule having a negative dielectric anisotropy.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an array substrate structure for a liquid crystal display device includes defining a display area and a non-display area on a substrate, the display area having a pixel TFT portion and a pixel electrode area, and the non-display area having an n-type driving TFT portion and a p-type driving TFT portion; forming a first gate electrode in the display area, a second and a third gate electrodes and a first capacitor electrode in the non-display area; an amorphous silicon layer on the substrate; crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer to a polycrystalline silicon layer and doping specific portions of the polycrystalline silicon layer with plurality of impurity concentrations; and forming a first semiconductor layer in the display area, a second and a third semiconductor layers and a second capacitor electrode in the non-display area.

Abstract: A seal pattern structure for a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. Because an overlap portion of the seal pattern that encompasses in a closed form the outer edge of the image display part is minimized, excessive distribution of sealant at the seal pattern overlap portion may be prevented. The liquid crystal display panel including the seal pattern includes a substrate having at least one image display part; a start pattern formed from a point spaced apart from the image display part to a point adjacent to an outer edge of the image display part; a main pattern connected to the start pattern and encompassing the outer edge of the image display part; and an end pattern connected to the main pattern and formed from the outer edge of the image display part to a point spaced apart from the image display part, wherein a connection part between the start pattern and the main pattern and a connection part between the main pattern and the end pattern cross each other.

Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a display region and a first non-display region, the first non-display region being disposed at a boundary of the display region. A second substrate faces and is spaced apart from the first substrate, the second substrate including a second non-display region corresponding to a portion larger than the first substrate. A light absorption layer is on an inner surface of the first substrate. A cholesteric liquid crystal color filter (CCF) layer is at the display region and the first non-display region is on the light absorption layer. A common electrode is on the CCF layer. An array element is on an inner surface of the second substrate. A light shielding pattern is on the array element, the light shielding pattern corresponding to the CCF layer at the first non-display region. A retardation plate and a polarizing plate are sequentially formed on the outer surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a first substrate divided into a pixel part and first and second pad parts; a gate electrode and a gate line formed at the pixel part of the first substrate; an active pattern as an island formed over the gate electrode with a first insulation film interposed therebetween, and having a width smaller than the gate electrode; an ohmic-contact layer formed on source and drain regions of the active pattern on the first substrate; source and drain electrodes formed as islands over the gate electrode of the first substrate and electrically connected with the source and drain regions of the active pattern via the ohmic-contact layer; a data line formed on the pixel part of the first substrate and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a pixel electrode formed at the pixel region and electrically connected with the drain electrode; a second insulation film formed on the first substrate; and a second substrate attached to the first substrate in a facing manner.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes: providing an array substrate and a color filter substrate facing the array substrate; forming a gate electrode and a gate line formed of a first conductive film on the array substrate through a first masking process; forming a second conductive film pattern at an upper portion of the gate electrode, a storage capacitor preliminary pattern at a partial upper region of the gate electrode and a data line substantially crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, the second conductive film pattern, the storage capacitor preliminary pattern and the data line being formed of a second conductive film through a second masking process; forming an opaque insulation film surrounding the data line; forming a transparent third conductive film on the entire surface of the array substrate with the opaque insulation film interposed therebetween; patterning the second conductive film pattern and a third conductive film through a third masking process to form a so

Abstract: A dual plate organic electroluminescent display (ELD) device includes a first substrate and a second substrate having a plurality of sub-pixels, a gate line and a data line disposed on a first substrate and crossing to define one of the plurality of sub-pixels, a driving thin film transistor formed in the one of the sub-pixels, a passivation layer formed on the driving thin film transistor, at least two contact spacers formed on the passivation layer, and a connection electrode formed on the at least two contact spacers and connected to a drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a transflective liquid crystal display device includes providing first and second substrates that include a plurality of unit pixels divided into a transmission part and a reflection part, forming a first color filter unit by applying a first color pigment in the transmission part of the first substrate, forming a second color filter unit by applying a transparent material and a second color pigment in the reflection part of the first substrate, and attaching the first substrate and a second substrate together.

Abstract: An LCD device includes a data line, a dummy layer, and source and drain electrodes formed on a substrate; an ohmic contact layer formed on the data line, the dummy layer, and the source and drain electrodes; a semiconductor and a gate insulating layers formed on the substrate; a plurality of contact holes formed through the ohmic contact layer, the semiconductor layer, and the gate insulating layer, wherein at least one contact hole exposes the drain electrode; a gate line formed on the gate insulating layer perpendicular to the data line; a gate electrode formed extending from the gate line, the gate electrode positioned between the source and drain electrodes; pixel regions defined by intersections of the gate and data lines; and a pixel electrode connected with the drain electrode through another contact hole, wherein the pixel electrode is formed of a same material as the gate line.

Abstract: A dual LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, first and second polarizing plates attached to opposing surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, a first front light unit attached to a front side of the liquid crystal panel, and a second front light unit attached to a rear side of the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A multi-domain LCD device includes first and second substrates opposing each other, gate and data lines formed on the first substrate and crossing each other, thereby defining pixel regions, pixel electrodes formed on the first substrate in the pixel regions, each pixel electrode having one or more slits in the pixel region, dielectric patterns formed on the second substrate and spaced apart from the slits, compensation patterns formed below the pixel electrodes corresponding to the dielectric patterns, a concave portion formed on the first substrate below the slits, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A fabricating method for a flat panel display device having a thin film pattern over a substrate is disclosed. The fabricating method includes depositing a hydrophilic resin over a substrate and patterning the hydrophilic resin to form hydrophilic resin patterns over areas outside where thin film patterns are to be formed over the substrate. The fabricating method also includes depositing a hydrophobic nano powder thin film material over the substrate and between the hydrophilic resin patterns and removing the hydrophilic resin patterns to form hydrophobic nano powder thin film patterns over the substrate. Moreover, the fabricating method includes treating the hydrophobic nano powder thin film patterns to form the thin film pattern.

Abstract: An in-plane switching mode LCD device includes a first substrate; one or more gate line on the first substrate; one or more data line crossing perpendicularly the one or more data line to define a pixel region; a common electrode module disposed in the pixel region; a pixel electrode module disposed in the pixel region, overlapping the common electrode module; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a first alignment film and a second alignment film disposed at facing surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively; and a liquid crystal layer between the first alignment film and the second alignment film. The common electrode module includes a plurality of common electrodes and a plurality of protruded common electrodes. The pixel electrode module includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of protruded pixel electrodes.

Abstract: A dual display mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from and facing each other, a first transparent electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate, a second transparent electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second transparent electrodes, a first polarizer on an outer surface of the first substrate, the first polarizer having a first light transmission axis, a front light unit on an outer surface of the first polarizer, a selective reflection/transmission part on an outer surface of the second substrate, the selective reflection/transmission part selectively reflecting linearly polarized light corresponding to the first light transmission axis, and a second polarizer on an outer surface of the selective reflection/transmission part.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight assembly to supply light to the liquid crystal panel, at least one first flexible film having first printed circuit patterns, a gate driving integrated circuit (IC) on the first flexible film, at least one ground pad on the first flexible film, and a top case electrically connected to the ground pad.