Abstract: An inspecting apparatus for a glass substrate detects blurs of a green color filter layer, a blue color filter layer, a column spacer layer, a pixel layer of a thin film transistor, or the like, which are generally hardly inspected. The inspecting apparatus for a glass substrate includes: a first illumination unit supplying reflective light to a surface of the substrate to inspect whether the surface of the substrate is defective or not; a second illumination unit supplying transmissive light from a rear side of the substrate to inspect whether the interior of the substrate is defective or not; a latticed rear plate provided on a rear surface of the substrate; and a driving interferometer system generating a phase difference of light by driving such that a driving guide is moved along the rear plate or the rear plate itself is moved.

Abstract: Disclosed in an electrophoretic display device having a charged ink layer. In this disclosed device, the ink layer is disposed on the active region (an image display region) and the peripheral region located around the active region, and an electric field is applied to a portion of the electrophoretic ink film corresponding to the peripheral region. Therefore, the peripheral region does not look stained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for implementing a high contrast ratio that cannot be implemented by only an analog dimming or burst dimming method, by selectively turning off lamps on the LCD device, comprising: a control unit outputting control signals and video data for controlling a driving of a gate driving unit and a data driving unit, and brightness control signals; the gate driving unit for supplying scan signals to gate lines on a liquid crystal panel by controlling of the control unit and the data driving unit for supplying a data voltage to data lines; the liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix type and thin film transistors formed at each intersection between the data lines and the gate lines; a backlight driving unit for controlling an optical amount by controlling a tube current supplied to lamps on a backlight unit and for selectively turning off the lamps when the brightness control signals are inputted; and the backlight unit for implementing a high brightness with re

Abstract: A pattern forming method using printing device and method of manufacturing LCD device using the same is disclosed, which uses a cleaning dry film to remove a pattern material from a printing plate, the printing device comprising a printing roller coated with a pattern material; a printing plate including embossing and depressed patterns for patterning the pattern material of the printing roller; a substrate to which the pattern material on the embossing patterns of the printing roller is transcribed; and a cleaning unit, for removing the pattern material from the printing plate, provided with a film-supplying roller, a cleaning roller and a film-collecting roller combined with one another by one cleaning dry film.

Abstract: There are provided a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display not using a backlight unit and a method of fabricating the same. The PDLC display comprises a rear substrate over which a thin film transistor (TFT), a first electrode, and a second electrode are formed, a front substrate apart from the rear substrate and having a first black matrix formed thereon corresponding to a region where the TFT is formed, a PDLC layer disposed below the first black matrix and formed between the front and rear substrates, a light source formed on one side of the PDLC layer and configured to provide light to the side of the PDLC layer, and a first reflection plate formed on the other side of the PDLC layer and configured to reflect light incident via the PDLC layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of reducing a time delay in lighting of the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, at least one fluorescent lamps disposed below the liquid crystal panel, formed as a cylindrical shape having a central axis and supplying light to the liquid crystal panel, and at least one auxiliary optical source disposed to face the liquid crystal panel while having the central axis therebetween and supplying light to the fluorescent lamps.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is provided. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, first, second and third light emitting diode drivers, a light-intensity detector, and an adaptive light-intensity compensator. The backlight unit includes first, second and third light emitting diode arrays respectively generating red light, green light and blue light to provide white light to the liquid crystal panel. The first, second and third light emitting diode drivers generate operating voltages driving the first, second and third light emitting diode arrays, respectively. The light-intensity detector detects an intensity of white light provided to the liquid crystal panel. The adaptive light-intensity compensator controls the first, second and third light emitting diode drivers to compensate the intensities of the red light, the green light and the blue light, respectively.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a color filter substrate; and a plurality of pixels formed in a matrix form on the color filter substrate, each pixel including a first red sub-pixel, a first green sub-pixel, a first blue sub-pixel, a pair of second red sub-pixel and third green sub-pixel, a pair of second green sub-pixel and third blue sub-pixel, and a pair of second blue sub-pixel and third red sub-pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device for reducing power consumption is disclosed. In the liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display panel has liquid crystal cells which are defined by a gate line and a data line and which are arranged in a matrix type. An electrostatic discharge protection circuit is mounted on the liquid crystal display panel and is connected to any one of the gate line and the data line. A first voltage supply line supplies the same voltage as a first gate voltage with which the gate line is supplied to the electrostatic discharge protection circuit. And a second voltage supply line supplies the same voltage as a second gate voltage with which the gate line is supplied to the electrostatic discharge protection circuit.

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: A method includes: forming a gate electrode and a gate line at a pixel part of a first substrate through a first masking process; forming a gate insulation film; forming an active pattern and source/drain electrodes and forming a data line crossing the gate line through a second masking process; forming a passivation layer; forming a photosensitive film pattern including a first pattern and a second pattern through a third masking process; selectively removing a portion of the passivation layer to form a first contact hole exposing a portion of the drain electrode; removing portions of the first and second patterns to remove the second pattern and form a third pattern; removing the third pattern and a conductive film on the third pattern to form a pixel electrode electrically connected with the drain electrode via the first contact hole; and attaching the first and second substrates.

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 driving a liquid crystal display device, which includes first and second substrates, gate lines on the first substrate, data lines crossing the gate lines to define pixel regions, a thin film transistor connected to each gate line and each data line, a common line between adjacent gate lines, a pixel electrode in each pixel region and overlapping the common line, and a common electrode on the second substrate, includes steps of sequentially applying scanning signals to the gate lines, applying data signals to the data lines to supply the pixel electrode with pixel voltage, applying a common voltage to the common electrode, and applying a storage capacitor voltage to the common line, wherein the pixel voltage and the storage capacitor voltage are alternating current (AC) voltages having positive and negative polarities alternately with respect to the common voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a display device that does not require a backlight unit coupled to a display panel. The display device displays an image using natural light by disposing a display panel on the window. An auxiliary light source can be disposed to complement a change of the natural light. The display device can further include a sensor for sensing a change of the natural light, and a controller for controlling the auxiliary light source in response to a signal sensed by the sensor to obtain constant brightness set to the display panel. Therefore, since the display device does not require a backlight unit and a driving circuit unit for driving the backlight unit, the display device has reduced power consumption, a slim and lightweight profile, and a simple structure. Also, the display device complements a change of the natural light using the auxiliary light source to obtain constant light intensity, so that image quality of the display panel can be enhanced.

Abstract: Provided are a backlight unit and a display device having the same. The backlight unit includes a case having an opening, at least one lamp assembly disposed on a side surface of the case and including a light source, an optical transreflective unit on the case, the optical transreflective unit transmitting a portion of first light passing through the opening and reflecting a portion of second light generated from the light source, and an optical sheet including a first diffusion unit on the optical transreflective unit.

Abstract: A pattern transcription apparatus comprises a cliche including a concave portion, a convex portion and a printing stopper, the printing stopper formed in the concave portion; and a blanket, on which a resist material layer is coated, rotatable on the cliche, wherein edges of the printing stopper protruding from the printing stopper to have a height greater than a top surface of the convex portion.

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 liquid crystal display device is disclosed, which can reduce a unit cost and prevent deterioration of picture quality caused by unfilled pixel cells, the liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixel cells formed at every regions defined by ‘n’ gate lines and ‘m’ data lines, three colors alternatively arranged along the data line direction, and the same colors arranged along the gate line direction; a gate built-in circuit, built-in the liquid crystal panel, for supplying gate-on voltages to the gate lines; and a driving integrated circuit, formed in the liquid crystal panel, for driving the gate built-in circuit, inverting a polarity of video signal in the unit of each data line and at least three gate lines, and supplying the video signal having the inverted polarity to the data lines.

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: An organic light emitting diode display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display device comprises: a display panel having an m-number of first data lines and an n-number of gate lines crossing each other, an m-number of second data lines and the n-number of gate lines crossing each other, pixels formed at common crossing regions, and an n-number of reset lines arranged corresponding to the n-number of gate lines one by one and connected to the adjacent pixels; a data driving circuit for converting input digital data into a real data voltage and an inverse data voltage and selectively supplying the real data voltage and the inverted data voltage to the first and second data lines; a gate driver for sequentially supplying scan pulses to the gate lines; and a reset pulse supply unit for sequentially supplying reset pulses to the reset lines.