Abstract: A method of connecting carrier tapes in the TCP mounting apparatus is provided, which makes it surer to form an interconnection between the end portion of a current carrier tape and the beginning portion of a new carrier tape, and which is easy to be carried out. The end portion of the current carrier tape is positioned and held by a movable first member and the beginning portion of the new carrier tape is positioned and held by a movable second member. The end portion is sandwiched between the first and second members and then, an unnecessary part of the end portion is cut off using the cutter on the first member. The remaining end portion and the beginning portion are overlapped and thereafter, they are interconnected in the overlapped section, and detached from the first and second members, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device for use of a surface display of an arbitrary shape, including a plural number of display element units, each made up of a circuit that forms a single stage of a scanning circuit and a pixel circuit connected to an output of the scanning circuit, are arranged in a unicursal fashion on a display substrate.

Abstract: A micro-louver (1) includes: a transparent substrate (2); a concavoconvex shape portion (5) formed on at least one surface of the transparent substrate (2) and in a prescribed pattern for diffracting incident light to form an image; and a light controlling layer (7) including at least one transparent layer (3) and at least light-absorption layer (4) arranged alternately on said at least one surface of the transparent substrate (2), each of said at least one transparent layer (3) and said at least one transparent layer (4) extending in a direction that intersects said at least one surface of the transparent substrate (2).

Abstract: An optical element manufacturing method according to the present invention includes: disposing a mask on a transparent photosensitive resin; patterning said transparent resin by applying an exposure light to said transparent photosensitive resin through said mask to form a transparent layer; forming a light absorbing layer by filling a gap in the transparent layer with a black curable resin; and illuminating a mask surface of the mask with the exposure light at an angle.

Abstract: LCD unit includes first and second LCD panels stacked one on another. An image-data processing unit outputs monochrome image data to the second LCD panel, and color image data to the first LCD panel The monochrome image data specifies a full transmission for a pixel having a luminance not less than a threshold, the original gray-scale level for a pixel having a luminance less than the threshold. The color image data is generated based on the monochrome image data and input image data.

Abstract: A direct-emission backlight unit for use in an LCD device includes a plurality of elongate lamps at the rear of a light diffusion plate and a plurality of reflecting members arranged in a matrix on a rear reflecting plate. The reflecting members are disposed in the gap between adjacent lamps, and reflect light emitted by the lamps toward the diffusion plate for achieving a uniform luminance profile of the emission surface of the backlight unit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor, a data line, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, a second substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second substrates, wherein an image signal is applied to the thin film transistor through the data line to generate an electric field between the pixel electrode receiving the image signal and the common electrode such that the liquid crystal is rotated by the electric field in a plane which is in parallel with the first substrate. The first substrate includes an electrically insulating inorganic film covering the data line therewith, a first island-shaped electrically insulating organic film formed on the electrically insulating inorganic film above the data line, and a shield common electrode covering the first island-shaped electrically insulating organic film therewith and overlapping the data line when viewed vertically.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel module. The liquid crystal display panel module includes a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a pair of substrates facing each other, a printed wiring board which is electrically connected to the liquid crystal display panel, a first frame-shaped chassis which is arranged in front of the liquid crystal display panel, and a second frame-shaped chassis which is electrically conductive and arranged behind of the liquid crystal display panel. In the liquid crystal display panel module, the liquid crystal display panel is held by the first chassis and the second chassis. And, the second chassis and a grounding electrode of the printed wiring board are electrically connected by attaching the printed wiring board to the second chassis.

Abstract: The invention is an optical element for limiting the propagation of light in oblique directions with respect to the optical element surface, and includes: a transparent substrate and a light ray control layer formed on a flat surface of said transparent substrate, wherein the light ray control layer has a transparent portion and a light absorbing portion, the transparent portion has a plurality of independent pattern elements having an identical configuration separated by said light absorbing portion and arranged at intervals.

Abstract: A microlouver includes a periodic structure in which a transparent layer and a light absorption layer are alternately disposed with a constant, repetitive period. The range of the exit direction of a light beam passing through the transparent layer is restricted by the light absorption layer. The periodic structure includes a periodic structure portion divided in the direction that intersects the direction in which the transparent layer and the light absorption layer are repeatedly disposed. In the periodic structure portion, between the periodic structures adjacent to each other, there is a difference of 180 degree in the phase of spatial frequency of each periodic structure.

Abstract: A slit portion is provided at the center of a shield common electrode which is overlapped with a drain wire as a different layer. When an interlayer short-circuiting occurs between the drain wire and the shield common electrode, it induces a critical defect on a screen display, however, a line defect can be repaired/extinguished by cutting both the sides of the slit at the short-circuited portion with laser repair and separating the short-circuited portion.

Abstract: An illumination system that makes it possible to generate light with less color irregularity with a simple structure while restraining the increase of size is provided. A tube-shaped reflector having a tube-shaped wall whose inner surface is reflective is provided. The wall includes an aperture extending along a longitudinal axis of the reflector. In the reflector, plural sets of LEDs are arranged, where colors of light to be emitted from the LEDs in each set are different (for example, red, green, or blue LEDs are used for each set). The LEDs in each set are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the reflector to form a linear light source. A collecting lens is fixed to the reflector in such a way as to fill the aperture of the reflector.

Abstract: A backlight unit prevents the display quality degradation of a LCD device and improves the long-term reliability thereof. The unit comprises at least one fluorescent lamp having a first end and a second end; a first cable or wire connected to the first end of the lamp; and a second cable or wire connected to the second end of the lamp. The first cable or wire is different in shape or type from the second cable or wire. A conductor of the first cable or wire is approximately equal in cross-sectional area to that of the second cable or wire. When two or more fluorescent lamps are used, a cross-sectional area of the conductor of the first cable connected commonly to the first ends of the lamps is approximately equal to the sum of cross-sectional areas of the conductors of the second cables or wires connected respectively to the second ends thereof.

Abstract: It is to make the sizes of “blur” in a moving image uniform in a liquid crystal display unit of a hold-type display device by suppressing deformations and discolorations of the moving image caused due to ununiformity in the response speed of the liquid crystal panel. The display device includes a frame memory and a correction frame signal generating device as correction frame signal generating devices which compare pixel gradation levels defined by one frame and a frame one before among the image signals inputted from the outside, and generate an image signal of a correction frame for reducing a delay in the response time of the pixel. At the same time, the liquid crystal display device displays the correction frame on the liquid crystal panel between that one frame and the frame one before.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel groups for displaying respective images independently of each other, and a parallax barrier for limiting view ranges of images displayed respectively by the pixel groups such that the view ranges overlap each other in an overlap area.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus, including: a liquid crystal display panel; a polarizing plate which is processed to be conductive and is attached to a surface of the liquid crystal display panel; and a conductive frame, wherein the polarizing plate includes a projecting area which projects outward from the edge of the liquid crystal display panel, and wherein the conductive frame presses the projecting area of the polarizing plate in order to ground the polarizing plate. A method for grounding a liquid crystal display apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: In this display device, a pixel constituting a display image is made up of a liquid chamber which can contain liquid. To such a pixel, a liquid supply passage and a liquid discharge passage are connected via a switch. The liquid supply passage, the liquid discharge passage, and the pixel together constitute a flow passage. The switch is configured to control the passage and blockage of liquid in the flow passage. Further, the transfer of liquid into and out of a pixel is performed by liquid transfer means.

Abstract: Recesses and protrusions are formed on the surface of an orientation film that is formed on a substrate of the liquid crystal display panel comprising a glass substrate 1 and a TFT 2. An ion beam is radiated on the entire surface of the uneven orientation film to reach the saturating condition, thereby increasing the effective orientation surface area. If there are large bumps on the surface of the orientation film 3 that is radiated by an ion beam from an ion beam source to cause shadow portions, the ion beam is radiated on the shadow portions from the opposite direction. In order to form recesses and protrusions on the orientation film, it is preferable to have an orientation plate mesh structure having rough mesh depth and pitch and a particular solvent composition that easily causes recesses and protrusions on the surface chosen as the orientation material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate cleaning apparatus including a brush cleaning unit which cleans a substrate by making a roll brush in contact with a surface of the substrate, and a transporting unit which conveys the substrate. The roll brush includes a bristle. At least one of a diameter of the roll brush, stiffness of the bristle, and density of the bristle becomes larger from an end potion of the roll brush to a central portion thereof.

Abstract: A separately-excited inverter circuit includes: an oscillator which generates a high-frequency voltage pulse by mixing a high-frequency voltage pulse of a first frequency and a high-frequency voltage pulse of a second frequency different from the first frequency; and a transformer drive part which buffers an output signal of this oscillator, and inputs the signal to a primary side of a transformer. The inverter circuit includes a capacitor which is connected in parallel with an output of a secondary side of the transformer. When used for lighting the backlight of a liquid crystal display, the present invention can improve the lighting characteristics of the backlight with a long cold-cathode tube.