Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a sealing member provided region of a line-extracting portion 508 which is divided into three or more regions (three regions of a region A 151, a region B 152, and a region C 153) to suppress the unevenness attributable to the difference in the density of the outgoing lines 108 reliably. Moreover, the variation in the, gap is suppressed to an indiscernible level in each of the regions. In addition, dummy patterns are formed on a different layer from the layer where the outgoing lines 108 are formed under a condition not affecting the curing of the sealing member. Moreover, dummy patterns are formed similarly on an edge opposed to the line-extracting portion 508 when appropriate.

Abstract: A plurality of individually retractable racks on which a single module is mounted on each rack is disposed on the upper and middle tiers of a portable carriage main body. Provided to the lower tier of the carriage main body are a operating panel for setting work content and conditions; a signal source for selectively outputting a circuit adjustment signal, an aging testing signal, and a display inspection signal; a power supply for circuit adjustment, a power supply for aging testing, and a power supply for display inspection; and an output unit for selecting an operation from circuit adjustment, aging testing, and display inspection on the basis of the work content and work conditions that have been input in the operating panel, and feeding the power and signals for the selected operation to the modules.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided which is capable of improving quality of moving images. A field dividing driving operation is performed in which an odd field during which each of scanning electrodes in odd-numbered rows is sequentially driven and an even field during which each of scanning electrodes in even-numbered rows is sequentially driven occur, alternately and repeatedly, with time width of a refresh rate. In the former half of the odd field, display data is written in each of pixel regions corresponding to scanning electrodes in odd-numbered rows and, in the latter half of the odd field, black data is written in each of the pixel regions corresponding to scanning electrodes in the odd-numbered rows.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a semiconductor layer is formed on an insulating substrate with a front-end insulating layer interposed between the semiconductor layer and the insulating substrate is provided which is capable of preventing action of an impurity contained in the insulating substrate on the semiconductor layer and of improving reliability of the semiconductor device. In a TFT (Thin Film Transistor), boron is made to be contained in a region located about 100 nm or less apart from a surface of the insulating substrate so that boron concentration decreases at an average rate being about 1/1000-fold per 1 nm from the surface of the insulating substrate toward the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Provided is a back light unit of an edge light type, including at least a light guiding plate, a lamp, a reflection sheet and a reflector. The lamp is disposed on the side surface side of the light guiding plate. The reflection sheet is disposed on the back surface side of the light guiding plate. The reflector supports the reflection sheet from the back surface of the reflection sheet, and reflects light from the lamp towards the light guiding plate. The back light unit has a structure in which the reflection sheet is caused to come into contact with a ridge where the side surface of the light guiding plate and the back surface thereof meet, by curving an end of the reflection sheet on the side of the light source towards the side of the light guiding plate.

Abstract: A display device, capable of changing view angle range and suitable for reducing thickness and weight, is provided. One compensating panel has such a structure that two polymer films, having birefringence, adhere to each other. The birefringence directions of the polymer films are parallel or orthogonal to the liquid crystal orientation direction. Similarly, another compensating panel has such a structure that two polymer films, having birefringence, adhere to each other. The birefringence directions of the polymer films are parallel or orthogonal to the liquid crystal orientation direction. Since the compensating panel does not include glass substrates but includes polymer films, the display device can be thin and light.

Abstract: A TFT and a passivation film are formed on a transparent substrate and thereafter the passivation film is annealed. When measuring drain currents of a TFT at a fixed turn-on voltage (Von) and a fixed turn-off voltage (Voff), although performance of a TFT annealed (solid line) rarely changes, performance of a TFT not annealed (dashed line) changes to a large extent, in more detail, drain current drastically decreases in accordance with the change of TFT performance. This phenomenon means that on-resistance of a TFT not annealed is being increased to a great extent.

Abstract: A layer-stacked wiring made up of a microcrystalline silicon thin film and a metal thin film is provided which is capable of suppressing an excessive silicide formation reaction between the microcrystalline silicon thin film and metal thin film, thereby preventing peeling of the thin film. In a polycrystalline silicon TFT (Thin Film Transistor) using the layer-stacked wiring, the microcrystalline silicon thin film is so configured that its crystal grains each having a length of the microcrystalline silicon thin film in a direction of a film thickness being 60% or more of a film thickness of the microcrystalline silicon thin film amount to 15% or less of total number of crystal grains or that its crystal grains each having a length of the microcrystalline silicon thin film in a direction of a film thickness being 50% or less of a film thickness of the microcrystalline silicon thin film amount to 85% or more of the total number of crystal grains making up the microcrystalline silicon thin film.

Abstract: A display apparatus provides an improved control accuracy of the brightness and the chromaticity. The liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit for applying diffused light to the liquid crystal panel in a form of a sheet. The backlight unit has a light source, a light guide plate for converting light emitted from the light source into a sheetlike beam of light, an optical sheet for converting light emitted from the light guide plate into condensed light or diffused light, and an optical sensor unit for detecting a portion of light from the light guide plate and converting the detected light into an electric signal. The backlight unit also has a case housing the light source, the light guide plate, the optical sheet, and the optical sensor unit. The optical sensor unit is fixed to an area that is inside of the light guide plate and exerts no influence on display.

Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal panel capable of realizing excellent display performance using a circular polarizing plate therein, and a liquid crystal display device and a terminal device using the same, with respect to a semi-transmission type liquid crystal display device in a horizontal electric field mode (In-Plane Switching: IPS). A viewer-side circular polarizing plate and a backside circular polarizing plate are disposed outside of a viewer-side substrate and a backside substrate respectively, and a viewer-side compensation plate and a backside compensation plate are disposed between the respective polarizing plates and substrates to reduce a refractive index anisotropy of a liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A method of processing an organic film pattern formed on a substrate, includes, in sequence of, a fusion/deformation step of fusing and thereby deforming the organic film pattern, and a third removal step of removing at least a part of the fused and deformed organic film pattern.

Abstract: A plurality of pixels is arranged periodically in the x-axis direction and the y-axis direction in the display panel of a display device, and because light is blocked by the portion other than the open part in each pixel, the display panel has a two-dimensional lattice structure. The pixels are rectangular, and the length Px of the long edges in the x direction is larger than the length Py of the short edges in the y direction. A louver, in which transparent regions and non-transparent regions are arranged periodically in a one-dimensional direction, is provided on the display panel, and the angle formed by the x axis and the one-dimensional period direction of the louver is 45 degrees or less, and preferably 10 degrees or less. This configuration makes it possible to obtain an optical element having high directivity, reduced moiré, and high transmittance. It is also possible to obtain a display device having excellent display quality into which the optical element is incorporated.

Abstract: A pixel region between a common electrode and a pixel electrode is composed of a principal portion in which the direction of extension of the common electrode and the pixel electrode is parallel with the initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules, and a specific portion not parallel with the initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules. In the specific portion, the distal portion of the pixel electrode and the basal portion of the common electrode are mutually parallel and inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to the initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules. When voltage is applied across the common electrode and the pixel electrode to generate a horizontal electric field, the horizontal electric field will be perpendicular to the initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules within the principal portion that occupies a major part of a column, whereas the field will not be perpendicular within the specific portion.

Abstract: A color filter having two-layered light-shielding sections without a black matrix is provided, which reduces the level difference from the colored materials for pixels with a simple method and makes it possible to remove the color layer on the said sections. A red color layer having stripe-shaped red pixel formation sections and a blue color layer having stripe-shaped blue pixel formation sections are overlapped to form two-layered light-shielding sections. A green color layer having island-shaped green pixel formation sections is overlapped with the red and blue color layers, placing the green pixel formation sections in the overlapped green pixel windows of the red and blue color layers. Only the peripheries of the green pixel formation sections are placed on the light-shielding sections to facilitate the removal of the peripheries by polishing.

Abstract: A pixel electrode connected to a signal line through a switching element and a common electrode connected to a common wiring are disposed, as alternating with each other, within each pixel region. Common potential lines are disposed on level below the signal line with an insulating film in between and also on both sides of the signal line when seen in plan view. A floating electrode is disposed on level above the signal line with a protective film in between, as overlapping the signal line and the common potential lines on both sides of the signal line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal driving device is provided which enables an overshooting driving operation in transition among all gray levels. When a voltage for displaying is controlled so as to be a highest-level value out of the voltages for displaying corresponding to an input gray level range, an overshooting driving voltage for transition to a higher voltage which is added to a voltage side being higher than the highest-value value out of the voltages for displaying is applied to a liquid crystal panel and, when a voltage for displaying to be applied to the liquid crystal panel is controlled so as to be a lowest-level value out of the voltages for displaying corresponding to the input gray level range, an overshooting driving voltage for transition to a lower voltage which is added to a voltage side being lower than the lowest-level value of the voltages for displaying is applied to the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel driving device is provided which is capable of reliably improving a response speed of a liquid crystal and of obtaining good display quality. When overshooting driving is performed in a current frame for displaying, an excessive response level in a next frame is predicted based on a combination of a gray level in one past frame and a gray level in a current frame and, when an excessive response is predicted, a corrected gray-level value to prevent (or to cancel) the excessive response is calculated in advance. By applying a voltage corresponding to the corrected gray-level value, an excessive response in a next frame can be suppressed. Irrespective of whether or not an excessive response is predictable in a next frame, an overshooting driving can be performed at an applied voltage sufficiently corresponding to a target gray-level value and, as a result, a response speed of a liquid crystal can be reliably made high and good display quality can be obtained.

Abstract: To provide a sight controllable display device that is capable of switching a regular display and a concealed display easily. A display panel and a modulator are disposed between two polarizing plates. The display panel performs a regular display drive. Meanwhile, the modulator drives to operate at a speed faster than twice the speed of the display panel and modulate the display image of the display panel. When displaying an image that is desired to be concealed, the period where the modulator is not in action is selected and viewed by a shutter. By stopping the action of the modulator, the regular display can be viewed as it is without the shutter.

Abstract: A gravure printing plate is arranged on a stage, and recessions formed in the gravure printing plate are filled with photosensitive ink. The ink fills the recessions by being placed on an end of the gravure printing plate and being wiped with a blade. The gravure printing plate is then heated while the gravure printing plate is irradiated with UV light from the bottom side of the stage, thereby curing the lower stratum of the ink in the recessions. A blanket is then pressed against the gravure printing plate, and rotated to accept the ink filling the recessions. The ink accepted onto the blanket is then transferred to a transparent substrate, effecting printing of the color filter. It is accordingly possible to print a color filter having a color filter layer with a highly accurate pattern configuration, without any contaminant matter being transferred to the color filter layer.

Abstract: Prior to converting a non-single crystal material of a semiconductor film into a single crystal material through the use of a laser beam, at least one dopant is introduced into whole of the semiconductor film. Then, the non-single crystal semiconductor film is irradiated with a laser beam to crystallize the semiconductor film. In this case, a ratio between quasi-fermi level of the single crystal material within one of transistor formation regions used to form transistors of different conductivity types and quasi-fermi level of the single crystal material within the other thereof is made to be between 0.5:1 and 2.0:1. Thus, transistors of different conductivity types are formed in the crystallized semiconductor film.