Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a transparent insulating substrate, a gate line and a gate electrode on the transparent insulating substrate, a gate insulating film, an active layer, an ohmic contact layer, source and drain electrodes, and a data line on the transparent insulating substrate, a passivation film formed on the transparent insulating substrate including the source and drain electrodes and the data line, a compensation film formed on the passivation film, and a pixel electrode formed on at least the compensation film.

Abstract: An LCD device includes first and second compensation polarizing films sandwiching therebetween a homogeneously-oriented liquid crystal layer. The first compensation polarizing film includes a polarizing film having an in-plane retardation of 35 to 245 nm, wherein n1?nz>n2, wherein n1 and n2 are refractive indexes of optical axes extending perpendicular to each other within the first retardation film and nz is a thickness-direction refractive index of the first retardation film. The second compensation polarizing film has a protection layer, a polarizing film and a retardation film having an in-plane retardation of 0 to 10 nm and thickness-direction retardation of 0 to 35 nm.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes forming an alignment key on a substrate having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the alignment key; crystallizing a predetermined portion of the amorphous silicon layer using the alignment key as a reference; patterning the amorphous silicon layer using the alignment key as a reference to form a polycrystalline silicon layer, the polycrystalline silicon layer being formed from the predetermined portion of the amorphous silicon layer; forming a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer using the alignment key as a reference; forming an interlayer insulating layer on the gate electrode; and forming source and drain electrodes on the interlayer insulating layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other, a gate driving unit and a data driving unit outputting signals to the gate line and the data line, a gate pad portion electrically connected to the gate line and having a first contact hole, a data pad portion electrically connected to the data line and having a second contact hole, a first output terminal of the gate driving unit completely covering the first contact hole, a second output terminal of the data driving unit completely covering the second contact hole, a first conductive film electrically connecting the first output terminal and the gate pad portion, and a second conductive film electrically connecting the second output terminal and the data pad portion.

Abstract: An LCD device (100) includes a first substrate (110), a second substrate (120), and a liquid crystal layer (130) having liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first and second substrates. A pixel electrode (112) is disposed at an inner surface of the first substrate, and a common electrode (122) is disposed at an inner surface of the second substrate. A storage capacitor (140) has an upper storage electrode (118) and a lower storage electrode (113) disposed at an inner surface of the first substrate, with the upper storage electrode electrically connecting with the pixel electrode. The upper storage electrode functions as a reflection electrode. This structure ensures the LCD device is capable of providing a display both in a reflection mode and a transmission mode.

Abstract: A color display having a monochromatic light source, an optical switch and an array of pixels formed of anisotropically emitting photoluminescent material may be combined such that large losses often associated with color filter and polarizers are avoided such that a high efficient display results. The optical switch may be a liquid crystal device that is tuned to the wavelength of the monochromatic light source. The monochromatic light source may be made from OLED material that emits in the violet, near UV or blue spectrum and may be polarized. The array of pixels may include a transmissive pixel when the backlight spectrum is the same as the color of one of the pixels.

Abstract: A substrate for a liquid crystal display device produced at a low cost and featuring a good display quality, that can be used for a display unit of electronic equipment and a liquid display device having the same. The substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprises a glass substrate for holding liquid crystal together with an opposing substrate, a plurality of pixel regions arranged on the glass substrate, drain bus lines formed on the glass substrate, CF resin layers of a plurality of colors the ends of which are arranged on the drain bus lines, a pixel electrode formed for each pixel region on the CF resin layers, a groove portion formed between the ends of the neighboring CF resin layers, and an organic insulating layer formed so as to fill the groove portion.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (LCD panel) includes an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate and an optically compensated birefringence type liquid crystal layer (OCB-type liquid crystal layer). The active component array substrate includes a first substrate, a plurality of first lines, a plurality of second lines, a plurality of pixel structures and a first alignment layer. The first alignment layer possesses a first orientation direction, and the included angle between the first orientation direction and the first lines is between 46 and 74 degree. The opposite substrate has a second alignment layer facing the active component array substrate, and the second alignment layer possesses a second orientation direction parallel to the first orientation direction. The OCB-type liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active component array substrate and the opposite substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a reflective liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display unit capable of eliminating or minimizing the occurrence of misalignment specific to a vertically aligned liquid crystal due to the structure of a pixel groove and achieving higher contrast and superior image quality. In a reflective pixel electrode (42), a peripheral portion is inclined, and the reflective pixel electrode has a trapezoidal shape so that the width of the reflective pixel electrode (42) increases from the top side to the bottom side. When a side surface of the reflective pixel electrode (42) is inclined so as to eliminate verticality in a cross section of the reflective pixel electrode (42), liquid crystal molecules aligned in a horizontal direction to an extreme in a pixel groove portion can be eliminated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support unit for visually inspecting a display substrate, such as an LCD device, that enhances accuracy of the inspection by supporting the display substrate at dummy regions between cell areas. The support unit includes fixed bars disposed apart from each other and along a first direction; a plurality of support bars connected to the fixed bars, the support bars oriented along a second direction crossing the first direction and movable along the first direction; a guide bar mounted on at least one of the support bars, the guide bar oriented along the first direction and movable along the second direction; first and second auxiliary support bars connected to the guide bar, the auxiliary support bars oriented along the second direction and movable along the first direction; and a plurality of supporting means disposed on the support bars and the auxiliary support bars.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an FFS LCD is provided. The fabrication method comprises: forming a common electrode and gate metal on a board and etching them through a first mask process; forming a gate insulating layer, active layer and source/drain metal on the board; forming a channel in a TFT part, removing the gate metal in the pixel area part and opening a gate pad part; forming a passivation layer substantially on the board, and forming a contact hole on the TFT part, removing the active layer remaining from the pixel area part and exposing a gate pad part and a data pad part by a third mask process; and forming a pixel electrode substantially on the board, and forming a pixel electrode on regions contacting the drain electrode in the TFT part, having the opening in pixel area part and opened regions of the gate pad and data pad part through a fourth mask process.

Abstract: A method for arranging reflective patterns for a liquid display (LCD) device. A substrate having at least one first pixel region and one second pixel region is provided, in which the first and second pixel regions have a reflector thereon, respectively, and the first pixel region is adjacent to the second pixel region. A first pattern is formed on the reflector on the first pixel region. A second pattern is formed on the reflector on the second pixel region, in which the second pattern is formed by dividing the first pattern into at least two pattern regions according to a predetermined direction and rearranging the pattern regions.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device implementing a color filter having various thicknesses. An insulating layer is formed on a lower substrate. A lower electrode is formed on the insulating layer, wherein the lower electrode has a transmissive portion and a reflective portion. An upper substrate opposing the lower substrate is provided, wherein a side of the upper substrate has a color filter having various thicknesses. A planarization layer is formed on the color filter, wherein the planarization layer is opposite to the lower substrate. An upper electrode is formed on the planarization layer. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the upper and lower substrates.

Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes a first structural substrate with multiple pixel regions. At least one of the pixel regions has an emissive region and a reflective region. A wall structure is located on the first structural substrate, and surrounds a periphery of the emissive region and the reflective region for separating the emissive region and the reflective region. An emissive structure is disposed in the emissive region of the first structural substrate. A reflective displaying structure is disposed in the reflective region of the first structural substrate. In addition, a second structural substrate covers the wall structure.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: gate lines and data lines on a first substrate, the gate lines and the data lines crossing each other and defining a pixel region; a thin film transistor adjacent to a crossing of the gate and data lines; a common line in parallel to the gate line; a common electrode extending from the common line and having a circular shape; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and having a circular shape; an auxiliary common line on a second substrate spaced apart from and facing the first substrate; an auxiliary common electrode extending from the auxiliary common line and having a circular shape; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, in each unit pixel which is formed as a region surrounded by scanning signal lines and date signal lines includes pixel electrode to which signals of the date signal line is electrically supplied through a thin film transistor and common electrode which are electrically connected with the common signal line, and common signal electrode is arranged to be superposed on the common signal line by way of an insulation layer, and the pixel electrode is electrically connected with a source electrode of the thin film transistor via a through hole which penetrates the insulation layer, and the common electrode is formed such that the common electrode extend in the inside of the unit pixel while covering the common signal line.

Abstract: A gate wire including a gate line and a gate electrode is formed on an insulating substrate of a TFT array panel. A semiconductor pattern made of amorphous silicon is formed on the gate insulating layer covering the gate wire. A data wire including a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode is formed on the semiconductor pattern or the gate insulating layer covering the gate wire. A part of the semiconductor pattern extends under the data line, and a light blocking member overlapping the semiconductor pattern under the data line is formed using the same layer as the gate wire. The light blocking member is to prevent light incident upon the substrate from a backlight from entering the amorphous silicon layers; therefore, the stripes of different brightness and waterfall phenomenon in which the stripes move up and down can be removed in an LCD using a backlight driven by a rectangular wave of ON/OFF signals outputted from inverter.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate has a common electrode layer facing the first substrate. The first substrate has a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units has a plurality of protrusions, a first reflective layer, a bumping layer, a second reflective layer, and a transparent conductive layer. Each of the protrusions has a through hole exposing a portion of the first substrate. The first reflective layer is disposed on the protrusions but not on the exposed portions of the first substrate. The bumping layer is disposed on the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer is disposed on the bumping layer. The transparent conductive layer covers the portions of the first substrate exposed by the through holes.

Abstract: In a directly-illuminated liquid crystal display (LCD), for example an LCD monitor or an LCD-TV, a number of light management layers lie between the light source and the LCD panel to provide bright, uniform illumination. The light management layers, including, for example, a diffuser, a reflective polarizer and a brightness enhancing layer, are contained in a light management unit that is formed from two subassemblies. The two subassemblies each contain a substrate and are attached together so as to leave a gap between the two subassemblies. The diffuser is located in one of the subassemblies, and the other light management layers may be in either of the subassemblies, or may be disposed in the gap between the subassemblies.

Abstract: An LCD device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The LCD device according to an embodiment includes a black matrix having a plurality of open regions on a substrate; a color filter layer including a first color filter pattern, a second color filter pattern, and a third color filter pattern that are formed in the open regions; an overcoat layer formed on the color filter layer; a column spacer formed in a first region on the overcoat layer; and a fourth color filter pattern formed in a second region on the overcoat layer.