Abstract: A first oxide semiconductor layer of a pixel TFT has a first structure in which a first source electrode and a first drain electrode have, at both end portions thereof, two types of reduction action regions formed by the first oxide semiconductor layer protruding outward in a channel width direction of a first channel portion from both the first source electrode and the first drain electrode. A second oxide semiconductor layer of a drive circuit TFT has a second structure formed without protruding outward in a channel width direction of a second channel portion from a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. A protective insulation film is provided to cover the first oxide semiconductor layer, the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode.

Abstract: This disclosure provides liquid crystal phase shifter, phase shifting method, and method of fabricating the liquid crystal phase shifter. The phase shifter comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in cell-aligned manner; a first electrode layer arranged on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a second electrode layer arranged on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and comprising electrically isolated electrode plates; and isolation zones arranged between the first electrode layer and the second substrate, wherein the isolation zones, the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer form independent sealing areas, wherein each of the electrode plates corresponds to respective one of the sealing areas, and liquid crystal layers are sealed in the sealing areas, wherein dielectric constants of the liquid crystal layers in each sealing area are not exactly the same.

Abstract: Carbon allotropes, a thin-film transistor array substrate comprising the same, and a display device comprising the same are disclosed. The thin-film transistor array substrate comprising a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a gate insulating film on the gate electrode, an active layer positioned on the gate insulating film and comprising a semiconductor material and a plurality of carbon allotropes, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that make contact with the active layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for forming a pattern for liquid crystal orientation of a zenithal bi-stable liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal orientation substrate including the pattern formed thereby, and a mask substrate used for forming the pattern.

Abstract: A fully sealed liquid crystal projection optical unit device with a high-efficiency heat dissipation function includes: a hermetically sealed housing having an accommodation space therein; a light source, a first heat pipe radiator module, a first heat dissipation fan and a second heat dissipation fan, which are disposed outside the hermetically sealed housing; a first optical module, a second optical module and a liquid crystal screen, which are installed in the hermetically sealed housing; and a second heat pipe radiator module and a driving fan, wherein the first heat dissipation fin is fixedly installed outside the hermetically sealed housing and located close to the second heat dissipation fan, the second heat dissipation fan is in communication with the first heat dissipation fin through an air duct, and the first heat dissipation fin is in communication with the second heat dissipation fin directly or through the heat pipe.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device comprises a dimming and display panels and an illumination device. The dimming panel includes first and second substrates and a first liquid crystal layer. The display panel includes third and fourth substrates and a second liquid crystal layer. The illumination device irradiates the dimming panel or the display panel with light. In the display device, at least one of the first, second, third and fourth substrates is a rigid substrate, and at least one of the first, second, third and fourth substrates is a flexible substrate.

Abstract: A display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, pixel driving electrodes for pixels, the pixel driving electrodes being provided on the first substrate and configured to provide control electric fields to the liquid crystal layer, louver elements, louver element driving electrodes provided on a face facing the first substrate of the second substrate, and an unseparated shield electrode between the louver element driving electrodes and the liquid crystal layer. Each of the louver elements are configured to stand on the second substrate, be sandwiched between one of the louver element driving electrodes and the shield electrode, and change amount of light to be transmitted in accordance with voltage applied across the louver element driving electrode and the shield electrode to change viewing angle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a first A spacer, a second A spacer, a third A spacer and a fourth A spacer. The first A spacer and the third A spacer are on a first substrate. The second A spacer and the fourth A spacer are on a second substrate. At least one of the first and second substrates is a flexible substrate. The first A spacer and the second A spacer are aligned in a first direction. The third A spacer and the fourth A spacer are aligned in a second direction. Side surfaces of the first A spacer and the second A spacer face in the first direction. Side surfaces of the third A spacer and the fourth A spacer face in the second direction.

Abstract: A polarization independent optical phase modulator includes two substrates, two electrode layers, two alignment layers, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of alignment layers has first and second alignment regions each having a predetermined width in a transverse direction, which is not greater than a half of the wavelength of an incident light. In the liquid crystal layer, two adjacent ones of liquid crystal elements in the transverse direction are aligned respectively by two adjacent ones of the first and second alignment regions in two predetermined orientations which are orthogonal to each other, thereby permitting phase modulation of the incident light to be independent of the polarization of the incident light.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source, a light guide and a prism sheet. The display panel includes a display area in which unit pixels each containing first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels are arranged along a first direction and a second direction. In the display area, the first sub-pixels have a width different from that of the second sub-pixel in at least one of the first direction and the second direction, or each unit pixel contains different numbers of first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. The prism sheet is interposed between the light guide and the display panel and includes prisms extending along a third direction inclined with respect to the second direction by an acute angle of inclination.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a display device including a louver that is capable of changing viewing angle. The method includes: a first step of forming a first electrode layer to drive the louver on a first main face of a first substrate; a second step of forming a resin layer on the first electrode layer; a third step of forming louver grooves to contain electrophoretic particles and dispersion medium in the resin layer; a fourth step of forming a sealing layer having a flat top face on the resin layer having the louver grooves in such a manner that the sealing layer closes the louver grooves; a fifth step of forming color filters on the sealing layer; and a sixth step of forming a second electrode layer to drive the louver on the sealing layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first area and a second area, a second substrate opposing the first substrate but not opposing the second area, a sealing part which adheres the first substrate and the second substrate to each other, a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounded by the sealing part, an alignment film disposed on the first substrate so as to be in contact with the liquid crystal layer and a terminal located in the second area and connected to an external circuit. In plan view, the alignment film includes an end located between the sealing part and the terminal.

Abstract: A display substrate may include a base substrate having a plurality of pixel areas; and a pixel electrode in each of the pixel areas. The pixel electrode may include a vertical stem portion extending in a first direction; a horizontal stem portion extending from the vertical stem portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a plurality of main branch portions extending from at least one of the vertical stem portion and the horizontal stem portion in an inclined manner; and a sub-branch portion extending from at least one of the plurality of main branch portions.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a prism sheet and a reflective structure. The light guide plate includes a light emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface, a light incident surface connected with the light emitting surface and the bottom surface and a plurality of micro structures located on the bottom surface or the light emitting surface. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surface of the light guide plate. The prism sheet is disposed above the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, and includes a plurality of prisms facing the light emitting surface. The reflective structure is disposed under the bottom surface of the light guide plate. The reflective structure has a characteristic of changing its reflectivity according to a control signal applied thereto.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a lower panel electrode including a lower panel unit electrode, an upper panel electrode including an upper panel unit electrode facing the lower panel unit electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the lower panel electrode and the upper panel electrode and including liquid crystal molecules, where the lower panel unit electrode includes a center electrode disposed at a center thereof, minute branches which extends from an edge side of the center electrode to an outside, and a first cutout is defined in the center of the center electrode, and the a second cutout is defined in the upper panel unit electrode between the minute branches and the first cutout, and a third cutout is connected to the second cutout and defines a boundary between subregions together with the first cutout.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a liquid crystal display device including a display panel including a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel; and a backlight unit which emits light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light source which outputs a first color light; a color conversion layer which is configured to convert the first color light into a second color light; an optical sheet which diffuses or condenses the second color light; and an air gap formed between the color conversion layer and the optical sheet.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element, a wiring substrate having a second terminal, and a light shielding mask. The liquid crystal display element includes a first substrate having a first terminal and a display pixel unit, and a second substrate disposed at a side where illumination light is irradiated to the first substrate. A bonding wire has an arch shape, is formed such that a top of the bonding wire is lower than an upper surface of the second substrate, is joined to the first terminal by first bonding, and is joined to the second terminal by second bonding. The light shielding mask has a light transmitting region corresponding to the display pixel unit and is disposed at a side where the illumination light is irradiated to the liquid crystal display element.

Abstract: On the first side substrate of an electro-optical device, a first maintenance capacitance is formed by a first capacitance electrode, a first dielectric layer, and a second capacitance electrode overlapped with each other on a bottom and an inner walls of a first recess section formed in an inter-layer insulation film. The inter-layer insulation film needs to be thick and thus an inter-layer insulation film needs to be thin. A first capacitance line is formed on a surface of the inter-layer insulation film on the side of a pixel electrode. Thus, the first capacitance line shields a section between a gate electrode and the second capacitance electrode to which a drain potential is applied.

Abstract: A liquid crystal lens and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal lens includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; at least one first electrode arranged at a side, close to the liquid crystal layer, of the upper substrate; and at least one second electrode and at least one third electrode which are arranged at a side, close to the liquid crystal layer, of the lower substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes a first region over the second electrode and a second region over the third electrode. Liquid crystals in both the first region and the second region have a tilted angle, and alignment directions of the liquid crystals in the first region and the second region are opposite to each other.

Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and a manufacturing process thereof. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate is provided with a first transparent conductive layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate, and the second substrate is provided with a second transparent conductive layer. A plurality of transparent conductive blocks are spacedly positioned between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and the transparent conductive blocks are electrically connected to the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.