Abstract: A pixel array substrate and a display panel are provided. The pixel array substrate includes a substrate, scan line groups, data lines, and pixel structures. The scan line groups are disposed on the substrate. The data lines are intersected with the scan line groups. The pixel structures are connected to the scan line groups and the data lines. Each pixel structure includes an active device group, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a connection electrode. The first pixel electrode is located between the second pixel electrode and the nth scan line group. The connection electrode is located at a side of the first pixel electrode adjacent to one data line. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device group through the connection electrode. The connection electrode, the first pixel electrode, and the second pixel electrode are of the same layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, an array substrate in the LCD device, and a method of manufacturing the array substrate are proposed. The LCD device includes an array substrate, a color filter (CF) substrate, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the CF substrate. A voltage-applying circuit, an auxiliary wire, and a first test pad are disposed on the array substrate. The auxiliary wire is adjacent to the voltage-applying circuit. The auxiliary wire and the voltage-applying circuit are made of the same unit and undergo the same process. If the reference wire is examined to be defective, it could refer that the voltage-applying circuit might have a fault after references and comparisons. So the array substrate could be controlled or repaired, reducing the number of defective products.

Abstract: A novel photovoltaic device including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material that is capable of converting solar energy to electrical energy and method for making. The device may optionally include a conductive container for holding the PDLC material. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is directed to a self assembled PDLC material, a holographically synthesized PDLC material or a block co-polymer dispersed liquid crystal material. It is envisioned that the invention may be used a power source for any device, system or application. In particular, the invention may be used for any application involving the conversion of solar energy to electrical energy.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display and an outer frame assembly are disclosed. The outer frame assembly includes a front frame and a back frame. The front frame includes a plurality of inserting portions having clasp portions. The back frame includes a first cover, a second cover and a looking plate between the first cover and the second cover. The first cover, the locking plate, and the second cover respectively includes a plurality of first through holes, a plurality of second through holes, and a plurality of locking recesses. The inserting portions are inserted into the first through holes, the second through holes and the locking recesses. The locking plate is pulled to engage with the clasp portions. The locking plate is positioned so as to fix the front frame and the back frame with respect to each other. The outer frame assembly of the liquid crystal display may be assembled and disassembled in an efficient way.

Abstract: A system is provided projecting a three-dimensional image. The system includes a first light source, the first light source emitting light in a first direction. A second light source is provided, the second light source emitting light in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction. A beam splitter device is disposed between the first light source and the second light source to receive light from the first light source and the second light source, the beam splitter device being arranged to rotate about an axis. An LCoS image device is disposed adjacent the beam splitter device, the LCoS image device having an image surface arranged substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a circularly polarizing VA mode liquid crystal display device having an excellent gray scale viewing angle from an intermediate gray scale to a high gray scale at an azimuth angle of 45°.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display substrate, the array substrate includes comb-shaped first and second electrodes. The counter substrate faces the array substrate via a liquid crystal layer and includes a comb-shaped third electrode. In a cross-section perpendicular to the first through third longitudinal directions, comb teeth of the first and second electrodes have a positional relationship in which one is shifted from the other in a first horizontal direction. Comb teeth of the first and third electrodes have a positional relationship in which one is shifted from the other in a second horizontal direction which is opposite to the first horizontal direction.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel having a first display area switchable to a two-dimensional display mode or a three-dimensional display mode and a second display area. A liquid crystal lens unit is arranged above the display panel and having a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first electrode formed in the first and second display areas for controlling alignment of the liquid crystal layer, a second electrode passing the second display area for supplying a voltage to the first electrode of the first display area, and a third electrode arranged between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer in the second display area so that the third electrode has an overlap area with the second electrode in plane. The second substrate includes a fourth electrode formed so as to control the alignment of the liquid crystal layer with the first electrode.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a main pixel electrode and a first alignment film formed on the main pixel electrode having vertical alignment characteristics. A second substrate includes a pair of main common electrodes and a second alignment film formed on the main common electrodes having vertical alignment characteristics. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate having positive dielectric anisotropy. The main pixel electrode is arranged extending in a first direction. The pair of main common electrodes is arranged in the first direction, respectively, so as to sandwich the main pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixel areas, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a first pixel electrode disposed on the first base substrate and corresponding to each pixel area, a shielding electrode spaced apart from and insulated from the first pixel electrode, a passivation layer disposed on the first pixel electrode and the shielding electrode, and a second pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and partially overlapped with the first pixel electrode.

Abstract: A phase difference plate is manufactured by a method including a step of forming a multilayer body by co-extruding or co-casting a resin A having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a resin B having a negative intrinsic birefringence value, the multilayer body including a layer “a” containing the resin A and a layer “b” containing the resin B; a step of stretching the multilayer body at a temperature T1 in one direction; and a step of subsequently stretching the multilayer body at temperature T2 lower than the temperature T1 in a direction that is approximately orthogonal to the previous stretching direction. The resulting phase difference plate has specific in-plane retardation Rea of the layer “a”, retardation Rta in the thickness direction thereof, in-plane retardation Reb of the layer “b”, and retardation Rtb in the thickness direction thereof.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions. The first regions and the second regions are formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. In a narrow viewing mode, the luminous flux of the first regions along a first viewing direction is different from that of the first regions along a second viewing direction opposite to the first viewing direction, and the luminous flux of the second regions along the first viewing direction is substantially different from that of the first regions along the first viewing direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal module 15 includes a liquid crystal display panel 10;a rear frame member 44 located on a rear side of the liquid crystal display panel; and a wiring board 60 located on the rear side of the liquid crystal display panel. A part of the wiring board has an opening 65 running through the board and/or a notch 70 formed therein. An inspection patch 80A, 80B having a thickness equal to, or larger than, that of the wiring board is attached to the opening and/or the notch. A part of the wiring board around the inspection patch is secured to the rear frame member via a double-sided adhesive tape 55A, 55B.

Abstract: A displaying apparatus includes a displaying panel, a back light device, and a structural frame fixing the both. The displaying panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate joined onto the first substrate, a light-masking structure, and a plurality of light modulation units. The light-masking structure and the light modulation units are disposed between the substrates. An edge of the second substrate is aligned with a corresponding edge of the first substrate. The light modulation units are disposed corresponding to a plurality of light-penetrating portions of the light-masking structure, for controlling whether light passes through the displaying panel to generate plane images. The light-masking structure wholly covers an edge portion including the edge of the second substrate. The displaying panel can directly use the light-masking structure to perform as a border frame for shielding the interior structure and light emitted from the interior without external covers or frames.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which is excellent in uniformity of visual angles even when divided alignment regions are distorted due to an external pressure such as pressing pressure. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, wherein, as viewed in a plan view of a main surface of one of the substrates, the liquid crystal display device has an alignment division pattern in which each pixel is divided into four or more alignment regions, and each set of a plurality of pixels constitutes one unit, and each of the units of the alignment division pattern comprises, in at least one pixel, an alignment region whose alignment direction is different from alignment directions of alignment regions which are located at same vertical and horizontal positions in the other pixels.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: an LC panel; a lamp disposed below the LC panel, for supplying light to the LC panel; a lamp housing having an opening, for encompassing and protecting the lamp; first and second diffusion reflection sheets disposed on end portions of inner lower and upper surfaces of the lamp housing, respectively; and a light guide plate disposed to be adjacent to the opening of the lamp housing, for guiding light emitted from the lamp to the LC panel.

Abstract: A wall electrode IPS mode LCD has stabilized domain boundary. Signal and scanning lines extend in first and second directions, respectively, surrounding a pixel. A first wall structure has a first portion intersecting the first direction at a first angle, a second portion in the first direction, and a third portion intersecting the first direction at a second angle. The second portion has a first projection in the second direction. The second wall structure has a fourth portion intersecting the first direction at the first angle, a fifth portion in the first direction, and a sixth portion intersecting the first direction at the second angle. The fifth portion has a second projection in the second direction. A distance between the first projection and the fifth portion is shorter than a distance between the first wall structure except the first projection and the second wall structure.

Abstract: A wavelength plate includes: a first quartz plate unit including a plurality of quartz plates which have main surfaces disposed in the same plane and are jointed with each other; and a second quartz plate unit including a plurality of quartz plates which have main surfaces disposed on a main surface of the first quartz plate unit and are jointed with each other in a position different from a joint position of the first quartz plate unit.

Abstract: A barrier panel is disclosed which includes: upper and lower substrates opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper and lower substrates; a plurality of upper electrodes formed parallel to one another in a direction on the upper substrate; and a plurality of lower electrodes formed on the lower substrate in another direction parallel to the upper electrode, wherein the upper and lower electrodes are alternately disposed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transflective liquid crystal display device having an excellent visibility obtained by optimizing the arrangement of a color filter, which would become a problem in the process of fabricating transparent and reflective liquid crystal display devices, for the transflective liquid crystal display device. In the present invention, the arrangement of a color filter is optimized for improving the visibility of the transflective liquid crystal display device. In addition, the structure, which allows the formation of color filters without increasing the capacitance that affects on a display, is fabricated. Furthermore, in the process of fabricating the transflective liquid crystal display device, an uneven structure is additionally formed without particularly increasing an additional patterning step for the formation of such an uneven structure.