Abstract: A method of fabricating an array substrate for an IPS mode LCD device includes: forming a common electrode using a double layer of a transparent material layer and an opaque material layer, the common electrode including a first transparent conductive material; forming source and drain electrodes on an ohmic contact layer and a data line connected to the source electrode, the source and drain electrodes being spaced apart from each other; forming a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes and the data line, the passivation layer including a drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode; and forming a pixel electrode on the passivation layer, the pixel electrode including a second transparent conductive material and being formed in an alternating pattern with the common electrode.

Abstract: A photoactive fiber is provided, as well as a method of fabricating such a fiber. The fiber has a conductive core including a first electrode. An organic layer surrounds and is electrically connected to the first electrode. A transparent second electrode surrounds and is electrically connected to the organic layer. Other layers, such as blocking layers or smoothing layers, may also be incorporated into the fiber. The fiber may be woven into a cloth.

Abstract: A backlight module of a flat panel display for lighting the flat panel display is described. The backlight module includes a rear bezel, a plurality of lamps, an optical film and a middle bezel. The rear bezel is composed of a bezel main body and sidewalls. The bezel main body includes a plurality of ribs to enhance the strength thereof and a plurality of studs to fix with a wall mounting bracket or a foot stand. The middle bezel fixes the optical film on the rear bezel. The backlight module may further include a plurality of supports integrated the rear bezel. A reflective film may also be integrated on the rear bezel to further reduce the quantity of separable components of the flat panel display.

Abstract: A composite cable 21 with a plug 22 attached thereto includes optical fibers, metal wires, a tensile strength fiber 21a, and an envelope 21b for enveloping them and the plug 22 includes a ferrule 210 of the plug for connecting the optical fiber, a cable clamp 221 and a Kevler holder 222 (first fixing mechanism) for fixing the tensile strength fiber 21a, and a gasket 223 (second fixing mechanism) for blocking a twist of the envelope 21b and further includes a joint mechanism (227) of a detachable traction cap for pulling the composite cable 21 and inserting the composite cable 21 into piping.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: preparing a liquid crystal cell including a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal between the first and second substrates, and a sealant surrounding the liquid crystal; forming an inlet in the liquid crystal cell while applying a first pressure to the liquid crystal cell; controlling an amount of the liquid crystal using the inlet; and sealing the inlet.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed that may prevent crosstalk from occurring. The liquid crystal display device includes pixel and common electrodes forming a fringe field, wherein the pixel electrodes are substantially in parallel over the common electrode and the pixel electrodes are connected with one another in a central portion.

Abstract: An optical transmission fiber including a core having a first index of refraction, a cladding material located around the core and having a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction, a first coating material located around a first portion of the cladding material and having a third index of refraction greater than the second index of refraction, and a second coating material located around a second portion of the cladding material and having a fourth index of refraction less than the second index of refraction.

Abstract: A network provider cable is routed to a splitter box in a multi-dwelling unit or commercial building where the cable fibers are terminated. One or more riser cables, each terminated at one end at the splitter box, are routed through a building shaft. Each riser cable contains fibers associated with units located on a certain set of one or more floors of the building. The other end of each riser cable is terminated at an aggregation box associated with the floors of the set. A feeder cable is routed between the aggregation box and each floor of the set, or a corresponding floor area of one floor. A drop box is provided for each floor or floor area for terminating the corresponding feeder cable. Drop cables are routed between the drop box and units on the floor or in the floor area to be served.

Abstract: An optical apparatus is made by mounting segments of a GRIN optical medium on a substrate in at least one groove thereon. The GRIN segments are longitudinally spaced apart from one another on the substrate, and are arranged so that a free-space optical beam received through the distal end face of the first GRIN segment is transmitted through the proximal end face of the first GRIN segment, propagates to the proximal end face of the second GRIN segment, is received through the proximal end face of the second GRIN segment, and is transmitted as a free-space optical beam through the distal end face of the second GRIN segment. The GRIN segments can be formed by division of a single GRIN optical medium mounted on the substrate.

Abstract: An airline (AL) optical fiber (“AL fiber”) that has an AL region with airlines, with the AL region arranged relative to the fiber core so as to make the fiber bend insensitive. The AL region is capable of supporting one or more higher-order optical modes. One method of reducing multipath interference (MPI) includes accessing a section of the AL fiber and closing at least one of the airlines in the section. This serves to attenuate one or more higher-order modes, which reduces MPI. In one example, the AL fiber has an end section wherein the airlines are filled with a blocking material. An example blocking material is a curable adhesive that is wicked into the airlines via capillary action and then cured when the adhesive reaches a certain depth from the fiber end. In another example, the blocking material is formed by heating the AL fiber section to cause the section to melt and block the airlines, so that the melted AL fiber serves as the blocking material.

Abstract: An optical apparatus comprises segments of a GRIN optical medium mounted on a substrate in at least one groove thereon. The GRIN segments are longitudinally spaced apart from one another on the substrate, and are arranged so that a free-space optical beam received through the distal end face of the first GRIN segment is transmitted through the proximal end face of the first GRIN segment, propagates to the proximal end face of the second GRIN segment, is received through the proximal end face of the second GRIN segment, and is transmitted as a free-space optical beam through the distal end face of the second GRIN segment. The GRIN segments can be derived from a single GRIN optical medium mounted on the substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer twist-aligned at 90° sandwiched between a pair of substrates, first and second polarizing layers arranged to sandwich the liquid crystal cell therebetween so that their absorption axes set to parallel with directions crossing aligning treatment directions of the substrates at 45°, and viewing angle compensating plates respectively arranged between the polarizing layers and the liquid crystal cell. A total value of retardations in a thickness direction, defined as a value of a product of a phase difference within a plane perpendicular to substrate surfaces of the liquid crystal cell and a layer thickness, of optical layers present between the polarizing layers is set to a value that substantially cancels out a retardation in a liquid crystal layer thickness direction when a saturation voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A substrate is bonded to a semiconductor integrated circuit to which plural solder bumps have been adhered. The substrate includes: plural contact portions that are disposed at positions corresponding to the positions of the plural solder bumps and include contact surfaces which contact the solder bumps; and a guidance structure that is disposed in the contact surfaces and, when the solder bumps are melted, guides the melted solder bumps to predetermined regions within the contact surfaces. The predetermined regions are set so that the semiconductor integrated circuit and the substrate are properly aligned.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing spacers on a substrate of an LCD includes a spacer supply roller having a plurality of recesses formed in its exterior surface. A plurality of uniform volumes of an ink containing the spacers is loaded into the recesses and then transferred from the supply roller onto a transfer belt that is arranged to move tangentially with respect to the supply roller by means of a transfer roller and an auxiliary roller. The LCD substrate is then moved tangentially with respect to the moving transfer belt such that the ink volumes on the transfer belt are transferred onto the substrate at selected locations thereon. The continuously rotating components of the apparatus enable it to accommodate LCD panels of any size without the need for large spacer supply substrates and transfer rollers and prevent the inadvertent deposition of multiple layers of spacers on the substrate.

Abstract: A circuit of a display comprises a substrate, at least one thin film transistor, at least one first wire and at least one second wire formed on the substrate. The substrate has an active area and a bonding area. The thin film transistor is disposed in the active area. The first wire is disposed in the bonding area. The second wire includes a first end electrically connected to the first wire, a second end electrically connected to the thin film transistor, an overlap portion overlapping the first wire, and a sacrificing portion between the first end and the second end.

Abstract: Devices and techniques that use a polarization controller and a feedback control to the polarization controller to systematically control the polarization of light output from the polarization controller in measuring the polarization dependent loss (PDL) of an optical device or material that receives the light from the polarization controller or the degree of polarization (DOP) of a light beam directed into the polarization controller.

Abstract: An optical element (10) according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of waveguides (11)˜(13) and a plurality of light path coupling parts (21), (22) coupling adjacent waveguides so as to optically couple said plural waveguides serially, wherein the paths for transmitting lights through the plural waveguides are curved at the optical path coupling parts, thereby the optical elements which is converted the incident laser light into the emitted light having uniform cross-sectional light intensity distribution can give a compact structure, further a laser light source that employs the optical element, and a two-dimensional image forming apparatus that employs the laser light source can also give a compact structure.

Abstract: A scanning head includes a surface emitting part array panel which has an array of surface emitting parts to emit light A plurality of light guide parts are respectively opposite to the surface emitting parts. Each of light guide parts has an entrance plane to receive the light from the surface emitting part, a reflection plane to reflect the light from the entrance plane, and an exit plane to emit the light from the reflection plane.

Abstract: A perimeter security system is disclosed which includes a first cable (40) and a second cable (60) buried beneath the ground in a zig-zag pattern. The first cable (40) has a first fibre (44) and a further fibre (42). Second cable (60) has a second fibre (62). The first and second fibres (44) and (62) are connected by a coupler (52) at one end so that light can be launched into the first and second fibres (44) and (62) to propagate in one direction. The further fibre (42) is connected to a coupler (70) which also connects to the other end of the first and second fibres (44) and (62) so light can be launched into the fibres from the other end and travel in the opposite direction.

Abstract: An optic fiber connection arrangement has a module mountable on a printed circuit board, and an optic fiber coupler including mating components. One of the mating components is adapted for coupling into the module. A frame supports one of the components. The frame is releasably latchable to the module so as to couple and decouple the mating component to the module. In this way, the optic fiber coupler can be removed from the module by releasing the frame. The other mating component can be removed from the one mating component after removal of the frame from the module.