Abstract: A display element having high response property, wide viewing angle property, and high contrast property, and exhibiting a wide driving temperature range and excellent durability and reliability. Between two facing substrates (1, 2), a cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) made of a liquid crystal material exhibiting a cholesteric phase whose spontaneous twist pitch is shorter than a wavelength of visible light is provided. Facing planes of the substrates (1, 2) are provided with alignment films (8, 9) for aligning liquid crystal molecules near the interface of the substrate in a specific direction. Furthermore, the planes are provided with electrodes (4, 5) for applying an electric field on the cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) in a direction substantially parallel to a plane of each substrate. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) exhibits optical isotropy in the direction parallel to the plane of each substrate when no voltage is applied.

Abstract: A method of producing spatially varying pretilt angles across a liquid crystal cell coats a substrate with a polyimide alignment layer and a layer of photoalignment material on top of the polyimide layer. An applied beam with variable light dosage spatial or temporal profiles is then used to achieve a corresponding pretilt angle distribution.

Abstract: A display apparatus may include a display panel between top and bottom covers. The display panel has a display area to display an image. The display panel may be inserted in the bottom cover, which includes a bottom surface having a shape corresponding to a shape of the display panel. Lateral sides of the bottom cover extend upward from the bottom surface. The top cover supports edges of the display panel and includes a top surface having a display window to expose the display area. Lateral sides of the top cover extend toward the bottom cover from the top surface. A bonding film may be bonded to the top and bottom covers to fixedly couple the top cover to the bottom cover.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes: forming an array substrate and a color filter substrate; forming a seal pattern on one of the array substrate and the color filter substrate; forming a liquid crystal layer in the seal pattern and attaching the array substrate and the color filter substrate; curing the seal pattern with a first ultraviolet (UV) ray emitted from a light emitting diode (LED); and cutting the array substrate and the color filter substrate into unit cells.

Abstract: According to the first aspect of the present invention, a drain electrode and a pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other on a protective film formed on a semiconductor active layer, and thereby it is possible to easily connect the drain electrode and the pixel electrode to each other and to improve a yield.

Abstract: Provided are a fixing structure and a liquid crystal display device. The fixing structure comprises: a front frame with a rectangle shape has four lateral sides, each lateral side includes a flat first extending part, and the four first extending part form four corners. Each corner is formed with a first mounting hole, and the first mounting hole is used for fixing the front frame from the corner by a fastening member passing through the first mounting hole The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel and the above fixing structure for installing the liquid crystal panel. The fixing structure and the liquid crystal display device reduce the influence of the fastening members on visible area, decrease the working hour for assemble the device, and lower the material cost.

Abstract: An LCD panel, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus of the same are provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. The first substrate and the second substrate are combined and liquid crystal is disposed between the two substrates to form the LCD panel. The first substrate and the second substrate are fused. In the present disclosure, the interior of the combined LCD panel is isolated from the outside atmosphere by fusing the combined LCD panel. Therefore, the LCD panel can stay in the air for a long time without being damaged, thus solving the problem in the prior art that the atmosphere may break the sealant of the LCD panel in the manufacturing process of the LCD panel to cause the liquid crystal leakage.

Abstract: Red, green, and blue color resists and a shielding layer (black matrix) are layered on a liquid crystal panel. The subpixels are zoned by the shielding layer. The subpixels arranged in three rows and two columns form a pixel. The red, green, and blue color resists are colored on the basis of a row of subpixels. The color resists extend in stripes in the X-axis direction. Three data lines are provided for each column of subpixels in the manner that one is provide under the shielding layer and the other two diagonally divide the opening of the shielding layer at equal intervals.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate between which the liquid crystal layer is sandwiched; a reflective layer operable to reflect light which is incident thereon from the second substrate side through the liquid crystal layer; a plurality of optical layers disposed on the side opposite to the first substrate with reference to the second substrate; and a plurality of light-scattering layers which are each disposed in at least one of a region between the second substrate and the optical layers and a region between two mutually proximate ones of the optical layers and which each show relatively larger forward scattering and relatively smaller back scattering.

Abstract: A display panel and a liquid crystal display device, in which one of a plurality of color filters is a net-shaped color filter and the other color filters are island-shaped color filters, are provided. According to this approach, a thickness uniformity of the display panel may be achieved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of picture elements, and at least one of the plurality of picture elements includes: a switching element; a plurality of gate bus lines extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the switching element; a plurality of data bus lines extending in a second direction and electrically connected to the switching element; a first sub picture element electrode and a second sub picture element electrode disposed adjacent to the first sub picture element electrode with a gap therebetween, and a control electrode overlapping both the first and second sub picture element electrodes. The control electrode extends in the second direction. Each of the first and second sub picture element electrodes includes a cross-shaped connecting electrode part and microelectrode parts extending from the connecting electrode part.

Abstract: There is provided a display device in which the thickness of a transparent board and an attaching member is reduced while the strength thereof is ensured. The display device includes a display panel, a transparent board having a panel installation region in which the display panel is provided, and an outer frame region surrounding the panel installation region, and an attaching member having a fixing portion bonded to the transparent board in the outer frame region, and an outer-side raised portion raised from a side of the fixing portion, the side being adjacent to an outline of the transparent board.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a phase retarding film, a manufacturing method of a stereoscopic display apparatus, and a phase retarding film are provided. A light transmissive substrate is provided. An alignment layer is formed on the light-transmissive substrate. The alignment layer is aligned. A birefringent material film is formed on the alignment layer. A reaction-causing light is used to expose a first patterned region of the birefringent material film to induce a reaction on the first patterned region, wherein a second patterned region of the biregringent material film is not exposed to the reaction-causing light. The second patterned region of the biregringent material film is removed.

Abstract: A liquid crystal module is disclosed, which comprises a backplate, a circuit board and a circuit board cover-plate. The circuit board is fixed to the backplate, and the circuit board cover-plate is fixed to the backplate by magnetic elements. Furthermore, a display comprising the aforesaid liquid crystal module is further disclosed. The liquid crystal module of the present disclosure has the circuit board cover-plate thereof fixed to the backplate by means of magnetic elements. Therefore, when it is necessary to carry out defect detection and corresponding electrical inspections on the liquid crystal module, the circuit board cover-plate can be opened rapidly to carry out corresponding operations, which is efficient and time-saving.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a layer including a material which has an electrically controllable transparency. At least a part of the layer is arranged to cover at least a part of a surface of a display. The apparatus further includes electrical contacts arranged to enable an electrical control of the transparency of the layer. When employing such an apparatus, it may be determined which appearance the layer is to assume. The transparency of the layer can then be controlled in accordance with the determined appearance.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes; a display device includes a plurality of pixels, and which displays a first image transmitted to a left eye and displays a second image transmitted to a right eye, wherein the display device displays the first image and the second image by inserting a third image representing a predetermined luminance between the first image transmitted to the left eye and the second image transmitted to the right eye.

Abstract: In a structure for holding a display panel disposed within a cabinet, which includes a frame part positioned on one side of a display face of the display panel; a peripheral part positioned around the display panel; and a rear part covering the other face side of the display panel, from both sides by the frame part and a holding member supported by the peripheral part, a projecting portion projects on an inner face portion of the frame part in a position on an outer peripheral side of a rim portion of the display panel and the holding member so as to extend from the side of the display face of the display panel toward the opposite side of the display face, and a reinforcing portion for coupling the inner face portion of the projecting portion and the inner face portion of the frame part is provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel with a pad portion area, the pad portion area having an input pad portion, the input pad portion including a plurality of input pads and a plurality of dummy pads, an output pad portion, and a conducting wire portion, the conducting wire portion electrically connecting two dummy pads of the plurality of dummy pads in the input pad portion, a driving integrated circuit (IC) on the pad portion area, the driving IC including an input bump portion corresponding to the input pad portion and an output bump portion corresponding to the output pad portion, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connected to the driving IC.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a backplane, a display medium layer, a protective layer, a driving component, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a sealant. The backplane and the display medium layer are disposed on the lower side and the upper side of the substrate, respectively. The protective layer covers the display medium layer and prevents moisture and oxygen from permeating into the display medium layer to deteriorate its performance. The sealant surrounds the first side surface of the substrate and the second side surface of the display medium layer, and wraps at least a portion of the driving component and a portion of the FPC. Additionally, a manufacturing method of a display device is also provided.

Abstract: An MVA LCD including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate, the active device array substrate has pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer above each pixel unit is divided into several domain sets. Each domain set includes at least four domains having the same size, and at least the size of one of the domains in a domain set is different from the size of one of the domains in another domain set.