Abstract: A backlight unit usable in a liquid crystal display. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate having an edge zone and a central zone surrounded by the edge zone, a first plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the central zone of the substrate, a second plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the edge zone of the substrate, and an electronic controlling means for controlling the light emitted from the first plurality of light emitting elements and the second plurality of light emitting elements such that in operation, the output power per unit area by the second plurality of light emitting elements in the edge zone is less than that by the first plurality of light emitting elements in the central zone.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a tray, a light guide plate, a lighting device, and an optical film set. The tray includes a bottom plate and a side wall connecting an edge of the bottom plate. The side wall includes a plurality of wall portions connected to one another. Some of the wall portions are perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the others are parallel to the bottom plate. The light guide plate is disposed on the bottom plate. The lighting device is disposed at a light incident side of the light guide plate. The optical film set disposed on the light guide plate leans against the side wall.

Abstract: A backlight unit usable in a liquid crystal display. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate having an edge zone and a central zone surrounded by the edge zone, a first plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the central zone of the substrate, a second plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the edge zone of the substrate, and an electronic controlling means for controlling the light emitted from the first plurality of light emitting elements and the second plurality of light emitting elements such that in operation, the output power per unit area by the second plurality of light emitting elements in the edge zone is less than that by the first plurality of light emitting elements in the central zone.

Abstract: A transflective pixel structure including a reflective region and a transmittance region is provided. The pixel structure includes an active device, a covering layer, a reflective electrode layer, a reflective electrode pattern and a transparent electrode layer. The covering layer is disposed in the reflective region and the transmittance region and covers the active device, where the covering layer has a contact opening at least disposed in the transmittance region. The reflective electrode layer is disposed in the reflective region. The reflective electrode pattern is disposed within the contact opening and extends onto a top surface of the covering layer surrounding the contact opening. The transparent electrode layer is disposed on a surface of the covering layer in the transmittance region. The transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to the reflective electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to the active device through the contact opening.

Abstract: An active device array mother substrate including a substrate, pixel arrays, and a polymer-stabilized alignment curing circuit is provided. The substrate has panel regions, a circuit region, a first cutting line, and a second cutting line. The first cutting line is disposed on the circuit region between an edge of the substrate and the second cutting line. The active devices of the pixel arrays have a semiconductor layer. The polymer-stabilized alignment curing circuit disposed on the circuit region includes curing pads disposed between the edge of the substrate and the first cutting line and curing lines having an upper conductive layer connected to the corresponding curing pads and the corresponding pixel array. The upper conductive layer is in the same layer as the source/drain conductor. Therefore, the curing lines are capable of preventing problems such as peeling, so as to keep the polymer-stabilized alignment curing circuit operating normally.

Abstract: A backlight module and a display device using the same are provided. The display device includes a display panel, an electromagnetic touch panel, and the backlight module overlapping one another. The backlight module has a light guide plate and a light source module consisting of a flexible circuit board strip and a plurality of light sources disposed thereon. The flexible circuit board strip includes a light source section, a connection section, and a signal transmission section. The light source section and the signal transmission section extend along a light entrance edge and a side edge adjacent to the light entrance edge of the light guide plate, respectively. Two ends of the connection section are connected to the light source section and the signal transmission section, respectively.

Abstract: An adjustable mount assembly and a related rack mount system are provided. The adjustable mount assembly is adapted for mounting a user interaction device outward from a cabinet structure comprising a first surface and a second surface adjacent to the first surface. The adjustable mount assembly comprises a moving member movable substantially horizontally with respect to the first surface. The adjustable mount assembly further comprises an adjustable frame member coupled to the moving member for mounting the user interaction device, wherein a length of the adjustable frame member is adjustable with respect to the second surface. In accordance with an embodiment, the adjustable frame member comprises a two-fold sliding track, wherein the two-fold sliding track comprises a first fold slidably mounted on the first surface and a second fold fixedly holding the user interaction device.

Abstract: A flat fluorescent lamp structure comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, a wall structure, a phosphor layer, and a discharge gas is provided in the present invention. The second substrate is oppositely assembled to the first substrate to form a sealed space. The wall structure is utilized to separate the sealed space into a plurality of illuminating chambers. A tunnel penetrates the wall structure to communicate the illuminating chambers. In addition, the tunnel divides the adjacent illuminating chamber into a first illuminating sub-chamber and a second illuminating sub-chamber connecting with each other. The phosphor layer is formed on inner surfaces of the illuminating chambers. The discharge gas is filled in the illuminating chambers.

Abstract: A flat fluorescent lamp structure comprises a first substrate, a second substrate assembled to the first substrate to form a sealed space, at least one wall dividing the sealed space into a plurality of illuminating chambers filled with a discharge gas, wherein two terminals of each the illuminating chamber are mounted with two outside electrodes respectively for generating an electrical current through the illuminating chamber. At least one tunnel is formed therethrough to communicate the illuminating chambers. A phosphor layer is formed on a plurality of inner surfaces of the illuminating chambers, wherein the tunnel extends along a tilt direction relative to the illuminating chamber, and therebetween the entire tilt direction and the illuminating chamber form an acute angle. The entire tilt direction is formed by a first end of the tunnel directly connected with the illuminating chamber and a second end of the tunnel directly connected with another illuminating chamber adjacent to the illuminating chamber.

Abstract: A planar photoluminescent lamp. In one embodiment, the planar photoluminescent lamp includes a plurality of barrier walls defining a plurality of channels, wherein each channel is with an axis and formed with a resistive portion characterized by a width, Ar, and a first capacitive portion and a second capacitive portion both characterized by a width, Ac, such that Ac>Ar. The planar photoluminescent lamp also includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are substantially perpendicular to the axis of a channel and extend over the first capacitive portions and the second capacitive portions of the plurality of channels, respectively.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) formed on a substrate includes a polycrystalline film, a gate insulator, a hydrogen-supplying film and a gate electrode. The polycrystalline film is formed on the substrate. Two sides of the polycrystalline film serve as the source and the drain of the semiconductor device, and the central region of the polycrystalline layer serves as the channel. The gate insulator is formed on the polycrystalline film, then the polycrystalline film is ions implanted, and the hydrogen-supplying film is formed on the gate insulator. The gate electrode is formed on the hydrogen-supplying film above the channel. The hydrogen-supplying film supplies hydrogen to the polycrystalline film, especially to the channel, so as to transform the unsaturated bonds into hydrogen bonds in the channel for avoiding the unsaturated bonds to degrade the charge carrier efficiency of the channel.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel including first display electrodes, second display electrodes interleaved with the first display electrodes, an address electrode crossing over the first display electrodes and the second display electrode. The first display electrodes are sorted by the order into the even group and the odd group of the first display electrodes. A first sustain pulse pair formed by the sustain pulses are respectively applied to the even group of the first display electrode and the second display electrode. A second sustain pulse pair formed by the sustain pulses are respectively applied to the odd group of the first display electrode and the second display electrode. There is a phase difference between the sustain pulse applied to the even group of the first display electrode and that applied to the odd group of the first display electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes an array of unit metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns is provided. Each of the unit MOS devices includes an active region laid out in a row direction and a gate electrode laid out in a column direction. The semiconductor structure further includes a first unit MOS device in the array and a second unit MOS device in the array, wherein active regions of the first and the second unit MOS devices have different conductivity types.

Abstract: A system having an electrostatic discharge protection structure and a method for manufacturing the structure are provided. The structure comprises a conducting layer, a material layer and a bridging layer wherein the conducting layer is divided into a first conducting portion and a second conducting portion to form a gap therebetween. The material layer is disposed onto the conducting layer, forming a first via hole to expose a part of the first conducting portion and a second via hole to expose a part of the second conducting portion. Finally, the bridging layer disposed onto the material layer electrically connects the first conducting portion to the second conducting portion within the first and second via holes, whereby the electrostatic produced during the manufacturing process would be prevented from damaging the driver circuits.

Abstract: A planar light source is disclosed. The planar light source includes an upper substrate having a central portion and two edge portions and a lower substrate opposite to the upper substrate, wherein a plurality of luminous cavities are formed by and between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. With respect to cross sectional areas, one portion of the luminous cavities corresponding to the central portion of the upper substrate is smaller than the other portion of the luminous cavities corresponding to one of the edge portions of the upper substrate, and thus the lightness produced in the central portion is higher than that in the edge portion.

Abstract: The invention discloses an LTPS LCD comprising a plurality of NMOS elements and PMOS elements on a substrate. Each element comprises a SiNx layer underlying or capping a gate electrode. The SiNx layer features an appropriate length extending from the bottom edge of the gate electrode. The SiNx layer can be replaced with a SiOxNy layer.

Abstract: A system having an electrostatic discharge protection structure and a method for manufacturing the structure are provided. The structure comprises a conducting layer, a material layer and a bridging layer wherein the conducting layer is divided into a first conducting portion and a second conducting portion to form a gap therebetween. The material layer is disposed onto the conducting layer, forming a first via hole to expose a part of the first conducting portion and a second via hole to expose a part of the second conducting portion. Finally, the bridging layer disposed onto the material layer electrically connects the first conducting portion to the second conducting portion within the first and second via holes, whereby the electrostatic produced during the manufacturing process would be prevented from damaging the driver circuits.

Abstract: A backlight unit usable in a liquid crystal display. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate having an edge zone and a central zone surrounded by the edge zone, a first plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the central zone of the substrate, a second plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the edge zone of the substrate, and an electronic controlling means for controlling the light emitted from the first plurality of light emitting elements and the second plurality of light emitting elements such that in operation, the output power per unit area by the second plurality of light emitting elements in the edge zone is less than that by the first plurality of light emitting elements in the central zone.

Abstract: A method for driving a cell of a plasma display panel in a duration of a frame, in which the frame contains a plurality of subfields. The method comprises setting a selected subfield in the frame of at least one cell of a scanning line to a selected state; setting each one of the subfields preceding the selected subfield to a state opposite the selected state; setting each one of the subfields succeeding the selected subfield in the frame to the same state as a corresponding subfield of a corresponding cell in an adjacent previous scanning line; and driving the one cell by turning the cell into either an ON or OFF condition from the selected subfield throughout the succeeding subfields in the frame based on the selected state of the selected subfield. Another method is to set each one of the subfields succeeding the selected subfield in the frame, based on states of corresponding subfields of corresponding cells in an adjacent previous scanning line and an adjacent next scanning line.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for driving a display device, the display device having a first plurality and second plurality of row electrodes, with the first plurality being further grouped into a first set and a second set, such that undesired gas discharge and dielectric breakdown will not occur between the electrodes within the PDP, and dissipation of energy is reduced.