Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a plurality of first signal lines formed on the substrate; a plurality of second signal lines intersecting, and insulated from, the first signal lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in intersection areas of the first and second signal lines; a plurality of first thin film transistors electrically connected to the first signal lines, the second signal lines, and the pixel electrodes; a plurality of buffer electrodes capacitively coupled to the pixel electrodes and located at a boundary of the intersection areas; and a plurality of second thin film transistors electrically connected to the buffer electrodes and the first signal lines, wherein the first signal lines are connected to the pixel electrodes of a previous row.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel may comprise gate lines including gate electrodes and storage electrode lines including storage electrodes that are formed on the insulating substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer covering the gate lines, data lines and drain electrodes which are formed on the gate insulating layer, the drain lines including source electrodes formed at least on the semiconductor layer and intersecting the gate lines to define pixel areas, and the drain electrodes being separated from the data lines and opposite to the data lines with respect to the gate electrodes and including a storage capacitor conductor overlapping the storage electrodes. Pixel electrodes and common electrodes may be formed on the passivation layer for covering the semiconductor layer. The pixel electrodes and the common electrodes may be neither perpendicular to nor parallel to the data lines and may be made of opaque conductive material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nematic liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal composition exhibiting a fast response time over a wide temperature range comprising the same, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal composition with fast response characteristics, and having a high phase transition temperature of liquid crystal, and having a low driving voltage and a nematic phase in a wide temperature range, comprising a nematic liquid crystal compound having an isothionate group and at least one fluorine atom in an aromatic ring of a terminal group.

Abstract: A nematic liquid crystal composition includes a compound of formula (1) and a host mixture: wherein ‘R’ is chosen from CnH2n+1O, CnH2n+1, CnH2n+1S or CnH2n?1; ‘n’ is an integer of 1 to 15; ‘A’ is ‘a’ is 0 or 1; ‘B’ is —CH2CH2—, —C?C—, —C?C— or ‘b’ is 0 or 1; ‘D’ is —CH2CH2—, —C?C— or —C?C—; ‘d’ is 0 or 1; ‘X’ is H, F, Cl, Br, NCS or CN; and ‘Y’ is from NCS, SCN or F. A liquid crystal display apparatus employing the nematic liquid crystal composition has a high response speed and a high phase transition temperature. In addition, the nematic liquid crystal composition has an augmented birefringence and a dielectric anisotropy. The liquid crystal display apparatus using the nematic liquid crystal composition may have an enhanced brightness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal composition having a high-speed response property and a liquid crystal display using the same, more particularly to a liquid crystal composition, wherein the liquid crystal has a high phase transition temperature, large birefringence index and modulus of elasticity, and a wide operable nematic temperature range, so that a high-speed response can be obtained to be useful for many liquid crystal devices including LCDs, and a liquid crystal display using the same.