Abstract: A backlight assembly for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed with high efficiency and high brightness. The backlight assembly includes a light source in which a first light emitting diode and a second light emitting diode are combined, a board where the light source is mounted, and optical sheets arranged in front of the light source. By alternately arranging a front emitting type LED and a side emitting type LED in various structures, high efficiency and high brightness may be obtained using a small number of light emitting diodes.

Abstract: A document feeding apparatus includes a first delivery roller delivering a document sheet discharged from a fixing unit, a second delivery roller discharging the document sheet to a paper delivery tray, a motor driving the second delivery roller, a lever installed at the downstream, or upstream, side of the first delivery roller out of a document sheet transporting pathway, which rotates at a predetermined angle when contacting the document sheet and returns to an original position when not contacting the document sheet, a sensor sensing a rotation time and a returning time of the lever, and a controller determining a double feeding or slipping state of the document sheet based on a signal transferred from the sensor regarding the rotation time and the returning time of the lever, and controlling the driving speed of the motor according to the determination result.

Abstract: A data pad region of a liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of data lines vertically arranged at specified intervals, a plurality of data pads respectively connected to the data lines, at least one first side contact with a first area formed in each data pad and at least one second side contact with a second area formed in each data pad, wherein the first area is larger than the second area.

Abstract: A direct type back light includes a case holding a plurality of lamps. The lamps may be “U” shaped and have curves arranged at a centerline of the case to face each other with a gap there between. A reflecting plate is positioned below the plurality of lamps. A luminance control sheet is provided above the reflecting plate and below the lamps in several of, or all of, the gaps. The luminance control sheet may have a lower reflectivity or a higher reflectivity than the reflecting plate to remove a bright line or a dark line in the center of the display, respectively.

Abstract: A digital video recording apparatus and an editing method for recorded broadcast programs are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed apparatus and method, information of recorded broadcast programs is extracted from a broadcast stream which includes the broadcast programs. The extracted information is displayed on a display in the form of a program record list. Accordingly, the user can easily edit recorded broadcast programs by simply editing the program record list.

Abstract: Methods for cleaning an electrode assembly, which can be used for etching a dielectric material in a plasma etching chamber after the cleaning, comprise polishing a silicon surface of the electrode assembly, preferably to remove black silicon contamination therefrom.

Abstract: A backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same is provided. The backlight assembly includes a plurality of U-type external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFLs) connected to common electrode parts to reduce the occurrence of short circuits. The a backlight assembly includes a first common electrode part, a second common electrode part arranged parallel to the first common electrode with a predetermined distance in-between, and a plurality of external electrode fluorescent lamps, each having a bent shape and electrically connected to the first and second common electrode parts and a liquid crystal display panel displaying an image according to transmissivity of light supplied from the backlight assembly.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a LOG-type liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method that is adaptive for reducing a line resistance of a LOG-type signal line group within the confined area. A LOG-type liquid crystal display panel according to one aspect of the present invention includes a picture display part having a plurality of liquid crystal cells, each of which is arranged at each intersection area between gate lines and data lines; and line on glass type signal lines, being provided at an outer area of the picture display part by a line on glass system, for applying driving signals required for drive integrated circuits for driving the gate lines and the data lines, wherein said any one signal line of the line on glass type signal lines is provided by different metal layers formed between the insulating films and connected with each other in parallel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal pattern. The first substrate has an image display portion thereon, and the seal pattern is along an outer periphery of the image display portion to attach the first substrate with the second substrate. The first substrate includes at least one conductive line disposed at a corner portion of the first substrate, a multi-layer film disposed on the first substrate and the at least one conductive line, and a transparent electrode formed on the multi-layer film and in the bonding holes. The multi-layer film defines a plurality of bonding holes disposed along a region where the seal pattern is disposed. Herein, the transparent electrode is entirely disposed within a boundary defined by an outer side of the seal pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a digital broadcasting method and apparatus which can provide digital broadcast signals based on different broadcasting standards to the audiences. The digital broadcasting apparatus includes a plurality of tuners which can receive the broadcast signals based on the different broadcasting standards. A data broadcast signal based on one broadcasting standard is received through one of the tuners and displayed. In a state that a data broadcast signal based on one broadcasting standard is being displayed, the data broadcast signal being displayed is replaced with the data broadcast signal based on the different broadcasting standard in response to the audience's request. Accordingly, the audiences can view the desired data broadcast signal without regard to the broadcasting standards.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The device and method increase contact stability by forming a contact hole exposing the lateral and upper surfaces of a metal layer using a diffraction mask. The device includes a lower metal layer on a substrate; a passivation layer on the substrate including the lower metal layer; a contact hole on the passivation layer so as to expose the lateral and upper surfaces of the lower metal layer; and an upper metal layer in the contact hole and over the passivation layer, and in contact with the exposed lateral and upper surface of the lower metal layer.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a LOG-type liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method that is adaptive for reducing a line resistance of a LOG-type signal line group within the confined area. A LOG-type liquid crystal display panel according to one aspect of the present invention includes a picture display part having a plurality of liquid crystal cells, each of which is arranged at each intersection area between gate lines and data lines; and line on glass type signal lines, being provided at an outer area of the picture display part by a line on glass system, for applying driving signals required for drive integrated circuits for driving the gate lines and the data lines, wherein said any one signal line of the line on glass type signal lines is provided by different metal layers formed between the insulating films and connected with each other in parallel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, an image display part formed on the first substrate and having a plurality of pixels arranged thereon, a plurality of gate and source drivers for supplying signals to the pixels, a controller for supplying control signals to the gate and source drivers, at least one conductive line at a corner portion of the first substrate, the conductive line connecting the controller and the gate drivers, and a plurality of transparent electrode segments overlapping the conductive line with at least one intermediate film interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal pattern. The first substrate has an image display portion thereon, and the seal pattern is along an outer periphery of the image display portion to attach the first substrate with the second substrate. The first substrate includes at least one conductive line disposed at a corner portion of the first substrate, a multi-layer film disposed on the first substrate and the at least one conductive line, and a transparent electrode formed on the multi-layer film and in the bonding holes. The multi-layer film defines a plurality of bonding holes disposed along a region where the seal pattern is disposed. Herein, the transparent electrode is entirely disposed within a boundary defined by an outer side of the seal pattern.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line elongated in one direction, a data line crossing over the gate line, a thin film transistor near a crossing point of the gate and data lines and connected to the gate and data lines, an independent portion under the data line at the crossing point, the portion being separated from the gate line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor. The independent portion may be inside the gate line.

Abstract: A data pad region of a liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of data lines vertically arranged at specified intervals, a plurality of data pads respectively connected to the data lines, at least one first side contact with a first area formed in each data pad and at least one second side contact with a second area formed in each data pad, wherein the first area is larger than the second area.

Abstract: A sintered alloy having an improved wear resistance and a workability for a valve seat. The alloy contains iron as a main component, carbon, silicon, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, maganese, lead, vanadium, advantageously boron nitride, and tungsten. The strength, wear resistance, and material properties are improved by a sub-zero treatment. Sintered alloy with wear resistance used for a valve seat comprises Fe as a main component, C of 1.2 to 1.7 wt %, Cr of 3.5 to 5.0 wt %, Mo of 2.0 to 4.0 wt %, V of 3.0 to 5.0 wt %, W of 7.0 to 10.0 wt %, Co of 2.0 to 3.5 wt %, boron nitride of 0.1 to 1.0 wt %, S of 0.2 to 0.4 wt %, Mn of 0.2 to 0.5 wt %, advantageously 0.2 to 0.6% Si, and Pb of 10.0 to 15.0 wt %. Sintered alloy for an valve seat is manufactured by a sub-zero treatment so that the amount of metallic particles separated from a base matrix decreases and a size of the separated metallic particle becomes small.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The device and method increase contact stability by forming a contact hole exposing the lateral and upper surfaces of a metal layer using a diffraction mask. The device includes a lower metal layer on a substrate; a passivation layer on the substrate including the lower metal layer; a contact hole on the passivation layer so as to expose the lateral and upper surfaces of the lower metal layer; and an upper metal layer in the contact hole and over the passivation layer, and in contact with the exposed lateral and upper surface of the lower metal layer.

Abstract: A LOG-type liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof that reduces a line resistance of a LOG-type signal line group within the confined area. In the panel, a picture display part has a plurality of liquid crystal cells, each of which is arranged at each crossing area between gate lines and data lines. Line on glass type signal lines are provided at an outer area of the picture display part by a line on glass system to apply driving signals required for driver integrated circuits for driving the gate lines and the data lines and to connect the driver integrated circuits to each other. The line on glass type signal lines are separately provided at different metal layers having an insulating film therebetween.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a LOG-type liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method that is adaptive for reducing a line resistance of a LOG-type signal line group within the confined area. A LOG-type liquid crystal display panel according to one aspect of the present invention includes a picture display part having a plurality of liquid crystal cells, each of which is arranged at each intersection area between gate lines and data lines; and line on glass type signal lines, being provided at an outer area of the picture display part by a line on glass system, for applying driving signals required for drive integrated circuits for driving the gate lines and the data lines, wherein said any one signal line of the line on glass type signal lines is provided by different metal layers formed between the insulating films and connected with each other in parallel.