Abstract: a liquid crystal display includes a pixel having a first region and a second region, wherein the pixel comprises a pixel electrode, a comon electrode facing the pixel electrode, and an alignment layer formed on at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the alignment layer has different thicknesses in a first region and a second region, and a voltage ratio of the second region to the first region is about 0.1 to 0.95.

Abstract: An apparatus for arranging a spacer includes a substrate, a roller, and an adhesion unit. The substrate includes a recessed portion. A spacer, which maintains a cell gap of a display panel and has an adhesive member formed thereon, is received in the recessed portion. The roller corresponds to the spacer. The roller makes contact with an exposed portion of the adhesive member. The adhesion unit provides for an adhesive strength between the exposed portion of the adhesive member and the roller that exceeds an adhesive strength between the received portion of the adhesive member and the recessed portion of the substrate so that the spacer may be printed on the roller. Therefore, a cell gap uniformity of a display device may be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for aligning an inkjet head includes an alignment plate disposed at a side of a printing die, and a confirmation apparatus that is spaced apart from the alignment plate by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, a method for manufacturing the same, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same are provided. A method includes forming a field-generating electrode on a panel, and forming an inorganic alignment layer on the substrate by using atmospheric pressure plasma. The process using the atmospheric pressure plasma to form the inorganic alignment layer is more simplified by omitting the etch steps of the short point area and the pad areas. Also, alignment layers may be formed on the mother glass with various shapes by using one apparatus.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a liquid crystal display includes a spacer supply substrate in which a plurality of grooves are formed, a transfer roller having a surface to which a plurality of spacers deposited into the grooves are primarily transferred, and a support plate on which a substrate is mounted, wherein the primarily transferred spacers are secondarily transferred onto the substrate as the transfer roller rotates, wherein the diameter of each of the grooves is less than or equal to about seven times the diameter of each of the spacers. The diameter and depth of the groove of the spacer supply substrate and the tilt angle of a sidewall of the groove are controlled to prevent bead spacers from being stacked in two levels.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a liquid crystal display includes a spacer supply plate provided with a plurality of grooves into which spacers are injected, a transcribing roller into a surface of which the spacers are first-transcribed thereof, and a support plate mounting a panel into which the spacers on the surface of the transcribing roller are second-transcribed.

Abstract: A system for determining the amount of LC that is dropped on a display panel is presented. The system can adjust the amount of the LC to be dropped based on a real-time feedback on the amount of LC that is currently being dropped. The amount of LC that is being dropped is detected by utilizing a light source and a CCD camera. Because LC is not consumed wastefully and the detection interval is shortened with this system, the amount of LC that is dropped can be controlled more accurately and manufacturing cost is reduced.

Abstract: A substrate includes a substrate body, a first thin film pattern, a second thin film pattern and a third thin film pattern. The substrate body includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The first, second and third thin film patterns are formed on the first surface of the substrate body. The first, second and third thin film patterns include first, second and third liquid crystal of which first, second and third liquid crystal molecules are arranged in first direction in order to transmit only first, second and third lights having first, second and third wavelength and a specific polarizing axis, respectively. Therefore, parts of a substrate for a display apparatus may be reduced, so that a process of manufacturing the substrate may be simplified.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizer that includes a supporting member and a liquid crystal polarizing layer that is coated on the supporting member. The liquid crystal polarizing layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are arranged in a predetermined direction and polarizing molecules that are combined with the liquid crystal molecules in order to absorb light oscillating in predetermined direction. The resulting polarizer is thin and highly effective.

Abstract: A substrate includes a substrate body, a first thin film pattern, a second thin film pattern and a third thin film pattern. The substrate body includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The first, second and third thin film patterns are formed on the first surface of the substrate body. The first, second and third thin film patterns include first, second and third liquid crystal of which first, second and third liquid crystal molecules are arranged in first direction in order to transmit only first, second and third lights having first, second and third wavelength and a specific polarizing axis, respectively. Therefore, parts of a substrate for a display apparatus may be reduced, so that a process of manufacturing the substrate may be simplified.

Abstract: In a display apparatus, a display panel displays an image and a first polarizer under the display panel polarizes a light applied to the display panel. A second polarizer on the display panel polarizes the light from the display panel. An absorbing layer between the first and second polarizers absorbs a first light from the first polarizer, having a predetermined wavelength, and provides a second light from the first polarizer to the second polarizer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a preform for a plastic optical fiber, having continuous refractive index profile in a radial direction, comprising a firs step of introducing a mixture consisting of at least two substances, each having a different density and refractive index relative to each other, to a cylindrical reactor and polymerizing the mixture in a centrifugal field generated by rotating the reactor; a second step of compensating for a void formed by volume shrinkage from the polymerization in the first step with a mixture consisting of at least two substances, each having a different density and refractive index relative to each other, and polymerizing the mixture in a centrifugal field generated by rotating the reactor, and a third step of repeating the second step until there is no void after polymerization

Abstract: A method for fabricating a preform for a plastic optical fiber, having continuous refractive index profile in a radial direction, comprising a firs step of introducing a mixture consisting of at least two substances, each having a different density and refractive index relative to each other, to a cylindrical reactor and polymerizing the mixture in a centrifugal field generated by rotating the reactor; a second step of compensating for a void formed by volume shrinkage from the polymerization in the first step with a mixture consisting of at least two substances, each having a different density and refractive index relative to each other, and polymerizing the mixture in a centrifugal field generated by rotating the reactor, and a third step of repeating the second step until there is no void after polymerization