Abstract: A liquid crystal display capable of reducing light leakage and improving contrast ratio is presented. The display includes: a lower display substrate including a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode connected thereto; an upper display substrate facing the lower display substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower display substrate and the upper display substrate, wherein the lower display substrate includes: a data line; a first color filter and a second color filter configured to cover at least a portion of the data line, the first color filter and the second color filter being disposed to overlap each other on the data line; and an opaque shielding electrode disposed on the first and second color filters and overlapping the data line.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a thin film transistor, a black column spacer and a barrier layer. The first substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The thin film transistor is disposed on the first substrate, and connected to the gate line and the data line. The black column spacer includes a blocking part covering the gate line and the thin film transistor, and a maintaining part integrated with the blocking part. The maintaining part maintains a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The maintaining part includes a material substantially the same as that of the blocking part. The barrier layer covers the blocking part.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: an insulation substrate; a thin film transistor including gate and data lines on the insulation substrate; a passivation layer on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode on the passivation layer and including a first subpixel electrode to which a first voltage is applied and a second subpixel electrode to which a second voltage is applied; a shielding electrode on the passivation layer and applied with a common voltage; a first microcavity on the pixel electrode and injected with a liquid crystal material; a second microcavity on the shielding electrode and injected with the liquid crystal material; a common electrode on the first and second microcavities and separated from the pixel electrode and the shielding electrode by the first and second microcavities; a roof layer on the common electrode;; and an overcoat on the roof layer to seal the first and second microcavities.

Abstract: A display device includes a display area and a non-display area, a first alignment layer disposed on a first substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer; and a groove disposed in the non-display area of the second substrate to correspond to at least a portion of an end portion of the second alignment layer. The groove is provided along at least one side of the display area and is configured to be filled by an alignment solution used to from the second alignment layer and prevent the alignment solution from dispersing to other areas of the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor; and a roof layer disposed facing the pixel electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities are disposed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules is disposed in the plurality of microcavities, and wherein each microcavity includes a first area and a second area partitioned by a liquid crystal injection hole formation area, and a first alignment layer in the first area and a second alignment layer in the second area are formed of different materials.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first insulating substrate on which pixels are arranged and a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate. Each pixel includes a gate electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the first insulating substrate to cover the gate electrode, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the gate insulating layer to overlap with the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern, a transparent pixel electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer and partially making contact with the drain electrode, a protective layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate to form an electric field together with the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display panel includes applying a first electric field to a first area of a liquid crystal layer and irradiating a light to the first area to form first and second cured layers, which pre-tilt the first liquid crystal molecules at a first angle, applying a second electric field having an intensity different from the first electric field to the second area and irradiating the light to the second area to form third and fourth cured layers, which pre-tilt the second liquid crystal molecules at a second angle different from the first angle.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device may include a substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein a liquid crystal injection hole is formed through at least the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a light-blocking element disposed inside the liquid crystal injection hole.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and including a first subpixel electrode including a plurality of first branch electrodes and a second subpixel electrode which is separated from the first subpixel electrode, includes a plurality of second branch electrodes, and encloses the first subpixel electrode, a compensation electrode positioned between the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device may include a substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein a liquid crystal injection hole is formed through at least the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a light-blocking element disposed inside the liquid crystal injection hole.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device may include a substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein a liquid crystal injection hole is formed through at least the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a light-blocking element disposed inside the liquid crystal injection hole.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a recess portion recessed into the first substrate from the surface of a common electrode and a first alignment barrier protruded from the recess portion in an area corresponding to at least a portion of an end portion of a first alignment layer.

Abstract: A method for forming a thin film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes forming the thin film at a power density in the range of approximately 1.5 to approximately 3 W/cm2 and at a pressure of an inert gas that is in the range of approximately 0.2 to approximately 0.3 Pa. This process results in an amorphous metal thin film barrier layer that prevents undesired diffusion from adjacent layers, even when this barrier layer is thinner than many conventional barrier layers.

Abstract: Provided are a display device and a manufacturing method thereof capable of preventing aggregation of an alignment layer and maintaining uniformly a cell-gap. The display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and formed in the pixel area; a barrier layer formed on the pixel electrode; a roof layer formed on the barrier layer to be spaced apart from the barrier layer with a microcavity therebetween; and a liquid crystal formed to fill the microcavity.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) having a semiconductive layer formed on the substrate and source and drain electrodes formed on the semiconductive layer; an interlayer insulating layer formed on the thin film transistor and formed with a contact hole partially exposing the drain electrode; a first light blocking structure-forming layer covering the contact hole and connected to the drain electrode; a second light blocking structure-forming layer formed on the first light blocking structure-forming layer; a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating layer; and a common electrode disposed to face the pixel electrode, wherein at least one microcavity having a respective liquid crystal injection hole is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and the microcavity is filled to contain therein a liquid crystal layer portion formed of liquid crystal molecules.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor array panel includes: simultaneously forming a gate conductor and a first electrode on a substrate, using a non-peroxide-based etchant; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate conductor and the first electrode; forming a semiconductor, a source electrode, and a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer; forming a passivation layer on the semiconductor, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; and forming a second electrode layer on the passivation layer.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate. A data line is formed on the substrate. A color filter covers at least a portion of the data line. A shielding electrode is formed on the color filter and is disposed over the data line. A pixel electrode is formed on the color filter and is separated from the shielding electrode. The shielding electrode has a low reflection characteristic.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a gate line, a gate insulating layer that covers the gate line, a semiconductor layer that is disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and drain electrode that are disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer that covers the data line and drain electrode and has a contact hole that exposes a portion of the drain electrode, and a pixel electrode that is electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole. The data line and drain electrode each have a double layer that includes a lower layer of titanium and an upper layer of copper, and the lower layer is wider than the upper layer, and the lower layer has a region that is exposed. The gate insulating layer may have a step shape.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display substrate which includes a plurality of pixel areas and is curved in a first direction, an opposite substrate which faces the display substrate, is coupled to the display substrate, and is curved along the display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate, where a plurality of domains are defined in each of the plurality of pixel areas, directions in which liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are aligned are different from each other in at least two domains among the plurality of domains, and the plurality of domains is arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: A method for forming a thin film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes forming the thin film at a power density in the range of approximately 1.5 to approximately 3 W/cm2 and at a pressure of an inert gas that is in the range of approximately 0.2 to approximately 0.3 Pa. This process results in an amorphous metal thin film barrier layer that prevents undesired diffusion from adjacent layers, even when this barrier layer is thinner than many conventional barrier layers.