Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes a first panel and a second panel facing each other, a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second panels, and a plurality of column spacers each having a pillar and a base supporting the pillar. The width of the pillar is less than that of the base portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a sealant which is formed on a peripheral area surrounding a display area including a plurality of pixel portions. The sealant includes a photocuring material hardened by multiphoton absorption and a thermosetting material hardened by heat. The second substrate faces the first substrate and is combined with the first substrate by the sealant. Thus, the reliability of manufacturing the display device, the display quality, and the productivity may be improved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) which can be driven at a low voltage and has a fast response time. The LCD includes a liquid crystal composition interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal composition includes a first polar liquid crystal compound and a second polar liquid crystal compound, each in an amount of 20% or less by weight based on a weight of the liquid crystal composition, wherein the first polar liquid crystal compound is represented by and the second polar liquid crystal compound is represented by at least one of where each of R1, R2, and R3, and R4 independently is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an alkenyl group having about 2 to about 15 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a multi-display apparatus having larger display areas. The display apparatus includes a first insulating substrate, as well as a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on the first insulating substrate, where the plurality of gate lines is arranged to intersect the plurality of data lines. A plurality of storage electrode lines is arranged substantially parallel to the plurality of gate lines. A gate drive chip is mounted off of the first insulating substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of storage electrode lines. The gate drive chip is configured to apply a gate voltage to the gate lines and a storage voltage to the storage electrode lines.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual layer prism sheet including two patterned prism sheets adhered to each other with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween. The adhesive layer includes a polymeric adhesive and a lubricant. A liquid crystal display including the dual layer prism sheet is also disclosed. Each pattern on the prism sheet is arranged to make a predetermined angle with a liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A twisted nematic (TN) mode liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes first and second display panels facing each other to create an electric field therebetween, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second display panels. The liquid crystal layer contains liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal layer has a structure in which long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are aligned spirally from the first display panel to the second display panel when no electric field is created in the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal molecules have a dielectric anisotropy (??) in a range of 4.5 to 5.7, a splay elastic constant (K11) of 14 pN or less, and a bend elastic constant (K33) of 12 pN or greater.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor (“TFT”) substrate includes; a substrate including both a light-transmitting region and a light-blocking region, a solar cell pattern disposed on the light-blocking region of the substrate, and comprising at least one solar cell, an insulation layer disposed on the solar cell pattern, and a TFT disposed on the insulation layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode, which is formed on the first substrate comprises a first domain dividing means, a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode which are distanced from each other to have a predetermined interval, a second substrate which is disposed to face the first substrate, a second domain dividing means which is formed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a plurality of sub areas are defined by the first and second domain dividing means, and a width of a sub area of the first sub pixel electrode and a width of a sub area of the second sub pixel electrode are different.

Abstract: An end-sealant composition for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes an acrylic polymer resin, a polymeric photoinitiator polymerized into an acrylic chain, and an acryl-philic coupling agent. The end-sealant composition exhibits reduced diffusion into the liquid crystals during an end-sealant forming process. Image defects such as stains around fill ports and incidental images are thereby prevented, so that high quality displays can be prepared. Use of the end-sealant composition can provide high performance for high dielectric constant liquid crystals that are widely used in the fabrication of liquid crystal display panels.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing spacers on a substrate of an LCD includes a spacer supply roller having a plurality of recesses formed in its exterior surface. A plurality of uniform volumes of an ink containing the spacers is loaded into the recesses and then transferred from the supply roller onto a transfer belt that is arranged to move tangentially with respect to the supply roller by means of a transfer roller and an auxiliary roller. The LCD substrate is then moved tangentially with respect to the moving transfer belt such that the ink volumes on the transfer belt are transferred onto the substrate at selected locations thereon. The continuously rotating components of the apparatus enable it to accommodate LCD panels of any size without the need for large spacer supply substrates and transfer rollers and prevent the inadvertent deposition of multiple layers of spacers on the substrate.

Abstract: An array substrate includes: a gate line, a data line crossing disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate line, a first switching element being electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode being electrically connected to the first switching element to be formed in a pixel area, the pixel electrode having including an opening pattern, and a light-blocking wiring formed disposed in correspondence with the opening pattern is formed, the light-blocking wiring including a convex-concave pattern.

Abstract: An LCD panel includes a first substrate including a first substrate material, a plurality of thin film transistors (“TFTs”) formed on the first substrate material each having a drain electrode, and an organic layer formed on the plurality of TFTs which further includes a color filter layer, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and including a second substrate material, a main column spacer having a first end connected to the first substrate, and a second end connected to the second substrate, a sub column spacer having a first end connected to one of the first and second substrates, and a second end being spaced apart from the other one of the first and second substrates, and a recessed portion formed in at least one of the first and second substrates corresponding to the sub column spacer.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display panel includes a printing plate having a plurality of recesses formed on its surface and a hole formed at at least one end thereof, a transfer roller for receiving ink injected in the recesses, a supporting plate for supporting a substrate thereon, wherein the ink from the transfer roller is transferred onto the substrate according to a rotation of the roller, and an ink re-using unit positioned in the hole. Productivity can be improved by reducing a fabrication cost by provision of the ink re-using unit to re-use ink.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display panel assembly, includes: preparing a first panel and a second panel each having a display area and a non-display area; forming a first alignment layer and a second alignment layer on the first panel and the second panel, respectively; eliminating at least a part of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer which is disposed on the non-display area; forming a sealant on the non-display area of at least one of the first panel and the second panel; and adhering the first panel and the second panel each other with the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer facing each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal display using the same. The liquid crystal composition includes a polar compound and a low-viscosity compound. The liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates that face each other, and first and second electrodes disposed on the first and second substrates, respectively. A liquid crystal layer including the liquid crystal composition is disposed between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a panel for controlling viewing angle and a liquid crystal display having the same. More particularly, there is provided a panel for controlling viewing angle including a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; liquid crystal layer provided between the first and the second substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode disposed on a first side of the second substrate facing the first electrode; and a light blocking film disposed on a second side of the second electrode and a liquid crystal display having the same.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, includes: a first insulating substrate, a gate line and a data line which are formed on the first insulating layer insulatedly crossing each other to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor electrically connected with the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode electrically connected with the thin film transistor, and comprises a stem electrode and a plurality of branch electrodes connected with the stem electrode and in parallel with each other; a second insulating substrate; a common electrode formed on the second insulating substrate; an organic layer formed on the common electrode having an opening exposing the common electrode in parallel with the branch electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition and a display having the same are provided. The liquid crystal composition includes a first class including a neutral liquid crystal compound, and a second class including a polar liquid crystal compound having at least one fluorine atom. The second class includes a liquid crystal compound represented by Chemical Formula (I): R1—CF2O—R2 ??(I) where R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and has an aromatic ring having at least one fluorine atom. The liquid crystal compound represented by Chemical Formula (I) is included at less than about 22 wt % of the total content of the liquid crystal composition in one example.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing bead spacers on a substrate of an LCD panel includes a head unit for spraying a plurality of bead spacer groups on the substrate, a transfer unit for transferring the head unit, and a supply unit for supplying the bead spacers to the head unit. Each of the bead spacer groups includes a plurality of bead spacers, and the sizes of the respective spacers of at least two of the spacer groups are different from each other. The invention enables a cell gap of a substantially uniform thickness to be created and maintained in the panel, prevents the occurrence of smear failures in the panel, and increases the allowable tolerance in the amount of liquid crystal material needed to fill the panel correctly.

Abstract: A display panel includes a pair of substrates separated by a liquid crystal layer, a polarization layer formed on one of the substrates, a color filter formed on the polarization layer, and a common electrode formed on the color filter wherein, the polarization layer substitutes for the conventional black matrix so that when the substrates are sealed together ultraviolet rays used to harden the sealant are not blocked by the black matrix.