Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device with a touch screen function is provided. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel layer including a liquid crystal layer filled between first and second substrates, and a touch panel layer which is formed on the first substrate, includes at least one phase compensating means stacked therein, and detects a contact point when an upper electrode and a lower electrode come into contact with each other due to external pressure, wherein the phase compensating means is patterned so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode are able to contact each other, and thus outdoor visibility and viewing angle characteristics can be effectively improved.

Abstract: A display device is provided that can provide sufficient time for threshold voltage compensation of a driving transistor of each pixel during high-speed driving of the display device, and a method for driving the same. A data writing and threshold voltage compensation step of pixels at odd and even-numbered lines are concurrently performed during an extended time period so that the time available for threshold voltage compensation of the driving transistors can be increased.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide method for forming crystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A substrate is provided. An IGZO layer is formed above the substrate. The IGZO layer is annealed in an environment consisting essentially of nitrogen gas.

Abstract: A steam trap system is provided which can improve efficiency of sensor assembly and air-tightness. The steam trap system includes: a housing that includes a feeding hole for feeding steam, a discharging hole for discharging condensate water, and an opening; at least one sensor that is disposed inside the housing via the opening; an insulation member that is disposed in the opening to maintain air-tightness and to which the sensor is fixed to expose a terminal; and a cover that is disposed in the insulation member to cover the terminal.

Abstract: A system for correcting defects on a display panel includes: a signal supplier configured to supply a test signal corresponding to each of a first reference gray level, a second reference gray level, and a third reference gray level to the display panel; a luminance calculator configured to capture an image for each reference gray level displayed on the display panel in response to the test signal and to calculate luminance distribution data of the display panel for each reference gray level; and a correction data calculator configured to calculate correction data based on the luminance distribution data for each reference gray level, wherein the first, second, and third reference gray levels have different gray values, the third reference gray level corresponds to a maximum gray value of gray data input to the display panel, and the correction data increases the maximum gray value of the input gray data.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including scan lines, data lines, and color pixels located at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines, each of the color pixels including a driving transistor, the color pixels including first color pixels, second color pixels, and third color pixels; a scan driver configured to transfer a scan signal; a data driver configured to transfer an image data signal; an initialization voltage controller configured to set different initialization voltages for each pixel during each frame according to a threshold voltage deviation for the driving transistor of each pixel and calculate the initialization voltages including first, second, and third initialization voltages corresponding to the plurality of color pixels; an initialization voltage driver configured to apply the calculated first, second, and third initialization voltages; and a signal controller configured to generate and transfer a control signal and the image data signals.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a display area that displays an image and a non-display area adjacent to at least a part of the display area, a driver circuit unit connected to the non-display area and driving the flexible display panel, a cover member covering at least a part of the driver circuit unit and at least a part of the non-display area of the flexible display panel, and a fixing unit spaced apart from the driver circuit unit and overlapping the non-display area. The fixing unit is between the cover member and the flexible display panel and fixes the cover member and the flexible display panel.

Abstract: An organic electro luminescence display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged at intersections of m columns and n rows, a data driver unit configured to generate data signals and to provide the data signals to the pixels, and a gate driver unit configured to generate a first luminescence control signal, a second luminescence control signal, and scan signals, wherein the scan signals are sequentially provided to the pixels by a row unit, the first luminescence control signal is provided to the pixels via the left-most side of the pixels of the display panel, and the second luminescence control signal is provided to the pixels via the right-most side of the pixels of the display panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate having enhanced reliability is disclosed. The method includes forming a multilayer structure including at least one first metal layer and a second metal layer made of copper, forming a first mask layer including a first mask area corresponding to a data line and a second mask area corresponding to an electrode pattern to overlap with an active layer, patterning the multilayer structure, thereby forming the data line constituted by the multilayer structure, patterning the second metal layer, thereby forming the electrode pattern constituted by the at least one first metal layer, forming a second mask layer to expose a portion of the electrode pattern corresponding to a channel area of the active layer, patterning the at least one first metal layer, thereby forming source and drain.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide method for forming crystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) with intra-layer variations and methods for forming such IGZO. At least a portion of a substrate is positioned in a processing chamber. A first sub-layer of an IGZO layer is formed above the at least a portion of the substrate while the at least a portion of the substrate is in the processing chamber. The first sub-layer of the IGZO layer is formed using a first set of processing conditions. A second sub-layer of the IGZO layer is formed above the first sub-layer of the IGZO layer while the at least a portion of the substrate is in the processing chamber. The second sub-layer of the IGZO layer is formed using a second set of processing conditions. The second set of processing conditions is different than the first set of processing conditions.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide method for forming crystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A substrate is provided. A seed layer is formed above the substrate. The seed layer has a crystalline structure that is substantially dominant along the c-axis. An IGZO layer is formed above the seed layer. The seed layer may include zinc oxide. A stack of alternating seed layers and IGZO layers may be formed.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide method for forming crystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A substrate is provided. An IGZO layer is formed above the substrate. The IGZO layer is annealed in an environment consisting essentially of nitrogen gas.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide method for forming crystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A substrate is provided. A layer is formed above the substrate using a PVD process. The layer includes indium, gallium, zinc, or a combination thereof. The PVD process is performed in a gaseous environment having a pressure of between about 1 mT and about 5 mT and including between about 20% and about 100% oxygen gas. The PVD process may be performed at a processing temperature between about 25° C. and about 400° C. The duty cycle of the PVD process may be between about 70% and about 100%.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide method for forming crystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A substrate is positioned relative to at least one target. The at least one target includes indium, gallium, zinc, or a combination thereof. A substantially constant voltage is provided across the substrate and the at least one target to cause a plasma species to impact the at least one target. The impacting of the plasma species on the at least one target causes material to be ejected from the at least one target to form an IGZO layer above the substrate.

Abstract: There is provided an organic light emitting display device and a method of driving the same. The organic light emitting display device includes pixels, a data driver, a scan driver to sequentially supply scan signals to scan lines, and a control line driver configured to supply emission control signals to emission control line. The data driver is to discharge the gate electrodes of the driving transistors of the pixels at a uniform discharge speed in a third period within a second period, wherein the second period is after the first period, the third period corresponds to a light emitting gray scale of each pixel, and after the second period, the pixels emit light.

Abstract: A device for preventing an eCall system backup battery for a vehicle from discharging is provided. The device includes a GPS configured to provide current position information of the vehicle in which an eCall system is mounted. A sales area information storage is configured to form and store the GPS information on all sales areas as a sales area information database. A microcomputer is configured to determine whether the vehicle is located within a sales area which is a final destination by using the information acquired from the GPS module and the sales area information storage and to control whether the backup battery operates depending on the determination result. A power supply manager is configured to select and manage any one of a main battery and the backup battery as supply power of the eCall system by a control of the microcomputer.

Abstract: Luminance correction systems and methods capable of reducing or removing luminance mura of display devices are provided. One luminance correction system includes: a display device including a plurality of pixels, the pixels including a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the pixels comprising at least two of the sub-pixels; an image capturing unit including a plurality of charge-coupled device (CCD) image capturing elements, an n×n arrangement of the image capturing elements corresponding torn of the pixels, n and m being natural numbers greater than or equal to 2; and a luminance correction device configured to generate a representative luminance value with respect to the m of the pixels based on luminance values measured by the n×n arrangement of the image capturing elements, and calculate a correction value with respect to the m of the pixels according to a difference between the representative luminance value and a target luminance value.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes preparing a display panel that has a display region where an image is displayed and a non-display region adjacent to the display region, and disposing a power supply flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) in a lower surface of the display panel and in the non-display region of an upper surface of the display panel. The method includes disposing a tape on the display panel to cover an upper side of the power supply FPCB disposed on the upper surface of the display panel, and attaching the tape to the display panel by performing a thermal hardening process on the tape to fix the power supply FPCB to the display panel.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a power supply source and a power voltage compensation unit. The power supply source supplies at least a first power voltage to a first power voltage line of the display. The power voltage compensation unit to generate a first compensation power voltage based on the first power voltage and a feedback power voltage from the first power voltage line. The first power voltage compensation unit outputs the first compensation power voltage to the first power voltage line.

Abstract: A system and a method for luminance correction that can remove luminance spots of a display device. The system includes a display device, an image detection unit, and a luminance correction device. The display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels including first sub-pixels and corresponding second sub-pixels. The image detection unit is configured to measure respective luminance values of the first sub-pixels. The luminance correction device is configured to supply test data so that only the first sub-pixels emit light, and to calculate correction values corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels based on difference values between the respective luminance values measured by the image detection unit and one or more target luminance values.