Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp unit, a backlight unit, and a display using the same, and more particularly, to a lamp unit having a wire receiving section formed in a lamp cover, a backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) using the same. The present invention may provide a lamp unit, where wiring arrangement work can be easily performed and an assembling process can be simplified by forming a wire receiving section in the lamp cover to receive wires; a backlight unit; and an LCD using the lamp unit. Further, the present invention may provide a lamp unit, where a lamp unit and an inverter are integrally manufactured, whereby a process of mounting the inverter and wiring arrangement work is not required when a LCD is assembled, thus simplifying the manufacturing process; a backlight unit; and an LCD using the lamp unit.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel according to the present invention comprises forming a storage electrode on a substrate, forming a gate electrode on the substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the storage electrode and the substrate, wherein the thickness of the gate insulating layer is thinner on the storage electrode than the thickness on the substrate, forming a semiconductor pattern on the gate insulating layer, forming a source electrode on the semiconductor pattern, forming a drain electrode opposing the source electrode on the semiconductor pattern, wherein the drain electrode overlaps the storage electrode to form the storage capacitor, forming a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes, wherein the passivation layer has a contact hole which exposes the drain electrode, and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode via the contact hole.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of stages, each of the stages generate an output signal, in sequence. Each of the shift register includes a present stage and a first capacitor. The present stage outputs an output signal based on one of a scan start signal and a carry signal of the previous stage. The first capacitor reduces a ripple component of the carry signal of the present stage which activates the next stage. Therefore, a carry signal having a reduced ripple component is supplied to the next stage, so that a transient current is intercepted at a transistor receiving the carry signal, which is arranged in the next stage, thus ensuring reliability of the shift register.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (“TFT”) array panel is provided, which includes: first and second gate lines transmitting gate signals to adjacent pixel rows and disposed adjacent to each other, a data line insulated from the first and the second gate lines and the data line; a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the data line and including a first drain electrode overlapping the second gate line; a second TFT connected to the second gate line and the data line, disposed opposite the first TFT with respect to the data line, and including a second drain electrode overlapping the first gate line; a first pixel electrode connected to the first drain electrode and overlapping the second gate line; and a second pixel electrode connected to the second electrode and overlapping the first a gate line.

Abstract: A gate driving portion comprises a plurality of stages. Each stage comprises a first driving portion and a second driving portion. The first driving portion generates first and second output signals according to first input signals, and the second driving portion is connected to the first driving portion and generates third and fourth output signals according to second input signals. The first and second output signals are a first carry output signal or a first gate output signal of a current stage, and the third and fourth output signals are a second carry output signal or a second gate output signal of a following stage. According to this configuration, each stage generates two or more gate output signals and the gate driving portion outputs the first and second gate output signals to corresponding gate lines. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce the area of the gate driving portion and provide a high resolution of LCD device.