Abstract: A gate driver and a method for repairing the same are disclosed. The gate driver includes a shift register including a plurality of stages each having a respective one of a plurality of first output lines; at least one repair line connectable to the first output lines; a storage device to store information therein to identify a position of a certain stage of the plurality of stages; and a repair scan pulse generator to provide repair scan pulses to the repair line based on information stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A shift register includes first and second stages for sequentially outputting scan pulses to drive first and second gate lines. One of the first and second stages includes a pull-up switching device connected to an enabling node of the one of the first and second stages; a first pull-down switching device connected to a first disabling node of the one of the first and second stages; a second pull-down switching device connected to a second disabling node of the one of the first and second stages; and a node controller. The node controller of the first stage controls the logic state of each of the enabling node of the first stage, the first disabling node of the first stage and the first disabling node of the second stage. The node controller of the second stage controls the logic state of each of the enabling node of the second stage, the second disabling node of the second stage and the second disabling node of the first stage.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for batteries, which comprises: (a) an electrolyte salt; (b) an electrolyte solvent; and (c) a sulfonate-based compound containing at least one electron withdrawing group (EWG) selected from the group consisting of a cyano group (—CN), an isocyanate group (—NCO), a thiocyanate group (—SCN) and an isothiocyanate group (—NCS). An electrode comprising the sulfonate-based compound or a chemical reaction product thereof, partially or totally formed on the surface thereof, and an electrochemical device comprising the electrolyte and/or the electrode are also disclosed. The electrochemical device using the sulfonate-based compound containing a cyano group, an isocyanate group, a thiocyanate group and/or an isothiocyanate group as an additive for electrolytes can provide significantly improved high-temperature lifespan characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte and a separator, wherein the anode comprises an anode active material having a specific surface area of 3 m2/g or less, and the electrolyte comprises 0.1˜6 parts by weight of a propane sultone-based compound based on 100 parts by weight of the electrolyte. The lithium secondary battery solves the problem of performance degradation caused by the use of an increased amount of a propane sultone-based compound required to form a SEI film on the surface of an anode upon the first charge cycle. Also, the lithium secondary battery can provide improved cycle characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics.

Abstract: This invention relates to an organic light emitting diode display device that is adaptive for preventing a characteristic change of a device which drives the organic light emitting diode and for securing reliability of the device.

Abstract: A driving circuit of a display device and a method for driving the display device are disclosed which are capable of reducing distortion of scan pulses supplied to gate lines of a liquid crystal panel. The driving circuit includes a first shift register for sequentially supplying first scan pulses to one-side ends of gate lines included in a display, respectively, to sequentially drive the gate lines, the first shift register simultaneously driving at least two adjacent ones of the gate lines for a predetermined period of time, and a second shift register for sequentially supplying second scan pulses to the other-side ends of the gate lines, respectively, to sequentially drive the gate lines, the second shift register simultaneously driving at least two adjacent ones of the gate lines for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: An LCD device includes a plurality of gate lines formed in an LCD panel; a plurality of driving stages, each of which sequentially outputting a respective enabling scan pulse to a corresponding one of the plurality of gate lines; at least one dummy stage responsive to an enabling scan pulse from a first one of the plurality of driving stages and supplying a disabling scan pulse to a second one of the plurality of driving stages to disable outputting of the enabling scan pulse; and a dummy gate line electrically connected to the at least one dummy stage.

Abstract: In a gate driver including a plurality of stages sequentially outputting shifted signals, each of the stages includes a first controller for controlling a first node in response to a first scan signal and a second scan signal; a second controller for controlling second and third nodes in response to the first scan signal and a voltage at the first node; and an output unit for selectively outputting one of a plurality of clock signals and a first power supply voltage in response to voltages at the first, second and third nodes, wherein second and third power supply voltages different from each other are switched to be supplied to the second and third nodes.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode drive circuit includes an organic light emitting diode which emits light with a current, a first transistor, a second transistor and a stress compensation circuit. The first transistor supplies a data voltage to a first node in response to a scan pulse. The second transistor controls a current flowing in the organic light emitting diode by the data voltage on the first node. The stress compensation circuit discharges the first node in response to a reset pulse. The organic light emitting diode driving circuit is adaptive to compensate characteristic changes of the organic light emitting diode drive circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an LCD device having a drive area directly formed inside a non-pixel area of a substrate without an additional drive IC. The LCD device includes a first substrate having a pixel area and a non-pixel area disposed peripherally to the pixel area. The pixel area has a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in each sub-pixel defined by gate and data lines crossing each other. A second substrate formed in opposition to the first substrate includes a color filter layer and a black matrix layer. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first and second substrates. An opening in the black matrix layer reveals an alignment mark, which is disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A shift register which is capable of performing bidirectional scanning is disclosed. The shift register includes first and second voltage input lines to which first and second voltages are input, respectively with the phases of the first and second voltages being opposite to each other; a plurality of stages dependently connected to a plurality of clock signal input lines which input a plurality of clock signals whose phases are sequentially delayed, wherein each stage includes: a scan direction controller to selectively output the first and second voltages thereto, according to first and second start pulses, and for controlling scan direction, a node controller to control voltages of first and second nodes according to a signal output from the scan direction controller, and an output unit to output a clock signal from one of the plurality of clock signal input lines thereto according to the voltage of each of the first and second nodes.

Abstract: A gate driver for a display device includes a plurality of shift registers to sequentially generate output signals during a frame period in response to multi-phase clocks; and a dummy clock provided to the plurality of shift registers during a vertical blank time to reduce a stress voltage in the shift registers, wherein an output of each of the shift registers is reset to a low state power supply voltage by an output signal of the next shift register.

Abstract: A shift register for use with a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of stages. A stage of the shift register includes a first controller, a second controller and an output buffer. The first controller charges and discharges a first node. The second controller charges and discharges a second node and a third node. The output buffer outputs a first output signal in response to the state of the first node and a second output signal in response to the state of the second and third nodes. The shift register may be adaptive to avoid a malfunction caused by a gate bias stress.

Abstract: A driving unit for a liquid crystal display device is provided. The driving unit includes a first group of driving stages and a second group of driving stages. A first driving stage of the first group receives a first gate start voltage. The first group of driving stages sequentially outputs scan signals according to a first clock signal. The scan signal outputted by one driving stage of the first group is sent to a next subsequent driving stage of the first group. A first driving stage of the second group receives a second start voltage. The second group of driving stages sequentially outputs the scan signals according to a second clock signal. The scan signal outputted by one driving stage of the second group is sent to a next subsequent driving stage of the second group. The driving stages of the first group and the second group alternately output the scan signals.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a liquid crystal display device, in which a bi-directional internal gate drive circuit is used to cut the number of data lines in half, and a method of driving such liquid crystal display devices. The liquid crystal device includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels on a lower substrate. The pixels are configured such that two pixels horizontally adjacent to each other are paired to share the same data line. First and second gate drive circuits are housed in the left and right sides of the lower substrate so as to be independently operated in the left and right side of the pixel array. The first gate drive circuit is formed of first to nth odd shift registers, and the second gate drive circuit is formed of first to nth even shift registers.

Abstract: A probe card for testing semiconductor devices includes a main board member, an upper reinforcing plate, a lower reinforcing plate, an interface member, a sub board member, a needle guide member, a needle member, a side cover member, and a clamping member. The probe card achieves an interface between the circuit boards through elastic connection pins so as to cope with a connection shock with the connection terminals of a semiconductor device, thereby preventing damages on the boards, and has the component parts combined together simply by face contacts to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the component parts and thereby to provide a great economical advantage in the aspect of maintenance and repair.

Abstract: An active plate (2) for an active matrix display device (16), the active plate (2) comprising a substrate (4), a pixel area (6) and an adjacent drive circuit area (8). Both areas include polycrystalline silicon material formed by a process in which a metal is used to enhance the crystallisation process (MIC poly-Si), but only the MIC poly-Si in the drive circuit area (8) is subjected to an irradiation process using an energy beam (10). TFTs are fabricated with MIC poly-Si which have leakage currents in the off state sufficiently low for them to be acceptable for use as switching elements in the pixel area of matrix display devices. As only the drive circuit area (8) need be irradiated to provide poly-Si having the desired mobility, the time taken by the irradiation process can be significantly reduced.

Abstract: A built-in gate driver having an improved reliability and a display device having the same are provided. A transistor controlled by an output signal of a next stage is further provided and thus a node (Q) is rapidly discharged. Accordingly, the multi-output signals due to the reduced discharge of the node (Q) caused by the degradation of the transistor controlled by a node QB can be prevented. By including only one transistor for controlling the charge of the start pulse signal on the node (Q), it is possible to prevent a malfunction from occurring when the transistor connected to the clock is degraded by the periodic clock of a high state. Also, an image quality and the reliability of the gate driver can be improved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes liquid crystal cells forming a matrix in a display area of the liquid crystal display panel; odd and even gate driving circuits provided at an outer area of the display area, the display area being positioned between the odd and even gate driving circuits, the odd driving circuit including a plurality of odd stages, the even driving circuit including a plurality of even stages; a plurality of gate lines, including even gate lines and odd gate lines in the liquid crystal cell matrix, the odd gate lines being driven by the odd driving circuit, and the even gate lines being driven by the even driving circuit, wherein a pitch of each of the odd stages and the even stages corresponds to size larger than a pitch of the liquid crystal cell.

Abstract: A probe card for testing semiconductor devices includes a main board member, an upper reinforcing plate, a lower reinforcing plate, an interface member, a sub board member, a needle guide member, a needle member, a side cover member, and a clamping member. The probe card achieves an interface between the circuit boards through elastic connection pins so as to cope with a connection shock with the connection terminals of a semiconductor device, thereby preventing damages on the boards, and has the component parts combined together simply by face contacts to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the component parts and thereby to provide a great economical advantage in the aspect of maintenance and repair.