Abstract: A reflective-type liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a light-absorbing layer, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. A roughness of a surface of the light-absorbing layer may be treated by atmospheric plasma or an ion beam. The LCD panel may include a protective layer formed on the light-absorbing layer. The LCD panel may include a cholesteric liquid crystal. According to embodiments of the present invention, the brilliance degree and reflectivity of the light-absorption layer may be reduced. As such, the contrast ratio of the reflective-type LCD panel may be increased.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, a method for manufacturing the same, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same are provided. A method includes forming a field-generating electrode on a panel, and forming an inorganic alignment layer on the substrate by using atmospheric pressure plasma. The process using the atmospheric pressure plasma to form the inorganic alignment layer is more simplified by omitting the etch steps of the short point area and the pad areas. Also, alignment layers may be formed on the mother glass with various shapes by using one apparatus.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a polarizing layer formed on the base substrate and including a polarizing pattern having a plurality of carbon nano-tubes arranged in a direction, and a pixel layer formed on the base substrate and including a plurality of pixel units.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a display device according to the present invention includes; a cholesteric liquid crystal display including a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions, wherein each of the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions respectively reflect light of predetermined colors, and the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions are classified into two or more different types according to the predetermined color of the reflected light, and an assistance display device including a plurality of emitting regions, wherein each of the plurality of emitting regions is disposed in alignment with one of the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal regions, and each of the plurality of emitting regions respectively emits light of substantially the same color as the predetermined color of the light reflected by the cholesteric liquid crystal region with which it is aligned.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first substrate; a light-blocking member disposed on the first substrate; an emission layer disposed on the first substrate; an ultraviolet-light blocking filter disposed on the emission layer; a lower polarizer disposed on the ultraviolet-light blocking filter; a gate line and a data line disposed on the lower polarizer and substantially perpendicular to each other; a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a display substrate, a color filter is formed on a first substrate including a switching element. A pixel electrode is formed on the first substrate including the color filter. An inorganic alignment layer including an inorganic compound is formed on the first substrate including the pixel electrode. Thus, impurities generated from the color filter may be blocked from flowing into a liquid crystal layer, and liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer may be aligned by the inorganic layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display, the method including; disposing a thin film transistor having an input terminal and an output terminal on a first substrate, connecting a pixel electrode to the output terminal, disposing an organic layer on the pixel electrode, forming a first alignment layer having at least tow different alignment directions by disposing a mask on the organic layer and radiating an ion beam to the organic layer, disposing a common electrode on a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, forming a second alignment layer having at least tow different alignment directions on the common electrode, and disposing a liquid crystal layer between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes; disposing a thin film transistor having an output terminal on a first substrate, disposing a pixel electrode in connection with the output terminal, disposing an inorganic layer on the pixel electrode, and converting the inorganic layer to a first alignment layer by disposing a mask on the inorganic layer and radiating an ion beam in a plurality of directions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first field generating electrode formed on the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second field generating electrode formed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first field generating electrode and the second field generating electrode, wherein at least one of the first field generating electrode and the second field generating electrode includes zinc aluminum oxide (ZAO), and the driving voltage is in a range of about 3.7 volts to about 5.6 volts for a transmittance of 90% (T90).

Abstract: In a display device, first and second substrates parallel to each other are arranged between first and second polarizers that are parallel to each other. A liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second substrates, and a light emitting layer having a quantum dot structure is arranged on the first polarizer. Also, a light source that emits a blue light is arranged under the second polarizer. Thus, the display device may improve a light utilizing efficiency, thereby improving a display quality.

Abstract: A display substrate includes an insulation substrate, a common electrode, a cell gap maintaining part, a liquid crystal (LC) alignment support part and an oxide alignment layer. The common electrode is formed on the insulation substrate. The cell gap maintaining part is formed on the common electrode. The LC alignment support part of an organic material is formed on the common electrode. The oxide alignment layer is formed on the LC alignment support part. Therefore, the alignment speed and response speed of liquid crystal molecules may be enhanced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite the first substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a lower substrate, a first buffer layer formed on the lower substrate and a first alignment layer formed on the first buffer layer. The first buffer layer includes a polymer-like carbon and the first alignment layer includes a diamond-like carbon thin film containing fluorine. The second substrate includes an upper substrate, a second buffer layer formed on the upper substrate and a second alignment layer formed on the second buffer layer. The second buffer layer includes the polymer-like carbon thin film and the second alignment layer includes the diamond-like carbon thin film containing fluorine. The liquid crystal display panel has improved light transmittance and a low probability of separation between the alignment layer and the substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first insulating substrate having a first alignment film formed thereon; a second substrate which faces the first substrate having a second alignment film formed thereon; and a liquid crystal layer in a vertically aligned mode disposed between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, at least one of the first alignment film and the second alignment film comprising a silicon oxide layer of which a dielectric constant is 5 to 14.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite the first substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a lower substrate, a first buffer layer formed on the lower substrate and a first alignment layer formed on the first buffer layer. The first buffer layer includes a polymer-like carbon and the first alignment layer includes a diamond-like carbon thin film containing fluorine. The second substrate includes an upper substrate, a second buffer layer formed on the upper substrate and a second alignment layer formed on the second buffer layer. The second buffer layer includes the polymer-like carbon thin film and the second alignment layer includes the diamond-like carbon thin film containing fluorine. The liquid crystal display panel has improved light transmittance and a low probability of separation between the alignment layer and the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display substrate includes forming a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) on a first substrate in a matrix, forming a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the TFTs, forming a connecting pad to receive a common voltage, forming an organic pattern on the connecting pad, depositing an inorganic alignment layer covering the organic pattern on the first substrate, and removing the organic pattern and the inorganic alignment layer remaining on the organic pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) panel and manufacturing method thereof. The LCD panel in accordance with the present invention includes a lower substrate including a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, an upper substrate including a common electrode facing the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer formed between the upper and lower substrates, and an alignment layer formed of an inorganic substance containing silicon (Si), oxygen (O), and carbon (C) on the upper and lower substrates. The transmittance of light through the LCD panel is high and is practically independent of the deposition temperature of the SiOC alignment layer over a wide range of deposition temperatures. The deposition of the alignment layer can be performed over a wide range of deposition temperatures while maintaining high levels of light transmission.

Abstract: A method for forming alignment films in LCDs includes forming a conductive film on an LCD substrate, forming an inorganic alignment film on the conductive film, and etching the alignment film with an etching apparatus that includes a nozzle that sprays a plasma at atmospheric pressure onto a surface of the alignment film without using a mask pattern so as to form an etched region in the alignment film that exposes a portion of the underlying conductive film therethrough. The novel method enables LCD alignment films having sharp thickness profiles to be patterned easily and accurately, reduces the time required to manufacture LCDs, and minimizes the number of devices required to manufacture the LCDs.

Abstract: An alignment layer for an LCD includes a thin layer of silicon oxide SiOx. The silicon oxide layer horizontally aligns liquid crystals thereon when the value of x is in the range from about 1.0 to about 1.5, but vertically aligns the liquid crystals when the value of x is in a range from about 1.5 to about 2.0. The alignment layer is readily formed on a large area of the substrate through chemical vapor deposition or evaporation deposition. Because the alignment layer is thermally and physically stable, the operational characteristics of the liquid crystal display employing this alignment layer are improved. In addition, the alignment layer has a thickness of about 500 to about 3000 angstroms thereby improving light transmittance of the LCD having the alignment layer.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a vertical inorganic alignment layer and a liquid crystal display having the vertical inorganic alignment layer, a plasma power is applied to a plasma generating member attached to an outside of a reactor. When a process substrate to which a back-bias voltage and heat are applied is loaded into the reactor, a reaction gas is injected into the reactor. Then, when a frequency of the plasma power is controlled, the vertical inorganic alignment layer having a resistivity of about 1010 ohms-cm to about 1015 ohms-cm and a vertical aligning property is formed on the process substrate. Thus, the liquid crystal display may prevent deterioration of display quality thereof due to an electrostatic field.

Abstract: A method of forming the alignment film includes placing an inorganic target and a substrate in a chamber so that the inorganic target and the substrate are parallel to each other, evacuating the chamber to a first pressure, supplying a discharge gas into the chamber and evacuating the chamber to a second pressure higher than the first pressure. Moreover, the method further includes depositing an inorganic film on the substrate by ejecting inorganic particles from the inorganic target.