Abstract: A transportation head for a microchip transfer device capable of minimizing mechanical and chemical damage to a microchip, a microchip transfer device having same, and a transfer method thereby, and the transportation head includes a head body having a pickup area and a dummy area; a first protruding pin disposed in the pickup area of the head body; and a liquid droplet attached to the first protruding pin.

Abstract: A light emission controller includes: a plurality of stages, including: a first node (n1) controller charging a driving pulse of a gate-on voltage level to a set node (Q) by a reference clock pulse during an active period, a second node controller charging a pull-down voltage having the gate-on voltage level to a reset node during an inactive period, and an output unit controlled by voltage states of the Q and the reset node and outputting an active or inactive state output pulse, the n1 controller including: a first switching transistor supplying the driving pulse of the gate-on voltage level to n1 by the reference clock pulse during the active period, a second switching transistor supplying the driving pulse from n1 to the Q by a turn-on voltage, a first capacitor between the output unit and Q, and a second capacitor between the output unit and n1.

Abstract: A light emission controller includes: a plurality of stages, including: a first node (n1) controller charging a driving pulse of a gate-on voltage level to a set node (Q) by a reference clock pulse during an active period, a second node controller charging a pull-down voltage having the gate-on voltage level to a reset node during an inactive period, and an output unit controlled by voltage states of the Q and the reset node and outputting an active or inactive state output pulse, the n1 controller including: a first switching transistor supplying the driving pulse of the gate-on voltage level to n1 by the reference clock pulse during the active period, a second switching transistor supplying the driving pulse from n1 to the Q by a turn-on voltage, a first capacitor between the output unit and Q, and a second capacitor between the output unit and n1.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for driving a liquid crystal display device. The apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel in which the same colors of three-color sub-pixels are arranged in the directions of a plurality of gate lines, a data driver for driving a plurality of data lines, a first gate driver for sequentially driving (4n?3)th and (4n)th gate lines among the gate lines during odd frame periods, a second gate driver for sequentially driving (4n?2)th and (4n?1)th gate lines among the gate lines during even frame periods, and a timing controller for generating different first and second gate control signals and a data control signal according to odd and even frame periods to supply the first and second gate control signals and the data control signal to the first and second gate drivers and the data driver, respectively.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel, a gate driver configured to supply gate signals to gate lines on the liquid crystal panel, a data driver configured to supply data voltages to data lines on the liquid crystal panel, and a partial controller configured to control the gate driver to intercept a part of the gate signals to be supplied to the gate lines.

Abstract: A light sensing circuit capable of enhancing a reliability by lowering a dependency on a temperature change without using a resistor, a backlight control apparatus having the same, and an LCD device having the same. The light sensing circuit includes a first MOS-transistor; and a second MOS-transistor serially connected to the first MOS-transistor between a first power terminal and a ground terminal, in which a second power terminal is connected to each gate terminal of the first MOS-transistor and the second MOS-transistor, and an optical amount detecting terminal is connected to a common connection point between a drain terminal of the first MOS-transistor and a source terminal of the second MOS-transistor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device is provided. A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a light sensor, formed on the first substrate, to sense a capacitance to output an electrical signal such that the capacitance varies with an intensity of light. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display includes forming a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode electrically connected with the thin film transistor, and a light sensor on a first substrate; providing a second substrate on which a color filter and a black matrix are formed; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for driving a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device are disclosed. The apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel in which a plurality of subpixels arranged on each horizontal line are commonly connected to at least one adjacent data line, and on at least one horizontal line basis, a plurality of subpixels are connected to at least one adjacent data line through Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) of the subpixels from a same direction with respect to the at least one adjacent data line, a data driver for driving a plurality of data lines, a gate driver for driving a plurality of gate lines, and a timing controller for arranging externally received image data according to arrangement of subpixel columns commonly connected to each data line, providing the arranged image data to the data driver, and controlling driving timings of the gate driver and the data driver.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gate driver which is capable of partially driving a screen. The gate driver includes a first shift register for sequentially outputting n scan pulses (where n is a natural number larger than 2), and a second shift register for selecting p ones (where p is a natural number smaller than or equal to n) of the n scan pulses from the first shift register in response to an external output control signal and supplying the selected p scan pulses respectively to p gate lines of a liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a liquid crystal display device with a sensing function and a method of fabricating the same. The device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate, so as to define a pixel region including a pixel electrode; a first switching thin film transistor disposed at a crossing of the gate and data lines; a sensing thin film transistor, disposed at a predetermined portion of the pixel region, that senses external light; a sensing storage capacitor that stores a signal sensed by the sensing thin film transistor; and a second switching thin film transistor that receives the sensing signal stored and reads information that is externally inputted, wherein the sensing storage capacitor and the second switching thin film transistor are provided with a reflective region including a reflective electrode.

Abstract: A LOG-type liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof that reduces a line resistance of a LOG-type signal line group within the confined area. In the panel, a picture display part has a plurality of liquid crystal cells, each of which is arranged at each crossing area between gate lines and data lines. Line on glass type signal lines are provided at an outer area of the picture display part by a line on glass system to apply driving signals required for driver integrated circuits for driving the gate lines and the data lines and to connect the driver integrated circuits to each other. The line on glass type signal lines are separately provided at different metal layers having an insulating film therebetween.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a liquid crystal display device with a sensing function and a method of fabricating the same. The device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate, so as to define a pixel region including a pixel electrode; a first switching thin film transistor disposed at a crossing of the gate and data lines; a sensing thin film transistor, disposed at a predetermined portion of the pixel region, that senses external light; a sensing storage capacitor that stores a signal sensed by the sensing thin film transistor; and a second switching thin film transistor that receives the sensing signal stored and reads information that is externally inputted, wherein the sensing storage capacitor and the second switching thin film transistor are provided with a reflective region including a reflective electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for driving a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel with pixels defined by data and gate lines. A gate driver provides different gate pulses to the odd-column pixels than to the even-column pixels. The gate pulses have different voltages and/or widths. Data drivers provide data voltages having a positive or negative polarity to the data lines. A timing controller controls the gate and data drivers and supplies gate clock pulses that have different voltages and/or widths to the gate driver.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor connected between a first node and a second node in a first circulation loop, and a third transistor and a fourth transistor connected between the second node and a third node in a second circulation loop.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a liquid crystal display device with a sensing function and a method of fabricating the same. The device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate, so as to define a pixel region including a pixel electrode; a first switching thin film transistor disposed at a crossing of the gate and data lines; a sensing thin film transistor, disposed at a predetermined portion of the pixel region, that senses external light; a sensing storage capacitor that stores a signal sensed by the sensing thin film transistor; and a second switching thin film transistor that receives the sensing signal stored and reads information that is externally inputted, wherein the sensing storage capacitor and the second switching thin film transistor are provided with a reflective region including a reflective electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel regions defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines, each pixel region associated with a thin film transistor, a gate driving unit having an amorphous semiconductor and integrally formed with the liquid crystal panel capable of sending a scan signal to the gate lines having a pulse width longer than a turned on time of the thin film transistor located within the pixel region, and a data driving unit connected to the data lines capable of sending an image signal to the data lines.

Abstract: A shift register which is capable of simultaneously driving gate lines is disclosed. The shift register includes a plurality of stages for simultaneously supplying all-drive signals to gate lines for an all-drive period and sequentially supplying scan pulses to the gate lines for a scan period.

Abstract: A light sensing circuit capable of enhancing a reliability by lowering a dependency on a temperature change without using a resistor, a backlight control apparatus having the same, and an LCD device having the same. The light sensing circuit includes a first MOS-transistor; and a second MOS-transistor serially connected to the first MOS-transistor between a first power terminal and a ground terminal, in which a second power terminal is connected to each gate terminal of the first MOS-transistor and the second MOS-transistor, and an optical amount detecting terminal is connected to a common connection point between a drain terminal of the first MOS-transistor and a source terminal of the second MOS-transistor.

Abstract: A light sensing circuit capable of enhancing a reliability by lowering a dependency on a temperature change without using a resistor, a backlight control apparatus having the same, and an LCD device having the same. The light sensing circuit includes a first MOS-transistor; and a second MOS-transistor serially connected to the first MOS-transistor between a first power terminal and a ground terminal, in which a second power terminal is connected to each gate terminal of the first MOS-transistor and the second MOS-transistor, and an optical amount detecting terminal is connected to a common connection point between a drain terminal of the first MOS-transistor and a source terminal of the second MOS-transistor.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display device comprises a display area which includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells in portions defined by a plurality of gate and data lines; a gate driver which supplies overlapped gate pulses to the adjacent gate lines; a data driver which supplies a data voltage to the data line in synchronization with the gate pulse; and a timing controller which controls an overlapped section of the gate pulses supplied to the adjacent gate lines.