Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises as liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer disposed between electrode layers, polarizers disposed at both sides of the panel, and a solid birefringent film having the maximum refractive index direction varying with its depth and disposed at at least one side of the liquid crystal panel between the polarizers. The solid birefringent film conpensates the dependence of the polarization characteristic on wave length, thus being capable of obtaining either a monochrome display or a display having an extremely low coloration.

Abstract: A method of producing a substrate structure for a large size display panel. The method involves conveying a transparent substrate from a transparent substrate storage means in a conveying path through a vacuum chamber, and while conveying the substrate, forming at least a patterned transparent conductive film on a surface of the substrate by depositing strips of conductive film on the substrate through a pattern containing member extending in a direction orthogonal to the substrate conveying direction and having strip forming openings therein at intervals along the lengths thereof, and storing the transparent substrates with the strips thereon at the end of the conveying path.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal color display panel of improved positive contrast by utilizing the so-called Guest-Host effect.

Abstract: A method is provided for the preparation of an electrode substrate for use in a liquid display device utilizing perpendicular alignment of liquid crystal and dichroic dye molecules. In the improved method, a base substrate bearing an electrode film is coated with an insulating film on the surface which contacts the liquid crystal. The insulating film is rubbed with cloth in a fixed direction and following the rubbing treatment, the rubbed surface is treated with a silane surfactant so that when the electrode substrate is employed in a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal and dye molecules are arranged in the direction of the major axes thereof in substantially perpendicular orientation at constant tilt angles in the same direction on the interface with said electrode substrate.

Abstract: A method of producing thin film transistor arrays and having at least 7 steps including: a first step of forming a first electrode layer uniformly over an insulating substrate; a second step of forming electrodes, such as drain and source electrodes and bus bars with a desired pattern by photoetching the first electrode; a third step of forming a uniform semiconducting layer on the surface of the substrate having the patterned electrodes; a fourth step of successively forming a uniform insulating layer over the uniformly deposited semiconducting layer while keeping the array in a vacuum; a fifth step of photoetching the uniformly deposited insulating layer into a desired pattern; a sixth step of photoetching the uniform semiconducting layer into the same pattern as the patterned insulating layer; a seventh step of forming a second electrode uniformly over the surface having the patterned electrodes and insulating layer; and an eighth step of photoetching the uniformly deposited second electrode into a desired

Abstract: This invention relates to an X-Y matrix type electroluminescent display panel. The panel includes a transparent insulating substrate, transparent and parallel X-electrodes of strip shape provided on said transparent insulating substrate, a D.C. electroluminescent layer provided on said transparent parallel electrodes; parallel Y-electrodes of strip shape provided on said D.C. electroluminescent layer, the direction of said Y-electrodes being perpendicular to that of said X-electrodes, said X- and Y-electrodes and said D.C. electroluminescent layer defining display elements at the intersections of said X- and Y-electrodes; and a mesh-shaped insulating layer, preferably of black color, for insulating said display elements from each other at least in the vicinity of said X-electrodes. Because of the mesh-shaped insulating layer, it becomes possible to achieve uniform "forming" of said D.C. electroluminescent layer and to improve the brightness and contrast of the resultant display panel.