Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a pixel on the base substrate, and a color filter part between the base substrate and the pixel. The pixel includes a cover layer defining a TSC (Tunnel Shaped Cavity) on the base substrate, an image display part provided in the TSC, and first and second electrodes which apply an electric field to the image display part.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and pixels arranged on the substrate in a matrix form. The substrate includes a display area in which the pixels are arranged and a non-display area disposed adjacent to a side of the display area. Each pixel includes a cover layer that extends in a row direction that includes a sidewall portion connected to the substrate and a cover portion spaced apart from the substrate and connected to the sidewall portion to define a tunnel-shaped cavity on the substrate. A width of the sidewall portion between adjacent pixels is less than a width of the sidewall portion disposed at an outermost position, and the cover layer seals one side of the tunnel-shaped cavity in the pixels arranged in a first row and a last row.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: an insulation substrate; a microcavity layer disposed on the insulation substrate and having a reversed taper side wall; a pixel electrode disposed in the microcavity layer on the insulation substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavity layer; and a common electrode which covers the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area, a thin-film transistor formed on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor, a common electrode formed on the pixel electrode, a space formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a roof layer formed on the common electrode. The common electrode and the roof layer include a protrusion protruding from at least one of an upper edge and a lower edge of the pixel area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a slot die coater preventing contamination of another layer contacting a coating layer, and a coating method using the same. The slot die coater according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a slit nozzle configured to deposit a photo-curable material upon a substrate, and an exposure unit coupled to the slit nozzle and positioned adjacent thereto, the exposure unit configured to irradiate light upon the photo-curable material deposited upon the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes: forming a sacrificial layer by stacking a non-photosensitive resin; initiating formation of an etch stop layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a photoresist pattern; completing the etch stop layer using the photoresist pattern; ashing the photoresist pattern and the sacrificial layer by using the completed etch stop layer as a mask; forming a microcavity by removing the sacrificial layer; and forming a liquid crystal layer in the microcavity. The horizontal area occupied by the sacrificial layer is reduced by forming the common electrode or the etch stop layer at an upper side, thereby increasing the aperture ratio. Further, the vertical electric field is generated without distortion by horizontally forming the common electrode on the sacrificial layer and forming no common electrode on the sidewall thereof.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area, a thin-film transistor formed on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor, a common electrode formed on the pixel electrode, a space formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a roof layer formed on the common electrode. The common electrode and the roof layer include a protrusion protruding from at least one of an upper edge and a lower edge of the pixel area.

Abstract: The substrate of a liquid crystal display has a non-square rectangular shape and is bent such that the longer edges of the rectangular shape are nonlinear while the shorter edges are linear. Liquid crystal containerizing micro-cavities of the display are organized to be elongated in the extending direction of the nonlinear longer edges of the substrate while gate lines and liquid crystal injection holes forming areas are formed extending in the extending direction of the linear shorter edges of the substrate. Concentration of mechanical stresses may be reduced due to this configuration.

Abstract: A nano crystal display includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, a data driver which applies data voltages to pixels through data lines, a gate driver disposed in the non-display area and which sequentially applies gate signals to the pixels through gate lines in response to control signals, a control signal line part disposed in the non-display area and which applies the control signals to the gate driver, a cover layer which extends in a column direction and covers the gate driver and the control signal line part, and a sub-electrode which extends in the column direction and covers the cover layer. The pixels display gray scales corresponding to the data voltages provided through the data lines in response to the gate signals.

Abstract: Provided are a display device capable of reducing a weight, a thickness, a cost, and a process time and having a durable structure, and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a thin film transistor formed on substrate; a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor to be formed in the pixel area; an organic layer formed on the first electrode so as to be connected along the adjacent pixel areas in a first direction among the pixel areas; a space positioned on the first electrode, of which parts of the upper surface and the side are surrounded by the organic layer; a liquid crystal formed to fill the space; and an overcoat formed to cover the rest side of the space which is not covered by the organic layer, in which a height of the upper surface of the organic layer is gradually lowered toward both edges of the pixel area from the center of the pixel area.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided that includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a protection layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the protection layer; an alignment layer disposed on the second electrode; and a roof layer facing the second electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities are formed between the second electrode and the roof layer, the microcavities include a liquid crystal material, and the alignment layer includes a photo-alignment material.

Abstract: A transflective display apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode, which face each other and are separated from one another by a pixel electrode. In addition, a preparation voltage is applied to the first electrode or the second electrode before applying a driving voltage to the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor; and a roof layer disposed to face the pixel electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities having respective liquid crystal injection holes are formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and the microcavities are filled with electrically orientatable liquid crystal molecules, wherein a light blocking layer disposed adjacent to the injection holes is formed and covering the thin film transistor, wherein the light blocking layer is covered by a passivation layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a thin film transistor on a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to a first terminal of the thin film transistor, a roof layer above the pixel electrode, a microcavity between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, the microcavity including a liquid crystal injection hole, a partition wall in the microcavity, the partition wall partitioning the microcavity into a first area and a second area, and a liquid crystal layer with liquid crystal molecules in the microcavity, the liquid crystal molecules in the first area being a different type than the liquid crystal molecules in the second area.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and formed in at least one of the plurality of pixel areas; a roof layer formed on the pixel electrode to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode by a microcavity therebetween; an injection hole formed on the roof layer so as to expose a part of the microcavity; a liquid crystal layer configured to fill the microcavity; at least one support member adjacent to the injection hole and formed in a column shape in the microcavity; and an encapsulation layer formed on the roof layer so as to cover the injection hole to seal the microcavity.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The display device further includes a roof layer overlapping the pixel electrode with a cavity being positioned between the roof layer and the pixel electrode, the cavity having an opening. The display device further includes an alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer disposed inside the cavity. The display device further includes a plurality of bead members disposed at the opening and including a first bead member, a first portion of the first bead member being disposed inside the cavity, a second portion of the first bead member being disposed outside the cavity. The display device further includes an encapsulation layer overlapping the roof layer and overlapping the plurality of bead members.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display may include an insulation substrate a pixel electrode formed on the insulation substrate a lower alignment layer formed on the pixel electrode and includes an inorganic alignment layer formed of an inorganic insulating material, a liquid crystal layer disposed in a microcavity formed on the lower alignment layer, an upper alignment layer formed along a side and an upper surface of the microcavity and includes an inorganic alignment layer formed of an inorganic insulating material, and a common electrode formed on the upper alignment layer. The upper alignment layer and the lower alignment layer enclose the liquid crystal layer. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display is also disclosed.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display including a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a field generating electrode in electrical communication with the thin film transistor; and an alignment layer disposed on the field generating electrode, wherein the alignment layer includes a self-assembled monolayer (“SAM”) derived from at least a first precursor compound and a second precursor compound, and wherein the first and second precursor compounds are different.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a pixel electrode, a plurality of capsular structures, a common electrode and a plurality of color filters. The base substrate includes a plurality of unit pixel regions. Each of the unit pixel regions has a plurality of sub pixel regions. A pixel electrode is formed in each of the sub pixel regions. A plurality of capsular structures is disposed on the base substrate. Each of the capsular structures is formed in each of the unit pixel regions and having a cavity. A common electrode is formed on the capsular structures. A plurality of color filters is formed on the capsular structures. Each of the color filters is formed in each of the sub pixel regions. An opening ratio of the sub pixel regions and light transmittance are relatively high.

Abstract: A display device including a base substrate, a pixel disposed on the base substrate, and a color filter part disposed between the base substrate and the pixel. The color filter part includes a color filter corresponding to the pixel and a black matrix disposed at at least a side of the color filter. The pixel includes a cover layer defining a tunnel-shaped cavity on the base substrate, an image display part disposed in the tunnel-shaped cavity, and first and second pixel electrodes and a common electrode applying an electric field to the image display part. The tunnel-shaped cavity is formed by forming a sacrificial layer and wet-etching the sacrificial layer.