Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is fabricated in a simplified process. The LCD panel includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate with a gate and data lines crossing each other to define a pixel area, a TFT at the crossings of the gate and data lines, a protective film, and a pixel electrode connected to the TFT and formed within a pixel opening that is arranged at the pixel area and formed through the protective film and a gate insulating film. A color filter array substrate is joined to the TFT array substrate. A pattern spacer is between the TFT and color filter array substrate and overlaps at least one of the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor. A rib is formed from the same layer as the pattern spacer and overlaps the pixel electrode. Liquid crystal material is provided within the LCD panel.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate for a display device having a plurality of thin film transistors and pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors, said thin film transistor substrate includes: a plurality of pad electrodes in a non-display area of the display device for applying signals to the plurality of thin film transistors in a non-display area of the display device; a protective film covering the pad electrodes in the non-display area; and a slit in the protective film adjacent to at least one of the plurality of pad electrodes.

Abstract: An array substrate device includes a gate line formed on a substrate extending along a first direction having a gate electrode, a data line formed on the substrate extending along a second direction having a data pad disposed apart from a first end of the data line, the data and gate lines defining a pixel region, a gate pad formed on the substrate disposed apart from a first end of the gate line, a thin film transistor formed at a crossing region of the gate and data lines and including the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a black matrix overlapping the thin film transistor, the gate line, and the data line except for a first portion of the drain electrode, a first pixel electrode at the pixel region contacting the first portion of the drain electrode and the substrate, a color filter on the first pixel electrode at the pixel region, and a second pixel electrode on the color filter contacting the first pixel electrode.

Abstract: A method of forming an array substrate for use in a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line, a gate pad, and a gate electrode, forming a first gate insulating layer to cover the gate line, the gate pad, and the gate electrode, forming an active layer and an ohmic contact layer on the first gate insulating layer, forming a data line, a data pad, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, forming a second insulating layer to cover the thin film transistor, forming a black matrix on the second insulating layer to cover the thin film transistor, the gate line, and the data line except a first portion of the drain electrode, forming a third insulating layer to cover the black matrix, patterning the first, second, and third insulating layers, forming a first transparent electrode layer to cover the patterned third insulating layer, coating an adhesive color film on the first transparent electrode layer, irradiating a laser to portions of the adhesive color film corresponding to the pixel region,

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate structure of a horizontal electric field type LCD comprises a plurality of signal lines including a gate, a data, and a common lines disposed on a substrate; the data line intersecting with the gate and common lines, a gate insulating film disposed between the data line and the gate and common lines, a pixel area being defined by the intersection of the data and gate lines; a thin film transistor disposed at the intersection of the data line and gate line; a common and a pixel electrodes both having a portion extended into the pixel area; a protective film disposed over the substrate and the thin film transistor; and at least one pad structure including an upper pad electrode contacting a lower pad electrode within a first contact hole wherein the upper pad electrode is absent from the upper surface of the protective film.

Abstract: An array substrate device having a color filter-on-thin film transistor (COT) structure for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line formed on a substrate along a transverse direction, the gate line including a gate pad at one end thereof, a first insulating layer formed on the substrate to cover the gate line, the first insulating layer exposing a first portion of the gate pad, a data line formed over the first insulating layer along a longitudinal direction on the substrate, the data line defining a pixel region with the gate line and including a data pad at one end thereof, a thin film transistor formed at a crossing region of the gate and data lines, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a black matrix overlapping the thin film transistor, the gate line, and the data line except a second portion of the drain electrode, a second insulating layer formed over an entire surface of the substrate to cover the black matr

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate has a gate electrode of the thin film transistor, a gate line connected to the gate electrode, and a gate pad connected to the gate line; a source/drain pattern including a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, a data line connected to the source electrode, a data pad connected to the data line, a storage electrode formed and superimposed with the gate line; a semiconductor pattern formed in low part of the substrate; a transparent electrode pattern including a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode and the storage electrode, a gate pad protection electrode covering the gate pad, and a data pad protection electrode covering the data pad; and a protection pattern and a gate insulation pattern stacked in a region other than the region where the transparent electrode pattern is formed.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is fabricated with a reduced number of mask processes and includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a color filter array substrate. The TFT array substrate includes gate and data lines insulatively crossing each other to define a pixel area, a TFT provided at the crossing of the gate and data lines, a passivation film protecting the TFT, a pixel electrode partially overlapped by the TFT, a gate pad connected to the gate line, and a data pad connected to the data line. The gate line, the gate and data pads, and the pixel electrode include a transparent conductive material. A gate metal material is on the transparent conductive material where the TFT partially overlaps the pixel electrode. The passivation film over the gate and data pads is removed to expose the transparent conductive material included within the gate and data pads.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a first storage electrode on a substrate, a data line crossing the gate line to define a first pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a second storage electrode over the first storage electrode, a first pixel electrode in the first pixel region, the first pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and the second storage electrode, the second storage electrode including a first portion over the first storage electrode and a second portion in a second pixel region adjacent to the first pixel region, and a repair pattern for the first pixel region between the second storage electrode and a second pixel electrode in the second pixel region.

Abstract: An array substrate device having a color filter-on-thin film transistor (COT) structure for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line formed on a substrate along a transverse direction, the gate line including a gate pad at one end thereof, a first insulating layer formed on the substrate to cover the gate line, the first insulating layer exposing a first portion of the gate pad, a data line formed over the first insulating layer along a longitudinal direction on the substrate, the data line defining a pixel region with the gate line and including a data pad at one end thereof, a thin film transistor formed at a crossing region of the gate and data lines, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a black matrix overlapping the thin film transistor, the gate line, and the data line except a second portion of the drain electrode, a second insulating layer formed over an entire surface of the substrate to cover the black matr

Abstract: A method of forming an array substrate for use in a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line, a gate pad, and a gate electrode, forming a first gate insulating layer to cover the gate line, the gate pad, and the gate electrode, forming an active layer and an ohmic contact layer on the first gate insulating layer, forming a data line, a data pad, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, forming a second insulating layer to cover the thin film transistor, forming a black matrix on the second insulating layer to cover the thin film transistor, the gate line, and the data line except a first portion of the drain electrode, forming a third insulating layer to cover the black matrix, patterning the first, second, and third insulating layers, forming a first transparent electrode layer to cover the patterned third insulating layer, coating an adhesive color film on the first transparent electrode layer, irradiating a laser to portions of the adhesive color film corresponding to the pixel region,

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate structure of a horizontal electric field type LCD comprises a plurality of signal lines including a gate, a data, and a common lines disposed on a substrate; the data line intersecting with the gate and common lines, a gate insulating film disposed between the data line and the gate and common lines, a pixel area being defined by the intersection of the data and gate lines; a thin film transistor disposed at the intersection of the data line and gate line; a common and a pixel electrodes both having a portion extended into the pixel area; a protective film disposed over the substrate and the thin film transistor; and at least one pad structure including an upper pad electrode contacting a lower pad electrode within a first contact hole wherein the upper pad electrode is absent from the upper surface of the protective film.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, the gate line connected to a gate pad, a data line on the substrate, the data line connected to a data pad and crossing the gate line for defining a pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, the thin film having a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes, a passivation layer having a first contact hole exposing the drain electrode, a second contact hole exposing the gate pad, and a third contact hole exposing the data pad, a black matrix on the passivation layer, a first conductive pattern covering the first contact hole, a pixel electrode on the passivation layer at the pixel region, the pixel electrode contacting the first conductive pattern, an auxiliary gate pad connected to the gate pad through the second contact hole, and an auxiliary data pad connected to the data pad through the third contact hole.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate for a display device includes a gate line; a gate insulating film disposed over the gate line; a data line disposed on the gate insulating film intersecting with the gate line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, a drain electrode, and a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a protective film disposed covering the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor; and a storage capacitor having a first upper storage electrode connected to the pixel electrode, and a second upper storage electrode connected to the first upper storage electrode on a side surface basis via a first contact hole passing through the protective film and the first upper storage electrode at an overlapping portion of the gate line and the first upper storage electrode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode on a substrate through a first mask process, forming a data line, a data pad, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an active layer on the substrate including the gate line, the gate pad and the gate electrode through a second mask process, wherein the data line crosses the gate line to define a pixel region, the source electrode is extended from the data line, the drain electrode is spaced apart from the source electrode, and the active layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes, forming a passivation layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode through a third mask process, the passivation layer being etched to expose the substrate in the pixel region, a part of the drain electrode, the gate pad and the data pad, and forming a pixel electrode, a gate pad ter

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode on a substrate through a first mask process, forming a data line, a data pad, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an active layer on the substrate including the gate line, the gate pad and the gate electrode through a second mask process, wherein the data line crosses the gate line to define a pixel region, the source electrode is extended from the data line, the drain electrode is spaced apart from the source electrode, and the active layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes, forming a passivation layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode through a third mask process, the passivation layer being etched to expose the substrate in the pixel region, a part of the drain electrode, the gate pad and the data pad, and forming a pixel electrode, a gate pad ter

Abstract: A large size tiled display device includes a plurality of display panels having an image display part including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes at least three sub-pixels. A frame has a plurality of panel receiving portions to receive the plurality of display panels. The frame has an outer wall frame and a partition wall frame, each of which has a vertical surface and an inclined surface extending from the vertical surface that tapers the frame. A light guide plate is formed of a cluster of optical fibers. The light guide plate is disposed on the display panels to reproduce an image formed on the image display part of the display panels. Each optical fiber corresponds to one sub-pixel.

Abstract: An in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, gate lines and data lines on the first substrate and intersecting each other, a plurality of unit pixels defined by the intersection of the gate and data lines, each unit pixel including a plurality of sub-pixel regions, at least one common electrode and at least one common electrode and at least one pixel electrode alternately arranged in each of the sub-pixel regions to define a first region, an in-plane electric field being generated in the first region, and at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode having a first closed-curved surface shape with a hollow center, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode on a first substrate through a first mask process, forming a data line, a data pad, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an active layer on the first substrate including the gate line, the gate pad and the gate electrode through a second mask process, forming a pixel electrode and a data pad terminal on the first substrate including the data line, the data pad, the source electrode and the drain electrode through a third mask process, forming a passivation layer on an entire surface of the first substrate including the pixel electrode and the data pad terminal, attaching the first substrate including the passivation layer with a second substrate, wherein a gate pad portion including the gate pad and a data pad portion including the data pad are exposed by the second substrate, providing a liquid crystal material into a gap between the first and second substrates, and removing t

Abstract: A image detector comprises a light source for radiating light in accordance with a predetermined signal; a window for transmitting the light from the light source; a thin film phototransistor for generating an optical current in accordance with the intensity of external light; a storage capacitor for storing charge information transmitted from the thin film phototransistor; a thin film switching transistor for outputting the information stored in the storage capacitor in accordance with an external control signal; an insulating layer for covering the window, the thin film phototransistor, the storage capacitor, and the thin film switching transistor; a protecting layer formed on the insulating layer; and a conductive object detection pattern formed on the protecting layer to apply an electrical power supply signal to the light source when a conductive living object contacts the conductive objecting detecting pattern.