Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including liquid crystal sealed between a pair of substrates; a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines formed to cross each other on one of said pair of substrates; a pixel region surrounded by a pair of adjacent gate signal lines and a pair of adjacent drain signal lines; a thin film transistor provided in the pixel region and connected to at least one of the pair of adjacent gate signal lines and at least one of the pair of drain signal lines; a pixel electrode provided in the pixel region and supplied with a video signal via the thin film transistor; and a counter electrode provided in the pixel region and supplied with a reference signal via a counter voltage signal line, the reference signal being a reference for the video signal.

Abstract: A pixel structure disposed on a substrate including a scan line, a data line, an active element, a first electrode, and a second electrode is provided. The scan line and the data line are intersected to define a rectangular pixel area. The active element is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The first electrode has stripe patterns and connecting patterns located in the rectangular pixel area. Each connecting pattern is connected to the central parts or the parts near the central parts of two adjacent stripe patterns to demarcate or define two silts between the two adjacent stripe patterns. The extending direction of the slits is intersected to the rectangle length of the rectangular pixel area by an angle ? wherein 0°??<45°. The second electrode is located between the first electrode and the substrate and part of the second electrode is exposed by the slits.

Abstract: A display device includes: an image display unit having a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels with colors different from one another, the sub-pixels displaying an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye; and a light shielding unit configured to cause parallax to be generated between the two eyes. In the image display unit, each of the sub-pixels is substantially square and arranged in such a manner as to correspond to a corresponding lattice point of a triangular lattice. In the light shielding unit, a shape of a light shielding barrier in a state in which a display device body is oriented in a vertical direction is different from a shape of the light shielding barrier in a state in which the display device body is oriented in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal device having at least one first electrode arranged in a first plane, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second plane essentially parallel to the first plane, a liquid-crystal layer arranged between the first plane and the second plane, which liquid-crystal layer is formed to modify a property of light passing through the liquid-crystal layer, as a function of the level of an electrical voltage applied between one first electrode and one second electrode. The liquid-crystal device has electrodes formed and arranged in such that a transverse electric field can be generated in an intermediate region between neighboring second electrodes, which orientates the liquid crystals contained in the intermediate region to cause, directly an amplitude reduction of light passing through the intermediate region of the liquid-crystal device, which is greater than an amplitude reduction of the light passing through the liquid-crystal layer outside the intermediate region.

Abstract: A method to manufacture a display device, includes: forming, on a substrate of the display device, a sacrificial layer including a material, the material including at least one of amorphous carbon, a metal, and an inorganic material; forming a layer covering the sacrificial layer; forming an injection hole exposing the sacrificial layer; removing, via the injection hole, the sacrificial layer to form a microcavity; and disposing liquid crystal in the microcavity.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal display device, including a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first substrate, including: a pixel electrode, and a common electrode separated from the pixel electrode, a ratio of a width of the pixel electrode to a distance between the pixel electrode and the common electrode being in a range of about 1:1 to 1:7, and a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer formed on the first substrate, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including: a buffer material, and nanocapsules, each filled with liquid crystal molecules.

Abstract: A tetragonal ring shape aperture is formed in the common electrode on one substrate and a cross shape aperture is formed at the position corresponding to the center of the tetragonal ring shape aperture in the pixel electrode on the other substrate. A liquid crystal layer between two electrodes are divided to four domains where the directors of the liquid crystal layer have different angles when a voltage is applied to the electrodes. The directors in adjacent domains make a right angle. The tetragonal ring shape aperture is broken at midpoint of each side of the tetragon, and the width of the aperture to decreases as goes from the bent point to the edge. Wide viewing angle is obtained by four domains where the directors of the liquid crystal layer indicate different directions, disclination is removed and luminance increases.

Abstract: In the liquid crystal display device where a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, a pixel electrode layer (first electrode layer) and a common electrode layer (second electrode layer) provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer are positioned not to overlap with each other. The pixel electrode layer is formed to cover top and side surfaces of a rib-shaped first structure body which projects into the liquid crystal layer from a surface of the first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side. The common electrode layer is formed to cover top and side surfaces of a rib-shaped second structure body which projects into the liquid crystal layer from the surface of the first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate, a gate electrode formed on the first substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, a semiconductor formed on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a light blocking member formed on the second substrate, and the semiconductor includes a metal oxide semiconductor and the light blocking member is not formed in a region corresponding to at least a portion of the semiconductor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel having an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a plurality of pixel units provided on both of the array substrate and the color filter substrate, a common electrode and a pixel electrode being provided in each of the pixel units such that when polarity of voltage difference between the pixel electrode and the common electrode in one first pixel unit is identical to that in one second pixel unit, the direction of an electric field formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and for driving liquid crystal molecules to display at a gray level in the first pixel unit is opposite to that in the second pixel unit.

Abstract: An MVA type liquid crystal display panel of the present invention comprises a first substrate where a light transmission section consisting of a pixel electrode 15a, whose corner portions are chamfered, is formed at each position partitioned by scanning lines 13 and signal lines 14 that are arranged in a matrix state, in which a protruding electrode 40 extending from the pixel electrode 15a is formed between the chamfered position of the corner portion and the scanning line 13 to prevent the inclination of liquid crystal molecules due to the effect of the potential difference occurring between the scanning line and a common electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a first curved substrate and a second curved substrate overlapping the first curved substrate. The display device further includes a pixel electrode disposed between the first curved substrate and the second curved substrate, the pixel electrode including a first branch electrode and a second branch electrode that is spaced from the first branch electrode. The display device further includes a common electrode including a slitless portion that overlaps both the first branch electrode and the second branch electrode and does not have any slits. The display device further includes a liquid crystal element disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a first electrode on the first glass substrate, a second electrode on the second glass substrate, a liquid crystal portion, and a seal around the liquid crystal portion. The first electrode includes a first portion corresponding to the liquid crystal portion, a second portion corresponding to the seal, and a third portion electrically connecting the first portion and the second portion. The third portion is configured to disconnect an electrical connection between the first portion and the second portion when the second portion of the first electrode and the second electrode are short-circuited.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a display device where the width of the surrounding region may be reduced even with an increased number of lead lines.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel which facilitates laser repair for repairing defects even if an electrode facing a pixel electrode with an insulating film therebetween is a transparent electrode. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes a first substrate having an insulating substrate, a thin film transistor, a scan signal line, a first light-shielding electrode, a first insulating film, a second light-shielding electrode, a second insulating film, a transparent electrode, a third insulating film, and a pixel electrode; a second substrate having an insulating substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second light-shielding electrode is located between the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode and connected to the pixel electrode through a connecting portion formed through the second insulating film and the third insulating film.

Abstract: A display panel includes; a lower gate line, a lower data line disposed substantially perpendicular to the lower gate line, a thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the lower gate line and the lower data line, an insulating layer disposed on the lower gate line, the lower data line, and the TFT and having a plurality of trenches exposing the lower gate line and the lower data line, an upper gate line disposed in the trench on the lower gate line, an upper data line disposed in the trench on the lower data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the TFT.

Abstract: A pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixel regions, and each of the pixel regions includes first and second electrodes that are overlapped with each other, the first electrode is disposed above the second electrode, and each of the pixel regions is divided at least into a first to fourth domain display regions; strip-shaped first electrodes in the first to fourth domain display regions make first to fourth angles with a reference direction; the sum of the first angle and the second angle is 180 degrees, the sum of the third angle and the fourth angle is 180 degrees, and the first, the second, the third and the fourth angles are different from one another.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a lower panel having a lower substrate. A pixel electrode is formed on the lower substrate and includes a partial plate electrode and a plurality of minute branch electrodes extending from the partial plate electrode. A lower layer is formed on the lower substrate and below the pixel electrode and includes an inclined portion. An upper panel includes an upper substrate facing the lower substrate and a common electrode formed on the upper substrate. A liquid crystal layer is positioned between the lower panel and the upper panel, in which a part of the inclined portion is overlapped with a part of the minute branch electrode.

Abstract: A method of measuring a surface structure of a display device is provided. The display device includes first and second substrates, first and second patterned light-shielding layers, and first and second pixel units. The first patterned light-shielding layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate includes first openings. The second patterned light-shielding layer disposed on the surface of the first substrate includes second openings. The first pixel unit includes first and second protrusions. The first protrusion correspondingly covers the first openings and a portion of the first patterned light-shielding layer. The second protrusion is disposed on and directly contacted with the first and second patterned light-shielding layers. The second pixel unit includes a third protrusion correspondingly covering the second openings and a portion of the second patterned light-shielding layer, wherein sizes of the second openings are smaller than sizes of the first openings.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method for repairing a defective pixel in the LCD is provided, where a width of a sustain electrode line is reduced or no sustain electrode line is provided for the purpose of ensuring an increased aperture ratio. The LCD includes a gate line, extending in a first direction, and a data wiring being insulated from the gate line. The data wiring includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a data line extending in a second direction. A pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode via a contact hole, and a sustain electrode line is formed in a substantially the same plane as the gate line and has a sustain electrode overlapped by the contact hole.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology relates to a liquid crystal panel, a TFT (thin film transistor) array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. The TFT array substrate, comprising: a base substrate; and gate scanning lines, data scanning lines and a protection layer formed on the base substrate, and the protection layer covering the gate scanning lines and the data scanning lines, wherein conductive layers are disposed on the protection layer at locations corresponding to the gate scanning lines and/or the data scanning lines in a region for applying a sealant.

Abstract: An array substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided to effectively eliminate the afterimage phenomenon and improve the display quality of display device. A pixel electrode, a common electrode, a first TFT and a second TFT are provided in a sub-pixel region defined by Nth and (N+1)th gate lines of a plurality of gate lines and two data lines of the plurality of data lines, and a multi-dimensional electric field is formed when the pixel electrode and the common electrode are powered.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a first substrate formed with a first electrode, a second substrate formed with a second electrode and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two substrates. The LCD device includes at least one pixel area having at least one display unit. In the display unit, the first or second electrode is formed with a plurality of elongated apertures arranged in parallel and positioned outwardly one by one from the center of the display unit along at least four different directions. The plurality of elongated apertures forms solid or dotted edges around the circumference of the first or second electrode. The solid or dotted edges of the first electrode may be aligned with or extend outwardly more or less than the solid or dotted edges of the second electrode from the center of the display unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode including a contact portion and a main pixel electrode extending in a second direction from the contact portion. A width of the contact portion in a first direction crossing the second direction is greater than a width of the main pixel electrode in the first direction. The main pixel electrode includes a first portion which is located on a side close to the contact portion and has a first width in the first direction, and a second portion which is located on a side remoter from the contact portion than the first portion in the second direction and has a second width in the first direction which is smaller than the first width.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an array substrate for an LCD display and manufacturing method. The array substrate comprise a transparent substrate, gate lines and data lines disposed on the transparent substrate, a transparent conducting bar and a gate short-circuit bar. The transparent conducting bar is disposed below the gate short-circuit bar with the gate short-circuit bar and data lines arranged in the same layer. The present invention avoids the problem of burning the gate short-circuit bar due to the occurrence of static discharge and electrical defects in the array substrate are detectable and repairable in the array test process, improving the product rate of the LCD array substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes an insulation substrate, a pixel electrode, a microcavity layer, a common electrode, and a layer. The pixel electrode is disposed on the substrate. The microcavity layer is disposed on the pixel electrode and includes a plurality of microcavities including liquid crystal molecules disposed therein. The common electrode is disposed on the microcavity layer. The layer is disposed on the common electrode and includes an organic material. The layer comprises a refractive index of more than 1.6 and less than 2.0.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a single-layer cholesteric liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal composition of a cholesteric phase is formed between a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of liquid crystal layers are formed by sequentially adjusting the temperature of the cholesteric phase liquid crystal composition and performing a plurality of optical curing processes on the cholesteric phase liquid crystal composition. Each of the plurality of liquid crystal layers corresponds to one of the plurality of subpixels.

Abstract: This relates to displays for which the use of dual function capacitive elements does not result in any decreases of the aperture of the display. Thus, touch sensitive displays that have aperture ratios that are no worse than similar non-touch sensing displays can be manufactured. More specifically, this relates to placing touch sensing opaque elements so as to ensure that they are substantially overlapped by display related opaque elements, thus ensuring that the addition of the touch sensing elements does not substantially reduce the aperture ratio. The touch sensing display elements can be, for example, common lines that connect various capacitive elements that are configured to operate collectively as an element of the touch sensing system.

Abstract: A first peripheral electrode and a second peripheral electrode are provided at a peripheral region sandwiched between a pixel region and a seal material in a first substrate of a liquid crystal device, and strength of electric potentials which are applied to the first peripheral electrode, the second peripheral electrode, and a common electrode of an opposite substrate satisfies the condition of the second peripheral electrode<the common electrode<the first peripheral electrode. Therefore, electric fields are formed between the first peripheral electrode and the common electrode, between the second peripheral electrode and the common electrode, and between the first peripheral electrode and the second peripheral electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate facing a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first field generating electrode on the first substrate, and a second field generating electrode on the first substrate and including a plurality of branch electrodes overlapped with the first field generating electrode. The second field generating electrode includes a wing connected to an end of a first branch electrode positioned at an outermost side the plurality of branch electrodes.

Abstract: A display device as an electronic apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a clock signal wiring (104) for connecting to a source driver circuit; a power supply wiring (105) formed at a position where the power supply wiring (105) does not overlap with a projection plane of the clock signal wiring (104), so as to sandwich at least an insulating layer with a layer in which the clock signal wiring (104) is formed; and a capacitive electrode (109) electrically connected to the clock signal wiring (104). The capacitive electrode (109) is formed so as to overlap at least partially with a projection plane of the power supply wiring (105). A capacitance (301) is formed between the capacitive electrode (109) and the power supply wiring (105).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a pixel electrode having a first main electrode in a belt-like shape extending along a first cross line direction which crosses at an acute angle in a counterclockwise direction with respect to an initial alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules, and a second main electrode in the belt-like shape extending along a second cross line direction which crosses at an acute angle in a clockwise direction with respect to the initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules. A second substrate includes a counter electrode having a pair of third main electrodes in the belt-like shape arranged above a pair of regions sandwiching the first main electrode extending along a first cross line direction and a pair of fourth main electrodes in the belt-like shape arranged above a pair of regions sandwiching the second main electrode extending along the second cross line direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided which can enhance a numerical aperture. The display has a pixel transparent conductive film electrode and a transparent conductive film counter electrode formed on an insulation film, which in turn is formed on a first substrate to cover the pixel electrode. A plurality of linear portions of the counter electrode are arranged on the pixel electrode. A gate-signal-line side of the pixel electrode of the first pixel is formed on a first-pixel side of the gate signal line and a gate-signal-line side of the pixel electrode of the second pixel is formed on a second-pixel side of the gate signal line. The gate-signal-line-side frame portion of the counter electrode of the first pixel and the gate-signal-line-side frame portion of the counter electrode of the second pixel are formed in common on the gate signal line in a striding manner.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a first electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate and having linear portions; a second electrode having linear portions formed along the linear portions of the first electrode and adjacent to the linear portions of the first electrode at a gap in plan view; and a third electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate and having linear portions overlapping with the linear portions of the second electrode in plan view, wherein electric fields having different directions are generated between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the first electrode and the third electrode.

Abstract: A display panel with microcavities each having ends of asymmetric cross-sectional area. An exemplary display panel has a substrate; an electrode disposed on the substrate; and a supporting member disposed on the electrode. The supporting member is shaped to form a cavity between the supporting member and the electrode. The cavity has a first opening at one end of the supporting member and a second opening at an opposite end of the supporting member, the first opening being positioned over the electrode. A cross-sectional area of the first opening is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second opening.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected with a terminal of the thin film transistor, a microcavity disposed on the pixel electrode, the microcavity including a liquid crystal injection hole disposed at an edge of the microcavity, a supporting member disposed on the microcavity, a first hydrophobic layer disposed on an edge portion of the supporting member, and a capping layer disposed on the supporting member with the capping layer covering the liquid crystal injection hole.

Abstract: An array substrate of a liquid crystal display, comprising: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a second electrode located above and electrically insulated from the first electrode; and an orientation film disposed on the second electrode, wherein the array substrate further comprising: at least one shunt electrode connected to at least one of first electrodes to divert residual charges left over a surface of a liquid crystal molecule, and the shunt electrode is located at a side of the orientation film not contacting the liquid crystal molecule.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display to prevent light leakage with an improvement of aperture ratio and a reduction of load of a data line is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a gate line and a storage electrode line formed on a insulating substrate and apart from each other, a first data line and a second data line intersecting the gate line, a first pixel electrode defined by the gate line and the first data line, and a second pixel electrode defined by the gate line and the second data line and neighboring the first pixel electrode. Also, a blocking electrode between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is included, wherein at least portion of the first data line is disposed under the first pixel electrode, and at least portion of the blocking electrode is disposed under the second pixel electrode and apart from the first data line.

Abstract: Provided is a COG panel system capable of minimizing a block dim effect by considering a relationship among a plurality of chips. The COG panel system includes: an FPC which supplies at least two power supply voltages having a constant voltage level; a plurality of SDIs which are commonly supplied with a bypass power supply voltage from the FPC and generate respective parts of a plurality of consecutive LCD driving signals required for an arbitrary one line of an LCD; and at least one block dim correction resistance.

Abstract: Electro-optic lenses, including liquid crystals, wherein the power of the lenses can be modified by application of an electric field. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal-based lenses include ring electrodes having a resistive bridge located between adjacent electrodes, and in a preferred embodiment, input connections for several electrode rings are spaced on the lens. In a further embodiment, liquid crystal-based lenses are provided that can increase optical power through the use of phase resets, wherein in one embodiment, a lens includes ring electrodes on surfaces of the substrates on opposite sides of the liquid crystal cell such that a fixed phase term can be added to each set of electrodes that allows for phase change across each group of electrodes to be the same and also be matched with respect to a previous group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an array substrate and a manufacture method of the same, a liquid crystal display panel, and a display device, which are relative to a liquid crystal display field. Further, source electrodes and drain electrodes of the array substrate are arranged on different layers. In the manufacture method of the array substrate, the source electrodes and the drain electrodes are formed on different layers by two patterning processes. According to the technical scheme of the present invention, a length of a channel between the source electrodes and the drain electrodes can be decreased as much as possible, thereby increasing a start current Ion of a TFT.

Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus includes a first pixel region on a substrate and defined by an intersection between a first gate line and a data line. The first pixel region includes a first transistor and a first capacitor and is covered by a first pixel electrode. The apparatus includes a second pixel region adjacent to the first pixel region and defined by an intersection between a second gate line and the data line. The second pixel region is covered by a second pixel electrode. The first gate line is positioned between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. A second capacitor is in the second pixel region, and the second capacitor includes a first transparent conductive layer and a second transparent conductive layer. A transparent shielding portion extends from the second transparent conductive layer of the second capacitor toward the first pixel region to overlap with the first gate line.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical apparatus includes first and second substrate units, a liquid crystal layer, and a drive unit. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate having a first major surface, a plurality of first and second electrodes. The first electrodes are provided on the first major surface to extend in a first direction. The second electrodes are provided on the first major surface to extend in the first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate having a second major surface opposing the first major surface and an opposing electrode. The opposing electrode is provided on the second major surface. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive unit is electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and the opposing electrode and forms a refractive index distribution in the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a pixel structure of a 3D display device is provided. The pixel structure of a 3D display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate including a pixel, wherein the pixel is divided into a first subpixel strip and a second subpixel strip, and each subpixel strip includes a plurality of subpixels, wherein each subpixel is divided into a first area and a second area including one contact hole located in one of the first area and the second area, wherein the locations of the contact holes in the first subpixel strip and the second subpixel strip are the same or the location of the contact holes in the first subpixel strip is a mirror image of the location of the contact holes in the second subpixel strip, and a light modulating element formed on the pixel.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel having a greater length in a first direction than in a second direction crossing the first direction, the pixel electrode including a first main pixel electrode and a second main pixel electrode which extend in the second direction, a contact portion which is located between the first main pixel electrode and the second main pixel electrode and extends in the second direction, and a sub-pixel electrode which connects the first main pixel electrode, the second main pixel electrode and the contact portion.

Abstract: An active device array substrate includes a substrate, first scan lines, second scan lines, data lines, and pixels. The first and the second scan lines are alternately arranged along a first direction. The data lines are arranged in parallel along a second direction. The pixels are arranged to form first pixel rows and second pixel rows alternately arranged in the first direction. The first pixel row includes first and second pixels electrically connected to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, and the data line, respectively. The second pixel row includes third and fourth pixels electrically connected to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, and the data line, respectively. The pixels between two adjacent data lines are arranged in two columns. Among the pixels in the same column, the pixels in odd rows and in even rows are electrically connected to different data lines, respectively.

Abstract: A nanocrystal display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas corresponding to the plurality of pixels, and a boundary area between the pixel areas. Each pixel includes a first electrode on an upper surface of the substrate and in a corresponding pixel area; a second electrode on the upper surface of the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode in a cross-section direction, a tunnel-shaped cavity defined in the plurality of pixel areas and spaced apart from the substrate by a predetermined distance; and an image display layer in the tunnel-shaped cavity; and a backlight unit which provides a light to the display panel and faces the upper surface of the substrate.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a liquid crystal display panel comprising an electrode is provided. The electrode comprises a plurality of convex branch electrode portions arranged in a plane, the convex branch electrode portions being convex when viewed from a first direction perpendicular to the plane and extending from a central region of the electrode to a periphery of the electrode, and a plurality of concave branch electrode portions, the concave branch electrode portions being concave when viewed from the first direction, extending from the central region to the periphery and adjacent to convex branch electrode portions. According to some aspects, a method of applying a pretilt to molecules in a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal display panel by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer via first and second electrodes is provided.

Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display device is proposed. The auto-stereoscopic display device includes a display panel and a liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal lens includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrode stripes arranged in parallel along pixel units and extending in a first or second direction. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrode stripes extending slantingly relative to the plurality of first electrode stripes and being arranged in parallel. A liquid crystal lens and a driving method thereof are also proposed. Based on the present invention, a first lenticular lens unit is generated and arranged along the plurality of second electrode stripes for the 3D display mode, and a second lenticular lens unit is generated and arranged along the plurality of first electrode stripes for the 2D display mode.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device including a substrate having a display region and a non-display region at one side of the display region; gate lines along a first direction and in the display region; data lines along a second direction and in the display region, the data lines crossing the gate lines to define pixel regions; auxiliary gate lines along the second direction and in the display region, the auxiliary gate lines respectively connected to the gate lines; data pad electrodes in the non-display region and electrically connected to the data lines, respectively; and gate pad electrodes in the non-display region and electrically connected to the auxiliary gate lines, respectively.