Having Connection Detail To External Circuit Patents (Class 349/149)
  • Patent number: 8339553
    Abstract: The present invention provides an LCOS device having improved bonding pad features. The device has a substrate, a transistor layer overlying the substrate and an interlayer dielectric layer overlying the transistor layer. A first conductive layer is overlying the interlayer dielectric layer and a second interlayer dielectric layer is overlying the first conductive layer. An enlarged opening for a bonding pad structure is in a first portion of the second interlayer dielectric layer. A barrier metal layer is formed within the enlarged opening to form a liner that covers exposed regions of the enlarged opening. A metal material is overlying the liner to fill the enlarged opening. A thickness of an aluminum material is overlying the metal material. The device has a bonding pad structure formed from a first portion of the thickness of the aluminum material and is coupled to the metal material in the enlarged opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Herb Huang, Wei Min Li, Fish Ren, Nancy Han
  • Patent number: 8334959
    Abstract: An electro-optical device having a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix includes: switching elements each corresponding to one the plurality of pixels; a first sealed wiring portion that is formed on an element substrate so as to surround at least three sides of the display region; and a second sealed wiring portion that surrounds the first sealed wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiya Hirabayashi, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 8334960
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on the substrate where each pixel includes a switching element, a plurality of gate lines that are connected to the switching elements and extend in a row direction, and a gate driver that is connected to the gate lines and is formed on the substrate as an integrated circuit. In the liquid crystal display, the gate driver includes a first region and a second region that is not aligned with the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Ho Yang, Joo-Sun Yoon, Ki-Hun Jeong
  • Patent number: 8334961
    Abstract: Electrooptical displays require conductors on both sides of the liquid crystal thin film. The two conductors face opposite sides of the display. The cost of electrically connecting to these displays can be decreased by having the conductors of the display all face the same side of the display. This invention includes a technique to allow both conductors to face the same side of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kent Displays Incorporated
    Inventors: Erica N. Montbach, Mark Lightfoot, Todd C. Ernst
  • Patent number: 8334962
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate facing and spaced apart from each other, the first substrate and the second substrate including an active area, a signal input area and a pad area, the signal input area and the pad area being disposed at a periphery of the active area; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate in the active area, the gate line and the data line crossing each other; first connection lines and second connection lines in the signal input area, the first connection lines extending to the pad area and crossing the second connection lines; a gate connection pattern contacting the first connection lines and the second connection lines; a common electrode on the second substrate; a shortage-preventing pattern on the common electrode and corresponding to the gate connection pattern; a seal pattern surrounding the active area, the seal pattern including a conductive ball; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hoon Chang, Min-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 8334535
    Abstract: To provide a wireless identification semiconductor device provided with a display function, which is capable of effectively utilizing electric power supplied by an electromagnetic wave. The following are included: an antenna; a power source generating circuit electrically connected to the antenna; an IC chip circuit and a display element electrically connected to the power source generating circuit; a first TFT provided in the power source generating circuit; a second TFT provided in the IC chip circuit; a third TFT provided in the display element; an insulating film provided to cover the first to third TFTs; a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode, and a third source electrode and a third drain electrode which are formed over the insulating film; and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the third source electrode or the third drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20120314175
    Abstract: A COF tape is formed by orderly connecting several COFs and a carrier connected with said COF tape. The appearance of said COF is a trapezoid consisting of two paralleled wiring edges and two unparalleled side edges. The longer wiring edge of one COF and the shorter wiring edge of the other COF between the two adjacent COFs are connected and lie in a same straight line; the shorter wiring edges and the longer wiring edges of the other two COFs also lie in a same straight line. The disclosure also discloses a COF and a drive circuit for liquid crystal display television. The COF of the disclosure saves materials; the carrier-tape type semiconductor device with the COF of the disclosure is able to increase the quantity of COF on the carrier tape of specific length, so that the cost can be lowered to a large extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPLOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-shen Lin, Liang-chan Liao, Yong Zhang
  • Patent number: 8330927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device including a substrate, a display signal line disposed on the substrate, a contact assistant disposed on the pad region of the substrate as a draw-out terminal of the display signal line, a driver IC chip disposed on the substrate and connected to the display signal line through the contact assistant, and a testing thin film transistor disposed between the substrate and the driver IC chip. The testing thin film transistor and the display signal line are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Koo Her, Yong-Han Park
  • Patent number: 8330925
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a peripheral circuit, a first protection layer, a second protection layer, a display medium, and a second substrate. The first substrate array has a display area and a peripheral area, wherein the pixel array is disposed in the display area, the peripheral circuit is disposed in the peripheral area, and the pixel array and the peripheral circuit are electrically connected. The first protection layer is disposed on the display area and the peripheral area to cover the pixel array and the peripheral circuit. The second protection layer is at least disposed on the first protection layer within the peripheral area. Here, the second protection layer includes a color filter material layer, a black matrix material layer, a photo spacer material layer, or a combination thereof. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate to expose the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Tsun Lin, Chun-Jen Chiu, Yen-Heng Huang
  • Patent number: 8325309
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a liquid-crystal display (LCD) and a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) coupled to the LCD. The driver ICs may be disposed near non-central locations along a side of the LCD, and in some embodiments, one of the driver ICs may be a master driver IC and the other driver IC or driver ICs may be slave driver ICs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn R. Gettemy, Carlin J. Vieri, Yongman Lee, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 8319718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gate printed circuit board, a connector-free liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly, a driving-signal timing module included in the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly, and a method of driving the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly. According to the present invention, since a separate connector and a gate printed circuit board of a conventional LCD panel is not required for applying a gate-driving signal generated from an external information processing device, a thickness and the number of parts of the LCD device is reduced. Further, when the gate-driving signal is transmitted through the TFT substrate, the voltage Voff for maintaining a thin-film transistor (TFT) in a turned-off state is modified so that users may not recognize the imbalance in brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sin-Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 8319109
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a first wiring board and a second wiring board. The first wiring board having a one-side first connection terminal electrically connected to the panel-side connection terminal at one end of a first wiring forming surface and having an other-side first connection terminal at the other end of the first wiring forming surface. The second wiring board having one-side second connection terminal electrically connected to the other-side first connection terminal at one end of a second wiring forming surface and having the other-side second connection terminal at the other end of the second wiring forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenya Ishii
  • Patent number: 8319932
    Abstract: A wiring board of the present invention (1) is arranged so that: pads (30) arranged in a plurality of rows include: first-row pads (30a) connected to first metal wires (10a) among metal wires (10); and second-row pads (30b) connected to second metal wires (10b) among the metal wires (10), the first metal wires (10a) being longer than the second metal wires (10b); each of the first metal wires (10a) is formed so as to be separated from a corresponding one of the second-row pads (30b) by at least an insulating layer, and so as to have a widthwise center in a lower region below the corresponding second-row pad (30b); and each of the first metal wires (10a) has widthwise edges provided, in a plan view, beyond widthwise edges of a corresponding one of the second-row pads (30b) in a region in which the first metal wire (10a) overlaps with the corresponding second-row pad (30b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Motoji Shiota
  • Patent number: 8314766
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a display area, a wiring area, and an external circuit area, wherein the wiring area is between the display area and the external circuit area. The liquid crystal display panel includes many pixel structures, external pads and wiring sets. Each wiring set includes a plurality of upper-layer main wires disposed on one plane and lower-layer main wires disposed on another plane, wherein the two planes are parallel. In addition, each upper-layer main wire corresponds to one lower-layer main wire and the shadow which the upper-layer main wire vertically projects on the surface overlaps a part of the corresponding lower-layer main wire. The light leakage around the display area can be eliminated by proper arrangement of main wiring sets, and therefore the display quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Huan Chang
  • Patent number: 8314916
    Abstract: A display device which can prevent a contact defect of a driver IC and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. According to the method, a plurality of pattern lines and a plurality of contact electrodes on a substrate are formed. Each pattern line and each contact electrode are connected each other. Anisotropic conductive films, in which a plurality of conductive balls are included, on the substrate are arranged. A plurality of driving circuits on the substrate and allowing bumps of the driving circuits to be opposite the anisotropic conductive films are arranged. Pressure and heat are applied to the driving circuits such that the bumps of the driving circuits allow the conductive balls to be electrically connected to the contact electrodes. A plurality of contact layers connected with the conductive balls are formed by irradiating laser light on contact regions to melt the pattern lines and the contact electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Soon Kim
  • Patent number: 8314917
    Abstract: In a gate in panel (GIP) type liquid crystal display (LCD) device in which a gate driver is directly mounted within a thin film transistor array substrate, a column spacer structure of a GIP circuit part has the same diamond structure as a gap spacer structure of an active region, and a dummy color filter pattern is formed at the GIP circuit part to have the same step as the active region where the cap spacers are positioned to thus prevent a cell gap deficiency between the GIP circuit part and the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Yeon Hwang, Jin Her
  • Patent number: 8310645
    Abstract: A wiring board of the present invention has pads disposed in a plurality of rows including: first row pads each being connected to a respective one of the connection wires that is long in length; and second row pads (30b) each being connected to a respective one of the connection wires that is shorter in length than that of first connection wires (10a) connected to the first row pads, each of the first connection wires (10a) being provided not in a region between adjacent ones of the second row pads (30b) but in a lower layer region of the second row pads (30b), in such a manner that at least a first insulating layer (20a) is sandwiched between the second row pads (30b) and the first connection wires (10a), and 0.8?W1/W2?1, where W1 is a line width of the first connection wires (10a) in the lower layer region of the second row pads (30b), and W2 is a width of the second row pads (30b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Motoji Shiota
  • Patent number: 8310609
    Abstract: Provided is a lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer and pixel electrodes and common electrodes. A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device drives the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes, a light shielding layer is formed on a surface of the second substrate disposed close to the liquid crystal layer. A coloring layer is also formed so as to overlap with the pixel electrodes. An overcoat layer protects the coloring layer, and an alignment film is formed. An electrostatic shielding layer is formed of a transparent conductive material on a surface of the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Yoshida, Shinichiro Tanaka, Joji Nishimura, Koji Yoshida, Keiji Takizawa, Masakatsu Higa
  • Patent number: 8310608
    Abstract: A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device comprising: a first substrate having pixel electrodes and common electrodes which are provided on one surface thereof; a second substrate disposed so as to face that surface of the first substrate with a predetermined distance therebetween; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a loop-shaped sealing member disposed so as to surround the liquid crystal layer, with the liquid crystal device driving the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Yoshida, Shinichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8305509
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with improved productivity and a manufacturing method of the same. A liquid crystal display device according to the invention comprises in a region in which a scan line and a data line intersect with each other a first substrate comprising a first thin film transistor using either an amorphous semiconductor or an organic semiconductor for a channel portion, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a third substrate comprising a second thin film transistor using a crystalline semiconductor for a channel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yasuyuki Arai, Yasuko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8305542
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate comprises thin film transistors and pixel electrodes formed at respective pixels that are defined by gate lines and data lines that orthogonally intersect each other. The thin film transistor array substrate further comprises a plurality of gate pad units that group a plurality of gate pads extended from the gate lines, and a plurality of data pad units that groups a plurality of data pads extended from the data lines. The thin film transistor array substrate further includes a plurality of gate test terminals connected to the gate pad units and beside at least one side of the respective gate pad units, and a plurality of data test terminals connected to the data pad units and located beside at least one side of the respective data pad units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Kang, Soung Yeoul Eom, Bong Chul Kim, Ki Soub Yang
  • Patent number: 8305546
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate driver and array elements in at least one cell area of a mother substrate while forming a test element in at least one test area of the mother substrate, and inspecting the test element to determine an operational state of the gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Ky Jeon
  • Patent number: 8300195
    Abstract: A balance board includes; a substrate, a first wire disposed on the substrate, a second wire disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first wire, a plurality of first balance coils connected to the first wire and which uniformly distribute a first power supply voltage, a plurality of second balance coils connected to the second wire and which uniformly distribute a second power supply voltage, and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first and second wires, wherein the first and second wires are disposed substantially in parallel with each other, the second wire being divided into a plurality of parts with respect to an area where the first wire and the second wire cross over one another and the plurality of parts of the second wire are connected by a plurality of jumper connectors overlapping the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-Dong Hwang, Yun-Gun Lee, Dal-Jung Kwon, Myoung-Soo Kim, Byung-Kyou Min
  • Patent number: 8300194
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight module and a composite tape. The composite tape is assembled to the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight module, wherein the composite tape comprises an insulating layer, a first adhesive layer and an electrically conductive layer. The first adhesive layer is formed at one side of the insulating layer. The electrically conductive layer is formed at another side of the insulating layer, wherein the electrically conductive layer is in touch with an electrically conductive element of the liquid crystal display apparatus to be connected to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Chen, Pai-Hung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8300200
    Abstract: A fan-out circuit including a plurality of fan-out wires is provided, where the fan-out wires are not electrically connected to each other. Each of the fan-out wires includes a first detouring portion, an extending portion, and a second detouring portion. The first detouring portion has a chip bonding terminal and a first connecting terminal. A pitch of any two adjacent chip bonding terminals is P1. The second detouring portion has a second connecting terminal and a signal-line connecting terminal. The second connecting terminal is connected with the first connecting terminal through the extending portion. A pitch of any two adjacent signal-line connecting terminals is P2, and P2>P1. Among the fan-out wires, a part of the first detouring portions has a ladder shaped pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Geng-Cyuan Jheng
  • Patent number: 8294867
    Abstract: At least one side of a sealing member is formed on an outer edge of a first substrate, and a common transfer terminal portion is formed along at least a part of the sealing member formed on the outer edge of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ohashi, Mutsumi Nakajima, Kenichi Ishiguro, Shohichi Andoh
  • Patent number: 8289492
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a pair of first panel alignment marks having a first shape and a pair of second panel alignment marks having a second shape; a first circuit substrate provided with a first circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the first shape in plan view; and a second circuit substrate provided with a second circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the second shape in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Munehide Saimen
  • Patent number: 8284377
    Abstract: In a display device and a repairing method therefor, the display device includes a gate line and two gate-on-array circuits arranged at two sides thereof. Each of the gate-on-array circuits includes a stage coupled to the gate line. Each the stage includes a transistor and a repair circuit. The first source/drain electrode of the transistor is coupled to the gate line, and the second source/drain electrode of the transistor is coupled to receive a clock pulse signal. The repair circuit includes a first terminal coupled to the gate electrode of the transistor, a second terminal coupled to a predetermined potential, and at least one control terminal adapted to receive at least one repair signal to pull the potential on the gate electrode of the transistor to the predetermined potential. The transistor maintains at off-state when the at least one repair signal is supplied to the repair circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Je-Hao Hsu, Wen-Pin Chen, Chiu-Mei Yu, Lee-Hsun Chang
  • Patent number: 8284353
    Abstract: A display panel having a display region and a non-display region is provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium between the first substrate and the second substrate. The substrate has a pixel array, a plurality of lead lines, an organic layer and a conductive pattern thereon. The pixel array is disposed within the display region. The lead lines are disposed within the non-display region and electrically connected to the pixel array. The organic layer covers the pixel array and the lead lines. The conductive pattern is disposed on the organic layer in the lead lines. The second substrate has an electrode layer thereon, and the electrode layer is disposed within the display region and the non-display region. In particular, the electrode layer and the conductive pattern are electrically connected to a common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Heng Huang, Chung-Kai Chen, Chia-Hui Pai, Wei-Yuan Cheng, Wen-Hsien Tseng, Ting-Yi Cho, Chin-An Tseng
  • Patent number: 8284369
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible light-emitting device including: a base insulating film; a thin film transistor formed over a first surface of the base insulating film; an interlayer insulating film formed over the first surface of the base insulating film with the thin film transistor interposed therebetween; a first pixel electrode formed on a second surface of the base insulating film opposite to the first surface; an electroluminescent layer formed on the second surface of the base insulating film with the first pixel electrode interposed therebetween; a second pixel electrode formed on the second surface of the base insulating film with the first pixel electrode and the electroluminescent layer interposed therebetween; and a wiring electrically connected to a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor in a contact hole provided in the interlayer insulating film and electrically connected to the first pixel electrode in a through-hole penetrating through at least the interlayer insulating film and the base in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Chida, Kaoru Hatano, Takaaki Nagata, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8284340
    Abstract: An LCD device preventing a short-circuit of adjacent link lines is disclosed. The LCD device includes a pixel area in which a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the plurality of gate lines at a right angle are formed, a pad area formed at a side of the pixel area, a gate pad portion and a data pad portion formed in the pad area and respectively connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, first, second, third, and fourth gate link lines connected to the plurality of gate lines and the gate pad portion and alternately arranged with an insulation layer interposed between the first, second, third, and fourth gate link lines, and first and second auto probe pads electrically connected to the first, second, third, and fourth gate link lines. The first and second gate link lines are connected to the first auto probe pad and the third and fourth gate link lines are connected to the second auto probe pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Il Park, Sang Moo Song, Dae Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120249896
    Abstract: In an element substrate of a liquid crystal device, a peripheral electrode to which a potential different from a common potential applied to a dummy pixel electrode and the like is applied is formed in a region interposed between an image display region and a sealing material. An electrical supply line that supplies the potential from the side to the peripheral electrode runs through the outside from a scanning line driving circuit portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yokota, Hiroyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 8279367
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a lamp socket unit, a printed circuit board and a lower receiving container. The printed circuit board includes a cutout portion which receives the lamp socket unit therethrough. The lower receiving container receives the lamp socket unit and the printed circuit board. The lamp socket unit is coupled to the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board, having the lamp socket unit coupled thereto, is disposed in the lower receiving container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Il Kim, Hyun-Su Park, Young-Ho Lee, Jae-Hwan Chun, Sung-Won Chung
  • Patent number: 8279391
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which can be manufactured at a low cost is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate of a size smaller than a size of the TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate. A ground pad is formed on a portion of the TFT substrate where the CF substrate does not overlap with the TFT substrate. A transparent conductive film is formed on an upper surface of the CF substrate. The transparent conductive film of the CF substrate and the ground pad formed on the TFT substrate are electrically connected with each other via a thermocompression bonding conductive tape. A double-sided adhesive tape is arranged between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and an upper surface of the CF substrate and between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and the TFT substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 8277697
    Abstract: A color filter having a filter layer comprising a fluorinated phthalocyanine pigment and at least one second pigment. In one embodiment, the second pigment has a maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm to create a green color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Global Oled Technology LLC
    Inventors: Tommie L. Royster, Jr., Paula J. Alessi, Donald R. Diehl
  • Patent number: 8279146
    Abstract: An LCD device is provided. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image, a PCB (printed circuit board) where a driver circuit driving the liquid crystal display panel is formed and having an outer portion extending a predetermined length and width to provide a ground region, and a chassis where the PCB is located and electrically connected to the ground region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Bong Park, Seung Man Jeong
  • Patent number: 8279390
    Abstract: In a display device forming a board for mounting a connector which allows inputting of video data thereon and a board for mounting a display control circuit to be connected to the connector thereon on a surface of a display module opposite to an observation side, the board for mounting the connector thereon and the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon are physically separated from each other and, further, an area of the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon is set smaller than an area of the board for mounting the connector thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 8274635
    Abstract: A display device which can ensure a sufficient adhesive strength on an adhering surface between each of a pair of substrates of a liquid crystal display panel and a sealing material is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Tsuchiya, Takashi Yamamoto, Akira Ishii, Naoki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Arai
  • Patent number: 8274630
    Abstract: Liquid crystal is sandwiched between a first substrate in rectangular form and a second substrate in rectangular form, pixel electrodes and a first alignment film are formed on the first substrate, a counter electrode and a second alignment film are formed on the second substrate, the second alignment film is rubbed in a direction at an angle in a range of 45°+/?3° relative to one side of the second substrate, the counter electrode is provided with a protruding pad portion, and the direction in which the pad portion extends is to an angle of 15° or more and 35° or less with the side of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Shintani, Shinichi Soto, Hiroshi Saeki, Osamu Nagashima, Tomokazu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8269937
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a display region and a non-display region. In the display region, the gate line and a data line cross to define a pixel region and a thin film transistor is disposed at the crossing portion of the gate and data lines. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes. A peripheral line having a plurality of openings is disposed in the non-display region. The openings are slits, rectangles, circles, or triangles. The openings relieve plasma during dry-etching of the peripheral line. A pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode in the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deok-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8269923
    Abstract: A multilayer liquid crystal display element has a plurality of data electrode layer-to-layer interconnects formed in a non-display area of a liquid crystal display panel for connecting data electrodes of liquid crystal display panels for R, G, and B to a plurality of data signal input terminals from layer to layer, and a plurality of scanning electrode layer-to-layer interconnects formed in the non-display area for connecting scanning electrodes of the liquid crystal display panels for R, G, and B to a plurality of scan signal input terminals from layer to layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Fumio Yamagishi, Junji Tomita, Hisashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8268201
    Abstract: A color filter and a liquid crystal display device with the color filter that includes a substrate; and a color layer formed on the substrate and constituting color pixels of a plurality of colors, wherein the color layer is formed through a curing of a color composition comprising at least acrylic resin and a coloring agent, wherein the acrylic resin contains a copolymer formed of a first vinyl monomer having a benzyl group and a second vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group, the first vinyl monomer having a function of regulating a retardation of a color layer, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 3000 to 11000 and an acid value of solid matter falling within the range of 30 to 85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Mie Shimizu, Koichi Minato, Masaharu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8269939
    Abstract: An active device array substrate at least including a substrate, a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of first signal lines, a first connecting wire, a plurality of first switching devices, and a plurality of second signal lines is provided. The pixel units are disposed within an active area. One ends of two neighboring first signal lines are respectively connected to a first test line and a second test line. The other ends of the two neighboring first signal lines are both connected to the first switching devices. Moreover, the first connecting wire is electrically connected to the first switching devices. One ends of two neighboring second signal lines are respectively connected to a third test line and a fourth test line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Chiou, Meng-Chi Liou, Chin-Hai Huang
  • Patent number: 8269710
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes red, green, and blue sub pixels and red, green, and blue data lines connected to the corresponding sub pixels. Red, green, and blue sampling switches are provided in a peripheral region and are electrically connected to data lines of the corresponding color. The green sampling switch is located at a position that is closer to the pixel region than are the red or blue sampling switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Masui
  • Patent number: 8264652
    Abstract: A fringe field switching thin film transistor substrate includes a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, a drain electrode opposed to the pixel electrode and a semiconductor layer defining a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A common electrode extends from the common line into the pixel area. A pixel electrode extends from the drain electrode into the pixel area overlapping the common electrode with the gate insulating film. The gate line and the common line are formed from a first conductive layer group having double conductive layers, and the common electrode is formed by an extension of the lowermost layer of the common line. The data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed of a second conductive layer group having double conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung Chul Ahn
  • Patent number: 8264654
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel including short sides and long sides, a gate wire extending substantially parallel with the short sides of the liquid crystal panel, a data wire extending substantially parallel with the long sides of the liquid crystal panel and insulated from the gate wire with crossing the gate wire, a first printed circuit board disposed adjacent to a long side of the liquid crystal panel facing a same direction as the liquid crystal panel is and supplying an image signal to the liquid crystal panel, a circuit film electrically connecting the data wire and the first printed circuit board with each other to carry the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Duk Lee
  • Patent number: 8263442
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate of horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display device includes: a gate line and a common line arranged in parallel on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line and the common line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor having a gate connected to the gate line and a source electrode connected to the data line; a common electrode extending from the common line into the pixel area; a protective film for covering a plurality of signal lines and electrodes and the thin film transistor; a pixel hole in the protective film having an elongated shape that parallels the common electrode; and a pixel electrode connected to a side surface of a drain electrode of the thin film transistor within the pixel hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn Gyoung Chang, Heung Lyul Cho
  • Patent number: 8263981
    Abstract: A display panel having a display area and a non-display area outside the display area is provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a conductive light-shielding pattern, color filter patterns, first spacers, transparent pads, a second substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, third pads and fourth pads. The conductive light-shielding pattern defines a conductive matrix pattern, a plurality of first pads and second pads. Each first pad is electrically connected with one of the corresponding second pads through the conductive matrix pattern. The color filter patterns include a plurality of first filter patterns and second filter patterns. The second filter patterns are located within the non-display area and disposed on the second pads. The first spacers are disposed on the second filter patterns, and the transparent pads cover the first spacers and contact the second pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Yung-Cheng Chang, Fa-Chen Wu
  • Patent number: RE43684
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes gate lines, data lines intersecting with the gate lines to define sub-pixels, and a transmission part including transmission lines connected with the data lines to transmit data signals, where at least one pair of the transmission lines are arranged to cross each other, some of the transmission lines cross each other so that a sequence of data signals applied to the data lines can be changed, any of the transmission lines is opened at a crossing point of the transmission lines and the opened portion is connected by a separate conductor, thereby insulating the transmission lines crossing each other from each other, and an additional process for connecting the opened portion is not needed, thereby simplifying a fabrication process for the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: RE43819
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate device includes a gate line formed on a substrate, a data line crossing the gate line with a gate insulating pattern position therebetween, a thin film transistor at a crossing of the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode formed at a pixel region defined by the crossing of the gate line and the data line and connected to the thin film transistor, a gate pad part having a lower gate pad electrode connected to the gate line and an upper gate pad electrode connected to the lower gate pad electrode, a data pad part having a lower data pad electrode connected to the date line and an upper data pad electrode connected to the lower data pad electrode, and a passivation film pattern formed at a region besides the region including the pixel electrode, the upper data pad electrode, and the upper gate pad electrode, wherein the pixel electrode is formed on the gate insulating pattern of the pixel region exposed by the passivation film pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Ho Lim, Hee Chun Boo, legal representative, Hyun Sik Seo, Heung Lyul Cho, Hong Sik Kim