Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a gate line disposed on a substrate; a data line disposed on the substrate, a pixel area being defined by an intersection of the gate line and the data line; a thin film transistor locating at the intersection of the gate line and the data line; a color filter disposed at each pixel area on the substrate; a spacer formed on a first base surface of the thin film transistor area; a rib formed on a second base surface of the pixel area; and a dummy pattern disposed at the thin film transistor area to form a stepped difference of the first base surface and the second base surface.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, a first electric field generating electrode which is located on the first substrate and which has a plurality of cut portions, a direction control electrode located on the first substrate and overlapping at least one of the cut portions, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second electric field generating electrode located on the second substrate and opposite to the first electric field generating electrode. The liquid crystal display further includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electric field generating electrode and the second electric field generating electrode, and a slope member located on one of the first and second substrate and having a ridge and a slope. The ridge corresponds to the direction control electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel which can prevent a leak path of a sealing material when liquid crystal is brought into contact with an uncured sealing material in a sealing step and a manufacturing method thereof. In a liquid crystal display panel which forms a display region by providing liquid crystal in a gap defined between one substrate and another substrate, a weir which is continuously formed so as to surround the display region and a sealing material which is arranged to cover the weir are arranged on a surface of one substrate.

Abstract: A color filter substrate adapted for being assembled with an active device array substrate is provided. The active device array substrate includes active devices, scan lines and data lines. Protrusions are formed at the regions where the scan lines overlap with the data lines. The color filter substrate includes a substrate, a light shielding layer, a color filter layer, a conductive layer and spacers. The spacers are disposed on the substrate, and each spacer has a clipping opening therein, and at least one of the active devices and protrusions is wedged in the corresponding clipping opening. Therefore, the precision of panel assembling is increased.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed, which comprises a protrusion, and a column spacer being partially overlapped with the protrusion to thereby prevent a cell gap defect. The LCD device includes first and second substrates facing each other and gate and data line crossing each other to define a unit pixel region. In addition a thin film transistor formed adjacent to a crossing of the gate and data lines is included. The protrusions formed on the first substrate correspond with predetermined portions of the gate line. The column spacers are formed on the second substrate with a predetermined portion overlapped with some portion of one of the protrusions. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. An exemplary embodiment of an array substrate comprises a transparent substrate. A plurality of first and second conductive lines overlies the transparent substrate and cross over each other, thereby defining a plurality of display regions. At least one first spacer overlies a portion of the first or second conductive lines, wherein the first spacer is not formed over an intersection of the first and second conductive lines. A pixel electrode layer overlies the display regions, wherein the first spacer partially covers the pixel electrode layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (50a) includes: an active matrix substrate (20a) having a plurality of gate lines (1a) extending in parallel with each other; a counter substrate (30a) provided so as to face the active matrix substrate (20a); a liquid crystal layer (25) provided between the active matrix substrate (20a) and the counter substrate (30a); and spherical spacers (21) provided between the active matrix substrate (20a) and the counter substrate (30a) so as to overlap each gate line (1a), for defining a thickness of the liquid crystal layer (25). A first protruding wall (9a) for surrounding the spacers (21) is provided over each gate layer (1a) of the active matrix substrate (20a), and a second protruding wall (19b) for surrounding the spacers (21) is provided on the counter substrate (30a).

Abstract: A color filter substrate including a substrate, a plurality of color filter patterns, a black matrix, a plurality of spacers, a plurality of protrusions, and a common electrode is provided. The color filter patterns are disposed on the substrate. The black matrix is disposed on the substrate and between the color filter patterns. The spacers are disposed on the black matrix and connected to the black matrix. The protrusions are disposed on the color filter patterns. The black matrix, the spacers, and the protrusions are made of the same material. The common electrode covers the color filter patterns, the black matrix, the protrusions, and the spacers. As mentioned above, a color filter substrate manufactured with low cost is provided.

Abstract: Various embodiments and methods relating to an ultra-violet radiation absorbing grid for attenuating transmission of near UV-light are disclosed.

Abstract: A modulized display component and a manufacturing method for the same are disclosed in this invention. The display component of this invention is designed according to a modulization concept so that it can be attached to any driving circuit layer. Further, various manufacturing techniques can be used to form the alignment layers and protective layers in order to fabricate a trans-reflective, reflective, or transmissive color displaying component.

Abstract: As the screen size becomes larger, it is required to make the device achieve higher definition, higher open area ratio, and higher reliability. Further, requirements for improvements in productivity and cost minimization are also increased. In the present invention, a substrate is pasted with a counter substrate after the liquid crystal material 114 is discharged (or dripped) only over a pixel area that is on a pixel electrode provided over a substrate with a large area by ink jet. Further, both of applying a seal material and dripping of a liquid crystal may be performed to the counter substrate. The total amount of liquid crystal use in a manufacturing process is reduced by forming a liquid crystal layer by ink jet.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal panel having a dual column spacer and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate on which a polished organic insulation film is formed on the entire surface of a pixel region including a TFT. The first substrate includes a contact hole formed through the organic insulation film; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and having a black matrix and a color filter; a first column spacer formed on the second substrate to contact the first substrate to maintain a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a second column spacer formed on the second substrate on an area of the second substrate corresponding to the contact hole on the first substrate. The second column spacer is separated from the first substrate by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a plurality of column spacers on at least one of the first and second substrates, each column spacer including first pattern second patterns, the first and second patterns being connected to each other, the second pattern having a contact surface less than the first pattern, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a color filter substrate, including: forming a partition wall on a substrate; forming a display element on the substrate partitioned by the partition wall; forming an electrode on the surface of the partition wall and the display element; forming a liquid-repellent layer on the surface of the electrode; selectively forming a lyophilic region on the liquid-repellent layer by light irradiation; and forming a first protrusion and a second protrusion on the lyophilic region by a droplet ejection method.

Abstract: The invention has for its object the provision of a phase difference control component that, albeit comprising a phase difference control layer formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal, enables a given spacing to be maintained between opposite substrates, etc. A phase difference control component 1 comprises a multilayer structure wherein a phase difference control layer 3 formed of a liquid crystal polymer is stacked on a substrate 2, and a plurality of prismatic, cylindrical or other columns is provided on the phase difference control layer 3. The columns are formed of a material obtained by curing an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition. With the multilayer structure, the object of the invention can be accomplished. A black matrix, a color filter layer or the like may be interposed between substrate 2 and phase difference control layer 3, and an electrode and an alignment film may be provided on the phase difference control layer.

Abstract: A first electrically conductive body and a first solid body are located on the same side of a first base member. A second electrically conductive body is located on a second base member at a position opposed to the first electrically conductive body. A second solid body is located on the second base member at a position opposed to the first solid body. Even when a larger urging force is applied on the second base member, the panel unit allows the first and second solid bodies to receive the urging force. The first and second solid bodies serve to hold the urging force. A predetermined space can thus reliably be kept between the first and second electrically conductive bodies. Establishment of electric connection can be prevented between the first and second electrically conductive bodies. The panel unit keeps normally operating.

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: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate arranged to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein a plurality of first supports are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to reach the other substrate and a plurality of second support, which are shorter than the first supports, are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to the other substrate.

Abstract: [Problem] In the present invention, it is an object to improve display quality by improving response speed of a liquid crystal element in a liquid crystal display device, in particular, response speed in the case of falling. [Means for Solving the Problems] In the present invention, it is characterized that a liquid crystal layer is divided into plural regions (domains) substantially by mixing a chemical compound including a liquid crystal skeleton in a liquid crystal layer existing liquid crystal molecules as a technique to improve response speed of a liquid crystal element in a liquid crystal display device for solving the above problem.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a passivation layer formed between the first substrate and the first electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, a columnar spacer formed between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules vertically aligned with respect to the first and second substrates, and formed between the first and second substrates. The passivation layer and the columnar spacer are made of substantially the same material at the same layer.

Abstract: An exemplary method for fabricating a liquid crystal panel includes: providing a first substrate (210); forming a plurality of color resin layers (212) and a black matrix (27) spacing the color resin layers on the first substrate; forming a plurality of compressible photo spacers (24) on the black matrix, the photo spacers comprising a plurality of photo spacers having a first length and a plurality of photo spacers having a second length different from the first length, wherein the first length and the second length are measured perpendicular to the first substrate; providing a second substrate; coating a sealant along an outer periphery of the second substrate, whereby the second substrate and the sealant cooperatively defining a space; dropping liquid crystal on the second substrate in the space; placing the first substrate onto the second substrate and pressing the first substrate; and curing the sealant.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a method of fabricating the same are provided. In the method, a first substrate is provided, and gates and scan lines are formed. An insulation layer covering the gates and the scan lines is formed, and a channel layer is formed on the insulation layer. A source and a drain are formed on each channel layer, and a data line electrically connected to each source is formed. A plurality of pixel electrodes are then formed, and a second substrate is provided. A plurality of pillar spacers are formed on the second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate are assembled. A liquid crystal layer then fills between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: There are provided a liquid crystal display having an Optically Compensated Bend (OCB) mode liquid crystal layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display includes a lower substrate having pixel electrodes. An upper substrate is disposed above the lower substrate. The upper substrate has an opposite surface opposing the lower substrate and a counter electrode disposed on the opposite surface. Polymer spacers having soft polymers are disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. An OCB mode liquid crystal layer is also disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate.

Abstract: On a TFT substrate, gate bus lines, data bus lines, picture element electrodes, and the like are formed, and further a first alignment film is formed of polyimide or the like. On an opposing substrate, black matrices, common electrodes, and the like formed; and further column-like spacers are formed at positions facing regions where the gate bus lines and the data bus lines cross. A second alignment film covering the surfaces of the common electrode and the spacers is formed. However, the first and second alignment films are maintained semi-setting. Thereafter, the TFT substrate and the opposing substrate are overlapped, and heated at high temperature under pressure; and the second alignment film on the apexes of the spacers and the first alignment film on the TFT substrate side are joined.

Abstract: Curved-panel liquid crystal display and method of its manufacture are realized without necessitating drastic changes to the display structure or to the steps in its manufacture, and without requiring new materials or manufacturing technology. The back side of a liquid crystal panel is set on first concavely curved spacers that support two opposing edges of the panel back side. Second concavely curved spacers are set on the front side of the two opposing panel edges. Third spacers of uniform height are disposed on the panel back side to support it along the remaining two edges. The second spacers are then pressed to pressure the panel from the front side against the first spacers, wherein the panel is clamped between the first and second spacers.

Abstract: On a projecting portion projecting from a first connecting portion to be connected to a liquid crystal panel of an FPC, a second connecting portion is provided in a projecting state like a free end to the liquid crystal panel side at a position spaced from the first connecting portion. By folding-back the projecting portion to the back side of the liquid crystal panel, the second connecting portion projects to the opposite side of the liquid crystal panel, so that the liquid crystal panel and an external circuit can be connected to each other without applying an excessively great stress to the FPC.

Abstract: Liquid crystal display (LCD) device with continuous isolation wall structures dividing a plurality of regions is provided. The LCD device includes a first substrate with an array of a plurality of pixel regions thereon. A second substrate parallel and opposing the first substrate with a gap therebetween is also provided. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the array is divided into a plurality of sub-regions, and each sub-region comprises a plurality of pixel regions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device with a narrow picture frame which reduces a sealing defect by suppressing spreading of an orientation film. In a region inside a sealing material and outside a display region, an uneven surface for suppressing spreading of the orientation film is formed. It is preferable that the uneven surface is formed using an insulation film and, at the same time, an etching stopper layer is formed below the insulation film which forms the uneven surface. It is more preferable that the uneven surface and the stopper layer are simultaneously formed with a layer used for forming pixels in a step for forming such a layer thus preventing the increase of manufacturing steps.

Abstract: The generation of bubbles in a liquid crystal material of a liquid crystal display panel and the generation of color irregularities when the liquid crystal display panel is pushed can be reduced. In a display device having a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal material is filled between a first substrate and a second substrate, the second substrate forms, on a surface of an insulation substrate which faces the first substrate, first columnar members, second columnar members and third columnar members which differ from each other in a distance from the surface of the insulation substrate to a top portion of each columnar member.

Abstract: A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a black matrix having a plurality of open portions on the substrate, a color filter layer on the black matrix, and a dielectric layer including first and second layers on the color filter layer, wherein the first layer has a uniform thickness and the second layer has a convex pattern, and the first and second layers include the same material.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate and a counter substrate opposing each other with a gap therebetween defined by a plurality of columnar spacers. The active matrix substrate has a plurality of spacer holes each receiving therein a corresponding one of the columnar spacers, and a plurality of dummy spacer holes aligned with the spacer holes and each receiving therein no columnar spacer.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device including: first and second transparent substrates facing each other with a reflective portion and a transmissive portion; gate and data lines over the first transparent substrate perpendicularly crossing each other and defining pixel regions; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines in the pixel region; an insulator in the thin film transistor on the first substrate covering the gate line; a passivation layer in the reflection portion on the insulator and on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode in the reflective and transmissive portions, wherein the pixel electrode contacts both the passivation layer in the reflective potion and the insulator in the transmissive portion; a reflector on the pixel electrode in the reflective portion; color filters on a rear surface of the second transparent substrate, the color filters having through holes; column spacers formed between the reflector and the color filters, each column spacer corresponding

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display panel and a display panel are described. A first substrate is provided. A wall structure is formed on the first substrate to define several microcups. A displaying medium is filled into the microcups. Thereafter, a sealing material is formed over the microcups filled with the displaying medium. A second substrate is put over the sealing material and a lamination process is performed, wherein the sealing material which contacts the wall structure bonds the second substrate to the wall structure, and the sealing material which contacts the displaying medium dissolves in the displaying medium.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a lower substrate; an upper substrate disposed in parallel above the lower substrate; a plurality of wires disposed on the upper surface of the lower substrate, in which the wires further include a plurality of shrinking patterns and hollow patterns; a plurality of photo spacers disposed over the lower surface of the upper substrate for supporting the gap between the upper substrate and the substrate, in which the photo spacers are disposed corresponding to the shrinking patterns and hollow patterns; and a liquid crystal layer filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.

Abstract: A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, a black matrix array having a lattice configuration on the substrate, the black matrix array corresponding to boundary regions between adjacent ones of the pixel regions, a plurality of color filter layers, each corresponding to one of the pixel regions, and a column spacer array having a lattice configuration, the column spacer array corresponding to the black matrix array.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for forming an alignment layer and integral spacers on an LCD substrate simultaneously using a non-photolithographic imprinting process and for manufacturing LCD panels incorporating such substrates. One method includes forming a first alignment layer and a plurality of integral spacers simultaneously and of the same material on one LCD substrate, forming a second alignment layer on the other substrate, and arranging the two substrates such that the two alignment layers are disposed in facing opposition to each other, with the spacers interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate having a plurality of column spacers fixed thereto, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and having a plurality of projections at portions corresponding to the column spacers, the projections contacting the column spacers, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a reflective liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line on a substrate having first and second pixel regions, forming a data line crossing the gate line and defining the pixel regions, forming a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes, forming first and second reflective electrodes over the thin film transistor, wherein the first and second reflective electrodes are separated from each other by a first gap, the first and second reflective electrodes are located at the first and second pixel regions, respectively, and completely cover the data line at the pixel regions, forming a photo sensitive organic layer on an entire surface of the substrate having the first and second reflective electrodes, and forming a patterned spacer filling the first gap between the first and second reflective electrodes by sequentially exposing and developin

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes preparing a pair of substrates that have a structure P1 having a height Hp1 and a structure P2 having a height Hp2, the heights Hp1 and Hp2 satisfying a relationship of 0.3 (?m) ?Hp1?Hp2?1.0 (?m); controlling a dropping amount V of liquid crystal so that a cell gap G1 that is determined by the dropping amount V of liquid crystal, the height Hp1 and the height Hp2 satisfying a relationship of Hp2<G1<Hp1; dropping the controlled dropping amount V of liquid crystal on one of the pair of substrates; and attaching the pair of substrates in a vacuum followed by returning to an atmospheric pressure to fill in the liquid crystal between the pair of substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate; a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the first substrate; an insulation layer disposed between the scan line and the data line; a plurality of thin film transistors (TFT), each TFT including a gate, a channel layer, a source, and a drain; a plurality of pixel electrodes; a plurality of retaining wall patterns disposed on the insulation layer and the material thereof is selected from at least one of the source/drain and channel layer; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate; and a plurality of pillar spacers between the first and second substrate, wherein one end of the pillar spacer is disposed inside the retaining wall pattern.

Abstract: An LCD device is disclosed in which column spacers for a cell gap are arranged between gate and common lines to reduce a contact area between the column spacers and an opposing substrate, and a stable cell gap is maintained over the whole panel by reducing variation of a thickness per area of a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate corresponding to the column spacers. The LCD device includes first and second substrates facing each other, gate and data lines formed on the first substrate to cross each other, and pixel regions, a thin film transistor formed in each portion where the gate and data lines cross, common and pixel electrodes alternately formed in the pixel regions, common lines formed adjacent to the gate lines substantially parallel to the gate lines, a first column spacer formed on the second substrate corresponding to a portion between the gate line and the common line, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A display panel includes lower and upper glass substrates. The lower glass substrate includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixel units formed thereon, wherein each pixel unit includes a transparent domain and an opaque domain surrounding the transparent domain, and an upward projection is formed in the opaque domain on the lower glass substrate. The upper glass substrate, mounted on the lower glass substrate, has a spacer formed therebeneath and protruded downwardly therefrom for keeping a cell gap between the upper and lower glass substrates, wherein the spacer is fallen in the opaque domain and has a lateral side in collision with the projection on the lower glass substrate to prevent relative displacement between the lower and upper glass substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device including, a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other through the liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a plurality of columnar spacers holding a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the plurality of columnar spacers include a first columnar spacer and a second columnar spacer which are formed to be substantially equal in height, and a substrate surface of one of the first substrate and the second substrate is provided with a recess in at least one of a part where to dispose the first columnar spacer and a part where to dispose the second columnar spacer.

Abstract: A method for forming a display device includes forming a first panel and a second panel. The step of forming a first panel includes forming a black matrix over portions of a first substrate, forming a common electrode over the black matrix, and forming a spacer over the common electrode and the black matrix. The step of forming the second panel includes forming a pixel electrode over a second substrate. The first panel and the second panel are disposed over one another such that the pixel electrode faces the common electrode and the black matrix with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. A vertical distance between the first panel and the second panel is determined by thicknesses of the spacer and the black matrix.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display has spacers for maintaining a liquid crystal layer and a cell gap between a substrate and an opposite substrate and also has regions either within a single pixel or over two or more pixels. The spacers are of columnar shape elongated from the substrate to the opposite substrate or the other way round, and the columnar spacers are provided in regions in which the liquid crystal layer is thinnest among those regions in which the liquid crystal layer varies in thickness. The structure makes the liquid crystal display having two or more different cell gaps to stably maintain those cell gaps and produces good quality displays.

Abstract: An in-plane mode liquid crystal display device (LCD) is provided that is capable of improving the contrast ratio by blocking a light leakage region formed by a column spacer. The LCD includes gate and data lines that are formed on a substrate and cross each other to define pixels. A switching device, parallel first and second electrodes that generate a horizontal electric field, and a column spacer are disposed at each pixel. The column spacers are disposed between opposing substrates and are aligned with the black matrix or the data lines such that columns formed by the column spacers overlap with bent portions of the data lines.

Abstract: Provided is an LCD that can be manufactured by a simplified process. The LCD includes first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. TFTs are formed in a pixel region defined on the first substrate. A photosensitive material is coated on each of the TFTs, and light is irradiated by a photo mask including a full open region, a half open region and a closed region. Accordingly, the photosensitive material is removed from the pixel region, and a passivation layer and a spacer are simultaneously formed on each of the TFTs. A transparent conductive pattern is formed on the spacer together with a pixel electrode formed in the pixel region, and is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second substrate.

Abstract: A method for fabrication a substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: forming a color filter layer on a substrate; coating an organic layer on the color filter layer; irradiating a first light onto the organic layer; irradiating a second light onto the organic layer through a mask having a transmitting portion and a shielding portion, an energy density of the first light smaller than an energy density of the second light; and forming an overcoat layer and a column spacer by developing the organic layer.

Abstract: An LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a black matrix, a liquid crystal (LC) layer, first photo spacers and second photo spacers is provided. The first and the second substrates are substantially parallel. The LC layer is disposed between the first and the second substrates. The black matrix disposed on the first substrate surrounds display regions and defines a non-display region. The first photo spacers contact the second substrate and are disposed on the black matrix. The second photo spacers are disposed on the black matrix. Channels are formed between the second photo spacers, such that LC molecules of the LC layer flow between the display regions through the channels. The width of the channels between any two of the adjacent second photo spacers substantially ranges from 2˜10 ?m. The dimension of the first photo spacers is substantially greater than that of the second photo spacers.

Abstract: The present invention restricts the fluctuation of a gap among individual display devices. The display device includes two substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner with a liquid crystal material therebetween, an annular sealing material which is arranged on peripheries of the substrates, a first region which includes an image display region, and a second region which is separated from the first region by the partition member.