Defect Correction Or Compensation Patents (Class 349/192)
  • Patent number: 8629951
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on the array substrate such that the gate lines and the data lines intersect each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at respective intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array and color filter substrates, and a plurality of repair patterns formed on the first substrate. Each of the plurality of the repair patterns crosses a corresponding one of the data lines, and is along and adjacent to a corresponding one of the gate lines, such that the repair pattern includes protruding ends that protrude from the corresponding data line to repair a defect on the pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyup Lee, Jin-Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 8629948
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a plurality of switching elements each provided on a transparent substrate (10) for each sub-pixel and having a drain electrode (14b); an interlayer insulating film (17) provided to cover the switching elements and including an inorganic insulating film (15) and an organic insulating film (16) sequentially layered; a capacitor electrode (18a) provided on the interlayer insulating film (17); a capacitor insulating film (19) provided to cover the capacitor electrode (18a); a plurality of pixel electrodes (20a) which are provided on the capacitor insulating film (19) and face the capacitor electrode (18a); and a connection region (R) at which the drain electrode (14b) and the capacitor electrode (18a) overlap each other via the inorganic insulating film (15) exposed from the organic insulating film (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihito Hara, Yukinobu Nakata
  • Patent number: 8610840
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array substrate including a plurality of connection lines extending from a plurality of signal lines and at least one repair line crossing the connection lines. An opposite substrate including a common electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate that is closest to the array substrate is coupled to the array substrate. The common electrode includes a plurality of openings that are positioned to align with a plurality of intersections between the connection lines and the repair line, thereby preventing an electrical coupling between the signal line and the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HoKyoon Kwon, Yu-Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 8593525
    Abstract: A phasor-based pulse detection system includes a first multiplier stage configured to apply a first delayed conjugate multiplication operation to an input signal. The system can also include a second multiplier stage coupled to the first multiplier stage and configured to apply a second delayed conjugate multiplication operation to an output of the first multiplier stage, and an absolute value unit coupled to the second multiplier stage and configured to perform an absolute value operation on an output of the second multiplier stage. The system can further include video filter stage coupled to the absolute value unit and configured to perform a video filtering operation on an output of the absolute value unit. The system can also include a hysteresis detector coupled to the video filter stage, the hysteresis detector configured for detecting a signal in a filtered video signal received from the video filter stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8582044
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a voltage-changing capacitor, wherein a first source electrode on the first switching element and a second source electrode on the second switching element from the first pixel are connected to a data line, the first source electrode and the second source electrode of the second pixel are disconnected from the plurality of data lines, and the two terminals of the voltage-changing capacitor of the second pixel are shorted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Park, Yoon-Jang Kim
  • Patent number: 8576371
    Abstract: An LCD device is disclosed. The LCD device includes: a first substrate configured to include an active area in which a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines are formed for displaying an image, and a dummy area loaded with a driving circuit which is connected to the plurality of gate lines; a second substrate, opposite to the first substrate, configured to include a common electrode together with the plurality of pixel electrodes used for forming electric fields, and color filters and a black matrix formed opposite to the active area; column spacers secured to the first substrate within the active and dummy areas and configured to maintain a constant cell gap between the first and second substrates; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Cho, Ki Taeg Shin, Dong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8563993
    Abstract: A capacitor unit in a display device includes: a capacitor element having a first capacitor electrode connected to a power line and provided in a GM electrode layer and a second capacitor electrode connected to a line and provided in an SD electrode layer; a backup capacitor element having a first backup capacitor electrode provided in the GM electrode layer and a second backup capacitor electrode connected to the power line and provided in the SD electrode layer; a disconnect-able portion at which a connection between the second capacitor electrode and the line can be disconnected; and a connectable portion at which the first backup capacitor electrode and the line can be connected, and the disconnect-able portion and the connectable portion are arranged at a position in which the disconnect-able portion and the connectable portion overlap in a stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirouzu, Kenichi Tajika
  • Patent number: 8553165
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a plurality of data lines and a common line. The common line overlaps each data line, and is coupled with each data line to respectively form a first coupling capacitor, a second coupling capacitor, a third coupling capacitor, a fourth coupling capacitor, a fifth coupling capacitor, and a sixth coupling capacitor. The third coupling capacitor is smaller than the second coupling capacitor, and the fifth coupling capacitor is smaller than the fourth coupling capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Peng-Bo Xi, Yi-Jen Chen, Shin-Hung Yeh, Ya-Ling Hsu, Wei-Kai Huang
  • Patent number: 8553191
    Abstract: The present invention seeks to decrease the number of pixel defects in an IPS liquid crystal display device. A gate electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, while a gate insulating film is overlaid on the gate electrode. A pixel electrode which is divided into segments is formed on the gate insulating film. The segments of the pixel electrode are normally interconnected by a source electrode. An inter-layer insulating film, on which a common electrode including slits is formed, is overlaid on the pixel electrode. In a case where the common electrode and one of the segments of the pixel electrode are conductively interconnected by a conductive foreign substance, the other segments of the pixel electrode are allowed to operate by disconnecting the conducted segment of the pixel electrode from the source electrode. Thus, one pixel is prevented from lapsing into a full pixel defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagami
  • Patent number: 8547130
    Abstract: A method for detecting a foreign particle trapped between substrates of a liquid crystal display panel, by which a potential short caused by the particle can be made into a short with reliability, and thus it is possible to make a display defect manifest itself that is caused by the particle. The method is for detecting the presence of a foreign particle trapped between flexible substrates (21, 26) of a liquid crystal display panel (20), between the substrates liquid crystals filled, and the method includes making the panel pass between supporting rollers (3) arranged to support one surface of the panel, and a pressing roller (4) disposed at a position opposed to a space between the supporting units and arranged to press the other surface of the panel, bending the panel, and displacing the substrates with respect to each other in their surface directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sumi, Manabu Hashimoto, Masashi Inoue, Yoshihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130250197
    Abstract: A tunable liquid crystal optical device is described. The optical device has an electrode arrangement associated with a liquid crystal cell and includes a hole patterned electrode, wherein control of the liquid crystal cell depends on electrical characteristics of liquid crystal optical device layers. The optical device further has a circuit for measuring said electrical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical device layers, and a drive signal circuit having at least one parameter adjusted as a function of the measured electrical characteristics. The drive signal circuit generates a control signal for the electrode arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: LENSVECTOR INC.
    Inventors: Behzad Khodadad, Michael J. Nystrom, Bahram Afshari, Karen Asatryan, Tigran Galstian
  • Patent number: 8537328
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of cell regions including a first substrate upon which a pixel electrode is formed, a second substrate upon which a common electrode is formed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a cutting region formed between the plurality of cell regions, and including the first substrate and the second substrate extended from the plurality of cell regions, and at least one peripheral spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the peripheral spacer contacts at least one of the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Dong-Wook Kim, Chul-Ho Kim, Dong-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8537329
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a rescue circuit of display panel and a rescue method thereof. The rescue circuit includes an amplifier, a first conductive line, a second conductive line, and a third conductive line. The amplifier has an input end and an output end. The first conductive line and the second conductive line intersect and are isolated from signal input terminals of the plurality of signal lines. The first conductive line is electrically connected to the input end and the second conductive line is electrically connected through an electrical resistor to the output end. The third conductive line intersects and is isolated from signal distal ends of the signal lines and is electrically connected to the output end. The rescue method includes performing a welding operation and performing a cutting operation. With such a rescue, a broken signal line may effectively overcome the problem of weak line with the electrical resistor connected to the second conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenghung Chen, Chengming He
  • Patent number: 8529307
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a detection circuit in the assembly process of an LCD panel. Through the testing pad collection and the switch collection, the signal line of each of the panel units connects to the corresponding testing signal pad of the testing pad collection respectively through the input terminal and the output terminal of the control switch of the switch collection, and the control terminal of the control switch electrically connects to the control signal pad in order to selectively apply an individual testing to one of the panel units. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method for an LCD panel. Accordingly, the present invention can simplify the detection circuit and reduce the load of the detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8525969
    Abstract: A repair structure for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a repairing method thereof are disclosed. The LCD panel includes a plurality of common lines being parallel to a plurality of scan lines, and the common lines and the scan lines are alternately disposed on a substrate. Each of the common lines has a plurality of branches and gaps. The branches are parallel to a plurality of signal lines, and the gaps are defined between a trunk of the common lines and the branches. The branches overlap without contacting the signal lines. Each branch, the corresponding signal line and the pixel electrode are arranged so as to expose the corresponding gap. The gap is utilized for providing an external tool to cut off the common line to be disconnected from the branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong-chang Hsu, Bo-sin Lin
  • Patent number: 8508709
    Abstract: A method of repairing a pixel structure is provided. In the method, the pixel structure on a substrate is provided and includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, an insulating layer, and a pixel electrode. The scan line and the data line are located on the substrate. The active device is located on the substrate and electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The insulating layer covers the scan line, the data line, and the active device and has a contact opening. The pixel electrode is located on the insulating layer and fills the contact opening to electrically connect the active device. A laser removing process is performed to remove the pixel electrode in the contact opening, such that the pixel electrode is electrically insulated from the active device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Jen Huang, Yen-Heng Huang, Wen-Hsien Tseng, Chung-Kai Chen, Chia-Hui Pai, Wei-Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 8493543
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; and a liquid crystal which is interposed between the first and second substrates. A plurality of scanning lines and signal lines arranged in a matrix shape, a plurality of switching elements arranged in the vicinities of intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to the switching elements, and a plurality of dummy pixels formed in a non-display area located in the periphery of the display area are formed on the first substrate close to a liquid crystal layer. Each of the plurality of dummy pixels is provided with a plurality of switching elements connected to the scanning line or the signal line, the plurality of switching elements are connected to each other in parallel, and one electrode of each of the switching elements is connected to a wiring to be supplied with a common potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Ota
  • Patent number: 8493525
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes: a substrate; a gate line and a storage electrode that are disposed on the substrate; a data line that crosses the gate line and storage electrode line; a thin film transistor that is connected with the gate line and data line; and a pixel electrode that is connected to the thin film transistor. The storage electrode includes a first storage electrode that is parallel to the gate line, second storage electrodes that extend on opposing sides of the data line from the first storage electrode, a connection part that crosses the data line and connects pairs of the second storage electrodes, and a connection bridge that crosses the gate line and connects a second storage electrode to a second storage electrode of an adjacent pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyuk Lee, Bon-Yong Koo, Sun-Mi Kim, Ju Hyeon Baek, Ji Young Jeong
  • Publication number: 20130155358
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; gate and data lines arranged to cross each other on the substrate and to define a pixel region; a switching element disposed at an intersection of the gate and data lines; and pixel electrodes and common electrodes arranged alternately with each other and parallel to the data line, within the pixel region. The pixel electrode and the common electrode are formed to have a stacked layer structure of a transparent conductive material layer and an opaque metal layer, each having a line-width of 3.5 ?m or less. Such a liquid crystal display device can enhance the transmittance of a pixel region with preventing the chuck stain by forming electrodes in a double layer structure with a transparent conductive material layer and an opaque metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Kang Il KIM, Jung Il LEE, Jung Ho SON
  • Patent number: 8462311
    Abstract: A display panel has a portion of a color filter or patterned color layer with a thickness of at least half of the cell gap of the display panel, wherein the repair method includes providing a energy light beam to the portion of the color filter or the patterned color layer in the sub-pixel region with a bright point defect to make the portion of the color filter or patterned color layer have porous structure so that bright point is repaired to become a grey point or a dark point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Min Yin, Hsin-Chang Huang, Jung-Hsiang Lin, Shen-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 8427460
    Abstract: A flat display panel is provided. The flat display panel includes a substrate, a first driving line, a second driving line, and an ESD protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a first crossing line, a second crossing line, and a first ESD protection device. The first crossing line crosses over the first driving line in a first crossing place. The second crossing line crosses over the second driving line in a second crossing place. The first ESD protection device is electrically connected to the first crossing line and to the second crossing line. Therefore, the flat display panel can avoid current leakage occurring when the first crossing place or the second crossing place is damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chang Wu, Shian-Yi Huang, Shih-Chieh Lo
  • Patent number: 8421793
    Abstract: This present invention discloses a pixel array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of active elements, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of first patterned floating lines, and a plurality of first patterned connecting wires. A plurality of pixel fields are formed by the cross scan lines and data lines, and each active element is electrically connected with the corresponding scan line, data line and pixel electrode. Each first patterned floating line is overlapped with some data lines. Each first patterned connecting wire is disposed across some scan lines, and disposed overlapped the first patterned floating lines disposed on the two sides of the scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chou Chen, Chun-Chang Chiu
  • Publication number: 20130088679
    Abstract: A cell test method for a liquid crystal display panel includes the following steps. A waveform sequence to shorting bars is provided, wherein the waveform sequence includes that the first gate line sends a voltage of “turn on” signal and the second and third gate lines send a voltage of “turn off” signal at the first and second time periods; and the waveform sequence further comprises that the first and second data lines respectively send first and second voltages at the first and second time periods, the first threshold voltage is higher than the first voltage, the first voltage is higher than the common voltage, the common voltage is higher than the second voltage, and the second voltage is higher than the second threshold voltage, whereby pixels defined by the first gate line and the first and second data lines is turn on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Tai-Fu LU
  • Patent number: 8411215
    Abstract: Retention capacitor upper electrodes and wires are provided facing a retention capacitor line across an insulating film so as to form a retention capacitor. The retention capacitor line includes a slit penetrating the retention capacitor line in a direction perpendicular to a substrate. The slit is formed so as to overlap regions facing regions in which both wires are formed. This allows for provision of an active matrix substrate capable of repairing defects so that they are less visible, without decreasing an aperture ratio of each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8405814
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof are disclosed, by which insufficient or excessive filling of liquid crystals can be cured by adjusting a liquid crystal quantity in a liquid crystal display device having the insufficient or excessive filling of liquid crystals generated thereon. The present invention includes the steps of preparing a liquid crystal cell including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, checking a liquid crystal quantity within the liquid crystal cell, forming a hole in the liquid crystal cell, adjusting the liquid crystal quantity through the hole, and blocking the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong Chan Eun, Tae Man Kim
  • Patent number: 8400609
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of repairing bad pixels thereof, in which the bad pixels can be efficiently and easily repaired, includes a first insulating substrate, a gate wiring and a storage wiring arranged substantially parallel to each other in a first direction on the first insulating substrate, a data wiring intersecting the gate and storage wirings in an insulated manner and arranged substantially in a second direction, and a pixel electrode formed on a pixel area defined by the gate and data wirings. The storage wiring includes a horizontal portion arranged substantially in the first direction and at least a part of which does not overlap the pixel electrode, and a vertical portion branching off substantially in the second direction from the horizontal portion and overlapping the data wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-woong Chang, Shin-tack Kang
  • Patent number: 8390777
    Abstract: The primary cause of degradation of a liquid crystal is the presence of trapped water within the liquid crystal, and the properties of a degraded liquid crystal can be recovered by removing the water from the degraded liquid crystal. A method for recovering the properties of a liquid crystal is disclosed to include a step of removing the trapped water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Wei Lee, I-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8384837
    Abstract: A repair method for an array substrate of a liquid crystal display device includes, providing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device, detecting a line defect of a signal transmitting wire and locating the line defect, performing a removal process to remove a shielding layer covering two ends of the line defect and the shielding layer extending to a common line adjacent to the line defect, performing a deposition process to deposit a connecting metal layer the region where the shielding layer is removed, and performing a cutting process to cut outer ends of the common line adjacent to the line defect to form a common line section. The signal transmitting wire forms an electrical circuit with the common line section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Century Display(ShenZhen)Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Ming Cheng, De Bian
  • Patent number: 8384873
    Abstract: A drill 40 for repairing a point defect in a liquid crystal device 10 in accordance with the present invention is the drill 40 for cutting the glass substrate 11 included in the liquid crystal device 10 so as to repair the point defect in the liquid crystal device 10. The drill 40 is characterized by having a point angle PA from 130 to 180 deg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8379185
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display device with repairable structure, including a glass substrate; a wire structure formed on the glass substrate, wherein the wire structure includes one or a plurality of through holes formed therein; a dielectric layer formed on the wire structure and the glass substrate; and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the dielectric layer, wherein one or more gaps are formed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the position of the gaps aligns with the position of the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hao Chang, Chien-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 8379173
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a front face plate having a first section, a second section, and a third section is disclosed. The first section has a light transmissive section and the second section being a light shielding section. The third section may be arranged between the first section and the second section. The third section has a transmittance value which is lower than that of the first section and higher than that of the second section. A method for forming a front face plate assembly of a liquid crystal display device, which may include a front face plate, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Hiroaki Fujii, Soya Araki, Ryoichi Teramoto, Takeshi Sakuma, Kiyotaka Ninomiya, Norio Uda
  • Patent number: 8367186
    Abstract: An optical substrate possesses a structured surface that enhances luminance or brightness and reduces the effects of structural defects on perceived image quality. User perceivable image cosmetic defects caused by manufacturing or handling, can be masked by introducing structural irregularities in the optical substrate, which may be non-facet flat sections or in-kind to the defects. Optical defects caused by non-facet flat sections in the prism structure of the optical substrate (e.g., flat-bottom valleys with a certain valley bottom thickness above the base layer, and/or flat-top peaks, and/or openings in the optical substrates that expose flat sections of underlying base layer) can be masked by providing distributed in-kind non-facet flat sections (e.g., flat-bottom valleys, and/or flat-top peaks, and/or openings exposing sections of underlying base layer), to diffuse the prominence of the original defects with the introduced irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ubright Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kong-Hua Wang, Craig Lin, Daniel Yaw-Chung Ko
  • Patent number: 8355091
    Abstract: An array substrate of a LCD and a method for repairing a broken line thereof are provided. The array substrate comprises pixel regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines, and each of the pixel regions comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode. At least two overlapping strips are formed between two adjacent pixel regions, one end of the overlapping strip overlap the pixel electrode within one the pixel regions, the other end thereof overlaps the pixel electrode within the other pixel regions, and the central portion thereof overlaps the gate line and/or the data line. The repairing method comprises connecting two parts of the broken gate line and/or data line on both sides of the breaking point again through the overlapping strip and the pixel electrode, and disabling the TFT corresponding to the pixel electrode by laser cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectroncis Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhilong Peng
  • Publication number: 20130010242
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal; a pixel electrode, which applies a voltage to the liquid crystal; a switching device, which applies a voltage to the pixel electrode; a light shield part, which covers an area except for the pixel electrode, and which has an opening facing the pixel electrode; a color material, which is formed to overlap with a whole area of the opening; an inclusion part, which is a part of the light shield part and is adjacent to the color material; a black powder inclusion pocket, which is covered by the inclusion part; and a black powder, which is included in the black powder inclusion pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi MINOWA, Shigeki WATAMURA, Masayuki YOKOMIZO, Hiromasa MORITA
  • Publication number: 20130010239
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first blocking pattern and a color filter pattern. The first blocking pattern defines a plurality of pixel areas on a base substrate. The plurality of pixel areas includes a first pixel area and a second pixel area disposed adjacent to each other along a first direction. The color filter pattern partially overlaps each of the first pixel area and the second pixel area, for providing tolerance against misalignment of the color filter pattern with respect to the first and second pixel areas along the first direction, thereby maintaining the reliability of a display panel that includes the display substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun PARK, Seung-Sok SON, Yu-Jun KIM, Man-Hong NA, Hyun-Seong KANG, Seul-Ki KIM
  • Patent number: 8351016
    Abstract: A display device 1 of the present invention includes a first conductive layer 20 and a second conductive layer 21 arranged across an insulating layer 24 from the first conductive layer 20. An overlap section 40 at which the first conductive layer 20 and the second conductive layer 21 overlap each other is provided. At least one of the first conductive layer 20 and the second conductive layer 21 includes a slit portion 210a that is arranged in the overlap section 40. The width of the slit portion 210a is set to be smaller at a medial area 82 except both end areas 81 of the slit portion 210a, than at the both end areas 81.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8351015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel and a method for testing the same. The liquid crystal display panel includes at least one testing signal supply line having first and second horizontal portions spaced from each other for applying a testing signal to the liquid crystal display panel, first and second electrolytic corrosion blocking patterns connected to ends of the first and second horizontal lines respectively on a substrate and isolated from each other for prevention of transmission of the electrolytic corrosion from the first horizontal portion to the second horizontal portion, and a connection pattern formed of a material resistant to the electrolytic corrosion for connecting the first horizontal portion to the second horizontal portion, electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Ho Yoon, Dae-Young Seok
  • Patent number: 8345178
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a voltage-changing capacitor, wherein a first source electrode on the first switching element and a second source electrode on the second switching element from the first pixel are connected to a data line, the first source electrode and the second source electrode of the second pixel are disconnected from the plurality of data lines, and the two terminals of the voltage-changing capacitor of the second pixel are shorted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Park, Yoon-Jang Kim
  • Patent number: 8330891
    Abstract: An active array substrate for a flat panel display is disclosed. The active array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of first conductive lines, a plurality of second conductive lines, a plurality of first repair lines, a plurality of second repair lines, a plurality of third repair lines. The substrate has a display area. The first repair lines cross and are electrically separated from the second conductive lines. The second repair lines cross and are electrically separated from the second conductive lines. Each of the third repair lines is in electrical connection respectively with one of the first repair lines and one of the second repair lines. The second conductive lines are divided into a plurality of second conductive line groups and each of the second conductive line groups respectively corresponds to one of the third repair lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tsung-Jieh Shiao, Tien-Chun Huang, Shou-Lie Liu
  • Patent number: 8330924
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line, a data line including a first data line having a first width and a second data line having a second width overlying the first data line, the second width is larger than the first width, a pixel electrode in a pixel region and defined by a crossing of the gate line and the data line, the pixel electrode being formed during a same process as the second data line, and a thin film transistor connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Su Yee, Young-Hun Ha
  • Patent number: 8330892
    Abstract: Electrical conductor patterns (20) are provided so as to face respective source lines (SL). In each of the electrical conductor patterns (20), a plurality of electrical conductor islands (21) line up. With a source line (SL) being broken at points P1 and P2, an electrical conductor island (21-j) is connected via point Q1a and Q1b, and an electrical conductor island (21j) is connected via points Q2a and Q2b, by carrying out laser welding. This realizes a display panel including spare lines for respective data signal lines, in which display panel it is possible to increase a probability that a supply failure of a data signal can be avoided, even in a case where a data signal line is broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Hirato
  • Patent number: 8325320
    Abstract: A method for repairing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is provided for an LCD device whose LCD panel has a gravity defect. The method includes the steps of cutting an edge of the LCD panel, applying pressure to a surface of the LCD panel to exhaust excess liquid crystal material through the cut edge, and sealing the cut edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Kyun Lee, Dong Su Shin
  • Patent number: 8325288
    Abstract: A display panel having a repair structure utilizes floating repair lines integrated into the display panel. Each of the floating repair lines bridges across each of any two adjacent pixels so as to be used for the repair of open lines on scan lines, data lines and common lines in the display panel as required. The display panel of the present invention having a repair structure integrates each of the floating repair lines between each of any two adjacent pixels so as to form new substitutional signal transmission routes of various types of open lines. The substitutional signal transmission route is able to reduce the resistive-capacitive delay of the repaired display panel and the impedance of repaired lines, and avoid signal decay and distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuei-Lin Chiu, Chi-Chao Liu
  • Patent number: 8325315
    Abstract: Electric power is applied to a static charge dissipating line to apply a pixel voltage to a pixel electrode. A common voltage is applied to a common electrode. The common voltage is applied to the common electrode through a shorting pad formed on the lower substrate, or a probe is contacted to the common electrode to apply the common voltage to the common electrode. A liquid crystal layer is exposed to light while an electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, so that a cured reactive mesogen (RM) layer is formed on a surface of an alignment layer to pretilt liquid crystal molecules. A manner of applying electric power to the pixel electrode or the common electrode is facilitated and the pixel voltage or the common voltage may be uniformly applied. Therefore, the quality of a display panel may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Ki Kwak
  • Patent number: 8319904
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and its fabricating method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the liquid crystal display at least one signal line disposed in a display area and extending to a non-display area located outside the display area, a common line crossing the signal line in the non-display area, at least one static electricity preventing element connected between the common line and the signal line in the non-display area, and at least one static electricity preventing auxiliary electrode projected towards the signal line from the static electricity preventing element in the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Soo Hwang, Bung Goo Kim, Sang Ky Jeon
  • Patent number: 8319906
    Abstract: A scanning signal line (16) includes an opening (29) leading from the outside of a pixel region through below a data signal line (15) into the pixel region, and first and second scanning electrode portions (16a/16b) or two side portions of the opening confronting in a column direction through that opening. The end portion of the first scanning electrode portion (16a) in the pixel region is a first end portion (EP1), and the end portion of the second scanning electrode portion (16b) in the pixel region is a second end portion (EP2). A first transistor has a source electrode (9a) and a drain electrode (8a) individually overlapping the first electrode portion (16a) but not the first end portion (EP1) in the pixel region. A second transistor has a source electrode (9b) and a drain electrode (8b) individually overlapping the second electrode portion (16b) but not the second end portion EP2) in the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Enda, Ikumi Itsumi, Toshihide Tsubata, Masanori Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8314919
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 50 between a pair of glass substrates 31 and 41. The lighting device 12 supplies illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. The glass substrate 31 at least has a colored portion including a nonbridging oxygen hole center in an area that can block light to luminance defect area X that is a possible cause of a luminance point defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20120287387
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of an Optically Compensated Bend (OCB) liquid crystal panel, which comprises: an arranging step S1 for alternately arranging a plurality of thin-film transistor (TFT) substrates and a plurality of color filter (CF) substrates, the TFT substrates and the CF substrates are coated with optical alignment material; a light irradiating step S2 for using an ultraviolet (UV) light source to irradiate the TFT substrates and the CF substrates so that alignment films of predetermined alignment directions are formed by the optical alignment material on the TFT substrates and the CF substrates; and an attaching step S3 for attaching each of the TFT substrates and an adjacent one of the CF substrates in such a way that an alignment direction of the TFT substrate is the same as that of the corresponding CF substrate and filling an OCB liquid crystal layer therebetween to form a plurality of OCB liquid crystal panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Cheng Lee, Xiaolong Ma
  • Patent number: 8310644
    Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a gate line and a data line arranged on the first substrate crossing each other and defining a pixel region, a switching device at a crossing of the gate line and the data line, a common electrode and a pixel electrode alternately disposed in the pixel region, at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode including a multi-layer having a conductor layer and a reflectance reducing layer, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Young Ahn
  • 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