With Supplemental Capacitor Patents (Class 349/38)
  • Patent number: 9208744
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a transparent electrode, a reflective electrode, a drive circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to switch a mode between a first mode for driving the drive circuit at a liquid-crystal inversion frequency of a first frequency so that screen display using light reflected by the reflective electrode is performed and a second mode for driving the drive circuit at a liquid-crystal inversion frequency of a second frequency higher than the first frequency so that screen display using light passing through the opening of the reflective electrode is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yoko Fukunaga, Masaya Tamaki, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Patent number: 9204532
    Abstract: A fanout line structure of an array substrate includes first fanout lines arranged on a fanout area of the array substrate, and second fanout lines arranged on the fanout area of the array substrate. A second conducting film is arranged at a bottom of the second fanout line, a second capacitor is formed between the second conducting film and a first conducting film of the second fanout line, the second capacitor is used to reduce an impedance difference between the fanout lines. Capacitance value of the second capacitor is dependent on an overlapping area between the second conducting film and the first conducting film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventors: Peng Du, Ming hung Shih, Jiali Jiang
  • Patent number: 9189994
    Abstract: A display device including: a pixel array section; power supply lines; and auxiliary electrodes, wherein each pixel has an auxiliary capacitance, and one of electrodes of the auxiliary capacitance is connected to the source electrode of the drive transistor, and another electrode is connected to the auxiliary electrode for the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihito Iida, Tetsuo Minami, Takao Tanikame, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 9176356
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pixel unit, a pixel array structure and a display device, to solve the problem that horizontal stripes may occur between adjacent rows in a conventional pseudo dual-domain pixel display. The pixel unit of the present invention comprises a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit arranged adjacent to each other and have a shape of a parallelogram. A long edge direction of the first pixel unit is consistent with a short edge direction of the second pixel unit, or a short edge direction of the first pixel unit is consistent with a long edge direction of the second pixel unit. The first pixel unit and the second pixel unit are driven by different thin film transistors, so that electrode domain inclination directions of the pixel units in adjacent rows are alternate to avoid the occurrence of horizontal stripes when the pseudo dual-domain display is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Shanghai AVIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weiwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9146429
    Abstract: A display panel, which has a display region and a non-display region, includes an active array substrate and an opposite substrate disposed opposite to the active array substrate. The active array substrate includes a substrate, a pixel array, and a driving circuit. The pixel array and the driving circuit are disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel array is located in the display region and the driving circuit is located in the non-display region. The driving circuit includes a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent electrode layer, and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is located between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer, wherein the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer are electrically coupled to each other to form at least one transparent capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Te-Chun Huang, Kuo-Yu Huang, Yu-Han Huang, Yi-Ji Tsai
  • Patent number: 9136313
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method for forming the same, the apparatus including a transparent protection layer on a substrate; a via insulation layer on the transparent protection layer; a pixel electrode on the via insulation layer; an opposite electrode on the pixel electrode; and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, the intermediate layer including an organic emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Woo Kim, Jong-Hyun Park, Chun-Gi You, Seong-Kweon Heo
  • Patent number: 9123276
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixel areas and at least one inspection area. An incident light is irradiated onto an inspection pattern disposed in the inspection area and a reflection light reflected by the inspection pattern is detected. An optical critical dimension of the inspection pattern is calculated from the reflection light, and a dimension of a pixel pattern disposed in each pixel area is calculated from the optical critical dimension of the inspection pattern. Accordingly, the dimension of the pixel pattern may be indirectly measured from the inspection pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jun Park, HyungJun Kim, Young Suk Lee, Jongsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9116401
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device for improving picture quality includes a common electrode formed on a first substrate, gate lines and data lines formed on a second substrate bonded to the first substrate by a sealing member with liquid crystals disposed therebetween, thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and to the data lines, pixel electrodes formed in subpixel regions, each pixel electrode having a long side in a direction of the gate lines and having a short side in a direction of the data lines fanout lines for supplying a driving signals from the driving chips to the data lines, first conductive spacers formed between the fanout lines connected to different driving chips, for supplying a common voltage to the common electrode, and second conductive spacers formed between the fanout lines connected to the same driving chip, for supplying the common voltage to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Kim, Jong Woong Chang
  • Patent number: 9116407
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The array substrate comprises: gate scanning lines and data signal lines; pixel regions, defined by gate scanning lines and data signal lines; thin film transistors, each comprised in each of the pixel regions; pixel electrodes, each covering each of the pixel regions and comprising first and second pixel electrodes, wherein the pixel regions are divided into first and second pixel regions, the first and second pixel regions both are provided at intervals, and each of the first pixel regions is covered with a corresponding first pixel electrode, and the first and second pixel electrodes are respectively located in first and second layers, and each of the second pixel regions is covered with a corresponding second pixel electrode, and an insulating layer is provided between the first and second layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng Li
  • Patent number: 9097941
    Abstract: A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between pixel electrodes and a common electrode and containing vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules, the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules being controlled by an electric field. An orientation controller is formed on the common electrode at a position opposing the pixel electrode and an aspect ratio, i.e., a vertical to horizontal length ratio of the pixel electrode is set to at least 2. Alternatively, the pixel electrode is partitioned into at least two electrode regions so that each region represents a divided pixel electrode. An orientation controller is formed on the common electrode so as to correspond to each divided pixel electrode, an aspect ratio of each divided pixel electrode is set to at least 2. As such, the influence at the edge sections of the pixel electrode is reduced, viewing angle characteristic and transmittance are improved, and average response time is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Norio Koma
  • Patent number: 9093045
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first switching element for supplying a data voltage to a pixel electrode during a first period, a second switching element for supplying a common voltage to an auxiliary electrode during the first period, a third switching element for supplying the data voltage to the auxiliary electrode during a second period subsequent to the first period, a common electrode to which the common voltage is supplied, a liquid crystal capacitor coupled between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a storage capacitor coupled between the pixel electrode and the auxiliary electrode. The voltage at the auxiliary electrode changes from the common voltage during the first period to the data voltage during the second period, and a voltage at the pixel electrode changes from the data voltage during the first period to an amplified data voltage during the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9087490
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules, a gate line positioned on the first substrate, a data line positioned on the first substrate and crossing the gate line, a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a third thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the second thin film transistor, a reference voltage line connected to the third thin film transistor, and a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Jeong Kim, Ki-Chul Shin, Yoon-Jang Kim, Hoon Kim, Hyung-Guel Kim, Joo-Seok Yeom, Jae-Jin Song, Ho-Kil Oh, Jae-Hoon Jung, Kwang-Chul Jung
  • Patent number: 9081455
    Abstract: A touch panel includes: a first transparent insulating substrate; a second transparent insulating substrate, comprising a first surface which is faced to the first transparent insulating substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a sensing electrode layer, disposed between the first transparent insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate, the sensing electrode layer comprising a plurality of independently disposed sensing electrodes; and a driving electrode layer, disposed on the first surface or the second surface of the second transparent insulating layer, the driving electrode layer comprising a plurality of independently disposed driving electrodes, each driving electrode comprising a meshed conductive circuit. A method of manufacturing a touch panel is also disclosed. The touch panel has a lower cost and a higher sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nanchang O-Film Tech. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhao He
  • Patent number: 9081217
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions. The first regions and the second regions are formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. In a narrow viewing mode, the luminous flux of the first regions along a first viewing direction is different from that of the first regions along a second viewing direction opposite to the first viewing direction, and the luminous flux of the second regions along the first viewing direction is substantially different from that of the first regions along the first viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu, Tien-Lun Ting, Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su
  • Patent number: 9070598
    Abstract: A thin film transistor display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix format, the plurality of pixels include thin film transistors, respectively, a plurality of first signal lines connected with the pixels, a plurality of second signal lines connected with the pixels, the plurality of second signal lines cross the first signal lines in an insulated manner, at least one of the second signal lines includes a cut portion, and an organic repairing member overlaps the cut portion
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang-Hai Jin, Jae-Beom Choi, Kwan-Wook Jung, June-Woo Lee, Moo-Jin Kim, Se-Hun Park
  • Patent number: 9057921
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first substrate; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate; a storage electrode line on the first substrate where a constant voltage is applied thereto; a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor which are connected to the gate line and the data line; a third thin film transistor which is connected to the gate line, the second thin film transistor and the storage electrode line; a first subpixel electrode which is connected to the first thin film transistor; and a second subpixel electrode which is connected to the second thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun Park, Kyung-Ho Park, Woo-Jung Shin, Si Hyun Ahn, Dong-Hyun Yoo
  • Patent number: 9052560
    Abstract: A nanoprojector panel formed of an array of cells, each cell including a liquid crystal layer between upper and lower transparent electrodes, a MOS control transistor being arranged above the upper electrode, each transistor being covered with at least three metallization levels. The transistor of each cell extends in a corner of the cell so that the transistors of an assembly of four adjacent cells are arranged in a central region of the assembly. The upper metallization level extends above the transistors of each the assembly of four adjacent cells. The panel includes, for each assembly of four adjacent cells, a first conductive ring surrounding the transistors, the first ring extending from the lower metallization level to the upper electrode of each cell, with an interposed insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, Commisariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Michel Marty, Flavien Hirigoyen, Josep Segura Puchades, Hélène Wehbe-Alause, Umberto Rossini
  • Patent number: 9052551
    Abstract: There is provided a high quality liquid crystal panel having a thickness with high accuracy, which is designed, without using a particulate spacer, within a free range in accordance with characteristics of a used liquid crystal and a driving method, and is also provided a method of fabricating the same. The shape of a spacer for keeping a substrate interval constant is made such that it is a columnar shape, a radius R of curvature is 2 ?m or less, a height H is 0.5 ?m to 10 ?m, a diameter is 20 ?m or less, and an angle ? is 65° to 115°. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the lowering of an opening rate and the lowering of light leakage due to orientation disturbance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Yuugo Goto, Yuko Kobayashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9040971
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) that includes a control electrode, a semiconductor pattern, a first input electrode, a second input electrode, and an output electrode is disclosed. in one aspect, the semiconductor pattern includes a first input area, a second input area, a channel area, and an output area. The channel area is formed between the first input area and the output area and overlapped with the control electrode to be insulated from the control electrode. The second input area is formed between the first input area and the channel area and doped with a doping concentration different from a doping concentration of the first input areas. The second input electrode makes contact with the second input area and receives a control voltage to control a threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20150138466
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can reduce occurrence of quality problems and improve adhesive strength between substrates. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal. The first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of bus lines, a first end, and a display region. The shift register includes a plurality of multistage-connected unit circuits and wiring connected to the plurality of unit circuits, and is arranged in a region between the first end and the display region. At least one of the unit circuits includes a clock terminal, an output terminal, an output transistor, a second transistor, and a bootstrap capacitor. The output transistor and the bootstrap capacitor are arranged in a region between the first end and one of the wiring and the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20150138467
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of first layered link lines spaced apart from each other on the substrate, a first insulating layer on the plurality of first layered link lines, a plurality of second layered link lines spaced apart from each other on the first insulating layer, each second layered link line between neighboring first layered link lines, a second insulating layer on the plurality of second layered link lines, and a plurality of data lines or a plurality of gate lines connected to the plurality of first layered link lines and the plurality of second layered link lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Geun-Young KIM, Du-Hwan OH, Soon-Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150138465
    Abstract: A display panel, which has a display region and a non-display region, includes an active array substrate and an opposite substrate disposed opposite to the active array substrate. The active array substrate includes a substrate, a pixel array, and a driving circuit. The pixel array and the driving circuit are disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel array is located in the display region and the driving circuit is located in the non-display region. The driving circuit includes a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent electrode layer, and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is located between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer, wherein the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer are electrically coupled to each other to form at least one transparent capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chun Huang, Kuo-Yu Huang, Yu-Han Huang, Yi-Ji Tsai
  • Patent number: 9035869
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a first pixel and a second pixel which are arranged close to each other and are allocated to the same color, and color filters which differ in color tone and are formed on the first pixel and the second pixel, wherein a voltage for driving liquid crystal of the first pixel and a voltage for driving liquid crystal of the second pixel are controlled independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Igeta, Toshiki Asakura
  • Patent number: 9030637
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an in-plane switching (IPS) type liquid crystal display (LCD) device according to an embodiment includes forming gate lines arranged in a first direction and data lines arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the gate lines and the data lines defining pixel regions on an array substrate; forming a storage electrode on the array substrate; forming common electrodes extending across each pixel region; forming pixel electrodes arranged to be substantially parallel to the common electrodes, the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes being alternately arranged to generate an in-plane field in each pixel region; and forming thin film transistors (TFTs) at intersection areas of the gate lines and the data lines, each TFT including a source electrode connected to the corresponding data line, a drain electrode connected to the corresponding pixel electrode and a gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Young Oh, Joon-Youp Lee, Hyun-Cheol Jin, Min-Jic Lee
  • Patent number: 9030616
    Abstract: A retention capacity in which a first electrode, a lower side capacity insulation film, a second electrode, an upper side capacity insulation film, and a third electrode are laminated is formed between a pixel electrode and a TFT. The lower side capacity insulation film and the upper side capacity insulation film respectively include a plurality of insulation films, and the lamination order thereof is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Minoru Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 9025096
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device includes: a first substrate, a thin film transistor formed in a first, non-transmissive region on the first substrate, including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a storage capacitor formed in a second, transmissive region on the first substrate, where a first electrode and a second electrode of the storage capacitor are made of a transparent conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Gyu Tae, Deok-Hoi Kim, Chung Yi
  • Patent number: 9025098
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode line, a semi-conductive pattern layer and at least one dielectric layer is provided. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The capacitor electrode line is located under the pixel electrode. A first storage capacitor is formed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode. The semi-conductive pattern layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the semi-conductive pattern layer. A second storage capacitor is formed between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. The dielectric layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode and located between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wei Cheng, Sung-Hui Lin, Ming-Yung Huang, Pin-Miao Liu, Wen-Shin Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Wei-Sheng Yu
  • Patent number: 9019439
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first gate line and a second gate line, a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode electrically connected to the first gate line, a source electrode which contacts the semiconductor layer and which is electrically connected to a first source line, and a drain electrode including a first electrode portion which contacts the semiconductor layer, a second electrode portion which is connected to the first gate line side of the first electrode portion, and a third electrode portion which is connected to the second gate line side of the first electrode portion, a second substrate including a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Kesho, Masanobu Nonaka, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Toshimasa Yonekura
  • Publication number: 20150103281
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display to provide improved transmittance and visibility includes a first substrate; a first switching element and a second switching element formed on the first substrate configured to be switched by the same signal; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element; a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element; a third switching element connected to the second switching element; a third subpixel electrode connected to the third switching element; a second substrate; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kyoung Ju SHIN, Hak Sun CHANG, Yong Hwan SHIN
  • Patent number: 9007541
    Abstract: A pixel array and a display panel are provided. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a data line, a first thin-film transistor, a second thin-film transistor, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and the data line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first thin-film transistor. The second thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and the data line. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second thin-film transistor. The orthogonal projection pattern of the first thin-film transistor on XY plane and the orthogonal projection pattern of the second thin-film transistor on XY plane are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Szu-Chieh Chen, Yu-Hsin Ting, Chen-Ming Chen, I-Fang Chen, Yi-Xuan Hung, Da-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 9007542
    Abstract: A vertically aligned thin-film transistor array substrate in which there is no reduction in aperture ratio includes an etching-stop layer formed on an insulating layer; a passivation layer formed on the insulating layer that includes the etching-stop layer; a depression formed in the passivation layer and hollowing the passivation layer to the surface of the etching-stop layer; and a pixel electrode, which is recessed in conformity with the depression, formed on the passivation layer that includes the depression; wherein the etching-stop layer comprises a transparent semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Yamaguchi, Kenichi Takatori
  • Patent number: 9007540
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device including: a first conduction layer; and a second conduction layer which is disposed on the upper layer side of the first conduction layer with an insulation film interposed therebetween so that at least a part thereof overlaps with the first conduction layer in the plan view, wherein the insulation film is provided with a void portion formed in an area where the first conduction layer and the second conduction layer overlap with each other in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9001284
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a gate line formed on an insulation substrate. A data line, insulated from the gate line, crosses the gate line. A first pixel is connected to the gate line and the data line. The pixel includes a thin film transistor having a control terminal connected to the gate line and an input terminal connected to the data line. A first liquid crystal capacitor has one end connected to an output terminal of the thin film transistor. A second liquid crystal capacitor has one end connected to the other end of the first liquid crystal capacitor. The first liquid crystal capacitor includes a first liquid crystal layer formed in a first microcavity and the second liquid crystal capacitor includes a second liquid crystal layer formed in a second microcavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Han Bae, Dong Hyun Yu, Hyung-Il Jeon
  • Patent number: 8994905
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device is provided with: a pair of first electrodes in wall form that at least partially overlap a pair of first structures; and a second electrode sandwiched between the pair of first electrodes, wherein the first electrodes are formed of: a wall electrode that is formed on a sidewall surface of the structure, protruding so as to be in a wall form in a direction of a normal to the first substrate and running in the longitudinal direction of the pixel; and a plane electrode that runs in a plane direction of the first substrate from a side of the wall electrode on the first substrate side in such a manner that an end portion thereof runs in proximity to the second electrode, and at least either the plane electrode or the second electrode covers the pixel display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takato Hiratsuka, Osamu Itou
  • Patent number: 8988621
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a thin film transistor (TFT), a pixel electrode and a storage line. The pixel electrode includes a main pixel electrode and a sub pixel electrode partly surrounding at least a portion of the main pixel electrode. The storage line includes a main storage line that extends substantially parallel to the gate line and across the pixel electrode, a sub storage line that extends from the main storage line and substantially parallel to the data line to overlap the sub pixel electrode, and a protruding storage line that extends from the sub storage line and substantially parallel to the gate line to overlap the main pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeo Geon Yoon, Won-Hee Lee, Kye-Hun Lee, In-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20150077615
    Abstract: Provided is a display device or the like which can illuminate a subject with high-luminance illumination light. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a display device which can be used as a light source for a subject, or a display device which can be used as a light source for a subject, can display images and texts, and can switch these functions. The transistor of the light-emitting device is configured to operate in a saturation region in a period during which the light-emitting device displays text or an image, and is configured to operate in a linear region in a period during which the light-emitting device emits illumination light to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 8964151
    Abstract: The substrate 20 of the present invention includes pixel electrodes 25 formed in an area demarcated by a plurality of gate wiring lines 26 and source wiring lines 27 that intersect each other, and capacitance wiring lines 126 that are arranged in parallel with the gate wiring lines 26 and that form a capacitance with the pixel electrodes 25. The capacitance wiring lines 126 are arranged overlapping outer edges 125 and 125 of the adjacent pixel electrodes 25 and 25, and the following are formed on the capacitance wiring line 126: a first insulating film that covers the capacitance wiring line 126; a linear height-increasing part 30 formed on the first insulating film; and a second insulating film that covers the height-increasing part 30 and that includes a protruding band part 129 rising along the height-increasing part 30. The pixel electrodes 25 are above the second insulating film and are formed so the outer edges 125 ride up on the protruding band part 129.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuro Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8964152
    Abstract: The array substrate 20 of the present invention includes pixel electrodes 25 formed in an area demarcated by a plurality of gate wiring lines 26 and source wiring lines 27 that intersect each other, and capacitance wiring lines 126 that are arranged in parallel with the gate wiring lines 26 and that form a capacitance with the pixel electrodes 25. The capacitance wiring lines 126 are arranged overlapping outer edges of the adjacent pixel electrodes 25, and formed on the capacitance wiring line 126 are: a first insulating film that covers the capacitance wiring line 126; a second insulating film 29 that is an insulating film formed on the first insulating film, and that has a protruding band part 129 with a line width narrower than the capacitance wiring line 126 and arranged along the capacitance wiring line 126. The pixel electrodes 25 are above the second insulating film 29 and are formed so the outer edges 125 of the adjacent pixel electrodes 25 and 25 ride up on the protruding band part 129.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuro Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20150049273
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate, a driving circuit, and a roof layer defining a cavity. A color filter is disposed on the base substrate to at least partially cover the driving circuit. The color filter is disposed at least on a pixel area and includes a depression positioned at least partially within a circuit area. A black matrix is disposed upon the depression of the color filter. The black matrix being upon the depression allows an inlet portion of the cavity to remain greater than a certain cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kipyo HONG, Jae Hwa PARK, Sang-Myoung LEE, Hyunggi JUNG, Sunghwan WON
  • Patent number: 8958021
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a display substrate including a pixel connected to a first gate line and a data line. The pixel includes a first sub-pixel including a first liquid crystal capacitor and a first switching element including a gate electrode connected to the first gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode connected to the first liquid crystal capacitor. The pixel also includes a second sub-pixel including a second liquid crystal capacitor and a second switching element including a gate electrode connected to the first gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode connected to the second liquid crystal capacitor. The pixel further includes a controller including a control capacitor and a control switching element, the control switching element connected between a terminal of the control capacitor and the drain electrode of the second switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Wan Yoon, Joon-Chul Goh, Eun-Guk Lee, Young-Soo Yoon, Dong-Yoon Kim, Byung-Duk Yang
  • Patent number: 8957468
    Abstract: A variable capacitor with high controllability and stable operation is provided. A liquid crystal display device with low power consumption and excellent display quality is provided. A variable capacitor is formed using two overlapping electrodes of different areas and a substantially intrinsic semiconductor layer formed in contact with one of the electrodes. According to the voltage applied to the electrodes, the semiconductor layer can be considered as a dielectric or a conductor, thereby allowing varying the capacitance of the variable capacitor. The variable capacitor is applied to pixels of a liquid crystal display device configured to switch between a low capacitance and a high capacitance of the variable capacitor in accordance with a moving image display mode and a still image display mode, respectively, whereby a liquid crystal display device with low power consumption and excellent display quality can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Uochi
  • Publication number: 20150042911
    Abstract: A lateral electric field type liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode made with a transparent conductive film formed on different layers on a first substrate via an insulating film. Each pixel is divided into a first region and a second region. In the first region, the pixel electrode and the common electrode formed linearly substantially in parallel to each other rotate liquid crystal molecules in the region by a lateral electric field applied between the both electrodes. In the second region, at least the electrode on a lower layer side out of the pixel electrode and the common electrode is in a plan shape, and a part where the pixel electrode and the common electrode overlap with each other forms a storage capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KONNO, Shinichi NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8952878
    Abstract: A display device includes gate lines, data lines, first wires and second wires extending in the directions of the gate lines and data lines, and pixels having a first subpixel and a second subpixel each. The first subpixel has a first subpixel electrode and a first switching element, and the second subpixel has a second subpixel electrode and second and third switching elements. The control terminals of the three switching elements are connected to the same gate line, and the input terminals of the first and second switching elements are connected to the same data line. The first and second switching elements have output terminals connected to the first and second subpixel electrodes, respectively. The second switching element's output terminal connects to the third switching element, which has an output terminal connected to a second wire. The first wires and the second wires are connected in a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hwa Park, Yeo Geon Yoon, Jang-Il Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Jong-In Kim, Min-Wook Park, Bum Ki Baek, Joon-Chul Goh, Young-Soo Yoon, Hak Bum Choi, Hyo-Seop Kim
  • Patent number: 8953111
    Abstract: A pixel array includes scan lines, data lines, sub-pixel units, capacitor electrode line sets, and connecting structure sets that are all disposed on a substrate. Each sub-pixel unit has at least one active device and at least one pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device, and the active device is electrically connected to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines. Each capacitor electrode line set has N capacitor electrode lines, the N capacitor electrode lines partially overlap with the pixel electrode of each of the sub-pixel units to form a plurality of storage capacitors, and N?2. The N capacitor electrode lines in each capacitor electrode line set are electrically connected to one another by each connecting structure set, and there is no connecting structure located between the capacitor electrode line sets having the connecting structures therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu-Chun Wang, Tsung-Yuan Tsui, Chai-Ling Lai, Chi-Kao Tang
  • Patent number: 8941789
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels having first and second subpixels, a plurality of gate lines connected to the first and second subpixels to transmit gate signals, a plurality of first data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the first subpixels to transmit first data voltages, and a plurality of second data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the second subpixels to transmit second data voltages. The first and second data voltages have different sizes and are obtained from single image information. Each pixel is divided into a pair of subpixels, and different data voltages are applied to the subpixels through two different data lines, so that it is possible to secure a wide viewing angle and improve side visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Hoon Yoo, Hee-Suk Lee, Woo-Sung Sohn
  • Patent number: 8941790
    Abstract: A semiconductor device or the like with low off-state current is provided. A semiconductor device or the like for displaying images accurately is provided. A display device or the like with a wide viewing angle is provided. A display device or the like in which image burn-in is suppressed is provided. In order to achieve any of the above objects, a circuit is formed using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor (OS), particularly a thin film MOS transistor including an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor is a substantially intrinsic semiconductor. Thus, the off-state current of the transistor is extremely low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Atsushi Umezaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8937315
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate main body, a semiconductor layer and a first capacitor electrode on the substrate main body, bottom surfaces of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode being substantially coplanar, and each of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode including an impurity-doped polysilicon layer, a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first capacitor electrode, a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween, and a second capacitor electrode on the first capacitor electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween, the second capacitor electrode including a convex electrode portion and a concave electrode portion, the concave electrode portion being thinner than each of the convex electrode portion and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Seob Kwon, Deuk-Jong Kim, Moo-Soon Ko
  • Patent number: 8928704
    Abstract: An array substrate is disclosed. Data lines directly pass through the area where a secondary pixel electrode is located to input data signals to the secondary pixel electrode. First scanning lines, second scanning lines and switches are arranged between the adjacent pixels in an up-down direction. The area between the pixels is a dark area corresponding to an opaque area. Under a 3D display mode, a difference of the default voltages exists between a main pixel electrode and a secondary pixel electrode. In addition, a liquid crystal display is provided. By adopting the above design, the crosstalk and the color shift under the 3D display mode may be reduced. In addition, the reliability of the liquid crystal panel may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8927998
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The array substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a substrate, including: a gate electrode, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, a gate pad formed on the substrate, and connected to the gate electrode, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate pad, a first protective layer formed on the gate insulating layer, a second protective layer formed on the first protective layer, a first metal layer formed on the second protective layer, and connected to the gate pad through a first contact hole which exposes the gate pad, a third protective layer formed on the first metal layer and the second protective layer, and a second metal layer formed on the third protective layer, and connected to the first metal layer through a second contact hole which exposes the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YoonHwan Woo, SunJung Lee
  • Patent number: 8922728
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display, which includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixels respectively disposed at positions where the scan lines and the data lines cross each other. Each of the pixels includes a main pixel and a sub-pixel. The main pixel includes a main thin film transistor. The sub-pixel includes a sub-thin film transistor. A channel width-to-length ratio of the main thin film transistor is different from a channel width-to-length ratio of the sub-thin film transistor. The liquid crystal display of the present invention implements the eight-domain division by adopting difference channel width-to-length ratios of the main pixel and the sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Li