Transistor Patents (Class 349/42)
  • Publication number: 20120075545
    Abstract: The drain lines are such that one drain line is formed for every two pixels adjacent to each other within the same pixel row, the gate lines are formed of a first gate line connected to one of the two pixels connected to the same drain line within the same pixel row and a second gate line connected to the other pixel, the pixel electrode is formed of a first linear electrode inclined in a plus direction from the first direction, and a second linear electrode inclined in a minus direction from the first direction, in a region in which the pixel electrode is superimposed over the common electrode, and each pixel has the first and second gate lines and thin film transistor formed in a region between the region of the first linear electrode and the region of the second linear electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Takao SATO
  • Patent number: 8144105
    Abstract: A LCD device includes a LCD module, a thermal sensor, an operating device and a frame memory. The operating device includes first and second comparators, one-dimensional first to fourth lookup tables and an operator. The LCD device further includes a selector/data-generator which differentially generates an overdrive output and a prediction output according to outputs of the first comparator, the second comparator and the operator, depending on one of four conditions including a first condition that a start level and an end level are consistent; a second condition that a level of the output of the operator is greater than a predefined maximum; a third condition that the level is less than a predefined minimum; and a fourth condition that the level lies between the predefined maximum and the predefined minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Sumi
  • Publication number: 20120069258
    Abstract: Provided is a display device provided with a non-contact type touch sensor having excellent properties, in place of a contact-point type touch sensor. The display device includes a first circuit having a first electrode (62c) formed on a first substrate (2) having a display surface of a display panel, a field effect transistor formed on a second substrate (1) opposed to the first substrate (2) so that the first electrode (62c) is spaced from the field effect transistor on the back channel side, a gate terminal of the field effect transistor being connected to a first wiring (Vrstn) and a first drain/source terminal thereof being connected to a second wiring (Vsm), and a switch, one end of which is connected to a second drain/source terminal of the field effect transistor and the other end being connected to a third wiring (Vom).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Fujioka, Atsuhito Murai
  • Publication number: 20120069257
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a built-in touch screen comprising a substrate having a pixel region, a thin film transistor formed at the pixel region, the thin film transistor including at least an active layer, a gate electrode, an insulating layer, and a data electrode, a first passivation layer formed on the thin film transistor, a first contact hole formed through a portion of the first passivation layer to expose the data electrode, a common electrode formed on at least one portion of the first passivation layer including inside the first contact hole, the common electrode operable to sense touch, a conductive line formed on at least one portion of the first passivation layer including inside the first contact hole, a second passivation layer formed on the common electrode and the conductive line, a second contact hole formed through a portion of the second passivation layer to expose the conductive line corresponding to the data electrode, and a pixel electrode electrically connected with the con
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Kum Mi Oh, Han Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 8139175
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a channel layer of a specific shape, a thermal gradient inducer body, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode and an interlayer insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The channel layer is formed on a substrate. The channel layer has a nucleation region and a crystal end. The thermal gradient inducer body partially circumscribes the channel layer. The gate insulating film is formed on the substrate, and the channel layer is at least partially covered with the gate insulating film. The gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film. The interlayer insulating film is formed on the gate insulating film, and the gate electrode is at least partially covered with the interlayer insulating film. The source electrode and the drain electrode are formed on the interlayer insulating film, passed through the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film, and electrically connected to the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Cheng-Chi Wang
  • Patent number: 8130333
    Abstract: An electric optical device includes a transistor that includes a semiconductor layer having a source region connected to a data line, a drain region connected to a pixel electrode, and a channel region, and a gate electrode, a first light blocking film that is formed to be wider than the gate electrode and that is connected to the gate electrode via a first contact hole which is opened in a first insulating film disposed on the gate electrode, and a second light blocking film that is provided between the semiconductor layer and a substrate and is connected to the first light blocking film via a second contact hole which is opened to penetrate the first insulating film, a gate insulating film, and a second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Egami
  • Publication number: 20120050632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus, which has a quantum dot layer. The quantum dot layer has a plurality of quantum dot blocks which comprise quantum dots and are arranged in a matrix. The quantum dots when excited by the light convert the light wavelength so as to determine the color of each pixel of an image. As a result, the color filter of prior art can be omitted. Compared with the luminescent efficiency of the display apparatus of prior art, the luminescent efficiency of the display apparatus of the present invention can be raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CHI LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HSI-HSIN SHIH
  • Publication number: 20120050633
    Abstract: A LCD panel includes a gate driver, an active-matrix array and a switching circuit. The gate driver is disposed on a thin film transistor substrate, and includes a shift register, wherein the shift register has plural output terminals for successively outputting plural gate driving signals. The active-matrix array is disposed on the thin film transistor substrate, and includes plural gate lines, wherein the gate lines are connected with the output terminals of the shift register. The switching circuit is disposed on the thin film transistor substrate, and includes plural switching units, wherein each of the switching units has a first terminal electrically connected with one of the output terminals of the shift register, a control terminal electrically connected with a first input pad, and a second terminal electrically connected with a second input pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jing-Ru Chen, Wei-Hsien Wu, Cheng-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8120742
    Abstract: A driving circuit and a common electrode are located within a sealant region of the first substrate, wherein the driving circuit includes switch devices and turn-line structures. The common electrode is located within the sealant region of the first substrate. The planar layer is located on the first substrate, wherein the thickness of the planar layer at the turn-line structure of the driving circuit is less than the thicknesses of other portions. The conductive layer is located on the planar layer. A second substrate having an electrode thereon is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is located within the display region between the first substrate and the second substrate. A sealant is located within the sealant region between the first substrate and the second substrate, and conductive balls are distributed in the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Maw-Song Chen, Kuo-Yu Huang, Te-Chun Huang
  • Patent number: 8120032
    Abstract: A fabrication method of an active device array substrate is disclosed. A first metal material layer, a gate insulation material layer, a channel material layer, a second metal material layer, and a first photoresist layer are formed over a substrate sequentially. The first photoresist layer is patterned with a multi-tone mask to form a first patterned photoresist layer with two thicknesses. A first and second removing processes are performed sequentially using the first patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form a gate, a gate insulation layer, a channel layer, and a source/drain. The first patterned photoresist layer is removed. A passivation layer and a second patterned photoresist layer are formed over the substrate. A third removing process is performed to form a plurality of contact holes. A pixel electrode material layer is formed over the substrate. The second patterned photoresist layer is lifted off to form a pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Chen, Wen-Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20120038585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having touch sensors embedded therein. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between upper and lower substrates, pixels, each of which includes pixel and common electrodes applying a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a pixel thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode, and a common thin film transistor to drive the common electrode, touch sensors, each of which forms a sensing capacitor between an object and the common electrode, sensor power lines, readout lines, and sensor gate lines. Each touch sensor includes the common electrode, a first sensor thin film transistor charging the common electrode with the sensing driving voltage in response to control of the previous sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor outputting the sensing signal to the readout line in response to control of the current sensor gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: CHEOL-SE KIM
  • Publication number: 20120038845
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel having improved lateral visibility. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode formed on a pixel area including a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area; and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer accommodated between the first substrate and the second substrate, and including a common electrode formed on an area corresponding to the pixel area, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode formed on the first sub-pixel area; a second sub-pixel electrode formed on the second sub-pixel area; and a contact electrode formed between the first sub-pixel area and the second sub-pixel area, and wherein the first sub-pixel electrode and the contact electrode are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Hyeong-Cheol Ahn
  • Patent number: 8115882
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes an interlayer resin film covering a surface of the display area including thin film transistors, first electrodes formed of transparent conductive material on the surface of the interlayer resin film in regions defined by scan and signal lines and electrically connected to the thin film transistors. A second insulating film formed on the surface of the interlayer resin film includes the first electrodes and second electrodes formed of transparent conductive material on the second insulating film, the second electrodes having slits defined at the scan lines and signal lines. A circuit including thin film transistors with exposed channel regions is on the display area's periphery. The interlayer resin film directly covers the thin film transistors' channel regions in the display area and the peripheral area; and the surface of the display area's and peripheral circuit's interlayer resin films are covered with the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Nakao
  • Patent number: 8115883
    Abstract: An object is to provide a display device with excellent display characteristics, where a pixel circuit and a driver circuit provided over one substrate are formed using transistors which have different structures corresponding to characteristics of the respective circuits. The driver circuit portion includes a driver circuit transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using a metal film, and a channel layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion includes a pixel transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using an oxide conductor, and a semiconductor layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel transistor is formed using a light-transmitting material, and thus, a display device with higher aperture ratio can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Masashi Tsubuku, Kengo Akimoto, Miyuki Hosoba, Masayuki Sakakura, Yoshiaki Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20120033149
    Abstract: An array substrate comprises a first substrate and a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of the data lines provided on the first substrate, the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of the data lines define a plurality of pixel units arranged into a matrix form. Each of the plurality of pixel units comprising: a first electrode having slits, comprising two or more regions where the slits have the different tilt degrees; a second electrode; and a thin film transistor switch, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are used to form a horizontal electric field for driving liquid crystal molecules, the gate line and the thin film transistor switch are arranged between each two regions of the first electrode, and the thin film transistor switch is controlled by the gate line to operate each region of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongzhi SONG, Jianshe XUE, Zhaohui HAO, Seung Moo RIM
  • Patent number: 8111362
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yukie Suzuki, Hideaki Kuwabara, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 8106396
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of signal lines, and a testing circuit. The signal lines are electrically connected with the pixel units disposed in the display area. The testing circuit disposed in the peripheral area is electrically connected with terminals, located in the peripheral area, of a portion of the signal lines. The testing circuit includes a common gate line having a plurality of notches formed on an edge thereof, a plurality of channel layers, source electrodes, and drain electrodes. The source electrodes and the drain electrodes are disposed correspondingly on the channel layers disposed above the common gate line. Each drain electrode extends from the top of the common gate line to the top of one notch and extends to the terminal of one signal line for electrically connecting thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Chia Tseng
  • Patent number: 8098345
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a two-dimensional sensor array in which optical sensor circuits are two-dimensionally positioned. The respective optical sensor circuits are provided with a photodiode (17), an output AMP and a NetA voltage raising capacitor. The output AMP has a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to a cathode electrode (NetA) of the photodiode (17), a voltage supply wiring (Vsm) and an optical sensor output wiring (Vom), respectively. The NetA voltage raising capacitor has two electrodes. One of the two electrodes is electrically connected to the NetA, and the other of the two electrodes is electrically connected to a drive wiring (Vrwn) for supplying a drive signal to the NetA voltage raising capacitor. A storage capacitor wiring (Csn) for retaining a pixel potential also serves as the drive wiring (Vrwn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuhito Murai, Hajime Imai, Hideki Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20120008059
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes first and second gate lines and first and second data lines, on a first substrate, a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate and data lines and including a first source and drain electrode, a second thin film transistor connected to the second gate and data lines and including a second source and drain electrode, first and second pixel electrodes contacting a portion of the first and second drain electrodes, respectively, a passivation layer on the first and second pixel electrodes and the first and second thin film transistors, and a reference electrode on a passivation layer and overlapping the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The reference electrode includes a plurality of branch electrodes. The first thin film transistor is right of the first data line and the second thin film transistor is left of the second data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Wuk KIM, Jang-Kun SONG, Seon-Ah CHO, Eun-Je JANG, You-Sik SHIN
  • Patent number: 8094254
    Abstract: In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, a plurality of pixels connected to thin film transistors (TFTs) are arranged in an active matrix form in a pixel portion, and driven by a driver circuit portion. The pixel portion and the driver circuit portion are formed on one of a pair of insulating substrates. A liquid crystal material is interposed between the insulating substrates. An black matrix material made of an organic resin is formed over the one insulating substrate in which the driver circuit portion has been formed. An flat film is formed on the black matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeshi Nishi
  • Patent number: 8094252
    Abstract: A method of driving a display apparatus formed by arranging display devices each having a driving circuit and a current-driven type light emitting portion, the method comprising the steps of: performing a threshold voltage cancelling process in units of a display device row in which a predetermined reference voltage is applied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor of Q×N display devices configuring groups of display device rows and a predetermined driving voltage is applied to one source/drain region of the Q×N display devices so as to change the electric potential of the other source/drain region toward an electric potential calculated by subtracting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor from the reference voltage during a period TQ; and sequentially performing a writing process, in which video signals are applied to the gate electrodes of the driving transistor of N display devices configuring the display device row, Q times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Handa, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Hideki Sugimoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8094253
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driving method of a display device. The display device includes display elements arranged in a form of a two-dimensional matrix and each have a driving circuit and a light emitting section. The driving circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode and source/drain regions and a capacitance section, and a current flowing through the light emitting section via the source/drain regions of the driving transistor. The driving method includes the step of performing a first writing process, a second writing process, and then setting the gate electrode of the driving transistor in a floating state. A current corresponding to a value of a voltage retained in the capacitance section for retaining a voltage of the gate electrode of the driving transistor with respect to a source region of the driving transistor flows through the light emitting section, so that the light emitting section emits light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Handa, Naobumi Toyomura, Hideki Sugimoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8094251
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lower substrate of a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) forming a patterned first metal layer, a first insulating layer, a patterned second metal layer and a second insulating layer on a substrate in sequence; (b) coating a transparent electrode layer and a negative photo resist layer on the second insulating layer; (c) irradiating the photo resist layer from the second surface of the substrate; (d) irradiating the photo resist layer from the first surface of the substrate, wherein part of the photo resist layer superposed over the second metal layer is covered by a mask; and (e) removing un-reacted photo resist and patterning the transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Meng-Yi Hung
  • Patent number: 8085353
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel for a Liquid Crystal Display apparatus (LCD) is provided. The TFT array panel comprises a plurality of gate lines, at least one data line intersecting the plurality of gate lines and at least one thin film transistor connected to at least one of the gate lines and the at least one data line. The at least one film transistor comprises a drain electrode. In addition, the TFT array panel further comprises at least one pixel electrode including at least one first subpixel electrode connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode capacitively coupled to the at least one first subpixel electrode. Moreover, the pixel electrode has a partitioning member for partitioning the pixel electrode into at least two partitions having portions which do not overlap the drain electrode. The at least two partitions are disposed symmetrically to a reference line equidistant from the plurality of gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Ju Shin, Cheol-Woo Park, Jae-Jin Lyu, Chong-Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 8085354
    Abstract: A pixel structure is disclosed. The pixel structure is suitable to be disposed on a substrate and includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a top gate TFT. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are disposed over the substrate, wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are separated from each other. The top gate TFT is disposed between the substrate and the first pixel electrode and includes a patterned semiconductor layer and a gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Lo, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Sheng Cheng, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Jen Hu, Chih-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 8076704
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device according to an embodiment includes a thin film transistor substrate including a plurality of thin film transistors and an over-coating film formed on the thin film transistors. The over-coating film includes a curved surface on at least two pixels among pixels of different colors and the slope angles of depressed portions forming the curved surface are respectively different from each other depending on the colors of the pixels. A plurality of first electrodes formed on the over-coating film includes a surface formed according to the curved surface, an organic light emitting member formed on the first electrodes includes a surface formed according to the curved surface, and a second electrode formed on the organic light emitting member includes a surface formed according to the curved surface. Slope angles of the depressed portions increase according to a decrease of wavelengths of the colors of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek-Woon Lee, Young-In Hwang
  • Patent number: 8077266
    Abstract: An active matrix includes (i) a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer formed above a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode formed to overlap with the semiconductor layer; and (ii) a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, the drain electrode extended from the pixel electrode into a drain electrode formation region located to be kept within a semiconductor layer formation region, the drain electrode formation region sandwiched between two portions of the source electrode. With this arrangement, even when the semiconductor layers in the TFTs (thin film transistors) have unevenness in sizes, shapes, and/or formation positions thereof, it is possible to prevent occurrence of unevenness (changes) in gate-drain capacitances cgd among the TFTs. Thereby, it is possible to provide an active matrix substrate having a high display characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Yoshihiro Okada
  • Patent number: 8071980
    Abstract: A radiation detector that includes a charge conversion layer, a substrate, an electrode layer, an intermediary layer and wiring is provided. The substrate includes a lower electrode portion that collects charge generated by the charge conversion layer. The electrode layer includes an upper electrode portion and an extended electrode portion. The upper electrode portion is laminated on the charge conversion layer. The extended electrode portion extends from the upper electrode portion down a side face of the charge conversion layer to a region on the substrate at which the charge conversion layer is not present. The intermediary layer is formed from between the charge conversion layer and the upper electrode portion to between the extended electrode portion and the substrate. The wiring is electrically connected with the extended electrode portion at the region on the substrate at which the charge conversion layer is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Iwazaki
  • Publication number: 20110292313
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a display panel which includes a thin film transistor substrate (SUB1) on which a terminal portion including a plurality of terminals (TR) is provided; and a drive circuit connected to the terminal portion, in which: the drive circuit includes: a flexible board (FB); and a semiconductor chip mounted on the flexible board; the flexible board (FB) includes a plurality of wirings (La) for connecting the semiconductor chip and the plurality of terminals (TR), respectively; and the plurality of wirings (La) each include: a first wiring portion (La1) which overlaps a corresponding one of the plurality of terminals (TR); and a second wiring portion (La2) which is positioned between the first wiring portion (La1) and the semiconductor chip, the first wiring portion (La1) being narrower than the second wiring portion (La2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Yuuichi TAKENAKA
  • Patent number: 8064018
    Abstract: Each pixel region includes two subpixel regions, in which different voltages are applied to a liquid crystal layer with respect to a signal voltage supplied from a source bus line by way of TFTs. A first substrate includes a first electrode provided for the two subpixel regions. A second substrate includes a second electrode that faces the first electrode with a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer interposed. A liquid crystal capacitor is provided for each of these subpixel regions. Each subpixel region includes at least one liquid crystal domain that produces a dark area, which looks darker than a gray scale tone being presented for a viewer located in front of the device, inside of, and substantially parallel to, an edge portion of the first electrode. At least a part of the edge portion of the first electrode is arranged so as to overlap with a gate bus line and selectively shield at least a part of the dark area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Shoraku, Toshihide Tsubata
  • Patent number: 8064323
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a substrate; first films each of which is formed on the substrate and has an edge formed in at least a part thereof; a first insulating film that is laminated on the first films; second films that are laminated on the first insulating film; a second insulating film that is laminated on the second films; and contact holes each of which is formed in the second insulating film above the edge to pass through the second insulating film. In the electro-optical device, the contact hole is formed at a position apart from the edge by a distance equal to or larger than the thickness of the first insulating film in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Ono
  • Patent number: 8064003
    Abstract: There is provided an active matrix display device including a flattening layer formed so as to surround a source electrode wiring, a drain electrode wiring, and a signal line, so that the source electrode wiring, the drain electrode wiring, and the signal line form substantially the same surface with the flattening layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Akihiro Morimoto, Teruhiko Suzuki, Takeyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 8059222
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate in which variations in output characteristics of photodiodes are reduced, and a display device using this active matrix substrate, are provided. An active matrix substrate (1) having an n-TFT (20), a p-TFT (30), and a photodiode (10) is used. The photodiode (10) includes a p-layer (7), an i-layer (8), and an n-layer (9). The i-layer (8) includes a p-type semiconductor region (8a) at a position adjacent to the player (7), said p-type semiconductor region (8a) having a diffusion concentration of p-type impurities that is set at the same level as that of a diffusion concentration of p-type impurities in the channel region (23) of the n-TFT (20); and an n-type semiconductor region (8b) at a position adjacent to the n-layer (9), said n-type semiconductor region (8b) having a diffusion concentration of n-type impurities that is set at the same level as that of a diffusion concentration of n-type impurities in the channel region (33) of the p-TFT (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Katoh, Benjamin James Hadwen
  • Patent number: 8059244
    Abstract: A thin film transistor liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a first conductive line disposed on the substrate, an inorganic insulating layer covering the substrate, a transparent electrode attached to the inorganic insulating layer, a second conductive line crossing the first conductive line, an inorganic passivation layer covering the substrate and a pixel electrode attached to the inorganic passivation layer and overlapping the transparent electrode and a part of the first conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Po-Sheng Shih, Tsu-Chiang Chang, Po-Yang Chen, Chao-Hui Wu
  • Patent number: 8059076
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, signal lines, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a dummy opening. The substrate has a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The signal lines are disposed on the substrate and intersect each other to define a unit pixel. The thin film transistor is electrically connected to the signal lines and disposed at the unit pixel. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The pixel electrode is formed in the unit pixel. The dummy opening is disposed at the peripheral area and spaced apart from the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-Hee Jung, Jeong-Min Park, Kyung-Su Mun, Hi-Kuk Lee, Joo-Ae Youn
  • Patent number: 8054396
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a pixel electrode, a storage line, a dual transistor, a connection transistor, a voltage-decreasing electrode, a first contact electrode and a second contact electrode. The voltage-decreasing electrode is disposed on the storage line. The voltage-decreasing electrode is connected to a connection drain electrode of the connection transistor. The first contact electrode overlaps with the first pixel part and is electrically connected to the first pixel part. The first contact electrode is connected to a first drain electrode of the dual transistor and a connection source electrode of the connection transistor. The second contact electrode overlaps with the second pixel part and is electrically connected to the second pixel part. The second contact electrode is connected to a second drain electrode of the dual transistor. Therefore, the aperture ratio of the display device may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jae Moon, Dong-Gyu Kim, Yoon-Jang Kim, Gwang-Bum Ko
  • Patent number: 8054397
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device that has a structure of an electrode where a residue of a transparent conductive film is not generated when a weak acid solution is used in etching, which is particularly appropriate for an electrode of a light-emitting element. A display device according to the present invention has an electrode that has a laminated structure of laminated transparent conductive films, and the electrode has a first transparent conductive film as the bottom layer, where no residue is generated when a weak acid solution is used in etching, and a second transparent conductive film as the top layer, which has a work function of 5.0 eV or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Noriko Miyagi, Shingo Eguchi
  • Patent number: 8049700
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a plurality of pixels, each including first and second liquid crystal capacitors, a first storage capacitor including a first terminal connected to the second liquid crystal capacitor and a second terminal applied with a first storage electrode signal, a second storage capacitor including a first terminal connected to the second liquid crystal capacitor and a second terminal applied with a second storage electrode signal having an opposite phase to the first storage electrode signal, and a third storage capacitor including a first terminal connected to the first liquid crystal capacitor and a second terminal applied with the first or second storage electrode signal. A driving method of the LCD improves transmittance and visibility and increases an aperture ratio thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8049221
    Abstract: An objective is simplification of a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device or the like. In a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor, a stack in which a first conductive film, an insulating film, a semiconductor film, an impurity semiconductor film, and a second conductive film are stacked in this order is formed, and the first conductive film is exposed by first etching and a pattern of the second conductive film is formed by second etching. Further, after thin film transistors are formed, a color filter layer is formed so that unevenness caused by the thin film transistors or the like is relieved; thus, the level difference of the surface where the pixel electrode layer is formed is reduced. Alternatively, a color filter layer is selectively formed utilizing the unevenness caused by thin film transistors or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeki Komori
  • Patent number: 8045077
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes: providing an array substrate and a color filter substrate facing the array substrate; forming a gate electrode and a gate line formed of a first conductive film on the array substrate through a first masking process; forming a second conductive film pattern at an upper portion of the gate electrode, a storage capacitor preliminary pattern at a partial upper region of the gate electrode and a data line substantially crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, the second conductive film pattern, the storage capacitor preliminary pattern and the data line being formed of a second conductive film through a second masking process; forming an opaque insulation film surrounding the data line; forming a transparent third conductive film on the entire surface of the array substrate with the opaque insulation film interposed therebetween; patterning the second conductive film pattern and a third conductive film through a third masking process to form a so
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hee-Young Kwack
  • Patent number: 8045074
    Abstract: In the array substrate where the display region has the non-quadrangle shape, a sub-capacitance line which forms a sub-capacitance is disposed at the pixel, a intersection region of the scanning lead-out line and a signal lead-out line is located at the frame region on the outside of the display region, a common lead-out line which connects the sub-capacitance line in common is disposed at the frame region side where the scanning lead-out line is disposed, the common lead-out line is not disposed in the intersection region, but disposed in a region between a region of the scanning lead-out line and a region of the signal lead-out line while intersecting any one of the scanning lead-out line and the signal lead-out line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Tanahara
  • Patent number: 8044907
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including two substrates, gate bus lines, liquid crystal molecules, and a polymer that determines directions in which the liquid crystal molecules tilt. A plurality of divisional areas are arranged on one of the substrates. The pixels are aligned in a column between drain bus lines. A pixel electrode is formed at each of the divisional areas. A first thin film transistor drives a first divisional area, and a second thin film transistor drives a second divisional area of the same column. The first and second thin film transistors are electrically connected to the same gate bus line. Either the pixel electrodes formed at each of the divisional areas are electrically insulated from each other, or they are connected to each other through a high resistance. A first threshold voltage within the first divisional area is different from a second threshold voltage of the second divisional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sasabayashi, Arihiro Takeda, Hiroyasu Inoue, Kazuya Ueda, Yoshio Koike, Hideaki Tsuda, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Hidefumi Yoshida, Kunihiro Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kimiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8045081
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates bonded to each other with a liquid crystal layer positioned therebetween, and the photosensor, formed on the second substrate, for sensing an external light from the surroundings, wherein the photosensor includes a semiconductor layer formed on the second substrate and provided with n+-type ion implantation region, ion non-implantation region and lightly doped region; an insulation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the semiconductor layer; a passivation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the insulation film; a first contact hole passing through the insulation film and the passivation film, to expose source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes connected with the source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole; an ion implanting prevention film formed on the insulation film and overlapped with the ion non-i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Eon Lee, Myoung Kee Baek, Han Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 8045078
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device, including: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a semiconductor layer whose boundary is within the gate electrode, a source electrode connected to the data line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; a passivation pattern covering the data line and the thin film transistor; and a pixel electrode extending from the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hwan Kim, Hyo-Uk Kim, Byoung-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 8040444
    Abstract: A mask is provided. The mask includes a mask body, a first exposing part and a second exposing part. The first exposing part is on the mask body. The first exposing part includes a first light transmitting portion and second light transmitting portions. The first light transmitting portion exposes a portion of the photoresist film corresponding to the output terminal to a light of a first light amount. The second light transmitting portions exposes an adjacent portion of the photoresist film adjacent to the output terminal to a light of a second light amount smaller than the first light amount. The second exposing part is on the mask body. The second exposing part includes third light transmitting portions for partially exposing the photoresist film corresponding to the storage electrode to a light of a third light amount that is between the first and second light amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong-Chul Chai, Shi-Yul Kim, Sang-Gab Kim, Jun-Hyung Souk, Sang-Woo Whangbo, Won-Kie Chang, Hi-Kuk Lee, Soo-Wan Yoon, Soo-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8040453
    Abstract: A pixel module comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, and a connection line is disclosed. The first transistor is coupled to a first gate line, a source line, and a first drain line. The second transistor is coupled to a second gate line, the source line, and a second drain line. The connection line overlaps and isolates the first and the second drain lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Chih-Liang Liao, Tien-Chun Huang, Yi-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 8040472
    Abstract: A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display that does not require physical features on the substrate (such as protrusions and ITO slits) is disclosed. Each pixel of the MVALCD is subdivided into color components, which are further divided into color dots. The polarity of the color dots are arranged so that fringe fields from adjacent color dots causes multiple liquid crystal domains in each color dot. Specifically, the color dots of a pixel are arranged so that each color dot of a first polarity has four neighboring pixels of a second polarity. Thus, a checkerboard pattern of polarities is formed. Furthermore, the checkerboard pattern is extended across multiple pixels in the MVALCD. In addition, many display unit include multiple pixel designs to improve color distribution or electrical distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hiap L. Ong and Kyoritsu Optronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiap L. Ong
  • Publication number: 20110249211
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a transmitting region interposed between pixel regions; thin film transistors on a first surface of the substrate; a passivation layer covering the thin film transistors; pixel electrodes on the passivation layer; an opposite electrode disposed to face the pixel electrodes; an organic emission layer between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode; a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) device disposed such that the thin film transistors are between the PDLC device and the passivation layer, the PDLC device having: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a PDLC layer in which liquid crystal is dispersed in polymer matrix. Distortion of images transmitted through the organic light emitting display device is prevented by restricting scattering of the transmitted light, the transmission of the external light may be adjusted simply, and degradation of the brightness and color coordinate reproduction may be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Hyung-Jun Song, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Chang-Ho Lee, Il-Soo Oh, Hee-Jo Ko, Si-Jin Cho, Jin-Young Yun
  • Patent number: 8035596
    Abstract: To provide a pixel matrix and the like, which are capable of improving the picture quality by suppressing generation of flicker and crosstalk without deteriorating the numerical aperture of the pixels and without increasing the manufacturing cost. A first switch device has transistors connected in series. When selected by a gate line, the transistors are set ON simultaneously to apply a voltage, which is supplied from a data line, to a pixel electrode. A second switch device has a transistor and a control capacitor. When selected by a gate line different from the one mentioned above, the transistor is set ON to supply a prescribed potential to a connection point between the transistors of the first switch, and the prescribed potential is stored at the control capacitor. When not selected by the both gate lines, the potential of the connection point is kept to the potential stored at the control capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 8031300
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal device including: a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines which cross each other; switching elements which are provided in correspondence with intersections between the data lines and the scanning lines; pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements; pixels configured in correspondence with the pixel electrodes; an image display region configured by the plurality of pixels; a first substrate having at least the switching elements; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; and liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein light incident from the first substrate is modulated by the liquid crystal, a light-shielding film is provided on a light incident side of at least the switching elements of the first substrate, and at least a portion corresponding to the image display region of the second substrate includes only a transparent layer which transmits light incident to the liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Kamijima