Particular Structure Patents (Class 349/56)
  • Publication number: 20080048999
    Abstract: A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Feng Chiang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 7336874
    Abstract: A display device is constructed with conductive fibers which are coated with a display medium and are woven together with transparent conductive fibers. The conductive fibers coated with a display medium serve as warps and the transparent conductive fibers serve as wefts. The display device is not provided with an external electrode and is therefore flexible like plain cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuichiro Miki
  • Publication number: 20080043167
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a display panel; an adhesive layer mounted on the outer surface of the display panel; and a functional member bonded to the display panel with the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has spacers dispersed on the functional member or the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehito Washizawa
  • Publication number: 20080043166
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatus relating to a multi-level layer are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Qin Liu, Bradley D. Chung, John C. Rudin, Frank E. Glass
  • Patent number: 7324071
    Abstract: A character display comprises fifty-nine segments arranged into rows and columns. Twenty eight of the fifty-nine segments define a periphery of the display, eleven additional segments define horizontal and vertical dividers that define four quadrants, and five additional segments are disposed in each of the four quadrants to define diagonals thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M Carpinelli, George Herbert Needham Riddle, Ian Gregory Hill
  • Patent number: 7319499
    Abstract: An aluminum extrusion external framework of LCD monitor primarily comprises a front frame cap, a back frame cap, and a sheathing, which are assembled with one another. Several movable laminas are mounted on the inside of the back frame cap, wherein the locking positions of the movable laminas are adjustable. The aluminum extrusion external framework of the LCD monitor is made of aluminum for lightening its weight and conforming to the recycle-based environmental protection so as to facilitate the heat sinking, reduce the production cost, and increase the product lifetime. Besides, the movable laminas are applied to the raised slideways around the inside of the back frame cap so as to be universally suitable for the existing LCD panel having various specifications and dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Inventor: Ching-Lung Peng
  • Publication number: 20080001892
    Abstract: In a display substrate and a display device having the display substrate for reducing a line resistance, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixel parts, a signal line part and a signal pad part. The pixel parts are formed in a display area. The signal line part is formed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The signal line part includes a first line formed with a first conductive layer, and a second line formed with a second conductive layer over the first line. The second line overlaps the first line. The signal pad part includes a first pad integrally formed with the first line, and a second pad integrally formed with the second line, wherein an identical driving signal is applied to the first pad and the second pad. Accordingly, the line resistance of the signal line part may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Jong-Woong Chang, Yun-Hee Kwak
  • Publication number: 20070296659
    Abstract: A display substrate includes source lines, gate lines, an output pad part, a fan-out part and a first voltage line part. The source lines are in a display area. The gate lines cross the source lines. The output pad part is in a peripheral area surrounding the display area and is electrically connected to output terminals of a driving chip. The fan-out part is electrically connected between the output pad part and the source lines. The first voltage line part is inclined with respect to a central line of a chip area in which the driving chip is mounted toward opposite sides of the chip area to cross the fan-out part. Therefore, the line reactance of the fan-out part is decreased and the uniformity of the line resistance of the fan-out part is increased to improve image display quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yun-Hee Kwak, Seung-Hwan Moon, Jong-Woong Chang
  • Publication number: 20070279545
    Abstract: An inverter for a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display module using the inverter are provided. The inverter includes a circuit board defining a hole through itself, and a transformer inversely inserted into the hole of the circuit. The transformer generates a high voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Hoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20070236620
    Abstract: An exemplary anti-interference wiring assembly for a liquid crystal display device includes a base substrate (210), gate lines (201) formed at the base substrate, anti-interference wires (230), and data lines (202). The anti-interference wires are provided between the gate lines and the data lines and are insulated from the gate lines and the data lines respectively. The anti-interference wires are configured for carrying signals having a reverse phase compared to signals carried by the corresponding gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventor: Shuo-Ting Yan
  • Patent number: 7268776
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver IC formed on said base substrate, an input pattern formed on said base substrate that applies gate driving signals input from an external device to the gate driver IC, a first output pattern formed on said base substrate that outputs a first gate driving signal processed in said gate driver IC, and a second output pattern formed on said base substrate, that outputs a second gate driving signal bypassing the gate driver IC among the gate driving signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Choong-Seob Oh, Jin-Hyeok Park, Jin-Ho Park, Dong-Gyu Kim, Yong-Eun Park, Nam-Soo Kang, Gyu-Su Lee
  • Publication number: 20070195218
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate and a color-converting layer. The display substrate has a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface. The color converting layer is positioned on the first surface of the display substrate. When the display substrate is utilized in a display panel, the second surface faces a liquid crystal layer. Thus, impurities such as ionic impurities from the color-converting layer may be prevented from migrating into the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventor: Min Kang
  • Publication number: 20070188672
    Abstract: A shift register circuit having a level conversion function is provided with a simple circuit configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Sato, Shigeyuki Nishitani, Takayuki Nakao, Masahiro Maki
  • Publication number: 20070177069
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and a method of making the same. A first mother substrate includes a first display array and a second display array. A second mother substrate is attached to the first mother substrate in order to seal the arrays. A frit is formed at non-pixel regions of the first mother substrate and the second mother substrate. The frit interconnects the first and second mother substrates to each other. A reinforcing member is formed along the frit. A metal pattern is formed on the first substrate and extends along the reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Jong Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 7248764
    Abstract: A light guide plate that eliminates haze while obtaining a desired uniformity of luminance to enhance light efficiency. The light guide plate can be used with a backlight unit using the light guide plate and an LCD using the backlight unit. The light guide plate includes an incidence face to allow light emitted from a light source to be incident to the light guide plate, an outgoing face to allow the incident light to exit the light guide plate, a backside face opposite to the outgoing face, and mirror patterns provided at the outgoing face or backside face, and adapted to increase an exiting rate of the light at a low luminance region defined in a vicinity of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-eun Park, Je-wan Suh
  • Patent number: 7242443
    Abstract: The invention relates to various materials and their use in applications which exploit the triboluminescent effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Qinetiq Limited
    Inventors: Ian C Sage, Wendy H Howie, Ian D Brotherston
  • Patent number: 7242444
    Abstract: A space light modulating apparatus includes a modulating unit that modulates incident light based on an image signal including a plurality of pixels and a light-shielding part placed between the pixels, and a refracting unit that refracts modulated light including a group of prisms formed with a prism element that has at least a refracting surface. Light from the pixels is incident on at least a part of the prisms. A direction of the refracting surface is such that a projection image of the pixels is guided onto a projection image of the light-shielding part on a projection surface at a predetermined distance. The refracting surface and a reference surface formed in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis make a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Kamijima, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 7197338
    Abstract: A display device includes a main LCD, a sub LCD, and a backlight. The main LCD displays information. The sub LCD is arranged to make its rear surface oppose that of the main LCD to display information different from that of the main LCD. The backlight illuminates the main LCD and sub LCD. A portable terminal apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7180490
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. A plurality of pixels are sandwiched between the two substrates and form a display section, each of the pixels is provided with first and second pixel electrodes both corresponding to the pixel, and a common electrode corresponding to the first and second pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Aoyama, Shinichi Komura, Yuka Utsumi
  • Patent number: 7167365
    Abstract: A back plate structure comprises a back plate body, at least a supporting beam and a plurality of heat dissipation members, wherein the supporting beam is fixed on a back of the back plate body and the heat dissipation members are disposed on the supporting beam. The supporting beam has a central protrusion portion and a peripheral portion. The heat dissipation members are disposed on an upper surface of the peripheral portion or on a sidewall of the central protrusion portion or into an inner portion of the central protrusion portion. Because the heat dissipation members are disposed on the supporting beam, the heat dissipation area of the present invention can be increased and therefore the heat dissipation efficiency of the plasma display apparatus can be effectively promoted. Therefore, the service life of the plasma display apparatus can be increased and also the display performance thereof can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsao-Yuan Fu, Chia-Chu Ma
  • Patent number: 7134776
    Abstract: A direct backlight includes a plastic spacer pin. The spacer pin is formed of a semispherical portion and a conical frustum portion. The spacer pin is disposed such that the thicker end of the conical frustum portion is coupled to the bottom surface of the chassis, with the semispherical portion placed to face a diffuser plate. The radius of curvature of the tip of the semispherical portion is 0.3 mm to 1 mm. The diameter of the end of the conical frustum portion on the semispherical portion side is 1.1 mm to 2 mm. The ratio (L/B) is less than 5 where L is the length of the spacer pin and B is the diameter of the thicker end of the conical frustum portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: NEC LCD Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Kanatsu
  • Patent number: 7110064
    Abstract: A displaying apparatus (10) is configured such that illumination light emitted from light sources (15, 15 . . . ) disposed on a back side of a liquid crystal displaying plate (11) illuminates an optically transparent displaying section (16a) of a dial plate (16) provided on a front side of the liquid crystal displaying plate (11) by passing through the liquid crystal displaying plate (11). Further, polarizing plates (13, 14) overlapping the optically transparent displaying section (16a) are cut out from the liquid crystal displaying plate, whereby the illumination light may illuminate the optically transparent displaying section (16a), passing through a liquid crystal displaying plate (111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventor: Tuyoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 7106392
    Abstract: A structure for mounting a flat panel display module constituting a screen display device of a portable computer system wherein the weight and a thickness of a display device are reduced. For example, the structure for mounting a flat panel display includes a display module having a flat panel display panel, a backlight assembly, and a supporting member for supporting edges of the flat panel display panel and the back light assembly, a rear cover to which the display module is fitted, and a front cover fitted to a frontal edge of the rear cover to cover a frontal edge of the display module. In this structure the supporting member is formed at an inner side of the front cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Jae You
  • Patent number: 7102631
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver IC formed on said base substrate, an input pattern formed on said base substrate that applies gate driving signals input from an external device to the gate driver IC, a first output pattern formed on said base substrate that outputs a first gate driving signal processed in said gate driver IC, and a second output pattern formed on said base substrate, that outputs a second gate driving signal bypassing the gate driver IC among the gate driving signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Choong-Seob Oh, Jin-Hyeok Park, Jin-Ho Park, Dong-Gyu Kim, Yong-Eun Park, Nam-Soo Kang, Gyu-Su Lee
  • Patent number: 7061457
    Abstract: A flat display apparatus with spacers between a first panel substrate and a second panel substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The spacers are interposed between an anode substrate and a cathode substrate. The spacers are each formed to have an elongate sheet structure and to be elastically deformable in the thickness direction thereof. A plurality of projected portions is provided on each of the black stripes of the anode substrate, and each spacer is fastened to the plurality of projected portions by a recoil strength obtained when the spacer is elastically deformed. By this, each spacer is supported in an upright condition on the anode substrate by the plurality of projected portions. There is no need for an adhesive or the like for supporting the spacers in the upright condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Minami
  • Patent number: 7057683
    Abstract: A light control device and an imaging device suitable for the effective and stabilized driving of a Guest-Host type liquid crystal element. A light control device which is provided with a light controlling GH cell and a UV cut filter provided on the light incident side of the GH cell and which is therefore reduced significantly in the quantity of ultraviolet ray applied to the GH cell, thereby preventing the photodecomposition or photodegradation of materials constituting a liquid crystal layer in the GH cell; and an imaging device such as a CCD camera having this light control device disposed on the optical path thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Udaka, Keiichi Nito, Toshiharu Yanagida, Masaru Kawabata
  • Patent number: 7038302
    Abstract: Improved method of heat-treating a glass substrate, especially where the substrate is thermally treated (such as formation of films, growth of films, and oxidation) around or above its strain point. If devices generating heat are formed on the substrate, it dissipates the heat well. An aluminum nitride film is formed on at least one surface of the substrate. This aluminum nitride film acts as a heat sink and prevents local concentration of heat produced by the devices such as TFTs formed on the glass substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukada, Mitsunori Sakama, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 7008282
    Abstract: The invention provides a method enabling a display material including display elements introduced into divided regions with partition walls to be reclaimed, and a method for manufacturing a display using the method. The color filter substrate is immersed in a developer in the step for reclaiming the base. Alkali can be used as the developer that is capable of being used in the development process for forming the partition walls. The developer is not required to be the actual developer that is used for forming the partition walls. Vibration or stress is applied to the filter element as a display element using an ultrasonic cleaning bath in the step for immersing the base in the developer, and the filter element as a display element is peeled off. The base is washed with water thereafter, followed by drying to return the base to the color filter substrate forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Kawase, Tatsuya Ito, Satoru Katagami
  • Patent number: 6977099
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline transfer sheet 10 includes a liquid crystal layer 12 formed on the surface of a substrate 14, where the surface hardness of the liquid crystal layer 12 is higher on the releasing surface 12A side, which is on the substrate 14 side, than on the adhering surface 12B side, which is on the receiving object 16 side. Therefore, the adhesion between the adhering surface 12B of the liquid crystal layer 12 and the receiving object 16 becomes stronger than that between the releasing surface 12A of the liquid crystal layer 12 and the substrate 14. It is thus possible to securely transfer the liquid crystal layer 12 to the receiving object 16 without leaving a part of the liquid crystal layer 12 on the substrate 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Umeya, Keiji Kashima, Hideo Fujimura
  • Patent number: 6943784
    Abstract: A control circuit of panel brightness is disclosed. After a user adjusts a brightness volume control, the brightness volume control will output an adjusting signal. The control circuit of this invention includes a pre-stage circuit, a first brightness control circuit, and a second brightness control circuit. The pre-stage circuit is fro receiving a darkness-adjusting signal, a brightness-adjusting signal, and an enable signal. A first brightness value outputted from the first brightness control circuit can be the first brightness value of the previous time point plus or minus a interval. A second brightness value outputted from the second brightness control circuit can be the second brightness value of the previous time point plus or minus a interval. The first brightness value and the second brightness value are for adjusting panel brightness. The circuit of this invention is simple, easy to design, and less cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hubert Kuo, Yu-Bin Cho
  • Patent number: 6905902
    Abstract: A VVA mode LCD has a liquid crystal (LC) layer of a negative dielectric anisotropy between lower and upper substrates. A pixel electrode is formed on the lower substrate. A color resin layer is formed on the upper substrate and has a V-shaped valley and jagged valleys, which are perpendicular to and shallower in depth than the V-shaped valley. A counter electrode is formed on the color resin layer and has a V-shaped valley and jagged valleys perpendicular to the V-shaped valleys. A first vertical orientation layer is formed between the pixel electrode and the LC layer. A second vertical orientation layer is formed between the counter electrode and the LC layer. First and second polarizers are attached to the outer and inner faces of the upper and lower substrates, respectively. The polarization axis of each intersects. The jagged valleys are provided to the V-shaped valleys via halftone exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Boe Hydis Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Wook Shin, Sang Un Choi, Seung Ho Hong, Jung Ho Ma
  • Patent number: 6876412
    Abstract: A light control device and an imaging device suitable for the effective and stabilized driving of a Guest-Host type liquid crystal element. A light control device (23) which is provided with a light controlling GH cell (12) and a UV cut filter (65) provided on the light incident side of the GH cell (12), and which is therefore reduced significantly in the quantity of ultraviolet ray applied to the GH cell (12), thereby preventing the photodecompositon or photodegradation of materials constituting a liquid crystal layer in the GH cell (12); and an imaging device such as a CCD camera (50) having this light control device disposed on the optical path thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Udaka, Keiichi Nito, Toshiharu Yanagida, Masaru Kawabata
  • Patent number: 6864130
    Abstract: A crystallization method includes forming a black matrix layer that absorbs external light on an insulating substrate, wherein an upper region of the black matrix layer comprises a catalyst for silicon crystallization, patterning the black matrix layer, forming an amorphous silicon thin film on the insulating substrate and the black matrix layer, and thermally processing the amorphous silicon thin film for crystallization. A thin film transistor formed using the crystallization method has improved properties as a continuous metal-induced crystallization region and a metal-induced lateral crystallization region are formed therein without a definite boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Bon Koo, Ji-Yong Park, Sang-Il Park
  • Patent number: 6862013
    Abstract: On a termination side of each scanning line is provided a charging switching element and a discharging switching element in parallel with each other, the charging switching element having a gate electrode which is connected with one end of a scanning auxiliary line, the other end of which is connected to a scanning line of the same stage, the discharging switching element having a gate electrode which is connected with one end of a scanning auxiliary line, the other end of which is connected to a scanning line of the following stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Takeuchi, Nobuyoshi Nagashima, Naofumi Kondo, Kazuyori Mitsumoto
  • Patent number: 6859194
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display apparatus including: a substrate; another substrate arranged opposite the substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the two substrates, and a plurality of pixels forming a display section, in which each of the pixels is provided with a first and a second pixel electrodes corresponding to the pixel, and a common electrode corresponding to the first and second pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Aoyama, Shinichi Komura, Yuka Utsumi
  • Patent number: 6847097
    Abstract: Improved method of heat-treating a glass substrate, especially where the substrate is thermally treated (such as formation of films, growth of films, and oxidation) around or above its strain point If devices generating heat are formed on the substrate, it dissipates the heat well. An aluminum nitride film is formed on at least one surface of the substrate. This aluminum nitride film acts as a heat sink and prevents local concentration of heat produced by the devices such as TFTs formed on the glass substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukada, Mitsunori Sakama, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20040233347
    Abstract: The invention relates to various materials and their use in applications which exploit the triboluminescent effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Ian C Sage, Wendy H Howie, Ian D Brotherston
  • Publication number: 20040218112
    Abstract: In an active matrix semiconductor display device in which pixel TFTs and driver circuit TFT are formed on the same substrate in an integral manner, the cell gap is controlled by gap retaining members that are disposed between a pixel area and driver circuit areas. This makes it possible to provide a uniform cell thickness profile over the entire semiconductor display device. Further, since conventional grainy spacers are not used, stress is not imposed on the driver circuit TFTs when a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate are bonded together. This prevents the driver circuit TFTs from being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Takeshi Nishi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6813082
    Abstract: The wavefront aberrator of the present invention includes a pair of transparent windows, or plates, separated by a layer of monomers and polymerization initiator, including a broad class of epoxies. This monomer exhibits a variable index of refraction across the layer, resulting from controlling the extent of its curing. Curing of the epoxy may be made by exposure to light, such as ultraviolet light. The exposure to light may be varied across the surface of the epoxy to create a particular and unique refractive index profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Ophthonix, inc.
    Inventor: Donald G. Bruns
  • Publication number: 20040201790
    Abstract: A VVA mode LCD has a liquid crystal (LC) layer of a negative dielectric anisotropy between lower and upper substrates. A pixel electrode is formed on the lower substrate. A color resin layer is formed on the upper substrate and has a V-shaped valley and jagged valleys, which are perpendicular to and shallower in depth than the V-shaped valley. A counter electrode is formed on the color resin layer and has a V-shaped valley and jagged valleys perpendicular to the V-shaped valleys. A first vertical orientation layer is formed between the pixel electrode and the LC layer. A second vertical orientation layer is formed between the counter electrode and the LC layer. First and second polarizers are attached to the outer and inner faces of the upper and lower substrates, respectively. The polarization axis of each intersects. The jagged valleys are provided to the V-shaped valleys via halftone exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Seong Wook Shin, Sang Un Choi, Seung Ho Hong, Jung Ho Ma
  • Patent number: 6801195
    Abstract: A connecting substrate 23 of a liquid crystal display device 10 is supported by a first support member 41 and a second support member 43 and a first shield plate 31 is separated from a second shield plate 34 by a predetermined distance capable of restricting unnecessary electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamasa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6796663
    Abstract: A device package has a bezel attached to a carrier. The bezel extends toward a surface of an optical component to which a device mounted in the carrier is attached. The bezel extends in a direction and to a distance that allows the bezel to act as a guide for a dislodging tool. The dislodging tool is guided to an interface where an adhesive attaches the device to the optical component. Preferably, the device is a microdisplay attached to a prism assembly. The bezel may also be used to attach the device package to the optical component with either an air gap or a liquid coupling the microdisplay (and/or an optical stack) and the optical component. An air bladder, air bubble, or tube device is included in the liquid coupling to accommodate expansion of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: LightMaster Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Detro, Arthur Berman
  • Publication number: 20040179148
    Abstract: An optical element which is capable of varying an optical characteristic thereof using a polymer dispersive liquid crystal and usable as a vari-focal lens element, a vari-focal diffractive optical element, a variable declination prism or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko Nishioka, Koji Ishizaki, Masahiro Kaburaki
  • Patent number: 6768524
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD cushion for a wireless mobile communications terminal, intervened between an LCD and an outer case to resiliently support the LCD against the outer case. The LCD cushion is manufactured by impregnating contractible fibers with a conductive material to prepare functional fabric pieces having shock absorbability and conductivity including a horizontal resistance of no greater than 1.0 &OHgr; and a vertical resistance of no greater than 1.0 &OHgr;, integrally laminating selected functional fabric pieces into 1 to 4 layers having a total thickness of no greater than 1 mm using a conductive sticking agent, and then heat-fusion finishing an upper surface and inner cut edges of the resultant laminated combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Sung Suk Ju
  • Patent number: 6762082
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in the prior art has been high in its manufacturing cost for the reason that TFTs have been fabricated using, at least, five photo-masks. A liquid crystal display device which includes a pixel TFT portion having an n-channel TFT of inverse stagger type, and a retention capacitor, can be realized by three photolithographic steps in such a way that a pixel electrode 119, a source region 117 and a drain region 116 are formed by a third photo-mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Setsuo Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20040125265
    Abstract: A crystallization method includes forming a black matrix layer that absorbs external light on an insulating substrate, wherein an upper region of the black matrix layer comprises a catalyst for silicon crystallization, patterning the black matrix layer, forming an amorphous silicon thin film on the insulating substrate and the black matrix layer, and thermally processing the amorphous silicon thin film for crystallization. A thin film transistor formed using the crystallization method has improved properties as a continuous metal-induced crystallization region and a metal-induced lateral crystallization region are formed therein without a definite boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Bon Koo, Ji-Yong Park, Sang-Il Park
  • Publication number: 20040119905
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display, in accordance with the present invention, includes a first substrate having a thin film transistor and a first electrode formed thereon. The first electrode is electrically connected to the thin film transistor. A first insulating layer is formed on the first substrate including the thin film transistor and the first electrode and a window is formed in the first insulating layer, the window exposing a predetermined region of the first electrode. A second electrode is provided on the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the first electrode. A second substrate includes a third electrode formed thereon. A first gap is formed between a surface of the third electrode and a surface of the predetermined region of the first electrode, and a second gap is formed between the surface of the third electrode and a surface of the second electrode. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first gap and the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Kyu Jang, Jae-Hyun Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Jae-Young Lee, Sung-Eun Cha, Young-Nam Yun
  • Publication number: 20040109103
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device capable of realizing a viewing angle equivalent to the Braun tube and for controlling display with an electric field in parallel with a substrate surface, a liquid crystal display device is provided which is less in unevenness of display and homogeneous in luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyuki Ota, Sukekazu Aratani, Makoto Yoneya
  • Patent number: 6738038
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structure combining a touch controller with an LCD module controller in an LCD integrated with a touch panel, which can avoid a limitation on fitting space of the touch controller by integrating the touch controller and the LCD module controller on one printed circuit board (PCB) and improve signal line connection between the touch panel and the touch controller, to allow fabrication of a thinner LCD with the touch panel. The present invention provides a structure of combining a touch controller with an LCD module controller in an LCD integrated with a touch panel, the LCD having the touch panel, an LCD module, and a back light, including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) on a rear surface of the back light, having the LCD module controller, and the touch controller integrated with the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee Jung Hong
  • Publication number: 20040085490
    Abstract: Liquid crystal mixture comprising one or several compounds of formula (I) wherein R1: is H or a linear or branched alkyl group of 1 to 20 or a linear or branched alkenyl group of 2 to 20 C atoms, wherein in either case optionally one —CH2— group being replaced by cyclohexylen-1,4-diyl, or one or two —CH2— groups optionally being replaced by —O—, if non-adjacent to N, or by —C(═O)—, —Si(CH3)2—; and/or one or more H of the alkyl or alkenyl group optionally being replaced by F or CH3 R2: stands for a) H or F b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Ji Li, Toshiaki Nonaka, Ayako Ogawa, Barbara Hornung, Hans-Rolf Dubal, Wolfgang Schmidt, Rainer Wingen