Liquid Crystal Component Patents (Class 438/30)
  • Patent number: 9177971
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a gate line extending in a first direction on the substrate, a data line extending in a second direction on the substrate and intersecting the gate line, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, an insulating layer on the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor, a first auxiliary line on the insulating layer and connected to the gate line, a second auxiliary line on the insulating layer and connected to the data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Uk Lim, Se-Hyoung Cho, Mee-Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9171864
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a gate metal pattern including a gate line disposed on a base substrate and a gate electrode electrically connected with the gate line, an active pattern entirely overlapped with the gate metal pattern and comprising an oxide semiconductor and a data metal pattern disposed on the active pattern and including a data line, a source electrode electrically connected with the gate line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode. The active pattern has an overlapped region in which the active pattern is overlapped with the source electrode and the drain electrode and an exposed region in which the active pattern is not overlapped with the source electrode and the drain electrode. The thickness of the overlapping region and a thickness of the exposing region are same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinxing Li, Do-Hyun Kim, Chan-Woo Yang, Jeong-Ju Park, Jun-Hyun Park, Xun Zhu
  • Patent number: 9165830
    Abstract: An array substrate, a method of fabricating the same, and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The method comprises: sequentially forming a first transparent conductive material layer, an insulation material layer, a semiconductor material layer and a photoresist layer on a substrate base and forming patterns including a gate line, a gate, a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor layer and a first transparent electrode by patterning process; forming a passivation layer and forming a source via and a drain via connected to the semiconductor layer in the passivation layer; sequentially forming a second transparent conductive material layer and a source-drain metal layer and forming patterns including a source, a drain and a second transparent electrode by patterning process, the gate insulation layer is formed only on the gate and the gate line, the source and the drain include stacked second transparent conductive material layer and source-drain metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongyeol Yoo, Youngsuk Song, Heecheol Kim, Seungjin Choi
  • Patent number: 9159291
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device performs display by changing the number of gray scales depending on external light intensity, and switches the display mode in accordance with a content to be displayed on a display. By controlling a display mode-specific video signal generation circuit depending on external light intensity, an inputted video signal is outputted as an analog value, is outputted with a digital value of a binary, or is outputted with a multiple digital value. As a result, display gradation of a pixel changes timely. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, a display device which secures visibility can be obtained in a wide range from under fluorescent light in a dark place or indoor to under outdoor sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Patent number: 9115287
    Abstract: According to a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate, a composition including a metal oxalate and a solvent for manufacturing an oxide semiconductor is coated to form a thin film, the thin film is annealed, and the thin film is patterned to form a semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon-Taek Jeong, Bo-Sung Kim, Doo-Hyoung Lee, Doo-Na Kim, Eun-Hye Park, Dong-Lim Kim, Hyun-Jae Kim, You-Seung Rim, Hyun-Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 9099651
    Abstract: A donor substrate includes a base layer, a light-to-heat conversion layer disposed on the base layer, a buffer layer disposed on the light-to-heat conversion layer and a transfer layer disposed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a cross-linked polymer, a spacer polymer bonded to the cross-linked polymer, and a perfluoroalkyl alcohol group bonded to the spacer polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YoungGil Kwon
  • Patent number: 9092187
    Abstract: An aluminum oxide ceramic is formed into a sapphire component for an electronic device. Indicia are embedded into at least one major surface of the component, for example by ion implantation, where ions are fixed into a subsurface pattern layer. The subsurface pattern layer defines the indicia by altering an optical or chromatic property of the aluminum oxide material, so that the indicia are visible from an external surface of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Kelvin Kwong
  • Patent number: 9087904
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor includes: a gate electrode above a substrate; a gate insulating layer above the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer opposed to the gate electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween; a protective layer above the semiconductor layer and comprising an organic material; and a source electrode and a drain electrode each of which has at least a portion located above the protective layer. The protective layer includes an altered layer which has at least a portion contacting the semiconductor layer, and which is generated by alteration of a surface layer of the protective layer in a region exposed from the source electrode and the drain electrode. A relational expression of Log10 Nt?0.0556?+16.86 is satisfied where Nt (cm?3) represents a defect density of the semiconductor layer and ? (°) represents a taper angle of an edge portion of the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Kishida, Eiichi Satoh, Takahiro Kawashima
  • Patent number: 9082704
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has a cover film (5), between a memory cell (gate electrode 4, and source and drain regions 2a and 2b) and an interlayer insulating film (6), the cover film covering the memory cell, wherein the cover film (5) has a hydrogen storage film (5a) that is a coating film on a surface of a silicon nitride film (5b), and in addition, has a hydrogen storage film (5c) on a bottom surface of the silicon nitride film (5b). The hydrogen storage films (5a and 5b) are silicon nitride oxide films that include Si2N2O. By suppressing diffusion of hydrogen atoms to a memory cell from an interlayer insulating film, reliability of operation of the memory cell is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shien Cho
  • Patent number: 9069213
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween, columnar spacers having the substantially equal height formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, and the columnar spacers include the columnar spacer which is contact with a liquid-crystal-side surface of another substrate and the columnar spacer which is not contact with the liquid-crystal-side surface of another substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Ashizawa, Mitsuo Nakatani, Hiroaki Miwa, Takao Tanaka, Sadafumi Hirai, Shinichi Kawabe, Makoto Sasaki, Kazuyuki Ito, Masahiro Ieda
  • Patent number: 9064905
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer on the substrate, the oxide semiconductor layer including an active area and source and drain areas at both sides of the active area; a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode sequentially on the active area of the oxide semiconductor layer; an inter insulating layer on the gate electrode and having first and second semiconductor contact holes that expose the source and drain areas respectively; and source and drain electrodes on the inter insulating layer and contacting the source and drain areas through the first and second semiconductor contact holes, respectively, wherein the first and second semiconductor contact holes are disposed in two regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Young Jeong, Young-Jang Lee, Bok-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9054195
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an array substrate and a method for fabricating the same. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the base substrate; the array substrate also comprising: a buffer layer formed on the substrate between the substrate and the film transistors; wherein, the buffer layer is a metal oxide film layer. Embodiments of the present application also provide a display device having such array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Liu, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 9048327
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a microcrystalline semiconductor film having a thickness of more than or equal to 70 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm and including a crystal grain partly projecting from a surface of the microcrystalline semiconductor film. The crystal grain has an orientation plane and includes a crystallite having a size of 13 nm or more. Further, the film density of the microcrystalline semiconductor film is higher than or equal to 2.25 g/cm3 and lower than or equal to 2.35 g/cm3, preferably higher than or equal to 2.30 g/cm3 and lower than or equal to 2.33 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Takashi Ienaga, Ryu Komatsu, Erika Kato, Ryota Tajima, Yasuhiro Jinbo
  • Patent number: 9048160
    Abstract: Embodiments of radiographic imaging systems; radiography detectors and methods for using the same; and/or fabrication methods therefore can include radiographic imaging array that can include a plurality of pixels that each include a photoelectric conversion element coupled to a thin-film switching element. In certain exemplary embodiments, thin-film switching element is a metal oxide (e.g., a-IGZO) TFT manufactured using a reduce photolithography mask counts. In certain exemplary embodiments, the thin-film switching element is a metal oxide (e.g., a-IGZO) TFT that includes reduced lower alignment tolerances between TFT electrodes. In certain exemplary embodiments, the thin-film switching element is a metal oxide (e.g., a-IGZO) TFT including a reduced thickness active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Hsin Chang, Ravi K. Mruthyunjaya, Timothy J. Tredwell
  • Publication number: 20150146124
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display includes: providing a lower mother substrate including a plurality of lower panels including thin film transistors and coated with a lower alignment layer, providing an upper mother substrate including a plurality of upper panels respectively corresponding to the plurality of lower panels and coated with an upper alignment layer, forming a mother substrate assembly by forming a liquid crystal mixture layer including a liquid crystal between the lower mother substrate and the upper mother substrate and combining the lower mother substrate and the upper mother substrate, dividing each upper panel into a first region, a second region, and a third region by forming three cutting lines for each upper panel at the upper mother substrate of the mother substrate assembly; applying a voltage to the first region and the third region of the upper mother substrate that is not covered by the lower mother substrate and exposed to pretilt the liquid crystal, and irradiating
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: JANG-IL KIM, SEI-YONG PARK, YEO GEON YOON, SUNG HEE HONG
  • Publication number: 20150140709
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate having an alignment film formed thereon, an opposing substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. The alignment film on the TFT substrate includes a photolytic polymer made from a first precursor including cyclobutane, and a non-photolytic polymer made from a second precursor. The method includes the steps of depositing a mixture material including the first precursor and the second precursor in which the second precursor settles more on an upper surface of the TFT substrate than the first precursor, imidizing the mixture material, and irradiating the mixture material with ultraviolet light for photo-alignment, and after irradiating, heating the mixture material to form the alignment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Noboru KUMIMATSU, Chikae MATSUI, Hidehiro SONODA, Yuko MATSUMOTO, Shoichi UCHINO, Masaki MATSUMORI, Yasushi TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 9036115
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal module and a polarizer stacked with each other. The polarizer includes a polarizing layer, a transparent conductive layer and at least two driving-sensing electrodes. The polarizing layer and the transparent conductive layer are stacked with each other. The at least two driving-sensing electrodes are spaced from each other and electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: TIANJIN FUNAYUANCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Chien Wu
  • Patent number: 9035311
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The OLED display device includes a substrate having a thin film transistor region and a capacitor region, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a lower capacitor electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer in the capacitor region, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate, and an upper capacitor electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and facing the lower capacitor electrode, wherein regions of each of the buffer layer, the gate insulating layer, the interlayer insulating layer, the lower capacitor electrode, and the upper capacitor electrode have surfaces in which protrusions having the same shape as grain boundaries of the semiconductor layer are formed. The resultant capacitor has an increased surface area, and therefore, an increased capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Keon Park, Tae-Hoon Yang, Jin-Wook Seo, Soo-Beom Jo, Dong-Hyun Lee, Kil-Won Lee, Maxim Lisachenko, Yun-Mo Chung, Bo-Kyung Choi, Jong-Ryuk Park, Ki-Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20150131042
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate and a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate. A pixel electrode is connected to the thin film transistor. A roof layer faces the pixel electrode. A plurality of microcavities are disposed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer. A first microcavity is filled with a liquid crystal material. A first injection hole and a second injection hole are disposed at edges of the first microcavity. A height of the first and second injection holes are different. A plurality of grooves extending in a first direction are disposed between the plurality of microcavities. An alignment material layer is disposed on at least one of the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Ju YUN, Soo Jung Lee, Jung Wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20150131018
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor on the first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate and connected to the thin film transistor, a second substrate facing the first substrate, color filters on the first substrate or the second substrate, a black matrix between the color filters on the first substrate or the second substrate, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and on the first substrate or the second substrate, a second electrode conductive line on the black matrix, a spacer which is between the first substrate and the second substrate and supports the first substrate and the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spacer is electrically connected to the second electrode and the second electrode conductive line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Yeon-Mun JEON, Yi-Seop SHIM, Zhang-Soon JANG, Sung-Man KIM, Yu-Jin LEE, Young-Je CHO
  • Publication number: 20150124189
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device which uses transparent conductive films as common wirings, the common wirings have common metal wirings, including metal wirings extending in a vertical direction and metal wirings extending in a horizontal direction in a mesh-like form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Saori SUGIYAMA, Yuji MAEDE
  • Publication number: 20150124180
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first display panel and a second display panel which are opposite to each other, a driving unit connection line which is formed in the first display panel, a driving circuit portion which is connected to the driving unit connection line, a backlight unit which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the first display panel, a polarizer which is disposed on a surface of the second display panel and overlaps the driving unit connection line and the driving circuit portion, and a reinforcement unit that overlaps the driving unit connection line, and the polarizer may be disposed on the reinforcement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Sang Hwan LEE, Young Dae SONG, Jae-Hwan JEON, Yong Woo KIM, Sung-Dong PARK, Hyeok-Tae KWON, Joo-Yeon WON, Chong Guk LEE, Byung Goo JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150116616
    Abstract: In the first substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of gate lines that extend along the row direction, a plurality of data lines that extend along the column direction, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of thin film transistors that are placed respectively in association with a plurality of pixels that are formed in the row direction and the column direction, and an alignment film, are formed, and the thickness of the alignment film in an edge-part area, which is an area of a predetermined width from an edge part of an image display area that is formed with the plurality of pixels, is thinner than the thickness of the alignment film in the center part of the image display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori HISAKABE, Hiroshi TSUTSUMI, Hayami TABIRA
  • Publication number: 20150116637
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor; a roof layer facing the pixel electrode; a plurality of microcavities formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, each microcavity including liquid crystal materials; a trench formed between the microcavities; and a buffer region formed at an end portion of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gyun Kim, Woo Yong Sung, Tae Woon Cha
  • Publication number: 20150116640
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal component, a method for fabricating the same, and a liquid crystal display having the same. The liquid crystal component includes a COA structure including a TFT and a multilayer color film configured on the TFT, a common electrode located above the COA structure, a capacitor electrode configured between the common electrode and the COA structure, and an insulating layer configured between the common electrode and the capacitor electrode. The capacitor electrode includes a lateral section located between an upper portion of the multilayer color film and the common electrode and an extending section extending from one end of the lateral section and covering a side portion of the multilayer color film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuan Xiong
  • Publication number: 20150109566
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a substrate including a reflective area and a transmissive area, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor, and a roof layer disposed facing the pixel electrode. The liquid crystal display further includes a plurality of microcavities formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and a liquid crystal material disposed in the plurality of microcavities. The reflective area includes a first cell gap, and the transmissive area includes a second cell gap that is different from the first cell gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Ju YUN, Byeong-Hee WON
  • Publication number: 20150103282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) having a semiconductive layer formed on the substrate and source and drain electrodes formed on the semiconductive layer; an interlayer insulating layer formed on the thin film transistor and formed with a contact hole partially exposing the drain electrode; a first light blocking structure-forming layer covering the contact hole and connected to the drain electrode; a second light blocking structure-forming layer formed on the first light blocking structure-forming layer; a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating layer; and a common electrode disposed to face the pixel electrode, wherein at least one microcavity having a respective liquid crystal injection hole is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and the microcavity is filled to contain therein a liquid crystal layer portion formed of liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Je Hyeong PARK, Kyung Seop KIM, Hyung June KIM, Tae Kyung YIM, Ki Pyo HONG
  • Patent number: 9004660
    Abstract: An ink supply device for an inkjet recording apparatus including a back pressure tank 21, a distribution tank 12, a plurality of ink opening/closing electromagnetic valves 13, and a plurality of recording heads 14, in which the distribution tank 12 is connected to the back pressure tank 21 via an ink supply path 24, the plurality of ink opening/closing electromagnetic valves 13 is directly attached to the distribution tank 12 while being connected to the plurality of recording heads 14 via a distribution supply pipe 15 and the distribution tank 12 contains a humidification heater 71 for humidifying ink and a temperature sensor 72.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Akira Ishikawa, Wataru Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20150092149
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate; and an insulating layer disposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, in which at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode includes a plurality of slit electrodes defined by a plurality of cutouts defined therein, and a width of a slit electrode of the slit electrodes, a distance between the slit electrodes, and a thickness of the insulating layer satisfy the following in equation: 0.01x?0.2y+0.31?L/P?0.01x?0.2y+0.41, L denotes the width of the slit electrode, P denotes the distance between the slit electrodes, x denotes a value of the distance between the slit electrodes in micrometers, and y denotes a value of the thickness of the insulating layer in micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke INOUE, Mi Suk KIM, Tae Ho KIM, Si Heun KIM, So Youn PARK, Keun Chan OH, Chang-Hun LEE
  • Publication number: 20150092144
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided that includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a protection layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the protection layer; an alignment layer disposed on the second electrode; and a roof layer facing the second electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities are formed between the second electrode and the roof layer, the microcavities include a liquid crystal material, and the alignment layer includes a photo-alignment material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Keun LEE, Suk Hoon KANG, Sang Il KIM, Yeun Tae KIM, Dong Youb OH, Mi Hwa LEE, Woo Jae LEE, Jun Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20150092136
    Abstract: A disclosed liquid crystal display includes a substrate with a gate electrode, a gate insulation film, an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a first passivation film formed on the substrate. An organic insulation film having a first contact hole and a common electrode having a second contact hole are formed on the first passivation film using a single mask. The display also includes a second passivation film on the common electrode, and a pixel electrode on the second passivation film and connected to the drain electrode via the contact hole through the second passivation film. The top surface of the organic insulation film adjacent to a side edge of the organic insulation film is uncovered by the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minjoo KIM, Soyoung NOH, Yongil KIM, Taehwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20150092131
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor, a roof layer facing the pixel electrode, and at least one partition wall disposed along an edge of the substrate, in which a plurality of microcavities is formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and the plurality of microcavities includes a liquid crystal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: A Ram Lee, Seung-Yeon Chae, Sang Gun Choi, Ha-Young Park, Tae-Woon Cha, Se Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20150092130
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor comprising one or more terminals and disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to one of the terminals of the thin film transistor; and a roof layer disposed to face the pixel electrode, wherein a microcavity is formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, the microcavity including a liquid crystal material, wherein a plurality of microcavities are disposed along a first row and a second row adjacent to each other, a trench is formed between the first row and the second row, and at least one bridge connecting the first row and the second row is disposed at the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Sub Lee, Tae Gyun Kim, Woo Yong Sung, Nak Cho Choi, Sang Gun Choi, Si Kwang Kim, Tae Woon Cha
  • Publication number: 20150084018
    Abstract: A display panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided, and the display panel (100) comprises: a first substrate (11); a second substrate (12), arranged parallel to the first substrate; an anode/cathode (41), formed on the first substrate; a cathode/anode (42), formed on the second substrate; a first alignment layer (31), provided on the anode/cathode and comprising a plurality of first sub-alignment layers (311) having a first alignment direction and a plurality of second sub-alignment layers (312) having a second alignment direction alternately arranged in a first direction, and a angle between the first alignment direction and the second alignment direction being 90 degrees; a second alignment layer (32), provided on the cathode/anode and comprising a plurality of third sub-alignment layers (323) having the first alignment direction and a plurality of fourth sub-alignment layers (324) having the second alignment direction alternately arranged in the first direction, and the first sub-alignment layer
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Chunmiao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150085219
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a TFT-LCD array substrate manufacturing method: a) forming a gate electrode, a gate electrode insulator layer, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a passivation layer, and a passivation layer via on top of the drain electrode on a glass substrate; b) depositing an ITO film on the glass substrate processed by the step a), removing through exposure and development the photo resist in a TFT area outside the passivation layer via and a part of the photo resist in a pixel area where gaps are to be formed, and revealing the ITO film outside the passivation layer via in the TFT area; c) removing a remaining photo resist in the pixel area where gaps are to be formed using a fourth dry etch, so that the ITO film on the gaps to be formed is revealed; d) removing the revealed ITO film using a third wet etch; and e) peeling the photo resist not yet removed, and forming an ITO electrode that is connected to the passivation layer via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Chai
  • Publication number: 20150085237
    Abstract: A liquid crystal photoalignment agent is provided. The liquid crystal photoalignment agent is a copolymer of a cyclobutane dianhydride (“CBDA”) and a CBDA derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Hoon KANG, Hoi-Lim KIM, Yeong Rong PARK, Mi Hwa LEE, Jun Woo LEE, Baek Kyun JEON
  • Patent number: 8988622
    Abstract: An OLED display includes an organic layer formed using a printing method. A method for manufacturing the OLED display includes: forming a pixel circuit on a substrate; forming a planarization layer on the substrate to cover the pixel circuit, where the planarization layer includes heat generation particles; forming a pixel electrode and a pixel defining layer on the planarization layer; forming an organic layer by discharging ink on the pixel electrode and drying the ink by generating heat from the heat generation particles through microwave irradiation; and forming a common electrode on the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Takii
  • Patent number: 8987743
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing a TFT array substrate, comprising: depositing a gate metal layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a source-drain electrode layer in this order on a base substrate, performing a first photolithograph process to form a common electrode line, a gate line, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a channel defined between the source electrode and the drain electrode; depositing a passivation layer, performing a second photolithograph process to form a first via hole and a second via hole in the passivation layer; and depositing a pixel electrode layer and a data line layer in this order, perform a third photolithograph process to form a data line connected to the source electrode through the first via hole and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the second via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Boe Optoelectroncis Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yunqi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8981390
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a signal line on the substrate; a signal input line on the substrate and connected to a driver; a first insulating layer between the signal line and the signal input line; a second insulating layer on the signal line, the signal input line and the first insulating layer; an organic layer on the second insulating layer; a first contact hole defined in the organic layer, the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and exposing the signal line; a second contact hole defined in the organic layer and the second insulating layer and exposing the signal input line; and a connecting member on the organic layer, and connecting the signal line and the signal input line to each other through the first contact hole and the second contact hole, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Kil Park, Hyun-Ho Kang, Yong Woo Hyung
  • Patent number: 8980665
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor whose electric characteristics are stable. In addition, it is another object to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device at low cost with high productivity. In a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor, a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor is formed with an oxide semiconductor layer to which a metal element is added. As the metal element, at least one of metal elements of iron, nickel, cobalt, copper, gold, manganese, molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, and tantalum is used. In addition, the oxide semiconductor layer contains indium, gallium, and zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata
  • Publication number: 20150070612
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, a middle layer including a transparent conductive material, and an upper layer including copper, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, and an upper layer including the transparent conductive material, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line and the pixel electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: O Sung SEO, Tae Kyung YIM, Hyun-Ho KANG, Hyung June KIM
  • Publication number: 20150072457
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display includes: forming a first alignment layer on a passivation layer and a pixel electrode to form a first display panel; forming a second alignment layer on a common electrode to form a second display panel; and combining the first and the second display panels, wherein formation of the first and second alignment layers includes spraying a first alignment mixture and second alignment mixture on, respectively, the first and second display panels using an inkjet head while moving the inkjet head across the first and second display panels to form a first alignment mixture layer and a second alignment mixture layer, and hardening the first and second alignment mixture layers, and spray progressing directions of the first and second alignment mixture are more than 7 degrees to less than 45 degrees with respect to the first substrate and the second substrate respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Hyeon Gu CHO
  • Patent number: 8975756
    Abstract: An electric terminal device is provided with glass substrate 11, glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15 formed on glass substrate 11, tape carrier packages 16a and 16b which are larger in thermal expansion rate than glass substrate 11, and tape-side electric terminals 21 provided to correspond to glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15. Tape-side electric terminals 21 include alignment terminals 25 to align with terminals at the outer most edges of glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15, and connecting terminals 26 electrically and mechanically connected to glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15 due to thermal expansion of tape carrier packages 16a and 16b by thermo-compression bonding on a condition that alignment terminals 25 of tape-side electric terminals 21 are aligned with the terminals of glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Central Inc.
    Inventor: Iwane Ichiyama
  • Publication number: 20150062511
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates joined to and facing each other, a TFT formed in each pixel of an active area on the first substrate, a first discharge line formed in a non-active area on the first substrate, a protective layer formed over the entire surface of the first substrate, including the TFT and the first discharge line, a second discharge line surrounding an outer region of the first discharge line in the non-active area on the first substrate, a plurality of contact holes passing through the protective layer to expose a portion of the first discharge line, a connection pattern branching from the second discharge line, and covering the respective contact holes, and an electrostatic discharge layer formed on the outside surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Chul SHIN, Beum-Sik CHO, Jung-Pil RYU, Haruhisa IIDA
  • Publication number: 20150062517
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display may include: a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a field generating electrode disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, an alignment layer disposed on the field generating electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The alignment layer may include a lower layer including an organic material and an upper layer disposed on the lower layer and including an inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Taek Joon LEE, Hyun Ku AHN, Jae Jin LYU
  • Patent number: 8969875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor substrate and method for fabricating the same which can secure an alignment margin and reduce the number of mask steps. A thin transistor substrate according to the present invention includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other to define a pixel, a gate metal pattern under the data line, a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode in the pixel, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor by a connection electrode, wherein the data line has a plurality of first slits to disconnect the gate metal pattern from the gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Hee Nam
  • Publication number: 20150055066
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes a first substrate which includes a transmissive area and a reflective area, a common electrode disposed on the first substrate, a pixel electrode overlapped with and insulated from the common electrode, and a reflective portion which is disposed on the reflective area and includes a lower electrode which includes a first transparent conductive material, a metal layer disposed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode disposed on the metal layer and including a second transparent conductive material different from the first transparent conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SungHoon YANG, JEANHO SONG, Bong-Kyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20150055074
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate and a first roof layer portion that is formed of a roof layer material and overlaps the substrate in a direction, the direction is perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. A lateral surface of the first roof layer portion is disposed in a plane. The display device may further a second roof layer portion formed of the roof layer material and separated from the first roof layer portion. The display device may further a common electrode portion disposed between the first roof layer portion and the substrate in the direction. A lateral surface of the common electrode portion is disposed in the plane or is spaced from the lateral surface of the first roof layer portion in a second direction parallel to the surface of the substrate. The display device may further a pixel electrode disposed between the first common electrode portion and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Ho LEE, Won Tae KIM, Sung Hwan WON, You Young JIN, Kyung Tae CHAE, Pil Sook KWON, Yong Seok KIM, Han Joon YOO, Seon Uk LEE, Woo Jae LEE, Tae Woo LIM
  • Patent number: 8964134
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate having a sensor electrode and a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a counter substrate facing the array substrate. The sensor electrode includes an electric conductive oxide layer, a first electric conductive layer arranged on the electric conductive oxide layer and formed of one metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), nickel (nickel), and chromium (Cr), and a second electric conductive layer arranged on the first electric conductive layer and formed of aluminum. The plurality of pixel electrodes is arranged on the sensor electrode in a matrix shape so as to face the electric conductive oxide layer. Each pixel electrode is provided with slits. The thickness of the first electric conductive layer is equal to or less than 10% of the thickness of the second electric conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo Naoe
  • Publication number: 20150049282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor; and a roof layer disposed to face the pixel electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities having respective liquid crystal injection holes are formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and the microcavities are filled with electrically orientatable liquid crystal molecules, wherein a light blocking layer disposed adjacent to the injection holes is formed and covering the thin film transistor, wherein the light blocking layer is covered by a passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeun Tae KIM, Koichi SUGITANI, Jung Wook LEE, Hoon KANG, Min Su KIM, Seon-Il KIM, Hee-Keun LEE