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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7072006 | Liquid crystal display device equipped with an improved backlight device A liquid crystal display device irradiates a light of a light source from a backside of a liquid crystal panel. A light-guiding plate provided under the liquid crystal panel guides the light of the light source to the liquid crystal panel by transmitting the light t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7038283 | Thin film transistor device, method of manufacturing the same and liquid crystal panel In a case of a liquid crystal display apparatus, a gate insulating film of a TFT driven at a low voltage (3.3 V or 5 V) is constituted by one insulating film, and a thickness thereof is set to, for example, 30 nm. This TFT has a structure in which LDD regions (low c... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6989808 | Driving of a liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a d.c. voltage source for producing a common voltage such that the common voltage is substantially equal to a central voltage of a bipolar voltage signal. ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6989811 | Liquid crystal display device and driving circuit thereof A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device includes driver output lines connected to outputs of a data line driver, m pieces of block selection signal lines for sequentially selecting m pieces of blocks, and data lines for supplying data to a display area.... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6977704 | Liquid crystal display The invention relates to a liquid crystal display based on an MVA mode of multi-division alignment in which alignment states of liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric anisotropy are made different from each other, and provides a liquid crystal display... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6952252 | Substrate for liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display utilizing the same It is an object of the invention to provide a substrate for a liquid crystal display having optical transmittance improved without reducing the speed of a response to a tone change and a liquid crystal display utilizing the same. There is provided a drain bus line f... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6939750 | Thin film transistor device and method of manufacturing the same A polysilicon film is formed in a predetermined region on a glass substrate, and then a gate insulating film and a gate electrode, whose width is narrower than the gate insulating film, are formed thereon. Then, an interlayer insulating film and an ITO film are form... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937300 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930736 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device and fabrication process thereof A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and carrying projections and depressions, a reflective electrode on the second substrate so as to cover the projections and depressions and in e... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930739 | Liquid crystal device The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display in multiple alignment or MVA mode in which liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy are aligned differently, and it is an object of the invention to provide a liquid crystal display havi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927418 | Thin film transistor substrate and manufacturing method thereof A thin film transistor substrate includes a transparent insulating substrate, a first thin film transistor that is formed on the transparent insulating substrate, and a second thin film transistor that is formed on the transparent insulating substrate. The second th... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927824 | Liquid crystal display device and thin film transistor substrate In a vertically aligned liquid crystal display device for controlling liquid crystal molecules alignment in voltage application by providing linear structures or linear slits consisting of a plurality of constituent units to at least one of a pair of substrates havi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919933 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same In a semiconductor circuit in a display device, there are provided a first gate electrode of a first MOS transistor formed on a semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film, a second gate electrode of a second MOS transistor formed on the semiconductor layer via t... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914643 | Liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display provided with an electrostatic protection element and an object of the present invention is to provide the liquid crystal display provided with superior redundancy and at the same time a sufficient protection... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903796 | Liquid crystal display device using photo-cured product formed of photo-curing composition having liquid crystal skeletal structure and production method thereof In an MVA mode liquid crystal display device, a concentration of a photo-cured product by a photo-curing composition having a liquid skeletal structure for liquid crystal molecules upon spray or bend deformation is set to 0.3 to 3 wt %. The liquid crystal skeletal s... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903791 | Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal orientation method A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direc... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903787 | Liquid crystal display device's substrate, liquid crystal display device including the same, and manufacturing method of the same The invention relates to a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device in which an alignment direction of a liquid crystal molecule at the time of driving is regulated by using a polymer, and has an object to provide a manufacturing method of a liquid cr... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902285 | Display apparatus and backlight apparatus A display apparatus comprises a display element, a backlight apparatus provided behind the display element and having a metal case, and a housing accommodating the display element and the backlight apparatus. In the display apparatus, electric wires for providing po... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900787 | Timing control circuit, an image display apparatus, and an evaluation method of the image display apparatus A timing control circuit provides at least a driver control signal and a display data signal to a driver circuit of a display panel such that a predetermined image is displayed on the display panel, dispensing with an external source providing the signals, thereby a... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6900868 | Liquid crystal display device A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including vertical alignment layers formed on the substrates. The alignment layer having a polymer realizing vertical alignment is formed on the substrate an unpolarized ultraviolet light is then irradiated in ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6900464 | Thin film transistor device and method of manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display device The present invention relates to a thin film transistor device formed on an insulating substrate of a liquid crystal display device and others, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display device. In structure, there are provided the steps of for... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6897479 | ITO film contact structure, TFT substrate and manufacture thereof A conductive film made of Al or alloy containing Al as a main component is formed on an underlying substrate. An upper conductive film is disposed on the conductive film. A first opening is formed through the upper conductive film. An insulating film is disposed on ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6897919 | Liquid-crystal display device having a shield shielding an electromagnetic wave radiated from one of a driver and an electrode lead-out line A liquid-crystal display device is provided. The liquid-crystal display device comprises a first substrate having a pixel electrode, a signal line, a scanning line, and a driver driving one of the signal line and the scanning line, a second substrate opposing the fi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6897924 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device and fabrication process thereof A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and carrying projections and depressions, a reflective electrode on the second substrate so as to cover the projections and depressions and in e... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6897929 | Liquid crystal display device and thin flim transistor substrate In a vertically aligned liquid crystal display device for controlling liquid crystal molecules alignment in voltage application by providing linear structures or linear slits consisting of a plurality of constituent units to at least one of a pair of substrates havi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6894669 | Display control device of liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device An operational unit determines, for subfield(s) other than a last subfield of a plurality of subfields constituting a single frame period, based on a difference determined by a data comparison unit, exceeded display data for setting the transmittance of each pixel t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894742 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including the steps of forming a liquid crystal layer by filling a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable monomer into a gap between a pair of substrates having electrodes; and polymerizing the m... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894741 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6891576 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal panel and manufacturing system of the same A substrate is plotted into a plurality of blocks, and each block is plotted into one or a plurality of device-forming regions. By using a first manufacturing line, a conductive film, an insulating film and a semiconductor film which constitute TFT are formed in the... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6888602 | Liquid crystal display device and thin film transistor substrate In a vertically aligned liquid crystal display device for controlling liquid crystal molecules alignment in voltage application by providing linear structures or linear slits consisting of a plurality of constituent units to at least one of a pair of substrates havi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6887744 | Method of forming a thin film transistor substrate with a interconnection electrode A thin film transistor substrate including a semiconductor layer having a source region and a drain region, an insulating film and a gate electrode which are formed on the semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating film which is a film stack with mutually differe... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6882388 | Reflection type liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, wherein light having an exposure energy is irradiated on the surface of a photo-sensitive resin layer having a predetermined film thickness, and a distribution of thermal deformation... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6882393 | Multidomain vertically aligned liquid crystal display device A pair of substrates is disposed in parallel at a gap distance therebetween. Liquid crystal material containing liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy is filled in between the substrates. The liquid crystal molecules are homeotropically align... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879364 | Liquid crystal display apparatus having alignment control for brightness and response A liquid crystal display apparatus including a pair of substrates having electrodes and vertical alignment layers. A liquid crystal having a negative anisotropy of dielectric is inserted between the substrates. Each substrate has linearly arranged alignment control ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6876422 | Liquid-crystal display unit having a third board having at least one of a signal-line drive circuit and a scanning-line drive circuit A liquid-crystal display unit is provided. The liquid-crystal display unit comprises a first board having a signal line, a scanning line and a pixel electrode, a second board having a common electrode, a liquid-crystal layer provided between the first board and the ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6873378 | Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel of the active matrix drive type is disclosed. Each pixel is provided with an storage capacitor, wherein capacitors for stabilizing the voltage are added to the common storage capacitor bus line that applies a predetermined potential to... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6872978 | CMOS-type thin film semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same In the fabrication of a CMOS-TFT, non-selectively doping (for both of p- and n-type TFTs) and selectively doping (only for the n-type TFT) with p-type impurities (B: boron) are successively performed at very low concentrations to control the threshold voltages (Vthp... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6873388 | Substrate for liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display having the same, and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display that forms a part of a display of an information apparatus and a liquid crystal display having the same. The invention provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display which contributes to suppressio... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6870594 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal panel and manufacturing system of the same A substrate is plotted into a plurality of blocks, and each block is plotted into one or a plurality of device-forming regions. By using a first manufacturing line, a conductive film, an insulating film and a semiconductor film which constitute TFT are formed in the... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6870582 | Liquid crystal display device having hooks for assembling members thereof A liquid crystal display device includes first and second frame members, between which a light source device, a metal body supporting the light source device, a frame-like cover covering the peripheral region of the light source device, and a liquid crystal display ... | 03/22/2005 |
