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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098917 | Automatically updating a geometric model A computer implemented method for automatically updating a geometric model of an object of interest includes determining, automatically, a region of the geometric model for updating according to a update parameter, acquiring data at the region, extracting features f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8027016 | Panel for a liquid crystal display and method of forming the same A panel for a liquid crystal display including a substrate, and at least one spacer formed over the substrate. The at least one spacer has a tapered shape with an inclination angle in the range of about 20- about 70 degrees and a height in the range of about 2.5- ab... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026759 | Multistage amplifying circuit A multistage amplifying circuit includes a first amplifying circuit that either samples a first analog voltage input or amplifies a difference between the first analog voltage and a first digital voltage converted from the first analog voltage, in response to a cont... | 09/27/2011 |
| RE42670 | Thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display A thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, and a gate line assembly formed on the substrate. The gate line assembly has a double-layered structure with a lower layer exhibiting good contact characteristics with re... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7929088 | Liquid crystal displays A liquid crystal display comprises two parallel spaced substrates and a liquid crystal layer with negative dielectric anisotropy interposed between the substrates. The ratio d/p, the cell gap d between the substrates to the pitch p of the liquid crystal layer, is eq... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7834967 | Liquid crystal displays A liquid crystal display comprises two parallel spaced substrates and a liquid crystal layer with negative dielectric anisotropy interposed between the substrates. The ratio d/p, the cell gap d between the substrates to the pitch p of the liquid crystal layer, is eq... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7776411 | Brightness enhancement film for liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof A liquid crystal display having a brightness enhancement film and a method of manufacturing the brightness enhancement film, the method including providing a solution of high molecular weight resin on a high molecular weight film, uniformly distributing the solution... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7703911 | Apparatus for forming a thin film using an inkjet printing method In an apparatus of forming a thin film, the apparatus has a printing chamber that forms a thin film on a substrate. The apparatus has at least two drying chambers that receive the substrate on which the thin film is formed and dry the thin film on the substrate. The... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7682758 | Reflection mask for EUV photolithography and method of fabricating the reflection mask A reflection mask for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography and a method of fabricating the same, in which the reflection mask includes a substrate, a lower reflection layer formed in a multi-layer structure on the substrate and including a material reflecting ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679596 | Display device with reduced interference between pixels A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of pixels including switching elements; a plurality of pairs of first and second gate lines connected to the switching elements and separated from each other, transm... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675590 | Array substrate, liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device having the same An array substrate including a plurality of pixel regions transmitting light includes a switching element disposed in each of the pixel regions defined by gate and source lines, wherein the switching element is electrically connected to the gate and source lines, a ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675062 | Thin film transistor array panel for liquid crystal display A black matrix having an opening at pixels of a matrix array in a display area, a common wire including common pads and common signal lines, and gate pads in a peripheral area, and an alignment key in outer area to align interlayer thin films are formed on an insula... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7658515 | Optical package, optical lens and backlight assembly having the same In an optical package capable of guiding light, and an optical lens and a backlight assembly having the optical package, the optical package includes a plurality of light emitting parts and a lens plate. The lens plate defines a plurality of lens parts corresponding... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656482 | Transflective liquid crystal display and panel therefor A display device having a transmissive area and a reflective area includes a first substrate, a reflective electrode formed on the first substrate, wherein the reflective electrode is disposed in the reflective area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653345 | Entertainment system for use in a vehicle An entertainment system for a vehicle comprises a console section mounted on a surface in the vehicle, a media source layer including a media source mounted on the console section, and a screen section mounted on the media source layer, wherein the screen section in... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7609946 | Portable video system A video system attachable to a docking station includes a display capable of displaying video data received from the docking station, and a media player, wherein the video system is capable of operating when removed from the docking station. The video system is capa... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609351 | Thin film transistor array panel for liquid crystal display Disclosed is a liquid crystal display capable of high quality image and bright display. Gate signal lines are curved at near switching elements of the liquid crystal display. A pixel area is defined by the gate signal lines and their intersecting data signal lines. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609335 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display having the same which can prevent a lamp wire from being damaged, simplify the manufacturing process, and reduce the manufacturing cost. The backlight assembly includes a receiving container for receiving a lamp, a l... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608204 | Conductive ink composition and method of forming a conductive pattern using the same A conductive ink composition includes about 15% to about 50% by weight of copper nanoparticles, about 40% to about 80% by weight of a non-aqueous solvent mixture, about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of a dispersion agent and about 1% to about 20% by weight of a wettin... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7602008 | Split gate non-volatile memory devices and methods of forming the same Non-volatile memory devices and methods for fabricating non-volatile memory devices are disclosed. More specifically, split gate memory devices are provided having frameworks that provide increased floating gate coupling ratios, thereby enabling enhanced programming... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7583345 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface. A pixel electrode is formed on the top surface of the first insulating substrate. The pixel electrode has a first opening pattern at each pixel area. The pixel el... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581869 | Backlight assembly and display device having the same A backlight assembly includes a light guiding plate, a driving board, a light emitting chip and a flexible board. The light guiding plate has a plate shape. The driving board is disposed substantially parallel with a side surface of the light guiding plate to face t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577777 | Computer system providing endian information and method of data transmission thereof A computer system providing endian information and a method of data transmission thereof are disclosed. The method of data transmission in the computer system of the present invention comprises: reading endian information stored in a base address register of periphe... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7566925 | Image sensor and method of fabricating the same Image sensors and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes a blocking pattern disposed on photodiodes. The blocking pattern is formed of insulation material having a metal diffusion coefficient which is lower than a silicon oxide diffu... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7566901 | Thin film transistor panel for multi-domain liquid crystal display A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: an insulating substrate; a plurality of first signal lines formed on the insulating substrate; a plurality of second signal lines formed on the insulating substrate and intersecting the first wire in an... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7564479 | Rearview camera display mounted on a vehicle overhead console A video display system for a vehicle includes a first video display for providing an image projection to a rearview mirror of the vehicle, and a second video display mounted behind the first video display. A camera can provide an image feed to the first video displa... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7553710 | Composition for stripping photoresist and method for manufacturing thin transistor array panel using the same The present invention provides a photoresist stripper including about 5 wt % to about 20 wt % alcohol amine, about 40 wt % to about 70 wt % glycol ether, about 20 wt % to about 40 wt % N-methyl pyrrolidone, and about 0.2 wt % to about 6 wt % chelating agent. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549881 | Lamp socket, backlight assembly having the same and display device having the same A lamp socket includes a socket housing and a plurality of power supply members. The socket housing has a plurality of connecting holes extended in a vertical direction. The power supply members are disposed in the connecting holes, respectively, and each of the pow... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7541276 | Methods for forming dual damascene wiring for semiconductor devices using protective via capping layer Exemplary embodiments of the invention generally include methods for forming multilayer metal interconnect structures using dual damascene methods that incorporate a via capping process to protect lower interconnection lines from etching damage or oxidation, for exa... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539825 | Multi-port memory device providing protection signal A memory system includes a first external device, a second external device, and a multi-port memory device connected to the first and second external devices. The multi-port memory system includes: a first port and a second port connected to the first and second ext... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7535037 | Solid state image sensor devices having non-planar transistors CMOS image sensor devices are provided, wherein active pixel sensors are designed with non-planar transistors having vertical gate electrodes and channels, which minimize the effects of image lag and dark current. ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7528914 | Vertical alignment mode reflective-transmissive liquid crystal display with multi cell gap A vertical alignment mode reflective-transmissive liquid crystal display (LCD) includes the first substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and the second substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and facing the first substrate. A cell is for... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528411 | Display panel and method of manufacturing the same A display panel and a method for manufacturing the display device having the display pixel, includes forming a first substrate with pixel areas and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The second substrate includes a color filter layer having a first regio... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524441 | Color filter composition, method and apparatus for manufacturing a color filter having the same A color filter composition comprises a mixture of a binder and a monomer in a predetermined ratio, a pigment, and a solvent. The predetermined ratio is a ratio of the binder to the monomer and ranges from about 50:50 to about 60:40. The color filter composition furt... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522145 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus is disclosed. A plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged on a display region of a substrate in a matrix form having a plurality of column lines and a plurality of row lines. Each of a plurality of thin film transistors has a firs... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517715 | CMOS image sensor and method of fabricating the same A CMOS image sensor and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes a blocking layer protecting a photodiode at a diode region. The blocking layer is formed to cover a top of the diode region and extended to an active region so as to cov... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515220 | Display device A display device including a display panel displaying an image; a light source unit supplying light to the display panel, and a light guiding unit including a light guiding section which has a light receiving surface positioned adjacent to the light source unit and ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513656 | Optical lens system, backlight assembly and display device A display device includes an optical module, a receiving container and a display panel. The optical module includes a substrate, point light sources and an optical lens. The point light sources are disposed on the substrate, each of which generates light using power... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501651 | Test structure of semiconductor device A test structure of a semiconductor device with improved test reliability is provided. The test structure includes first and second active regions which are electrically isolated from each other and on which silicided first and second junction regions are formed, re... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7492002 | Non-volatile memory device with a select gate electrode and a control gate electrode formed on a floating gate A non-volatile memory device includes a floating gate formed on a substrate with a gate insulation layer interposed therebetween, a tunnel insulation layer formed on the floating gate, a select gate electrode inducing charge introduction through the gate insulation ... | 02/17/2009 |
