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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179504 | Liquid crystal display with a light selective reflection filter A liquid crystal display having a wide color reproduction range is provided. A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel driven based on image signals, a light source emitting light for illuminating the liquid crystal panel, and a light selective transm... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179503 | Pixel structure, 3D image/multiple view liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same A pixel structure, a 3D image/multiple view liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The pixel structure comprises a first substrate, a second substrate being parallel with the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer dispose... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8149359 | Display panel, display device, and terminal device A display panel, a display device, and a terminal device, which can achieve a high image quality by decreasing deterioration of the image quality that may be caused due to combining a reflection plate including an uneven structure with an image distributing device, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139184 | LCD device including a reflection film having a convex-concave surface An LCD device includes a reflective area in each pixel. A reflection film having a convex-concave surface is provided in the reflective area, film in cross section configuration is formed. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode for applying a l... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125595 | Metal material and its manufacturing method, thin-film device and its manufacturing method, element-side substrate and its manufacturing method, and liquid crystal display and its manufacturing method A difference of work functions in different metal thin films is suppressed without causing the increase of the manufacturing steps or the decrease of the optical performance. In a semi-transmissive reflective liquid crystal display apparatus 1 including a ref... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8098351 | Self-planarized passivation dielectric for liquid crystal on silicon structure and related method According to an exemplary embodiment, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) structure includes a number of pixel electrodes overlying an interlayer dielectric, where diagonally adjacent pixel electrodes are separated by a gap. The LCoS structure further includes a self... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085367 | Liquid crystal display device having high brightness A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight assembly for irradiating light onto the liquid crystal panel; and a reflection layer between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly for increasing an amount of light incident ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8064014 | Light reflecting plate, method of manufacturing the same and light reflecting device The light reflecting plate has a substrate made of metal plate, a binder layer made of organic resin or an inorganic material, which is formed on the substrate, a reflective layer formed of a plated layer of silver or silver alloy containing silver as a main compone... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064013 | Liquid crystal display panel having an ornamental reflector deployed around the periphery of a display region A liquid crystal display panel 10 of the present invention includes an array substrate 11 with a display region in which a pixel electrode is formed in each of the regions enclosed by a plurality of signal lines and scan lines deployed as matrices, a o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059237 | LCD device and method for manufacturing the same A display panel for a LCD device includes a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate, a passivation layer formed on the thin film transistors, a plurality of reflective patterns formed on the passivation layer, transparent electrodes f... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059236 | Method for producing reflective layers in LCD display A method for producing a light reflecting structure in a transflective or reflective liquid crystal display uses one or two masks for masking a photoresist layer in a back-side exposing process. The pattern on the masks is designed to produce rod-like structures or ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054421 | Reflective display panel and method for manufacturing such a display panel The invention relates to a reflective display panel (9), comprising a plurality of pixels (10, 11a b), each having a modulative portion (15, 16a-b) which is controllable between light-modulation states, and a non-modulative ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049846 | Reflection-type display device and method for producing the same A reflection-type display device includes an optical modulation layer 34, a pair of substrates 30 and 32 between which the optical modulation layer 34 is retained, an electrode structure 52, 44 for causing pixel-by-pixel changes in... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040474 | Mold and method of manufacturing display device A mold for a display device, comprising a supporting frame; at least one pattern forming part provided on a surface of the supporting frame; and a protrusion projecting from the supporting frame and disposed along the circumference of the pattern forming part, an in... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8004637 | Operative reflection and absorption plate and display element using the same An operative reflection and absorption plate including a substrate having a moth eye structure on its surface is used, whereby an absorbing status and a reflecting status can be realized without using a polarizing plate, and a display element exhibiting a bright and... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995165 | LCOS display unit and method for forming the same An embodiment of the present invention discloses a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) display unit, in which a Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) capacitor consisting of a micromirror layer, a insulation layer and a light shielding layer is formed by grounding the light shie... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995167 | Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A transflective-type and a reflection-type liquid crystal display device having a high reflection efficiency and a high image quality are provided. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a reflection reg... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995166 | Display panel, display device, and terminal device A display panel, a display device, and a terminal device, which can achieve a high image quality by decreasing deterioration of the image quality that may be caused due to combining a reflection plate including an uneven structure with an image distributing device, ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7965356 | Liquid display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal interposed between said first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a plurality of thin film transistors, an organic insulating layer, said organic insu... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961278 | Optical sheet stack and liquid crystal display device There is provided an optical sheet stack which includes a first optical sheet having a large number of irregularities consecutively arranged on one surface thereof, and a second optical sheet stacked thereon. In the optical sheet stack, the second optical sheet has,... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956961 | Pixel structure, display panel, electro-optical apparatus and manufacturing method of the same A pixel structure disposed on a substrate having a plurality of protrudent patterns is provided. An area where the protrudent patterns are disposed defines a first display area. The arrangement of the protrudent patterns forms a plurality of arc loci. The arc loci h... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952661 | Reflection type display device and its manufacturing method A reflection-type display device (200) with a plurality of pixel regions (40) includes: a light modulation layer (1); a front substrate (10) and a rear substrate (12) between which the light modulation layer (1) is held; ele... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948587 | Liquid crystal display device Reflective electrodes having unevenness are formed on a resin layer of a TFT substrate. A coating-type ITO film having a film thickness of 0.5 μm to 1 μm which constitute a pixel electrode is applied to the reflective electrode. A surface of the coating-type ITO f... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7932975 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a reflective liquid crystal panel (20) having a liquid crystal panel polarization plate (22), a polarization plate (32) provided on a front surface side of the polarization plate (22) with its abso... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932974 | Liquid crystal panel substrate, liquid crystal panel, and electronic equipment and projection type display device both using the same The present invention is a liquid crystal panel substrate that comprises: pixel units each having a pixel electrode, to be used as a reflective electrode and arranged in a matrix pattern on a substrate, and a switching element controlling a voltage applied to the pi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7916248 | Large scale liquid crystal structures A liquid crystal structure (200) comprising first and second reflective regions (214a, 214b, 214c) arranged to reflect respective first and second colours. The first and second reflective regions (214a, ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907238 | Backlight unit and display device using the same An ultra-thin edge-type backlight unit allowing a local dimming driving and a scanning driving and using a low-cost light source, and a display device of excellent screen quality are provided. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate, a light source disposed ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7894027 | Thin film transistor display substrate and method of the fabricating the same A thin film transistor display substrate comprises a base substrate on which a pixel area including a first reflection area and a second reflection area is defined. A gate line formed on the base substrate and a data line formed on the base substrate. The data line ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7876405 | Reflective spatial light modulator The present invention relates to a reflective spatial light modulator enabling improvement of light resistance and prevention of damaging of the liquid crystal layer. The reflective spatial light modulator controls phases of the incident light and a reflected light ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864272 | Substrate for a reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus, reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus using the same, and liquid crystal projector apparatus using the same A light leakage is suppressed, and the effect of interference is reduced. A substrate for a reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus disposed opposite to a transparent substrate by sandwiching the liquid crystal and including a semiconductor substrate consti... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855766 | Generation of pattern data with no overlapping or excessive distance between adjacent patterns A device is disclosed for generating pattern data for unevenness that is randomly arranged on the surface of the reflective substrate of a reflective liquid crystal display device. The number of coordinates, a basic pitch, a movable range, and a dot diameter are ent... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7847893 | Display device and method of fabricating the same A display device includes a gate line and a data line aligned on a substrate, wherein the gate line and the data line cross each other to define a pixel area on the substrate, a gate electrode branching from the gate line, a source electrode branching from the data ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7817228 | Manufacturing method of an LCD comprising a mold and a mask A manufacturing method of an LCD comprises forming an insulating substrate; forming a gate line extending in a horizontal direction and a data line insulatively crossing the gate line to define a pixel area on the insulating substrate; forming a TFT disposed at an i... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812904 | Liquid crystal display device and method for designing the same A trans-reflective type In-Plane Switching (IPS)-LCD device capable of implementing a single gap and a wide viewing angle, and minimizing an occurrence area of disclination at an interface between a transmission region and a reflection region, and a method for desig... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7787079 | Generation of pattern data with no overlapping or excessive distance between adjacent dot patterns A device is disclosed for generating pattern data for unevenness that is randomly arranged on the surface of the reflective substrate of a reflective liquid crystal display device. The number of coordinates, a basic pitch, a movable range, and a dot diameter are ent... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787078 | LCD device suppressing a parallax problem An LCD device includes front substrate and rear substrate sandwiching therebetween an LC layer, front polarizing film and rear polarizing film disposed on the front side of the front substrate and the rear side of the rear substrate, respectively, and a reflecting f... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777839 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacture method thereof A method of manufacturing a reflecting substrate in a liquid crystal display device is disclosed, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a first metal layer, wherein the first metal layer is formed with at least one soft metal or the alloys thereo... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768603 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same Opening portions (opening patterns) having different arrangement pitches and sizes are formed in first metal film patterns, a first semiconductor film, second metal film patterns, a third insulating film, and the like under a reflective electrode, respectively. Thes... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764342 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes pixel electrodes each supplied with a video signal from a drain bus line through a thin-film transistor driven by a scanning signal from a gate bus line. The pixel includes at least a light reflection film within its area,... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760295 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules disposed therebetween, in which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided on a side of the... | 07/20/2010 |