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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7889299 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pixel electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate; a first alignment layer of a ferroelectric liquid crystal material over the pixel electrode, the first... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7525620 | Structure of an optical compensated bend nematic liquid crystal display panel A structure of an optical compensated bend nematic liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the structure includes i) a thin film transistor array substrate, wherein a first alignment layer is formed on a surface of the thin film transistor arra... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7431416 | Apparatus for jetting an alignment agent An apparatus for jetting an alignment agent includes a jetting head having a jetting hole, an alignment agent externally provided onto a substrate and a viscosity controlling part controlling a viscosity of the alignment agent stored in the jetting head to facilitat... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420638 | Liquid crystal display device with mask for alignment 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 ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7359025 | Array substrate for liquid crystal display with particular storage capacitor electrodes An array substrate capable for a liquid crystal display (LCD). A pixel electrode is disposed in a pixel region of a substrate, which comprises at least one slit. A storage capacitor is disposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode, which comprises a bottom ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349050 | Ultraviolet irradiating device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same A UV irradiating device and a method of manufacturing an LCD device using the same are disclosed. The UV irradiating device includes a UV light source part having a UV lamp and a reflecting plate, a support supporting the UV light source part, and a stage on which a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340322 | Rubbing apparatus for liquid crystal display panel and method thereof A rubbing apparatus and method for liquid crystal display panels are provided. The apparatus includes at least one cassette for keeping at least one mother substrate to be rubbed, an internal port for keeping at least one dummy substrate for performing alignment of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326449 | Liquid crystal device A liquid crystal device comprises first and second opposed spaced-apart cell walls enclosing a layer of a liquid crystal material. Electrodes are provided on at least one cell wall for applying an electric field across at least some of the liquid crystal material. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326602 | Fabricating method of a thin film transistor array A fabricating method of the thin film array is provided. The thin film transistor array includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, an etch barrier layer and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289178 | Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display section of an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, and it is aimed at providing a liquid crystal display which can achieve high viewing angle characteristics and a method of ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7232714 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a display unit, which is small in size, suppresses the defect caused by the mounting of IC chips and the like on the substrate, and operates at a high speed. A semiconductor display unit and other circuit blocks are integrally formed on... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226172 | Illumination attenuation system Provided are several apparatus and methods to attenuate illumination light in a projector. Illumination light may be attenuated by directing polarized light toward a liquid crystal (LC) attenuation panel. The panel selectively modulates some, all, or none of the pol... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221420 | Display with a wire grid polarizing beamsplitter A system for creating a patterned polarization compensator (550) has a retardance characterization system (560) for optically scanning the spatially variant retardance of a spatial light modulator (210). A compensator patterning system (565 | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211316 | Optical multilayer Disclosed is an optical multilayer comprising a polymeric substrate having a non-zero out-of plane birefringence and an amorphous polymeric overlayer that comprises an amorphous polymer having a Tg value above 160° C. and having the sign of its out-of-plane birefri... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196758 | Method of alignment of liquid crystals comprising exposing an alignment material to an interference pattern A method includes exposing an alignment material to an interference pattern to cause a chemical reaction in the alignment material and exposing the alignment material to a liquid crystal, where the liquid crystal aligns relative to the alignment material based on th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170575 | Homeotropically aligned liquid crystal layer and process for the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals on plastic substrates Homeotropically oriented layers and films of liquid crystals especially on polymeric substrates. The layers and films, which also can be multi-layered films comprising a homeotropically aligned anisotropic film, are preparable by application of an orientation layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164459 | Method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device having inorganic alignment film made of crystalline conductive film A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device, which includes a liquid crystal layer, a pair of electrodes for use to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and at least one inorganic alignment film. The inorganic alignment film makes direct contact... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7135211 | Retardation plate, process for producing the same, and optical film A retardation plate characterized by being obtained by laminating a homeotropic liquid-crystal film formed from a homeotropic liquid-crystal polymer of the side chain type or from a homeotropic liquid-crystalline composition comprising the side chain type liquid-cry... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118787 | Liquid crystal alignment layer There is provided a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising an alignment layer; and chemically bound to said alignment layer, a transport material. Also provided are methods for forming the liquid crystal alignment layer and the use thereof in displays for electro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105209 | Homeotropic alignment layer The invention relates to an alignment layer comprising a polymerized liquid crystal material with homeotrophic orientation, to methods of its preparation, to polymerizable liquid crystal compositions and liquid crystal polymers used for the preparation of the alignm... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7041348 | Liquid crystalline medium and liquid crystal display The instant invention relates to liquid crystal displays of the flexoelectric type operating in the uniformly lying helix mode and in particular to the orientation of the cholesteric liquid crystalline media, which have a short pitch, in these displays by making the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037443 | Homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film An optical film which comprises (i) a substrate without a vertical alignment layer and (ii) a homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film layer formed on the substrate. The homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film layer comprises a homeotropically aligned liquid crys... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6995825 | Process for preparing films of polymerized liquid crystal material having a first film of a polymerized liquid crystal material with uniform orientation and a second film of a polymerized liquid crystal material with uniform orientation directly on the first film The invention relates to a process of preparing films and multilayers comprising polymerized liquid crystal material with uniform orientation, to films and multilayers obtained by said process and their use for optical and electrooptical applications. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6985200 | Liquid crystal optical element and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal optical element includes: first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates; first and second electrode layers provided on the first and second substrates, respectively, so as to face each other with the liquid crys... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6947205 | Bistable molecular mechanical devices activated by an electric field for electronic ink and other visual display applications An electric field activated bi-stable molecular system configured within an electric field generated by a pair of electrodes is provided for use, e.g., as electronic ink or other visual displays. The molecular system has at least one rotor portion connected to at le... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6927823 | Method for alignment of liquid crystals using irradiated liquid crystal films A method is provided for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal cell that is made from a liquid crystal film that has been irradiated with light. The method includes the steps of disposing a liquid crystal film on a substrate and then irradiating the liquid... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6885423 | Method for manufacturing homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film A homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film used for an optical film of a visual display etc. is manufactured by a method in which a side chain type liquid crystal polymer comprising a monomer unit (a) containing a liquid crystalline fragment side chain and a monome... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6856368 | Liquid crystal display device and method for producing the same A picture element includes a 4-divided domain including first, second, third and fourth sub-domains which are arranged in this order in a predetermined direction and in each of which an orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules located in the vicinity of the... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6805920 | Polymerizable liquid crystal compound and optical film This invention provides a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a large value of Δn/n, excellent in coating properties on an alignment film and easily aligned. Disclosed is a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having at least one polymerizable reactive gr... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6806930 | Optical security device In order to provide comprehensive and multi-purpose security, an optical security device is provided that comprises a substrate and at least a first optically structured layer. The optical security device may provide first, second and third optical inspection levels... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6801285 | Thin cell gap microdisplays with optimum optical properties A projection mode microdisplay includes a silicon substrate having disposed thereon a first alignment layer having a first alignment direction, and a cover substrate having disposed thereon a second alignment layer having a second alignment direction. A liquid cryst... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6791650 | Liquid crystal display device operating in a vertically aligned mode of liquid crystal molecules A vertically aligned liquid crystal display device includes a site in a liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are tilted in a predetermined direction in a non-activated state of the liquid crystal display device. ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6760088 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal display A ferroelectric liquid crystal display having alignment films with different surface polarities. The alignment films induce an internal electric field through the liquid crystal. Because of the induced internal electric field, initial liquid crystal alignment, and s... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6738119 | Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate; a second substrate cohered to the first substrate with a separation from the first substrate; a first orientation film formed on an inner surface of the first substrate; a second orientation film formed on an inne... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6731362 | Polymer blend for preparing liquid crystal alignment layer The present invention relates to a polymer blend of cinnamate polymer and polyimide polymer, which are photo-reactive polymers, for preparing liquid crystal alignment layer having a high pretilt angle in photo-alignment, a process for preparing liquid crystal alignm... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6696114 | Alignment layer and a liquid crystal display using the same An alignment layer is obtained by applying a polymer having a mesogen structure onto a substrate and irradiating this applied polymer with ultraviolet light. According to the invention, there can be provided an alignment layer capable of conferring alignm... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6673398 | Alignment of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals at surfaces as monolayers and multilayered stacks A broad class of lyotropic liquid crystals of a non-surfactant nature, the so-called lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs), are alignable with the techniques, in particular, LCLCs can be aligned at a surface as one monomolecular layer as a stack of ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6649230 | Photoactive polymers A photoactive polymer of the general formula I: ##STR1## in which: P is a photoactive group which can photoisomerise and/or photodimerise; B represents an aromatic or alicyclic group, or B further represents a nitrogen atom or --CR2 --; ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6548127 | Liquid-crystalline photocrosslinkable mixture Photocrosslinkable, mesogenic mixtures, especially for optical or electro-optical devices, exhibit improved properties when, in addition to containing two or more liquid-crystalline monomers each having at least two terminal polymerizable groups, they con... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549255 | Liquid crystal device and a method for producing it having directly controllable dynamic surface-director alignment layer An electrooptic device (2), and the methods for manufacturing, including a liquid crystal material (12) disposed between electroded flat glass or polymer substrates (4, 20) which have been precoated with a e.g. a chiral smectic surface layer (10, 14) in s... | 04/15/2003 |
