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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189154 | Liquid crystal display device wherein each pixel has first, second, third, and, fourth alignment azimuths that are different from each other A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels, each including first and second subpixels SP-A and SP-B. The reference alignment azimuths of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer of the first subpixel... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189153 | Pixel structure and display panel having the same A pixel structure including a substrate, a scan line, a data line, an active device, a capacitor electrode and a pixel electrode is described. The substrate has a pixel region. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The capac... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189151 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising, a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, a first alignment film provided on the liquid crystal layer side surface of the first substrate, and a second alignment film pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189152 | Production method of liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and a production method of a liquid crystal display device, capable of improving display qualities in a display region close to a frame region without causing any defects. The present invention is a prod... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184250 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising, a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, a first alignment film provided on the liquid crystal layer side surface of the first substrate, and a second alignment film pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184249 | Method of aligning alignment layer and liquid crystal display device having alignment layer aligned by the same A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a black matrix, a color filter layer and a common electrode; a second substrate having gate lines, data lines and thin film transistors connected to pixel electrodes; a first alignment layer on the f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174651 | 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... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174652 | Production method of liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device To provide a production method of a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device, in which generation of a joint line on a display screen is suppressed and yield can be improved even if a substrate is subjected to an alignment treatment by compl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174653 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising, a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, a first alignment film provided on the liquid crystal layer side surface of the first substrate, and a second alignment film pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169577 | Thin-film transistor photosensor, liquid crystal display panel and method of forming dielectric layer having F-SiOC: H compound A thin-film transistor photosensor and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel respectively utilize a dielectric layer having F—SiOC: H compound and a bump structure having F—SiOC: H compound so as to form a thin-film transistor photosensor having lower resistor-ca... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159640 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device in which alignment control in a vertical-alignment-type liquid crystal layer is excellent at a side portion or a corner portion of a pixel electrode. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode 17 includ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154695 | Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprises a first substrate comprising a pixel electrode comprising one or more first domain-forming features and further comprising a first vertical alignment film disposed on the pixel electrode; a second substrate facing the first s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149362 | Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof A liquid crystal display (LCD) device having an alignment film of which pretilt angle and azimuthal angle can be adjusted without ultraviolet irradiation and a method for fabricating the LCD device are provided. A liquid crystal display having a thin film transistor... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149363 | Liquid crystal display device A VA-mode liquid crystal display device which includes a pair of alignment sustaining layers 34a and 34b formed by a photopolymerized material on surfaces of a pair of vertical alignment films 32a and 32b which... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144294 | Liquid crystal display having a cutout in a pixel electrode and a cutout in a common electrode A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first insulation substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulation substrate and including a first cutout; a second insulation substrate facing the first in... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134670 | Liquid crystal display and panel thereof A liquid crystal panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, and a pixel electrode arranged on the substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode separated from each ot... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130349 | Substrate for a display apparatus including domain forming member disposed thereon A substrate for a display apparatus includes a plate, a switching element, an insulating layer, and a partition wall. The plate has a reflection region on which a light that is provided from an exterior to the substrate is reflected and a transmission region through... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130350 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, a pixel electrode in a reflection region and a transmission region over the first substrate, a film for adjusti... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125599 | Liquid crystal display A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a plurality of first signal lines formed on the substrate; a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines to define pixel areas; first and second pixel electrodes di... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125600 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates which are arranged to be opposite to each other; liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy contained between the first and the second substrates; a polymer which determines directions in ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120738 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device with a vertical alignment mode in which a high image quality and a wide viewing angle are secured includes a liquid crystal layer having an initial state of vertical alignment interposed between a pair of substrates opposite to each o... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120737 | Alignment treatment of liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including a pair of spaced and opposed substrates, an electrode and a first alignment layer formed on one substrate, an electrode and a second alignment layer formed on the other substrate, and liquid crystal filled between the pair o... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107044 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a first substrate including a switching element and a pixel electrode, the pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element, and a second substrate disposed over the first substrate, the second substra... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107043 | Liquid crystal panel having ARC-shaped domain-dividing protrusions and slits A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first substr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102492 | Vertical alignment liquid crystal display device with improved aperture ratio A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a common electrode, and an electrode set. The liquid crystal layer is placed between said common electrode and the electrode set, and the electrode set is provided for switching the liquid crystal laye... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102493 | Multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display (MVA LCD) includes an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active component array substrate has a plurality of pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer is d... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098355 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a first substrate; a first signal line formed on the first substrate; a second signal line formed on the first substrate and intersecting the first signal line; a thin film transistor connected to the first and t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098354 | Liquid crystal display In a vertical alignment liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor is formed on a first insulating substrate, and a pixel electrode (ITO) including cutouts (OPEN) is formed on the first substrate or a second substrate. A width of the cutouts of the upper and low... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098353 | Liquid crystal display with improved response speed and aperture ratio A liquid crystal display includes; a gate line, a data line disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate line, a switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element, and having a first inclination ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094277 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device used as a display part of an electronic apparatus which exhibits high brightness and favorable display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates which are arranged to face ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094274 | Low-cost large-screen wide-angle fast-response liquid crystal display apparatus A super large wide-angle high-speed response liquid crystal display apparatus manufactured by using a photolithographic procedure for three times. The invention adopts a halftone exposure technology to form a gate electrode, a common electrode, a pixel electrode and... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094273 | Color filter with different alignment structures and display panel using the same A display panel and a color filter substrate thereof are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, an alignment structure set, a second substrate, a pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The alignment structure set includes a first and a second ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094275 | Active device array substrate and liquid crystal display panel An active device array substrate includes a substrate, scan and data lines defining pixel regions, active devices, pads, color filter layers, and pixel electrodes. The active devices respectively correspond to the pixel regions and electrically connect the correspon... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094276 | Production method of liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device To provide a production method of a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device, in which generation of a joint line on a display screen is suppressed and yield can be improved even if a substrate is subjected to an alignment treatment by compl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089595 | Transflective liquid crystal display devices and fabrication methods thereof Transflective liquid crystal displays and fabrication methods thereof. A single gap transflective liquid crystal display includes a first substrate with a reflective region and a transmissive region. A second substrate opposes the first substrate with a gap therebet... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089596 | Transflective liquid crystal display device and color liquid crystal display device A vertical alignment liquid crystal layer is sealed between a first substrate having a first electrode and a second substrate having a second electrode, each pixel region has a reflective region and a transmissive region, and a gap adjusting section is provided on o... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089594 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same A vertically aligned liquid crystal display device such as of the MVA mode and a method of manufacturing the same featuring favorable viewing angle characteristics. The liquid crystal display device includes an electrode formed on at least one substrate of a pair of... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085375 | Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal material interposed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal display includes first protrusions and second protrusions that are alternately disposed with eac... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077279 | 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... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059242 | Liquid crystal display device Transmittance and contrast of a liquid crystal display device according to FFS method are improved. A plurality of picture elements, each made of an R pixel, a G pixel and a B pixel, is disposed in a matrix form. In each of the pixels, a gate signal line extends in ... | 11/15/2011 |
