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Class 349/138 - Insulating layer


Subclass of Class 349 - Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems
Definition: Subject matter wherein a particular nonelectrically conducting
No. of patents: 821
Last issue date: 05/22/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8184251Thin film transistor array and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate includes: forming a gate pattern on a substrate; forming a first gate insulating film and a second gate insulating film on the substrate; forming a source/drain pattern and a semiconductor pattern on t...
05/22/2012
8149365Upper substrate and liquid crystal display device having the same
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The lower substrate includes a display part for displaying image and a driving part for provi...
04/03/2012
8125602Liquid crystal display panel, electronic apparatus equipped with the same, and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display panel
There is provided a liquid crystal display panel that includes an array substrate having at least a pixel electrode and a switching element for every pixel area in a display area on a transparent substrate, a color filter substrate in which a light shielding layer m...
02/28/2012
8125601Upper substrate and liquid crystal display device having the same
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The lower substrate includes a display part for displaying image and a driving part for provi...
02/28/2012
8072568Display panel comprising at least one mark formed of a thinnest conductive film and a flattening film including a sealing exposing portion
A liquid crystal display panel includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealant. The counter electrode is opposed to the active matrix substrate. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the active matrix substrate ...
12/06/2011
8064023Display apparatus
The present invention provides a display apparatus in which destruction of an insulating film by water or water vapor and generation of air bubbles in the display apparatus can be suppressed. The display apparatus includes a display element having a display layer to...
11/22/2011
8054433Viewing angle control device and display provided with the same
There are provided a viewing angle control device that can provide a black display without coloring and achieve a significantly improved shielding ability during a narrow viewing angle state, and a display using the same. In order to adjust VT (voltage-transmittance...
11/08/2011
8031312Array substrate for liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, a thin film transistor including a gate electrode of the gate line, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode, an active layer on the gate insulating lay...
10/04/2011
8018561Liquid crystal display element
Electrode slit portions are formed in a pixel electrode in a direction of crossing a slit for dividing a liquid crystal layer into a plurality of domains. A titanium oxide film is formed so as to be exposed to the liquid crystal layer side via the electrode slit por...
09/13/2011
8013965Liquid crystal display device comprising a passivation layer which forms two inclined planes on opposing sides of grooves formed on a top surface of the lower substrate
A liquid crystal display device is disclosed, which comprises an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The lower substrate has several pixel electrodes, metal lines, and switch elements thereon. Each switch element comprises a source electr...
09/06/2011
8009255Display panel comprising a mark located outside of a sealant and a flattening film including a sealing exposing portion
A liquid crystal display panel includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealant. The counter electrode is opposed to the active matrix substrate. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the active matrix substrate ...
08/30/2011
7995180Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device comprising a crossing portion connecting line and a light transmission type photosensitive resin having openings
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device. In openings of a first light transmission type photosensitive resin formed on an insulating substrate, a gate electrode, a source line, and a pixel contact layer are prepared....
08/09/2011
7978291Liquid crystal display device
In the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, channels 13 containing gaps 12 of the adjacent color filers CF are formed on the surface of a transparent thickness section 11, such that when orientation agent is applied by means o...
07/12/2011
7973896Array substrate for liquid crystal display device comprising four contact holes in each of the gate pad, data pad, capacitor electrode, and drain electrode
An array substrate for an LCD device and a manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate includes: a gate line, a gate electrode, a gate pad, and a pixel electrode formed on the substrate; a gate insulation layer formed on the substrate to expose the gate line a...
07/05/2011
7965362Liquid crystal panel having recesses for holding spacers
An exemplary liquid crystal panel (1) includes a first substrate assembly (110), a second substrate assembly (120) generally opposite to the first substrate assembly, a liquid crystal layer (130) sandwiched between the two substrate assem...
06/21/2011
7944536Reflective bilateral liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus
A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other, a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, light reflecting films that are selectively provided on the side facing th...
05/17/2011
7940359Liquid crystal display comprising a dielectric layer having a first opening surrounding a patterned structure and exposing a portion of a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode formed on the dielectric layer
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device. In one embodiment, the LCD device includes a first substrate and a second substrate positioned apart from the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plural...
05/10/2011
7916257TFT substrate and liquid crystal display device having the same comprising patterns disposed at different heights
An LCD device includes a first substrate having a first base substrate, patterns disposed at different heights with respect to the first base substrate, and an insulation layer formed on the first base substrate and the patterns. The insulation layer has raised port...
03/29/2011
7907244Manufacturing process of transflective pixel structure
A transflective pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and an organic material layer is provided. The scan line and the data line are disposed over a substrate. The thin film transistor is disposed over the subs...
03/15/2011
7907243Transflective liquid crystal display panel
A transflective pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and an organic material layer is provided. The scan line and the data line are disposed over a substrate. The thin film transistor is disposed over the subs...
03/15/2011
7903219Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates opposing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes separated by an insulating layer, disposed on one of the substrates. The pair of electrodes dr...
03/08/2011
7903218Display device wherein a gate insulating film provided at one TFT is thinner than a gate insulating film provided at another TFT, and a gap between a pixel electrode and a counter electrode is wider for the one TFT than the another TFT
A display device which can reduce easily the brightness unevenness produced by the insufficient writing of TFT, wherein, the display device having: a display panel which, over a surface of an insulating substrate, includes plural scanning signal lines; plural pictur...
03/08/2011
7889301Array substrate adopted for liquid crystal display device comprising insulating layer having free ends in specific profile
An array substrate adopted for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and the liquid crystal display device are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of switching devices, and an insulati...
02/15/2011
7864281Active matrix substrate and display unit provided with it
An active matrix substrate includes a substrate; scanning lines formed on the substrate; an insulating film covering the scanning lines; signal lines intersecting the scanning lines via the insulating film; switching elements formed on the substrate, each operating ...
01/04/2011
7852443Display device and method having pixel and terminal parts where an organic resin film disposed thereon has a film thickness adjusting area so that the terminal part film thickness is thinner than the pixel part film thickness
A display device of the present invention includes a first insulation film formed on a first auxiliary capacitance electrode, a second auxiliary capacitance electrode, a first gate electrode wiring, and a second gate electrode wiring formed on a substrate. A source ...
12/14/2010
7764347Substrate for a liquid crystal display and a fabricating method thereof
A substrate for a liquid crystal display includes a black matrix on a substrate having first, second, third and fourth sub-pixel regions, wherein the black matrix includes first, second, third and fourth openings corresponding to the first, second, third and fourth ...
07/27/2010
7760307Mother glass for a liquid crystal display with passivation layer and barrier layer and method of fabricating liquid crystal display using the same
A mother glass for a liquid crystal display and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display using the same are disclosed. The mother glass includes a plurality of cell areas where a plurality of thin films is formed on a substrate, a dummy area disposed outside...
07/20/2010
7705944Liquid crystal display device with a protective film patterned by a lift-off process and fabricating method thereof
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes in a first mask process, forming a first mask pattern group including a gate line, a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a common line parallel to the gate line that have a first conductive l...
04/27/2010
7705945Method of producing a reflective liquid crystal display
A switching element is formed on a substrate disposed proximate a liquid crystal layer. A two layer insulation film is formed on the substrate, including a lower film and an upper film. The two layer insulation film overlays the switching element. A convex/concave s...
04/27/2010
7697099Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof
A liquid crystal display device including a first substrate 110a, a second substrate 110b placed to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer 120 interposed between the first and second substrates, a first electrode 111
04/13/2010
7683992Multi-domain liquid crystal display
A multi-domain liquid crystal display (LCD) including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, an electric field shielding layer, and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The active device array substrate has a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel ...
03/23/2010
7679707Liquid crystal display device comprising a first electrode in contact with a bottom surface and a second electrode in contact with a top surface of a single layer insulating film comprising concave and convex portions
A wide viewing angle is achieved with a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of this invention, in which alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules are controlled by electric field between electrodes on a substrate. A pixel electrode and an...
03/16/2010
7663722Optical element
An optical element including: an alignment substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed on the alignment substrate, made by forming and curing a film of a liquid crystalline material; and a protective layer having high hardness, formed on the liquid crystal layer. The p...
02/16/2010
7646461Liquid crystal display device with at least two contact holes in the pad region having sidewalls with differing slopes
A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed which are capable of preventing occurrence of contact errors between pads of gate or data lines and pad electrodes. The liquid crystal display device includes a signal line and a s...
01/12/2010
7639334Liquid crystal display device
The present invention suppresses the spreading by wetting of an orientation film of a liquid crystal display panel outside a display region and, at the same time, maintains the uniformity of film thickness of the orientation film within a display region. In a liquid...
12/29/2009
7630043Liquid display device and fabrication method thereof
A liquid crystal display improved with the opening ratio and increased for the storage capacitance, in which a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, an image line and a source electrode are stacked in this order formed in the layer a...
12/08/2009
7626664LCD device and method having first and second alignment layers arranged on respective first and second electrodes each layer having pretilt angles ranging between 5 to 20 degrees
A Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device includes: a first substrate; a conductive layer arranged on one surface of the first substrate; an insulating layer arranged on the conductive layer and having a thickness of 3 μm or more; first electrodes arranged on the insul...
12/01/2009
7623210LCD apparatus having insulating layer with increased thickness over and in the same direction as data line with pixel electrodes overlapping top surface thereof to prevent light leakage
A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present embodiment has pixel electrodes arranged in a first and a second directions crossed each other; a signal line formed in a lower layer of the pixel electrode and extending in the second direction between the...
11/24/2009
7602464Organic thin film transistor array substrate and fabrication method thereof
An organic TFT array substrate and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. In the organic TFT array substrate, a data line is disposed on a substrate and a gate line crosses the data line. A source electrode is connected to the data line. A drain electrode is di...
10/13/2009
7564528Conductive layer to reduce drive voltage in displays
The present invention relates to a display comprising a substrate, an electrically modulated imaging layer, at least one conductive layer, and a drive voltage-reducing layer between said conductive layer and said electrically modulated imaging layer, wherein said dr...
07/21/2009
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