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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189157 | Liquid crystal display device and process for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, one of the substrates carrying scanning lines and signal lines with a first insulation film therebetween adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, switching devices... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189158 | Fringe field switching liquid crystal display apparatus A fringe field switching liquid crystal display apparatus is provided. This apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first side edge, a second side edge and plural strips defining plural spacings between the first a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184253 | Liquid crystal display device An object is to provide a liquid crystal display device using a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase, in order to enable a higher contrast. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase, a first structure... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179511 | Liquid crystal panel for improving the uniformity of the parasitic capacitor and fabrication method thereof A liquid crystal panel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal panel includes: a gate line and a data line crossing each other to define a pixel; a thin film transistor including: a gate electrode connected to the gate line; a semiconductor... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179510 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates; a gate line on the first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area, the gate line and the data line having a gate insulating film there between; a thin film transistor inc... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174655 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, gate and data lines formed on the first substrate and crossing each other to define a pixel region, a first common electrode in a first part of the pixel region, the first common electrode having ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174656 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal layer provided between a first substrate and a second substrate; first electrodes, which are formed above the first substrate as a first layer, each first electrode having a side which extends in the directi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174657 | Liquid crystal display device An LCD include a gate line, a first data line and a second data line arranged to cross each other, thereby defining a unit pixel region, a TFT disposed at a region where the gate line, the first data line and the second data line cross, and having a passivation laye... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169579 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display (LCD) has pixels with large effective aperture ratios. The LCD includes: a first insulating film formed over the gate line and the common electrode; a data line formed over the first insulating film, the data line crossing over the gate line... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169580 | Viewing angle-controllable liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof A viewing angle controllable liquid crystal display device including red, green and blue color pixels and a control pixel of an electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) mode and its fabrication method are disclosed. A gate insulating layer and a passivation layer... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164729 | Liquid crystal display device It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrica... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164728 | Liquid crystal display device There is provided a liquid crystal display device capable of decreasing the driving voltage of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159642 | In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device having auxiliary pixel electrodes An in-plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal mode liquid crystal display device that prevents signal interference of a data line and disclination is disclosed. The in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes first and second substrates; ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154697 | Liquid crystal display and method of driving same There is disclosed a lightweight and small liquid crystal display which achieves low power consumption and in which the optical anisotropy of the liquid crystal material is compensated for in order to enhance the viewing angle characteristics and the response speed ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154696 | Array substrate for fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device and fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device including the same An array substrate for a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines on a substrate; a gate insulating layer on the plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines on the gate insulating layer and crossing the plur... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154698 | In-plane field type liquid crystal display device comprising liquid crystal molecules with more than two kinds of reorientation directions A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the first substrate, the second electrode being arranged at an upper layer with respect to the first electrode, a drain signal line and... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149370 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a vertical alignment type liquid crystal cell including a first substrate formed with a first electrode, a second substrate formed with a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules giv... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149369 | In-plane switching mode LCD device An embodiment of a unit pixel of an in-plane switching (IPS) mode LCD device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in the unit pixel region, wherein each pixel electrode is configured to apply a pixel voltage from the data line, and a plurality of common... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149368 | In-plane switching LCD panel The present invention discloses an array substrate for an IPS-LCD device. The IPS-LCD device according to the present invention implements a multi-domain for a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned in various directions with respect to each ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144297 | Display device A display device includes a pair of substrates with liquid crystal therebetween, and a plurality of pixel regions provided on one substrate. Each pixel region is constituted of one and another region including a switching element, a pixel electrode, and a counter el... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144295 | Common bus design for a TFT-LCD display Embodiments of the present invention provide for a FFS TFT LCD with a high refresh rate without limiting the aperture of individual pixels. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide for the use of common bus lines to reduce the effective resistance of ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144296 | Method of fabricating array substrate for in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device having double-layered metal patterns An array substrate of an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes, among other features, a gate electrode and a gate line having a first double-layered structure consisting of a first barrier layer and a first low resistance metallic layer; a data l... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139193 | Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display. The fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display includes a transparent common electrode having a predetermined shape and formed within the pixel area to adjust light transmittance by applying a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134673 | Liquid crystal display device having rectangular-shaped pixel electrodes overlapping with comb-shaped counter electrodes in plan view The present invention realizes a bright image display by enhancing a numerical aperture of pixels. At least a portion of a pixel electrode is overlapped to a thin film transistor by way of a first insulation film, the pixel electrode is connected to an output electr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134672 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device includes a substrate for holding a liquid crystal. The substrate includes switching elements, a first insulating layer which overlies the switching elements and which has contact holes located at positions corresponding to the switching eleme... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130351 | Array substrate for in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device including pixel and common electrodes on the same layer and method of manufacturing the same An array substrate for an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line along a first direction on the substrate, a data line along a second direction and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a common line on the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130354 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic device To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130352 | In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display panel and method for fabricating the same A semi-transmissive in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, in which each pixel region can exhibit the same luminance in transmissive and reflective portions thereof while having a single cell gap structure, is disclosed. A method for fabri... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130353 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other to define a pixel region on a substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode in the pixel region and including a first pixel portion w... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125603 | In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same An in-plane switching mode LCD having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix includes a gate line formed on a lower substrate, a data line formed such that the data line intersect the gate line to define a pixel region, a TFT (Thin Film Transistor) formed at the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120739 | LCD device including an insulator film having a contact hole for exposing a pixel electrode A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal (LC) layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate defining an array of pixel areas, each of the pixel areas including a pixel e... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111364 | In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display capable of improving an aperture ratio and fabrication method thereof An in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a plurality of gate lines and data lines arranged vertically and horizontally to define a plurality of pixel regions on a first substrate; thin film transistors (TFTs) at each crossing of the ga... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111363 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A LCD device includes a gate line on a substrate and a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor source and drain electrodes; a common line parallel to the gate line; a common electrode extended from the common line and a pixel ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107046 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a gate line on an inner surface of the first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a plurality of first sub-pixel regions for displaying c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102496 | Distortion resistant array substrate and touch-sensitive display panel having the same An array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin-film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common voltage lines and a plurality of common electrodes. The gate lines extend in a first direct... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098357 | Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of substrates which are disposed so as to be opposite each other and have a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; an upper electrode configured to be included in one substrate of the pair of substrates, and be formed... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098358 | Liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that includes: gate lines and data lines arranged on a first substrate; pixel electrodes connected to the gate lines and the data lines, and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electr... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098356 | Liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to prevent the domain from being generated in the pixel end portions so that the transmittance can increase in an IPS type liquid crystal display device where the size of the pixels is extremely small. In the liquid crystal disp... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8077281 | Liquid crystal device A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates. One substrate includes pixel electrodes, an insulating layer and a common electrode having a plurality of slits. An electric field between the pixel and common electrodes turns liq... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077282 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode dispos... | 12/13/2011 |
