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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6995047 | Thin film transistor having a short channel formed by using an exposure mask with slits A mask containing apertures therein which is used for fabricating a channel of a thin film transistor (TFT), wherein the pixel charging time for a TFT in a high-resolution liquid crystal display (LCD) device is reduced by minimizing the length of the channel in the ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971938 | Display and method of manufacturing the same The invention provides a display of a type of getting light out of a second electrode side, capable of increasing contrast by suppressing external light reflection, simplifying a manufacturing process, and reducing cost, and a method of manufacturing the same. A sub... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969643 | Thin film transistor array panel used for a liquid crystal display and a manufacturing method thereof A gate insulating layer, an amorphous silicon layer, an n+ amorphous silicon layer and a metal layer are deposited in sequence after a gate line, a gate electrode and a gate pad are formed on a substrate, using a first mask. The metal layer is etched to f... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969948 | Display and method of manufacturing the same The invention provides a display of a type of getting light out of a second electrode side, capable of increasing contrast by suppressing external light reflection, simplifying a manufacturing process, and reducing cost, and a method of manufacturing the same. A sub... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6956237 | Thin film transistor array substrate and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which it is possible to prevent mobile ions contained in a substrate from penetrating into a semiconductor layer by the gettering effect or neutralization in case soda li... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952243 | Electro-optical apparatus and electronic equipment An electro-optical apparatus is provided with a pixel electrode, a TFT connected thereto, and a scanning line and a data line connected thereto above a TFT array substrate. Furthermore, a junction layer, which performs the function of a pixel-potential-side capacito... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6940565 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device, and a fabricating method thereof, having organic pixel electrodes. The organic pixel electrodes are benefically comprised of a light sensitive organic material, preferably PEDOT (polyethylenedioxythiophene). The organic pixel electro... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927814 | Array substrate for LCD and method of fabricating the same An array substrate for a liquid crystal display, which includes a data line in a first direction; a gate line in a second direction perpendicular to the data line, wherein the data and gate lines cross to each other to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor d... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927832 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the first substrate along a first direction, a plurality of data lines formed on the first substrate along a second dir... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6891578 | Method of manufacturing a thin-film semiconductor device used for a display region and peripheral circuit region A thin-film semiconductor device used for a display region and peripheral circuit region and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A method of manufacturing a display device includes the step of preparing a member having, on a separation layer, a semicond... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6876406 | Structure for preventing disconnection in liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing an LCD device having gate and data lines includes forming an active layer on an insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating layer over a surface of the insulating substrate including the active layer; forming a gate line and a gate ele... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6859252 | Active matrix substrate and manufacturing method thereof An active matrix substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are sequentially deposited on an insulating substrate. A transparent conductive layer is deposited on the source and ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6850289 | Array substrate for liquid crystal display device The present invention is related to an array substrate for use in a liquid crystal display. The array substrate includes a transparent substrate; a plurality of gate lines arranged over the transparent substrate in a transverse direction; a plurality of data lines a... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847414 | Manufacturing method for liquid crystal display A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display including a pixel portion having a pixel TFT as well as a drive circuit portion having a N-type TFT and a P-type TFT is disclosed. Firstly, an un-doped silicon layer, an N-type silicon layer and a metal layer are s... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6788357 | Array substrate for a liquid crystal display and method for fabricating thereof An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a first gate insulation layer, a second gate insulation layer, an active l... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6781646 | Liquid crystal display device having gate electrode with two conducting layers, one used for self-aligned formation of the TFT semiconductor regions A liquid crystal display apparatus includes semiconductor elements placed at intersection points between scanning wires and signal wires. Each semiconductor element includes: a semiconductor layer having a channel region and a pair of semiconductor regions which san... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6737289 | Liquid crystal display panel and method for fabricating the same The present invention discloses an LCD panel and a method for fabricating the same. More specifically, the LCD panel includes first and second substrates, a photo-hardening sealant between the first and second substrates, a plurality of metal lines on the first subs... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6707513 | Active matrix substrate and manufacturing method thereof An active matrix substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are sequentially deposited on an insulating substrate. A transparent conductive layer is deposited on the source and ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6692899 | Process for manufacturing reflective TFT-LCD with rough diffuser A method of forming a TFT-LCD device with a rough pixel electrode is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First, a first passivation layer is formed on the transparent insulator substrate to cover the transistor. The first passivation laye... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6670635 | Semiconductor device and semiconductor display device A semiconductor device includes a control circuit for carrying out gamma correction of a supplied signal, and a memory for storing data used in the gamma correction. The control circuit and the memory are constituted by TFTs, and are integrally formed on ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6650380 | Method of fabricating TFT-LCD device comprising double insulating layers A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device that is adapted to improve yield. In the method, a gate electrode, a gate pad and a gate insulating film are formed over a substrate. A semiconductor layer, source and drain electrodes, and a data pa... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6646692 | Liquid-crystal display device and method of fabricating the same An active matrix type liquid-crystal display device of IPS mode has its aperture ratio enhanced, thereby to realize an image display which has a wide angle of vision and which is clear and bright. A pixel portion (in FIG. 2) in the liquid-crystal display ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6627470 | Array substrate for use in LCD device and method of fabricating same A TFT array substrate has a PAI pattern, and the PAI pattern has an over-etched portion of the pure amorphous silicon layer. This over-etched portion prevents a short between the pixel electrode and the pure amorphous silicon layer (i.e., the active layer... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6608658 | Top gate TFT structure having light shielding layer and method to fabricate the same The present invention provides a method of fabricating a TFT structure by two masking processes. More specifically, a light shielding layer and an interlayer insulating layer are sequentially formed on a substrate, and then source/drain electrodes are for... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6559906 | Liquid crystal display device having gate electrode with two conducting layers, one used for self-aligned formation of the TFT semiconductor regions A liquid crystal display apparatus includes semiconductor elements placed at intersection points between scanning wires and signal wires. Each semiconductor element includes: a semiconductor layer having a channel region and a pair of semiconductor region... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6549252 | Reflective liquid crystal display device having a TFT as a switching element and method for fabricating the same The present invention is directed towards TFT-LCD devices and methods to manufacture the same. The devices of the present invention includes a gate electrode structure including an active layer and agate insulator, a protective layer formed over and along... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6542205 | Display device In a pixel structure of an active matrix display device, aperture ratio and a sufficient storage capacitor are secured. A light shielding film provided under an active layer of a pixel TFT and the pixel TFT, the active layer of the pixel TFT, and a thinne... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6529251 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device includes: a source electrode (gate electrode) having an Al or Al alloy layer; a pixel electrode provided above the source electrode (gate electrode); and interlayer insulator films interposed between the source electrode (g... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6476788 | Image display device and method of making the same Each pixel of an image display device has pixel switch that is a poly-Si TFT of a first type structure, a pixel electrode for applying an electric field to an electro-optical material, gate lines connected to the pixel switches, signal lines connected to ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6468839 | Thin film semiconductor device for display and method of producing same An LDD structure of a thin film transistor for pixel switching is realized on a large glass substrate by low-temperature processes. A thin film semiconductor device for display comprises a display part and a peripheral driving part formed on a glass subst... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6433842 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same The method of fabrication of a liquid crystal display device includes the steps of: forming a metal thin film on a glass substrate; forming a resist pattern on the metal thin film by photolithography; and wet-etching the metal thin film with an etchant fo... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6417896 | Active matrix display device In an active matrix display device, a circuit including at least five thin film transistors (TFTs) which are provided with an approximately M-shaped semiconductor region for a single pixel electrode and gate lines and a capacitances line which cross the M... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6411272 | Active matrix liquid crystal display devices An active matrix LC display device comprising an array of display elements (10), each having a switching device (12) addressed via sets of row and column address conductors (14, 16) connected respectively to a row scanning circuit (30) and a column drive ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6392722 | Liquid crystal display device, and video display apparatus, information processing apparatus using it and method thereof A liquid crystal display device with excellent display characteristics such as dot defects and missing of pixels prevented from occurring, a bright display screen and the like can be realized. In addition, a yield rate is enhanced remarkably. The display ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392623 | Method for driving active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display device using the same A method is provided for driving an active matrix substrate including a plurality of signal lines provided on an insulator substrate along a first direction, a plurality of scanning lines provided along a second direction to intersect the plurality of sig... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6292241 | Reflective liquid crystal display apparatus with low manufacturing cost In a reflective liquid crystal apparatus, a drain electrode and a source electrode are formed on a insulating substrate and are formed by an aluminum alloy layer. The source electrode serves as a light reflecting pixel electrode. Also, a non-doped semicon... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6222600 | Reflective liquid crystal display apparatus with low manufacturing cost In a reflective liquid crystal apparatus, a drain electrode and a source electrode are formed on a insulating substrate and are formed by an aluminum alloy layer. The source electrode serves as a light reflecting pixel electrode. Also, a non-doped semicon... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6181398 | Multiple pixel driven mirror electrodes for improved aperture ratio of reflective displays An LCD reflection display array implementing two or more layers of reflecting front surface mirrors with an upper layer mirror(s) having absorbing back surface(s). The mirror surfaces associated with each pixel are electrically connected to the pixel outp... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6100950 | Active matrix LCD with thin film transistor switches and method of producing the same An active matrix LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) using thin film transistors as switching devices and a method of producing the same are disclosed. When a drain bus line and a pixel electrode are to be formed, a transparent conductive film and a low resistan... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6067132 | LCD having contact electrode coupling gate electrode of first pixel to region active layer of second pixel region Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same in which a storage capacitor has a transparent structure formed of an active layer, a gate insulating film, and a pixel electrode so that aperture can be improved. Since m... | 05/23/2000 |
