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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184248 | Apparatus for fabricating liquid crystal display panels A method for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display includes preparing a substrate, applying an alignment material for initial alignment of a liquid crystal, and applying a field flux (e.g., an electric or magnetic field) to the alignment material t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179509 | Liquid crystal display device and its manufacture method A liquid crystal display device using a low duty ratio driving method with a duty ratio not smaller than 1/16 is manufactured in the following manner. A first substrate is prepared having a first electrode of a predetermined shape. A second substrate is prepared hav... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169576 | 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... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169575 | Method of manufacturing liquid crystal display A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes providing a first display panel, providing a second display panel, disposing liquid crystals and an alignment additive between the first display panel and the second display panel, applying a gradually incr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8134668 | Liquid crystal display device and production method thereof The present invention provides: a liquid crystal display device capable of improving display qualities and yield, the liquid crystal display device having two or more domains in a pixel through an alignment treatment that has been provided for a substrate over sever... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130348 | Production method of liquid crystal display including scanning exposure To provide: a production method of a liquid crystal display device, the production method being capable of efficiently and stably providing alignment treatment for an alignment film of the liquid crystal display device, in which a plurality of domains is formed in a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8085373 | Liquid crystal display device treated by UV irradiation A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine co... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8064020 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device has first and second substrates. A first electrode on the first substrate is alignment-treated and a second electrode on the second substrate is alignment-treated. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064021 | Light illuminating unit and method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device using same Provided is a light illuminating unit for emitting partially polarized light having an anisotropic illuminance distribution onto a polarizing device. The light illuminating unit includes: a light generator to emit light having an anisotropic illuminance distribution... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054425 | Alignment treatment of liquid crystal display device An alignment-treating method including a first irradiation step of conducting an alignment-treating for realizing an alignment of liquid crystals in a predetermined azimuth direction on a alignment layer of a substrate by obliquely irradiating the substrate with ult... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045110 | Method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device including irradiating first and second ion beams onto inclined and flat surfaces of the TFT substrate Provided are an LCD capable of improving an image quality and an aperture ratio by uniform alignment of liquid crystal, and a method for fabricating the LCD. A first ion beam is irradiated onto an alignment layer formed on a substrate in a first direction, and a sec... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040478 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing that A liquid crystal display device and method includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, first and second alignment films formed on respective ones of the substrates, at least one first projecting portion which is disposed between th... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7961283 | Manufacturing method of liquid crystal panel and deuterium, hydrogen deuteride, or tritium treatment of alignment film In order to improve the state of image irregularities of a liquid crystal panel, a plasma treatment is performed for an alignment film using a treatment gas such as hydrogen and/or deuterium, or a surface treatment is performed in which an alignment film is immersed... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944532 | Liquid crystal display device treated by UV irradiation A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine co... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929091 | Method of manufacturing a display panel In a method of manufacturing a display panel, a first alignment member is formed on a first substrate. Liquid crystal is sealed between the first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. Then, an electric field is applied to the liquid cryst... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924381 | Method for producing liquid crystal display device A method for producing a liquid crystal display device including a first irradiation step for realizing alignment of liquid crystals in a first azimuth direction on a first alignment layer by obliquely irradiating the first substrate, a second irradiation step for r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7903215 | Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a liquid crystal display in which a polymeric component included in a liquid crystal layer is polymerized while adjusting a voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer to regulate the direction of alignment of liquid crystal molecules during... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894029 | Apparatus for optically arranging surface of alignment film and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same Work is irradiated with polarized light generated by configuring in such a manner as to have a polarizer using a grating that separates polarized light from non-polarized light, a lamp and a condenser mirror that allow light to fall on the polarizer, a collimator le... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7880844 | Display panel manufacturing method, display panel manufacturing apparatus, and display panel A liquid crystal panel 11 includes a pair of substrates 18, 19, liquid crystal 20 disposed between the substrates 18, 19, and alignment films 30, 36 provided on the opposed surfaces of the substrates 18, 19. After formation ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7859625 | Method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device which can reduce or eliminate a display defect is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first alignment film formed on one of the pair of substrates; a second alignment film formed on another of the pair of substrates... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7787085 | Optical alignment method and liquid crystal display element An optical alignment method which develops a pretilt angle by batch plane exposure without tilting a substrate. This optical alignment method provides liquid crystal aligning capability to the surface of a polymer film by exposing the surface of the polymer film thr... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782430 | Liquid crystal display device treated by UV irradiation A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine co... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777850 | Method of plasma beam bombardment of aligning films for liquid crystals Methods for treating aligning substrates produces uniform alignment of liquid crystals in at least two modes. The method is based on the treatment of liquid crystal aligning substrates with a collimated or partially collimated plasma beam. In one embodiment, the met... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777849 | Liquid crystal display panel and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display panel includes an upper alignment film and a lower alignment film positioned with liquid crystals therebetween to allow the liquid crystals to be aligned in a designated direction, and at least one of the upper and lower alignment film inclu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7733451 | Liquid crystal display, method of manufacturing the same, and apparatus manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display, a method for manufacturing the same, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same are provided. A method includes forming a field-generating electrode on a panel, and forming an inorganic alignment layer on the substrate by using atmospheric... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728933 | Method and apparatus of forming alignment layer for liquid crystal display device A method for forming an alignment layer is disclosed, to prevent light leakage generated by a physical contact between a rubbing roll and a substrate, which includes preparing a substrate; coating an alignment material on the substrate, for initial alignment of liqu... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728934 | Method for fabricating liquid crystal display panel A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The method includes the steps stated below. At first, providing an LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The liquid crystal layer includ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714965 | Method of plasma beam bombardment of aligning films for liquid crystals Methods for treating aligning substrates produces uniform alignment of liquid crystals in at least two modes. The method is based on the treatment of liquid crystal aligning substrates with a collimated or partially collimated plasma beam. In one embodiment, the met... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7679704 | Method of fabricating an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display comprising rubbing and applying a beam to set pre-tilt angles An IPS (in-plane switching mode) liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof, in which post treatment lowering the pre-tilt angle is performed on a rubbed alignment layer on a substrate using a non-rubbing method such as UV or ion-beam irradiation, ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7656484 | Method and apparatus for forming alignment layer for liquid crystal display A method for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display includes preparing a substrate, applying an alignment material for initial alignment of a liquid crystal, and applying a field flux (e.g., an electric or magnetic field) to the alignment material t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7626662 | Method for fabricating liquid crystal (LC) alignment A method for fabricating liquid crystal (LC) alignment includes the steps of processing an alignment film having a plurality of liquid crystal molecules with a single or plurality of plasma generating devices, such that the liquid crystal molecules are aligned at a ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7612851 | Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is provided. In the method, a vertical alignment layer having a first area and a second area is formed on a substrate. A first plasma gas is sprayed onto the first area with first spraying conditions un... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7518681 | Manufacturing apparatus for oriented film, liquid crystal device and electronic device A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an oriented film of a liquid crystal device holding a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates facing each other, includes: a film formation chamber; an evaporation section evaporating an oriented film material on the s... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515234 | Alignment method using ion beam irradiation Provided is an alignment method including: forming an alignment film on a substrate; irradiating an ion beam onto the alignment film using a bar-type ion gun; and cleaning a surface of the substrate having the alignment film. The irradiating of an ion beam satisfies... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7446839 | Manufacturing method and manufacturing system of liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display, and electronic apparatus Aspects of the invention can provide a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system of a liquid crystal display which forms a homogeneous alignment layer by changing, depending on the specific area on a substrate, the quantity of an alignment layer material to be... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442494 | Method for forming alignment layer and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same A method for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device, and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device using the same are disclosed. The method includes preparing a substrate, coating an alignment material on the substrate, rubbi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440074 | Method for repair of liquid crystal display device light point defects using detection of corrective laser light in real time An object of the present invention is to provide a method for repairing light point defects in which light points can be converted to black spots through a simple process without affecting surrounding pixels, and the repaired pixels can be maintained without their r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7429412 | Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a first alignment layer on the first substrate, the first alignment layer including a first additive; a second alignment layer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7405788 | Method for alignment of liquid crystal molecules by using hydrogen ion beam in an amount greater than one hundred times that of non-hydrogen ions A method that uses at least one hydrogen ion beam for alignment of liquid crystal molecules is proposed in the present invention. The method of the present invention is proposed to resolve the problems of physical destruction and surface deterioration of the alignme... | 07/29/2008 |
