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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189150 | Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The first substrate includes a plurality of first unit regions, and each of the first unit regions includes at least a pixel region. A plurality of... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8164725 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device includes: a circuit substrate; a counter substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the circuit substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate, the liquid crystal layer showing vertical ali... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149361 | Liquid crystal display The present invention provides a liquid crystal display including a first substrate including a first alignment layer, gate lines, and data lines, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a second alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer dispos... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8134669 | Liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate on which a picture element electrode is provided for each picture element, a counter substrate having a common electrode provided thereon, and a liquid crystal contained between the TFT and count... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8120736 | Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display is provided that includes first and second panels facing each other, an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the first and second panels, a fixing member disposed on the surface of the alignment layer to fix the alignment structure of... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8085374 | Alignment treatment of liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, an electrode and an alignment layer formed on each of the substrates, and a liquid crystal filled between the pair of substrates. The alignment layer of one of the pair of substrates is treated so that ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7872717 | Liquid crystal display device having multiple alignment areas and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device having vertical alignment films formed on pixel electrodes of a thin film transistor substrate and a common electrode of a common electrode substrate, and horizontal alignment films formed in a shape of plural belts on the vertical al... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7830482 | Method for manufacturing a transflective liquid crystal display panel comprising forming a first alignment film having different alignments in the transmissive and reflective regions and forming a second alignment film with a single alignment A method for manufacturing a transflective LCD panel having a transmissive region and a reflective region includes steps of providing an upper substrate and a lower substrate in parallel, forming a first alignment film on the upper substrate, forming a reflective la... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7773180 | Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, which can yield maximum liquid crystal efficiency from all areas within the pixels by orienting the liquid crystals in a manner that the liquid crystals are twisted by 90° in an area abov... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7663720 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can decrease lowering of light utilization efficiency attributed to a light absorption axis of an alignment film. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backl... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7609347 | Liquid crystal display and method thereof A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. A pixel electrode is formed on the first substrate and provided with a first domain divider. A common ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7567320 | Electro-optical device with liquid crystal A liquid-crystal electro-optical device is offered which can operate at high speeds and easily oriented. The value of the surface tension of liquid crystal-orienting layers is 40 dynes/cm or more, and these layers are rubbed in antiparallel directions to each other.... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7489378 | Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device using a photodecomposition type light orientation film, the deterioration of display performance due to an impurity resulting from a light orientation treatment of the orientation film is suppressed to enable high-quality image dis... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7466383 | Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, which can yield maximum liquid crystal efficiency from all areas within the pixels by orienting the liquid crystals in a manner that the liquid crystals are twisted by 90° in an area abov... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7433004 | Color filter substrate, method of making the color filter substrate and display device including the color filter substrate A color filter substrate includes: a base substrate; a light-shield layer and a color filter layer provided on the base substrate; a plurality of columnar spacers, which are made of a resin and provided so as to stick out of the base substrate; and an undercoat laye... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420638 | Liquid crystal display device with mask for alignment A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including vertical alignment layers formed on the substrates. The alignment layer having a polymer realizing vertical alignment is formed on the substrate an unpolarized ultraviolet light is then irradiated in ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7408605 | Liquid crystal display panel A pixel electrode is located in a pixel area defined by the intersections of the two adjacent gate lines and the two adjacent data lines, and has two linear openings extending in the transverse direction, which divide the pixel electrodes into three rectangular port... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403251 | Continuous domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display A continuous domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display (2) has a first substrate (21), a second substrate (22), and liquid crystal molecules (26) interposed between the substrates. A plurality of curved slits (211) and a plu... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7362399 | In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a plurality of gate and data bus lines defining pixel regions and arranged on the first substrate, a common line in the pixel regions, a pair of first and second electrode... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355664 | Multi-domain liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy disposed between the two substrates. In ea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342632 | Display element and display device A display element of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates at least one of which is transparent; a medium layer, made of a medium sandwiched between the substrates 1 and 2, whose magnitude of an optical anisotropy is changed by applying ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336331 | Pixel structure in liquid crystal display A pixel structure for a liquid crystal display has a first substrate with respect to a pixel region. A W-like extruding structure composed of two V-like is formed on a surface of the substrate. A second substrate with several openings is also provided in parallel to... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333168 | Liquid crystal display apparatus In an LCD apparatus, a non-effective display region disposed between pixel electrodes and a declination line disposed on the pixel electrodes are covered by means of a light-leakage preventing layer, thereby preventing the light from being leaked through the non-eff... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326449 | Liquid crystal device A liquid crystal device comprises first and second opposed spaced-apart cell walls enclosing a layer of a liquid crystal material. Electrodes are provided on at least one cell wall for applying an electric field across at least some of the liquid crystal material. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324182 | Object rotating mechanism using liquid crystal flow In a rotating mechanism including a pair of members 11 and 11 having opposed surfaces B which are opposed to each other and provided to be relatively movable in a state in which the opposed surfaces B are opposed to each other, a liquid crystal LC prov... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319501 | Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal orientation method A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direc... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312844 | Liquid crystal display device It was found that the domain in which the disinclination was unstable was a domain located on the periphery of the pixel and in which the alignment orientation of the liquid crystal molecules within the pixel was different from the tilting orientation of the liquid ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311951 | Phoretic display A phoretic display having a liquid crystal suspension medium and a relief structure alignment layer comprising a relief structure surface incorporating a plurality of indentations. The relief structure alignment layer is adapted to generate a preferred alignment of ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307682 | Display element and display device On one of surfaces of each substrate, an electrode is provided. Then, alignment films, which have been subjected to rubbing treatment, are provided on the respective electrodes so that the alignment films covers the respective electrodes. Moreover, on the other one ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304709 | Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device includes opposing first and second substrates having a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. A gate line and a data line crossing the gate line define a pixel region on the first substrate. A thin fil... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295274 | Flower-shaped vertical alignment liquid crystal displays with wide view angle and fast response time A novel vertical alignment liquid crystal display with a structure having a flower-shaped vertical alignment (FVA) has the properties of fast response, high contrast ratio and a wide view angle. The method for making the device and structure of the FVA comprises the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292301 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method for the same An alignment-divided vertical alignment liquid crystal display device permitting high-definition moving image display when OS driving is adopted. The device has a plurality of pixels each having a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280175 | Liquid crystal device exhibiting zernithal bistability and a cell wall for such a device A bistable nematic liquid crystal device cell is provided with a surface alignment grating on at least one cell wall and a surface treatment on the other wall. Such treatment may be a homeotropic alignment or a planar alignment with or without an alignment direction... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264851 | Bistable nematic liquid crystal display device A bistable nematic liquid crystal display device comprises two cell walls enclosing a layer of nematic liquid crystal material having finely divided solid particles dispersed therein. At least one electrode on each cell wall applies an electric field across at least... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256849 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: first and second panels facing each other, interposing a gap therebetween, and first and second field generating electrodes, respectively; a liquid crystal layer filled in the gap and including a plurality of liq... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253862 | Liquid crystal device comprising an orientation control element giving an orientation regulating force to counteract an orientation regulating force given by an edge of pixel electrode A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250993 | Liquid crystal display device having black matrix overlapping pixel electrode according to rubbing direction For suppressing the disclination caused due to misalignment between a pair of substrates of the TFT-type Liquid Crystal Display Device, the present invention makes light shielding widths of the pixel electrode formed on one of the substrates having a plurality of im... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251002 | Multi-domain liquid crystal display device having particular electric field distorting means Disclosed is a multi-domain liquid crystal display device, by which a black matrix area is reduced to improve an aperture ratio in a manner that at least two slits or protrusions are provided on a domain boundary corresponding to an edge area of a pixel to distort a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251007 | Liquid crystal display device having particular semiconductor layer A display device includes a first substrate having formed thereon a plurality of video signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a pixel el... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230664 | Liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes a plurality of picture element r... | 06/12/2007 |
