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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440043 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, a switching element, a signal line, and a same potential line. The liquid crystal layer is composed of liquid crystal that has a negative dielectric anisotropy and so is vertically a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7292213 | Method and device for repairing defective pixels of a liquid crystal display panel A method and device for repairing defective pixels of a liquid crystal display panel. First, examine the liquid crystal panel to obtain the locations of defective pixels on a liquid crystal display. Next, input a pixel signal wherein the pixel signal further compris... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7265802 | Liquid crystal display with a wide viewing angle using a compensation film Disclosed is a liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal cell including a pair of transparent substrates, with orientation layers deposited on inner surfaces thereof, and a liquid crystal layer of liquid crystal material injected between the substrates; bia... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259825 | Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same comprising simultaneously forming pillar-shaped spacer and protrusion structure An MVA liquid crystal display which is high in brightness and has preferable characteristics is provided. Further, the MVA liquid crystal display with a preferable display quality as well as a larger margin in fabrication and a higher yield is provided. A first subs... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250995 | Liquid crystal display and electronic device The invention provides a liquid crystal display having uniform display and having a wide viewing angle despite the fact that the display includes active elements for switching pixels in the display area, and an electronic device including the same. Specifically, the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245329 | Substrate for a liquid crystal display device comprising second thin-film transistors for applying a voltage to pixel electrodes for polymerizing the monomer A substrate for a liquid crystal display device comprises a TFT substrate for holding opposing substrates arranged opposed to each other as well as a liquid crystal composition obtained by mixing a monomer into liquid crystals. A plurality of bus lines are formed on... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239366 | 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... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224422 | Multi-domain liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same A multi-domain LCD device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, in which it is possible to prevent an opening from being asymmetrical due to the bonding of margins of two substrates, thereby stabilizing peak transmittance characteristics and obtainin... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215386 | Multi-domain liquid crystal display and a thin film transistor substrate of the same Gate lines are formed on an insulating substrate, and data lines crossing the gate lines are formed. The gate lines and the data lines are insulated from each other and intersect each other to define pixel areas. A thin film transistor including three terminals of a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199856 | Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same An MVA liquid crystal display which is high in brightness and has preferable characteristics is provided. Further, the MVA liquid crystal display with a preferable display quality as well as a larger margin in fabrication and a higher yield is provided. A first subs... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184615 | Electrically tunable diffractive grating element The invention relates to an optical device (50) for manipulating a light wave (λ) using a diffractive grating structure (G). According to the basic idea behind the invention a prior art type diffractive grating structure having a permanently shaped surface r... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180569 | Liquid crystal device comprising a second orientation control element constituted by an assembly of distinct plural orientation control elements formed between adjacent repetitions of a first orientation control element 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... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7151582 | Liquid crystal display device with negative retardation of retardation plates being approximately zero. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal cell, polarizers, a first retardation plate arranged between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer, and a second retardation plate arranged between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136140 | Liquid crystal display comprising a linear protrusion structure and an auxilliary protrusion structure having a width wider than that of the linear protrusion structure for controlling an alignment of liquid crystal An MVA liquid crystal display which is high in brightness and has preferable characteristics is provided. Further, the MVA liquid crystal display with a preferable display quality as well as a larger margin in fabrication and a higher yield is provided. A first subs... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7110063 | Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates having electrodes and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates. A bank-shaped projection made of an insulating material is formed on the electrode, and each of the display pixels is divided into... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095467 | Liquid crystal display device A positive uniaxial film 14 with a retardation of Rp [nm] in an in-plane direction is disposed between a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal cell 11 and a polarizing plate 12, and a negative uniaxial film 15 with a retardation of Rn [n... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7064803 | Liquid crystal device, method for driving the same, and electronic apparatus To provide a liquid crystal device in which the occurrence of disclination is efficiently suppressed in a dot area, thereby allowing a bright display and the alignment control of the liquid crystal molecules can be carried out by applying low voltage, a liquid cryst... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6977704 | Liquid crystal display The invention relates to a liquid crystal display based on an MVA mode of multi-division alignment in which alignment states of liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric anisotropy are made different from each other, and provides a liquid crystal display... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972812 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display mainly includes a first substrate and a second substrate processed for vertical alignment; a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy and being sandwiched between the first and second substrates; an array of protrusion... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6963335 | Active matrix type display apparatus method for driving the same, and display element An active matrix type display apparatus is provided that is inexpensive, has less crosstalk, has no flickering and a brightness gradient, and is suitable for a large screen size. The display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, sw... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954248 | Liquid crystal displays having multi-domains and a manufacturing method thereof A black matrix and a color filter are formed on a substrate, a indium-tin-oxide (ITO) common electrode are deposited thereon and then protrusion pattern made of sensitive material such as photoresist are formed on the common electrode with 3 to 20 micron width. A ve... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950169 | Vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display device having pixel electrode partially covering holes of the insulating film Disclosed herein is a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device with high-speed response. This vertical alignment liquid crystal display device comprises: upper and lower substrates which are disposed opposite one another at the desired interval; a liquid cry... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943858 | Liquid crystal display devices having wide viewing angle and improved contrast ratio Liquid crystal display devices include a vertically aligned liquid crystal cell having first and second surfaces that extend opposite each other and contain a liquid crystal material therein having negative dielectric anisotropy. First and second polarizers are atta... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6924856 | Liquid-crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A LCD device is provided. On the input side, the collimated-light generator generates collimated light from incident light and then, the first polarizer plate of the first polarized-light controller generates first polarized light from the collimated light. The firs... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922223 | Vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display device having pixel electrode on protrusion on resin layer Disclosed herein is a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device with high-speed response. This vertical alignment liquid crystal display device comprises: upper and lower substrates which are disposed opposite one another at the desired interval; a liquid cry... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919947 | Color vertically aligned liquid crystal displays The present invention relates to color liquid crystal displays without the use of color filters. By using vertically aligned liquid crystal display cells, it is possible to obtain vivid colors from the display as a function of the operating voltage, with a bright ba... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917410 | Vertically aligned mode liquid crystal display Liquid crystal material is interposed between an upper panel and a lower panel. The lower panel includes signal transmitting wires including a gate wire and a data wire, thin film transistors connected to the signal transmitting wires and pixel electrodes connected ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6903796 | Liquid crystal display device using photo-cured product formed of photo-curing composition having liquid crystal skeletal structure and production method thereof In an MVA mode liquid crystal display device, a concentration of a photo-cured product by a photo-curing composition having a liquid skeletal structure for liquid crystal molecules upon spray or bend deformation is set to 0.3 to 3 wt %. The liquid crystal skeletal s... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900870 | Liquid crystal display having wide viewing angle Disclosed is a liquid crystal display comprising first and second substrates provided opposing one another; a liquid crystal layer made of liquid crystal material that is injected between the first and second substrates; pixel electrodes and a common electrode forme... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6888598 | Optical film and liquid crystal display device having optical film A liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate facing and spaced apart from each other; an upper orientation film on an inner surface of the upper substrate; a lower orientation film on an inner surface of the lower substrate; a li... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6885421 | Liquid crystal display device A positive uniaxial film 14 with a retardation of Rp [nm] in an in-plane direction is disposed between a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal cell 11 and a polarizing plate 12, and a negative uniaxial film 15 with a retardation of Rn [n... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6822723 | Liquid crystal display with a wide viewing angle A liquid crystal display includes a bottom substrate with thin film transistors and pixel electrodes, and a top substrate with a black matrix and color filters. Each pixel electrode has an opening pattern, and each color filter has a groove corresponding to the open... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6801267 | Liquid crystal display device The leakage of light and the disclination occur at the ends of the pixel electrodes where the equipotential lines bend toward the pixel electrodes. A dielectric 207 having a high dielectric constant is provided at the ends of the pixel electrodes to lift up t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6781664 | Liquid-crystal switching elements comprising a liquid-crystal layer which has extremely low optical retardation and liquid-crystal displays containing them The present invention relates to a liquid crystal electro-optical switching member that comprises at least one polariser and a liquid crystal layer having an initial orientation in which the liquid crystal molecules are oriented so as to be essentially parallel to t... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6731356 | Liquid crystal display device and method for producing the same A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crys... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6671017 | Liquid crystal display with a wide viewing angle a compensation film Disclosed is a liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal cell including a pair of transparent substrates, with orientation layers deposited on inner surfaces thereof, and a liquid crystal layer of liquid crystal material injected between the subs... | 12/30/2003 |
