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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169559 | Array substrate and method of manufacturing the same In an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the array substrate, an array substrate includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element and a fourth switching element. The first switching element is electrically connecte... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7948568 | Display substrate and method for repairing a defective pixel of the display substrate A display substrate includes a pixel electrode including a main electrode and a sub-electrode disposed apart from the main electrode and including an opening part. The display substrate includes a first switching device and a second switching device. The first switc... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7924041 | Liquid crystal display including sensing unit for compensation driving A liquid crystal display includes; a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises a switching element having a control terminal and an input terminal connected to a corresponding gate line of a plurality of gate lines and a corresponding data line of a plurality of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7525608 | Input display and fabrication method thereof An input display and fabrication method thereof. The input display comprises a black matrix on a first substrate defining a plurality of sub-pixel areas, a plurality of color filters on the sub-pixel areas, a plurality of light sensitive elements on a second substra... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7436471 | Display device, viewing angle control device, electronic display device, and multiple image display device A display device includes: a main LCD; a SW LCD, disposed on an optical path of light transmitting through the main LCD, for electrically switching a visible image between a single image display mode and a multiple image display mode; a first polarizer; and a second... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425998 | Thin film transistor substrate A thin film transistor array panel comprises a plurality of gate lines formed on an insulating substrate; a repair line formed on the insulating substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate lines and the repair line; a plurality of data lines formed on the ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420628 | Method of making an active-type LCD with digitally graded display An electro-optical device comprising a display drive system with the display timing related to the unit time t for writing-in a picture element and to the time F for writing-in one picture is disclosed. In the device, a gradated display corresponding to the ratio of... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7397453 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes: a gate driver for sequentially applying a gate signal to a gate line for a horizontal line; a control signal supplier for applying a clock-shaped control signal to a control line provided in parallel to the gate line for the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388633 | Reflective liquid crystal display A reflective LCD has first and second light blocking metal films that are formed one upon another between a semiconductor substrate and reflective pixel electrodes with an insulating film being laid on and under each of the light blocking metal films, to block part ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369187 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a data line connected to the source electrode; a gate line connected to the gate electrode; a storage capacitor connected to the drain ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365733 | Backplanes for electro-optic displays A backplane for an electro-optic display comprises a pixel electrode (104), a voltage supply line (C) arranged to supply a voltage to the pixel electrode (104), and a micromechanical switch (106, 112) disposed between the voltage supply line (C)... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359010 | Method for producing display device In a liquid crystal display device, a first substrate includes electrical wirings and a semiconductor integrated circuit which has TFTs and is connected electrically to the electrical wirings, and a second substrate includes a transparent conductive film on a surfac... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355577 | Linear DAC in liquid crystal display column driver A method and circuit for providing analog voltages to an LCD panel based on digital voltages. A gamma curve defining a relationship between the applied voltage and a luminescence of the liquid crystals is implemented in a timing controller through a look-up table, a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342631 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming a data bus line on a substrate, forming a preliminary interlayer insulating layer having a first thickness on the substrate including the data bus line, forming an interlayer insulating layer b... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7292288 | Liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method of the same A four-mask process and a three-mask process proposal are constructed for a TN-type liquid crystal display device and an IPS-type liquid crystal device in which the formation of a passivation insulating layer is not required by streamlining the formation of a scan l... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286173 | Image sensor and image sensor integrated type active matrix type display device To fabricate an active matrix type display device integrated with an image sensor at a low cost and without complicating process, an image sensor laminated with TFT and a light receiving unit is formed on a light receiving matrix, a display matrix is arranged with T... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286192 | Transflective liquid crystal display A transflective liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a plurality of color sub-pixels, each sub-pixel having a transmission area associated with a first charge storage capacitance and a reflection area associated with a second storag... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283418 | Memory device and method having multiple address, data and command buses A dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) device includes a pair of internal address buses that are selectively coupled to an external address bus by an address multiplexer, and a pair of internal data buses that are selectively coupled to an external data bus by ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279730 | Light sensing element, array substrate having the same and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same In a light sensing element having simplified structure, an array substrate having the light sensing element and an LCD apparatus having the light sensing element, the light sensing element includes a first electrode, a control electrode and a second electrode. An al... | 10/09/2007 |
| RE39780 | Photoelectric converter, its driving method, and system including the photoelectric converter A photoelectric converter of a high signal-to-noise ratio, low cost, high productivity and stable characteristics and a system including the above photoelectric converter. The photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric converting portion in which a first elect... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7242021 | Semiconductor device and display element using semiconductor device The present invention achieves the enhancement of stability of operational performance of a display device and the enlargement of margin of design in circuit designing. In a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a gate insulation film which is brought into... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215567 | Ferroelectric memory device To provide a nondestructive-read ferroelectric memory capable of realizing high speed, high integration, and long service life. The present invention is provided with an MFSFET 100 having a ferroelectric thin film at its gate portion, word line 104 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202770 | Voltage variable material for direct application and devices employing same The present invention provides overvoltage circuit protection. Specifically, the present invention provides a voltage variable material (“VVM”) that includes an insulative binder that is formulated to intrinsically adhere to conductive and nonconductive surfaces... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187353 | Dot inversion on novel display panel layouts with extra drivers Dot inversion schemes are disclosed on novel display panel layouts with extra drivers. A display panel comprises substantially a set of a subpixel repeating group comprising a pattern of six columns and two rows: ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187421 | Liquid crystal display having a source driver and scanning line drive circuit that is shutdown A liquid crystal display according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: signal lines and scanning lines arranged in first and second directions on an insulation substrate; display elements formed in vicinity of cross points of the signal lines and... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180490 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. A plurality of pixels are sandwiched between the two substrates and form a display section, each of the pixels is provided with first ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180092 | Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device including a picture display function and a picture capturing function on the same substrate. The semiconductor device includes a pixel matrix, an image sensor, and a peripheral circuit for driving those, which are provided on... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176993 | Reflection type display device using a light shading film with a light shading material evenly dispersed throughout Among insulating layers for insulating and separating first wiring lines, second wiring lines, and pixel electrodes constituting a reflection type display device, at least one layer is made of an insulating film in which a carbon-based material or a pigment is dispe... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164520 | Packaging for an interferometric modulator A package is made of a transparent substrate having an interferometric modulator and a back plate. A non-hermetic seal joins the back plate to the substrate to form a package, and a desiccant resides inside the package. A method of packaging an interferometric modul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161592 | Electro-optical apparatus and electronic equipment A pixel electrode and a thin film transistor connected to the electrode are provided above one substrate. A shading film is provided above another substrate. The shading film has an overhanging portion defining a corner cutting in an opening area of each pixel in th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158195 | Thin film transistor substrate A thin film transistor array panel comprises a plurality of gate lines formed on an insulating substrate; a repair line formed on the insulating substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate lines and the repair line; a plurality of data lines formed on the ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158199 | Liquid crystal display apparatus containing image sensor and process for producing the same A liquid crystal display apparatus containing an image sensor, which comprises a liquid crystal display part comprising an active matrix circuit, a peripheral driver circuit for driving the active matrix circuit, and a sensor part, integrated on one substrate, where... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151578 | Two-layered conductive film having transmitting and expanding electrical signal functions A wiring structure includes: a plurality of linear conductors extending generally parallel to one another; a first input terminal for inputting an electrical signal to a first group of linear conductors selected from among the plurality of linear conductors; and a s... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145612 | Display device comprising plasma discharge switching element with three electrodes A switching element includes a first electrode 1 and a second electrode 2 provided apart from each other so as to run a discharge current between them, and a third electrode 3 configured to be capable of changing the difference in potential from... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136116 | Liquid crystal display with control electrodes for preventing lateral leak of electric field A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprises a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and switching elements each disposed in the proximity of one of intersections between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines. The LCD further comprise... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126738 | Visible spectrum modulator arrays Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123229 | Liquid crystal display device and portable terminal device comprising it A liquid crystal display that is unsusceptible to the effect of a pixel potential during writing of data to a memory, allowing a large margin to be provided against variation in characteristics of transistors forming a pixel circuit, and a portable terminal having t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122780 | Exposure apparatus with efficient uniform light output An object of the present invention is to provide an exposure apparatus which is capable of obtaining high illumination efficiency and performing uniform exposure. In accordance with the exposure apparatus that includes a light source, an optical integrator to which ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115307 | Nematic liquid crystal mixtures for bistable display device Nematic liquid crystal mixtures with weak zenithal anchoring energy for bistable display devices, comprising at least 40% by weight of compounds with strong molecular polarisability and strong dipole moment. ... | 10/03/2006 |
