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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098345 | Liquid crystal display device and electronics device A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a two-dimensional sensor array in which optical sensor circuits are two-dimensionally positioned. The respective optical sensor circuits are provided with a photodiode (17), an output AMP and a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7839463 | Thin film diode panel and manufacturing method of the same A thin film diode array panel comprising: an insulating substrate (110); first and second redundant gate lines (141, 142) made of an opaque conductor and formed on the insulating substrate; first and second floating electrodes (143, 144) made of... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7692731 | Electric power generation using liquid crystals A new way of generating electrical power by changing the dielectric properties of liquid crystals by mechanical means is described. Such a method and device take advantage of the nature of the liquid crystal as the dielectric material in a capacitor. A broad range o... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7626651 | Method for manufacturing an LCD device defining a TFD structure using a second mask removing a first metal layer, an insulating layer and a second metal layer to expose a transparent electrode layer A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device is disclosed, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a substrate having a transparent electrode layer and a first metal layer, wherein the transparent electrode layer is sandwiched in between the firs... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7545452 | TFD LCD device with high aperture ratio Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) diodes in back-to-back thin film diode (TFD) liquid crystal display (LCD) device are formed on dual selective lines respectively. A transparent conductive layer on a first substrate comprises a pixel electrode, a first bottom layer, a sec... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7460192 | Liquid crystal display, thin film diode panel, and manufacturing method of the same A thin film diode panel comprises a pixel electrode formed on a substrate, the pixel electrode including a stem portion and a plurality of branch portions extended from the stem portion, and a data electrode line formed on the substrate, the data electrode line incl... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7358533 | Electronic device, thin film transistor structure and flat panel display having the same The present invention provides an electronic device having more than two conductive layers that cross but not in contact with each other. At least one of the conductive layers comprises a width change part, a width of which changes in a length direction of at least ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7335538 | Method for manufacturing bottom substrate of liquid crystal display device A method for manufacturing liquid crystal display substrates comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a transparent electrode layer and a metal layer; (b) forming a patterned photoresist layer through half-tone or diffraction; (c) defining signal lin... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7286122 | Electronic device, element substrate, electro-optical device, method of producing the electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus To provide an electronic circuit, an element substrate, an electronic device, an electro-optical device, and an electronic apparatus, which make it possible to perform a precise controlling operation even if manufacturing variations occur, a circuit formation area i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257306 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device comprises an electro-optical panel in which an electro-optical material is arranged, an illumination device for radiating visible light onto the electro-optical panel, and a metal frame divided into a plurality of frames each being formed o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7184108 | Display device and diode array panel therefor A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a pair of first and second signal lines transmitting select pulses having opposite polarity; a third signal line transmitting data voltages; first and second field generating electrodes separated from each other ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164403 | Liquid crystal display device having a gray-scale voltage selector circuit A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of video signal lines for supplying video signal voltages to the plurality of pixels, and a drive circuit which selects a voltage level of a gray scale voltage varying per... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7129982 | Color image sensor with integrated binary optical elements An integrated pixel sensor structure having a light sensitive diode including a transparent conductor. In addition, a protective layer is also placed over the transparent conductor, the protective layer including a set of diffraction grating elements for producing c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109964 | Method for driving an liquid crystal display in a dynamic inversion manner A driving method is used for driving a liquid crystal display in a dynamic inversion manner. First, a polarity frame is divided into a plurality of polarity blocks with the same area along scanning lines. By a DC balance requirement as the prerequisite, the polariti... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7088417 | Electrooptic device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus An electrooptic device includes a first substrate 10, wiring 16 provided along one side of the first substrate 10 to extend to another side crossing the one side, and a coating layer 30 coating the wiring 16. Conceivable examples o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7068254 | User identity authentication system and user identity authentication method and mobile telephonic device It is an object to provide an user identity authentication system and an user identity authentication method with the Internet and a mobile information communication device. The mobile information communication device includes a liquid crystal device with a built-in... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061556 | Display device using bidirectional two-terminal element and manufacturing method of display device To provide an active matrix type display device which can be manufactured by an easier method than before. A display device 100 has a plurality of first electrodes 11, a plurality of bidirectional two-terminal elements 12, a plurality of ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6970225 | Electrooptic device, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus An electrooptic device has a first substrate 10 and a second substrate 20 disposed to oppose each other, and liquid crystal 35 provided between the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 20. This electrooptic device has a seal... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966658 | Projection type display apparatus rear projection and multi-vision system A small projection display apparatus which suppresses optical paths of incident and output light in a reflection valve from overlapping; and a rear projector and a multi-vision system using the same. The projection display apparatus includes an illumination optical ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6949890 | LCD back light panel lamp connecting structure An improved LCD back light panel lamp connecting structure comprises at least one set of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL), each having its high voltage end and feedback end arranged alternately, and the feedback ends on both sides of the CCFL respectively coupl... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6919948 | Liquid crystal panel, manufacturing method therefor, and electronic equipment A liquid crystal panel 1 has a configuration in which an element substrate 10 including routing wiring 16 and a counter substrate 20 including scanning lines 25 are adhered with a sealing material 30 therebetween and, in add... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6885110 | Electrical circuit board and TFT array substrate and liquid crystal display device utilizing the same TFT array substrates used for liquid crystal display panels are disclosed of which the fabrication processes are simplified and the manufacturing costs are reduced by reducing the number of masks used in fabricating the TFT array substrates. A gate wiring line metal... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6781648 | Liquid-crystal display device A light source in a backlight portion is composed of red LEDs, green LEDs, and blue LEDs. The numbers of respective kinds of LEDs used are selected so that the number of blue LEDs is not smaller than the number of red LEDs and the number of blue LEDs is not smaller ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6734460 | Active matrix substrate and method of fabricating the same An active matrix substrate includes a substrate composed of resin, and a polysilicon thin film diode formed on the substrate. The polysilicon thin film diode may be a lateral diode centrally having a region into which impurity is doped. As an alternative, the polysi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6657620 | Flat panel type display apparatus There is provided a flat panel type display apparatus which is superior in heat radiation, withstand voltage characteristic, and the like. A flexible substrate having driving devices for driving a display body mounted thereon is provided on the back surfa... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6411348 | Active matrix substrate and producing method of the same An active matrix is furnished with an insulating substrate; a plurality of scanning lines and signal lines provided on the insulating substrate in a matrix pattern; pixel electrodes provided in areas enclosed by the scanning lines and signal lines, respec... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6258296 | Fluorine-substituted compounds and ferrielectric liquid-crystal composition containing the same A fluorine-substituted compound of the following general formula (1) or (2), and a ferrielectric liquid crystal composition comprising the above compound and a specific ferrielectric liquid crystal compound, ##STR1## wherein, in the formula (1), each of X... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6222596 | Thin film diode including carbon nitride alloy semi-insulator and method of making same A system and method for driving a thin film diode (TFD) inclusive AMLCD or imaging device includes providing each pixel with a pair of select lines and a single data line. In certain embodiments, the insulator or semi-insulator layer between electrodes of... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6069676 | Sequential color display device Red, green and blue light sources, and a shutter are provided. Photosensors are provided for detecting the luminance of each of the light sources. A controller is provided for sequentially operating each of the light sources, the shutter, and the photosen... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6008872 | High aperture liquid crystal display including thin film diodes, and method of making same A backlit transmissive liquid crystal display including non-linear resistive thin film diodes (TFDs). Select address lines on the active substrate provide both conventional address line functionality, as well as acting as one of the electrodes for each th... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6005260 | Non-linear switching element of an electro-optical display device with metallic protective layer For contacting a non-linear switching element (10), for example for use in a display device (1), a metallic layer (14) is provided on a layer of non-linear resistive material by means of a low-energetic deposition technique. This layer may function as a c... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5986732 | Color liquid crystal display apparatus A color liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer of nematic liquid crystal having positive dielectric anisotropy and including a chiral material, which is interposed between two substrates disposed substantially in parallel, each provided ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5963279 | Liquid crystal display device containing openings in a protective layer to compensate for defect and method of producing the same In a liquid crystal display device using thin-film diodes or thin-film transistors as switching elements, a protection film is provided on the entire surface of a substrate on which switching elements and signal electrodes or scanning electrodes are forme... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5898416 | Display device A display device which is based on a number of pixels (2) which are arranged in rows and columns, each pixel having a two-pole switching element (3) between an electrode (13) of a pixel and a row electrode (5), and a second two-pole switching element (23)... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5715026 | Method of fabricating active matrix display devices with prefabricated discrete non-linear devices A method of fabricating an active matrix display device having a matrix of display elements (12), particularly liquid crystal elements. An array of first electrodes (24) are connected to associated address conductors (20) through two-terminal non-linear d... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5694146 | Active matrix LCD array employing thin film chalcogenide threshold switches to isolate individual pixels An active matrix liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of Ovonic threshold switches each serially coupled between the corresponding row or column conductor and the liquid crystal display element. The Ovonic threshold switches act as display e... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5614727 | Thin film diode having large current capability with low turn-on voltages for integrated devices A thin film diode and method of fabrication having large current capability and low-turn on voltage is provided as a switching or protective device against electrostatic discharge in integrated devices such as magnetoresistive sensors and the like. A firs... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5606340 | Thin film transistor protection circuit A thin film transistor protection circuit includes a outer short-circuit line formed around a pixel electrode driving thin film transistor on an array substrate, and a discharging thin film transistor having a gate electrode and a current path connected b... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5600458 | Active matrix display having at least one nonlinear element composed of a sulfide film The display apparatus of this invention includes: a display medium having an electro-optic characteristic; a pair of substrates arranged to face each other sandwiching the display medium; a pair of electrodes disposed in inner surfaces of the pair of subs... | 02/04/1997 |
