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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332855 | Phosphor blends for wavelength conversion and white light emitting device using the same The present invention provides a phosphor blend for wavelength conversion and a white light emitting device using the phosphor blend. Further disclosed is a white light emitting phosphor blend comprising 0.5˜18 wt % of A5(PO4)3Cl:Eu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316831 | Tilted vertical alignment of liquid crystals employing inorganic thin film composition and ion beam treatment A liquid crystal display device includes an alignment layer with constituent materials. The constituent materials have a stoichiometric relationship configured to provide a given pretilt angle. Liquid crystal material is provided in contact with the alignment layer.... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7262897 | Method of forming inorganic alignment film, inorganic alignment film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel and electronic apparatus A method of forming an inorganic alignment film on a base substrate is provided comprising forming a film made substantially of an inorganic material on the base substrate, and irradiating ion beams onto the surface of the film from a direction inclined at a predete... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244798 | (Meth) acrylic compound having an oxetanyl group and liquid crystal film produced by using same The present invention provides a novel compound which is suitable as the starting material of a side-chain type liquid crystalline polymeric substance having a reactive group which is excellent in reactivity upon fixation of the liquid crystal orientation structure.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7170575 | Homeotropically aligned liquid crystal layer and process for the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals on plastic substrates Homeotropically oriented layers and films of liquid crystals especially on polymeric substrates. The layers and films, which also can be multi-layered films comprising a homeotropically aligned anisotropic film, are preparable by application of an orientation layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170663 | Method of forming inorganic alignment film, inorganic alignment film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel and electronic apparatus A method of forming an inorganic alignment film on a base substrate is provided comprising forming a film made substantially of an inorganic material on the base substrate, and irradiating ion beams onto the surface of the film from a direction inclined at a predete... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7097884 | Stability of ion beam generated alignment layers by surface modification A method for preparing an alignment layer surface provides a surface on the alignment layer. The surface is bombarded with ions, and reactive gas is introduced to the ion beam to saturate dangling bonds on the surface. Another method for preparing an alignment layer... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7084946 | Method of forming inorganic alignment film, inorganic alignment film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel and electronic apparatus A method of forming an inorganic alignment film is provided comprising a first milling step of irradiating ion beams to a surface of a base substrate, on which the inorganic alignment film is to be formed, from a direction inclined at a predetermined angle θa ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7061561 | System for creating a patterned polarization compensator A system for creating a patterned polarization compensator (550) has a retardance characterization system (560) for optically scanning the spatially variant retardance of a spatial light modulator (210). A compensator patterning system (565 | 06/13/2006 |
| 6995825 | Process for preparing films of polymerized liquid crystal material having a first film of a polymerized liquid crystal material with uniform orientation and a second film of a polymerized liquid crystal material with uniform orientation directly on the first film The invention relates to a process of preparing films and multilayers comprising polymerized liquid crystal material with uniform orientation, to films and multilayers obtained by said process and their use for optical and electrooptical applications. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6912031 | Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a pair of electrodes for use to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and at least one inorganic alignment film. The inorganic alignment film makes direct contact with the liquid crystal layer a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6888663 | Optical element containing nano-composite particles The invention relates to an optical component comprising a dispersion of layered minute particulate materials in a binder, the layered materials having a layer thickness, a concentration of particulate in the binder, and a basal plane spacing sufficient to provide a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6753047 | Electrodes for liquid crystal cells Electrodes for liquid crystal cells include a substrate e.g. glass having a conductive and alignment coating e.g. a fluorine doped tin oxide coating. After a conductive coating is deposited on the substrate the surface is cleaned and wiped unidirectionally with a so... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6682786 | Liquid crystal display cell having liquid crystal molecules in vertical or substantially vertical alignment A liquid crystal display cell having liquid crystal molecules positioned in a vertical or a substantially vertical alignment is provided. The liquid crystal display cell includes at least two substantially homogeneous fluorinated alignment layers disposed... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6660341 | Tilted vertical alignment of liquid crystals employing inorganic thin film composition and ion beam treatment A liquid crystal display device includes an alignment layer with constituent materials. The constituent materials have a stoichiometric relationship configured to provide a given pretilt angle. Liquid crystal material is provided in contact with the align... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6627269 | Photo-alignment material and liquid crystal display device A photo-alignment material, a liquid crystal display device using the photo-alignment material, and a manufacturing method. The photo-alignment material is a polymer having a photo-reactive ethenyl group on a main chain. When used as a photo-alignment lay... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6562468 | Method of eliminating and a laminate which eliminates aesthetically unacceptable hues visible through light-colored translucent overlays The present invention relates to a method of eliminating and a laminate which eliminates an aesthetically unacceptable hue normally visible at an area of overlap between a light-colored substrate that reflects a certain wavelength of light back to and thr... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6322860 | Plastic substrates for electronic display applications Disclosed is the use of certain polyglutarimides as plastic substrates for use in electronic display applications. These substrates have relatively high Tgs for plastics, and good optical clarity and flatness, with low shrinkage and low birefringence. Als... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6106906 | Material for forming electroconductive film, method of forming electroconductive film by using the same and method of manufacturing electron-emitting device, electron source and image-forming apparatus A material for forming an electroconductive film on a substrate comprises a metal and hydrophobic and hydrophilic components. Preferably, the material comprises an organometallic complex expressed by general formula (R1 COO)n M(NR | 08/22/2000 |
| 5756649 | Liquid crystal aligning agent and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal aligning agent comprising a polyamic acid containing an aliphatic and/or alicyclic hydrocarbon group and a polyimide containing an aliphatic and/or alicyclic hydrocarbon group; and a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5705096 | UV crosslinking compound, alignment film for LCD component and LCD component The UV crosslinking compound of the present invention is characterized in having the following chemical formula, and has high photosensitivity. Accordingly, the crosslinking reaction can be accomplished within a short period of time. Thus, if this compoun... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5620755 | Inducing tilted perpendicular alignment in liquid crystals A substrate (20) is treated prior to use to induce a near-perpendicular orientation of a liquid crystal director (26) relative to the substrate. A layer of silica (98) is deposited upon the substrate (20) by in-line magnetron sputtering as the substrate (... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5206752 | Optical rotator formed of a twisted nematic liquid crystal polyster including an ortho-substituted aromatic unit An optical rotator comprising a light transmitting base, an alignment film layer formed on said base, and a film layer formed of a liquid crystalline polymer. The film layer exhibits a twisted nematic orientation in the state of liquid crystal and assumes... | 04/27/1993 |
| 4490015 | Liquid crystal color display panel The present invention provides a liquid crystal color display panel of improved positive contrast by utilizing the so-called Guest-Host effect.... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4353943 | Aligning liquid crystal layers In a liquid crystal cell parallel homogeneous alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is provided by rubbing a silica or silica containing film produced by firing a silica containing organic coating applied in liquid form. The alignment provided by this... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4112157 | Method of producing a film which promotes homeotropic orientation of liquid crystals and a liquid crystal utilizing the film A liquid crystal cell comprising a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a pair of carrier plates with at least one plate being transparent characterized by a film of metal inorganic salt selected from a group comprising magnesium fluoride, ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4038439 | Method for producing selected alignment in liquid crystal A method of treating the surface of substrates used in liquid crystal display cells so that the surface forces the alignment of the liquid crystal layer to be either parallel with the substrate wall or perpendicular to it. The method includes the step of ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4030997 | Method of aligning liquid crystals A method of aligning nematic liquid crystals with their directors in a tilted configuration is disclosed.... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4022934 | Means for inducing perpendicular alignment of a nematic liquid crystal on a coated substrate A method for aligning nematic liquid crystals on a coated substrate is disclosed. The method involves a pretreatment of the coated substrate with a mixture of a long chain alcohol and an amine at elevated temperatures. Liquid crystals applied to substrate... | 05/10/1977 |