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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7580101 | Liquid crystal display device having 4-divided domains A picture element includes a 4-divided domain including first, second, third and fourth sub-domains which are arranged in this order in a predetermined direction and in each of which an orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules located in the vicinity of the... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7148941 | Compensator with photochemically cured barrier layer and process Disclosed is an optical compensator for a liquid crystal display having improved optical properties, comprising a transparent polymeric support bearing an orientation layer and a photochemically cured optically anisotropic layer, in that order, wherein a photochemic... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7126649 | Oblique plate compensators for projection display systems Projection systems having o-plate compensation elements are described. The compensation elements may be negative, positive or biaxial anisotropic element and may have a homogeneous tilt or a splayed tilt. The compensation elements may be formed from a polymer liquid... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113240 | Liquid crystal display device having insulating patterns with width larger than gap in between A liquid crystal display device in which a pair of substrates having electrodes face each other, and liquid crystal is sealed between the substrates. The liquid crystal display device includes a insulating layer that varies electric field orientations in a pixel reg... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103245 | High density integrated optical chip A high density integrated optical chip. The optical chip features an optical function connected to a low minimum bending radius dielectric waveguide, and a large mode field size dielectric waveguide to interface with an external optical device, such as an optical fi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095460 | Thin film transistor array substrate using low dielectric insulating layer and method of fabricating the same A thin film transistor array substrate is provided. The substrate includes an insulating substrate, a first signal line formed on the insulating substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the first signal line, a second signal line formed on the first insulating ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084939 | Normally white, supertwist nematic liquid crystal display of reflective type A normally white supertwist nematic liquid crystal display of reflective type is provided. This display comprises a reflector, a layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal having a front aligning surface facing a light source and a rear aligning surface facing the refle... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068334 | Color filter and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a color filter comprising a transmission area and reflection area in which at least one color pixel of red, green and blue pixels is formed of the same material, wherein a transparent area having no color layer is formed in a part of t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068335 | Reflective-transmission type thin film transistor liquid crystal display with non-oxidizing metal layer in first pixel electrode The present invention provide a reflective-transmission type TFT LCD wherein each of the reflective pixel electrode and the transmissive pixel electrode is connected directly to a source electrode of a thin film transistor, or the transmissive pixel electrode are co... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053974 | Transflective LCD device having color filters with through holes A transflective liquid crystal display device including: first and second transparent substrates facing each other with a reflective portion and a transmissive portion; gate and data lines over the first transparent substrate perpendicularly crossing each other and ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054413 | Rotatable multi-element beam shaping device A rotatable multi-element beam shaping device according to embodiments of the invention includes a first assembly, rotatable about a central axis through which a beam passes. The first assembly has a first and a second jaw adapted to move across the central axis to ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050137 | Substrate for use in a liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display using the same The invention relates to a substrate for use in a liquid crystal display of a CF-on-TFT structure in which a color filter is formed on the side of an array substrate in which a switching element is formed, and has an object to provide a substrate for use in a liquid... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046315 | Array substrate of liquid crystal display device having color filter on thin film transistor structure and method of fabricating the same An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device having a color filter on a thin film transistor structure and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display device having a COT structure array substrate incl... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040817 | Three-dimensional mounted assembly and optical transmission device A three-dimensional mounted assembly includes a molded body, a plurality of electronic parts sealed with the molded body, a plurality of interconnections electrically connected to the electronic parts and sealed with the molded body wherein part of at least one of t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038752 | Optical interference type of color display An optical interference color display comprising a transparent substrate, an inner-front optical diffusion layer, a plurality of first electrodes, a patterned support layer, a plurality of optical films and a plurality of second electrodes is provided. The inner-fro... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034905 | Liquid crystal display panel having a repair line positioned only underneath the second portion of the non-display area A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The LCD panel has a first substrate having at least a conductive material layer thereon, a second substrate having at least a repair line positioned in a predetermined area, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030941 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner by way of liquid crystal material, first electrodes which are formed in a pixel region of a liquid-crystal-side surface of t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030950 | Method of manufacturing a compensator layer with retardation foils exhibiting tilt angles parallel to planes normal to the foils and angled with respect to one another A method of manufacturing a compensator layer features forming first and second retardation foils by polymerizing or vitrifying liquid-crystalline material comprising liquid-crystal molecules in manner wherein the liquid-crystal molecules in the polymerized or vitri... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027109 | TFT array substrate and active-matrix addressing liquid-crystal display device A TFT array substrate blocks light traveling toward active layers of the TFTs. A patterned first light-shielding layer is formed between a transparent plate and TFTs to overlap with the active layers of the TFTs. A patterned third light-shielding layer is formed to ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023509 | Liquid crystal display device with a partial reflector and a polarizer on the partial reflector and an electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer 4-sandwiched between opposed upper and lower substrates, and upper and lower polarizing layers provided at the top and bottom of the liquid crys... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021837 | Optical interface for 4-channel opto-electronic transmitter-receiver Three alternate fiber ribbon interconnections are described for optically interfacing two 4-channel optoelectronic transceiver modules, each module having separate, spaced apart transmitter and receiver diode arrays. In each instance the optical interconnection is m... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019798 | Display device A display device has a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting lights, a display element for modulating the light emitting from the plurality of light emitting elements so as to convert it to an image light showing an optical image, a reflection type holog... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019810 | Fiber faceplate suspended particle display The present invention replaces liquid crystal light control elements in fiber-optic faceplate liquid crystal displays (LCD) with suspended particle devices (SPDs), and provides for passive light control without the need for either polarized light or special alignmen... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019811 | Smectic liquid crystal high-contrast control or display device The liquid-crystal switching or display device comprises a chiral smectic liquid-crystal mixture, where the ratio Δ/Θ of the angle between the rubbing direction and the smectic layer normal to the tilt angle in the liquid-crystal mixture is at least 0.41. Preferab... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006184 | Bend aligned namatic liquid crystal imaging display with compensation film Disclosed is a display comprising a bend aligned nematic liquid crystal cell, a polarizer, and a compensation film containing a positively birefringent material oriented with the optic axis tilted in a plane perpendicular to the liquid crystal cell surface plane. Su... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002659 | Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal projector There is provided a liquid crystal panel in which the brightness of an image is high, and deterioration in display quality due to defects such as uneven display or uneven brightness is suppressed. The liquid crystal panel includes a pixel portion including a plurali... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002662 | Method of producing optical element by patterning liquid crystal films A method for making an optical element from patterned liquid crystal films by placing a radiation-curing liquid crystal on an aligning function substrate surface, radiating selectively a portion of the liquid crystal film partially to cure it, contacting the partial... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999646 | All optical data selection element An all-optical switch includes a field combiner to produce a first intermediate signal by combining electric fields of an optical information signal and an optical control signal; a fist power combiner to produce a second intermediate signal by combining powers of t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999148 | Apparatus, mask, and method for printing alignment layer An apparatus for printing an alignment layer of a liquid crystal display device includes a dispenser dropping an alignment material, an anilox roll receiving the dropped alignment material, a doctor roll evenly spreading the dropped alignment material coated onto th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995816 | Optical devices comprising high performance polarizer package Disclosed is a polarizer package comprising an integrated combination of an absorbing layer and a compensator. Two of the identical polarizer packages can be crossed and used in a transmissive optical device. This polarizer package can also be used in combination wi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6989877 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device and an electronic apparatus have superior visibility. A transflective reflective liquid crystal device comprises liquid crystals, an upper substrate, an lower substrate, an upper polarizing layer, a reflective polarizing layer, a lowe... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986608 | Passive alignment connection for fiber optics Fiber optic connections are accomplished with passive alignment using a modular approach. An improved waveguide substrate has precisely aligned waveguides secured in place, including at an inlet channel, an outlet channel, or both. The waveguides need not extend bey... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6982769 | Substrate for liquid-crystal display device and fabrication method thereof A substrate for a LCD device improves the flatness of the outermost substrate surface in the contact region for interconnecting an electrode of a switching element (e.g., a TFT) and a pixel electrode to each other in each pixel. Switching elements for respective pix... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982772 | Quarter wavelength plate and projection type video display device using same A quarter wavelength plate for reducing the dependence of a retardation value on an incident beam angle in optically anisotropic crystals. The quarter wavelength plate is formed of optically anisotropic crystals in a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm. The quarter wavele... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6978062 | Wavelength division multiplexed device A wavelength division multiplexed device is based on a transmission grating spectrometer having at least two diffractive optical elements. The WDM device provides flexible use and may be widely applied in WDM systems. The device is useful for multiplexing and demult... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975377 | Liquid crystal display device and thin film transistor substrate thereof An LCD device comprises a plurality of transparent pixel electrodes, a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal material, and a light shield device. The first substrate has a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the transparent pixel electro... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975376 | Transflective liquid crystal display device, method of fabricating the same, and method of using the same A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a pixel electrode, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first reflective region and a first transmissive region, a patterned reflective panel adjacent to the liquid crystal panel,... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970214 | Elliptical polarizer and liquid crystal display device When an optical element is produced using a liquid crystal film having no supporting substrate film for the purpose of decreasing the weight, the liquid crystal film layer may often pose problems of fine wrinkly deformation of and cracking in a caused by strain occu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970250 | Method and system for optical heterodyne detection of an optical signal that utilizes optical attenuation Monitoring an optical signal utilizing optical heterodyne detection involves attenuating an input signal before the input signal is combined with a local oscillator signal. The input signal is attenuated in order improve the signal to noise ratio of the heterodyne s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6961107 | Transflective display device with different pretilt angles and fabrication method for thereof A method of forming a transflective display device having a single cell gap in which a liquid crystal molecule has at least two pretilt angles. A transparent electrode is formed on the inner surface of the lower substrate, and a reflective electrode is formed on a p... | 11/01/2005 |
