| Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co. Ltd. Patent applications |
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| 20120133877 | Liquid Crystal Display Device Having Rectangular-Shaped Pixel Electrodes Overlapping with Comb-Shaped Counter Electrodes in Plan View - The present invention realizes a bright image display by enhancing a numerical aperture of pixels. At least a portion of a pixel electrode is overlapped to a thin film transistor by way of a first insulation film, the pixel electrode is connected to an output electrode of the thin film transistor via a contact hole which is formed in the first insulation film, the counter electrode is arranged above the pixel electrode by way of a second insulation film in a state that the counter electrode is overlapped to the pixel electrode, the counter electrode is formed at a position avoiding the contact hole formed in the first insulation film as viewed in a plan view, and at least a portion of the counter electrode is overlapped to the thin film transistor. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133875 | Liquid Crystal Display Device, Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133856 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A gate line ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120127753 | Display Device and Planar Light Source Device - The present invention relates to a technique which makes a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device thin and light-weight. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, wherein the backlight includes a film-like light guide member, a film-like light semi-transmissive member adhered to a first surface of the light guide member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner, a film-like reflective member adhered to a back surface of the light guide member opposite to the first surface, and a spot light source arranged at a position of the light guide member at which light is incident on the light guide member from the first surface or the back surface. A refractive index of the light semi-transmissive member is set smaller than a refractive index of the light guide member. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127410 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127403 | Image Display Device and Manufacturing Method of the Same - Disorder in the initial orientation (pretilt angle) and active orientation of liquid crystal molecules associated with higher resolution can be reduced to achieve high image quality displays. A layer having a drive element is bonded into an adhesive layer above color filters provided on the inner surface of a rear panel. The layer with the drive element, a drive electrode (pixel electrode), and a counter electrode are buried in the adhesive layer, so that the surface on the liquid crystal layer side is smooth. An orientation film is formed on the smooth surface to have a liquid crystal orientation control capability (orientation capability). A front panel includes a transparent substrate formed of glass or resin, with a smooth surface on the liquid crystal layer side. An orientation film is formed on the smooth surface of the front panel also to have liquid crystal orientation control capability (orientation capability). | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127402 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention mechanically protects a surface of a miniaturized liquid crystal display device for mobile phone or the like without deteriorating image quality or increasing a thickness of the device. In the present invention, a liquid crystal display panel has a TFT substrate, a color filter substrate, a lower polarizer adhered to a TFT substrate's lower surface, and an upper polarizer adhered to an color filter substrate's upper surface. A face plate is adhered to the upper polarizer using an acrylic adhesive material cured by ultraviolet rays. For enhancing strength and adhesion of the face plate, corners and side portions of the face plate are chamfered. By making the face plate's profile smaller than the upper polarizer's profile, the adhesion properties of the face plate are enhanced. The present invention protects the liquid crystal display panel's surface without deteriorating image quality or substantially increasing the display device's thickness. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127388 | Liquid Crystal Display Device, Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127146 | Organic Electroluminescent Light Emitting Display Device - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120113355 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light source section provided in a backlight unit has a smaller width in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the light source section than a width in the same direction of the liquid crystal panel. A plurality of LED modules are arranged along the length direction of the light source section. The LED modules are respectively assigned to areas of the liquid crystal panel, which are extended in the width direction of the light source section. Lenses are respectively disposed over the LED modules and expand light toward the areas. A control device controls each of the plurality of light sources separately or each of groups into which the plurality of light sources are divided, separately. Accordingly, it is possible to improve a contrast of a display screen, while reducing the number of light sources. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113072 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120105778 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The first substrate includes drain lines, gate lines, thin-film transistors that output signals to pixel electrodes, and an organic film that is formed between each thin-film transistor and each pixel electrode. The organic film has a contact hole for electrical connection between a source electrode of each thin-film transistor and each pixel electrode. A step is formed in a layer underlying the organic film and an edge portion of the organic film toward the thin-film transistor, the edge portion forming the contact hole, being formed to lie on a lower plane of the step. A sidewall part of the contact hole which is formed in the organic film is formed to have a taper angle of at least 60 degrees. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105760 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided, where dust can be prevented from entering into the display device and the quality of the display can be prevented from lowering even in the case where a fan in the main body of the equipment blows air against the rear surface of the display device. The display device having a liquid crystal panel and a backlight illuminating the liquid crystal panel that are integrated with an upper frame that covers a periphery of the front surface of the liquid crystal panel and sides of the backlight is characterized in that a cable for supplying power to a light source provided inside the backlight is led out between a side of the backlight (side mold) and the upper frame, and a portion through which the cable is led out is covered by a sheet. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105425 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device capable of improving the display quality by suppressing the influence of a difference in hold voltage in a pixel circuit occurring between forward scanning driving and backward scanning driving. The display device includes: a data signal line; a plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of gate signal lines; a gate signal line driving circuit for performing any one of forward scanning driving and backward scanning driving and performs gate overlapping driving; a data signal line driving circuit; and a reference voltage line driving circuit for supplying a reference voltage. The reference voltage line driving circuit selects and supplies a reference voltage for forward direction and a reference voltage for reverse direction, during the forward scanning driving and the backward scanning driving, respectively. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120099066 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098788 | TOUCH PANEL - The touch panel according to the present invention is a touch panel of a capacitive coupling type, having: a first substrate (XYES) on which a coordinate detecting electrode for detecting XY coordinates of a point is formed; and a second substrate (UP) provided so as to face the above described first substrate, wherein the above described second substrate (UP) is provided with an elastic layer (EL) having a rigidity lower than the above described second substrate and a conductive layer (CL), the above described elastic layer (EL) and the above described conductive layer (CL) are layered in this order towards the above described first substrate (XYES), a non-conductive spacer (SP) is provided between the coordinated detecting electrode and the conductive layer, and a space created by the spacer is filled in with a liquid (LQ). | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098774 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel LCP and a touch panel TP provided on the front surface of the liquid crystal panel is characterized in that wires connected to the liquid crystal panel and wires connected to the touch panel are included in one flexible printed circuit FPC, which is first connected (FOG | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120092592 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit has a light source area. The width of the light source area in a first direction is shorter than the width of a liquid crystal panel in the first direction. A plurality of LED modules ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092583 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The outer frame includes an engagement piece which is elastically deformable and engages with the inner frame, in which the engagement piece includes: a first portion, which is bent from the periphery wall portion to extend in a first direction; and a second portion, which extends in a second direction up to a leading end of the engagement piece, in which the first direction includes a direction which obliquely approaches the inner frame while separating from the liquid crystal display panel, in which the second direction includes a direction which separates from the liquid crystal display panel without approaching the inner frame, in which the inner frame is held between the second portion of the engagement piece and the bottom wall portion, and in which the second portion of the engagement piece engages with the inner frame. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092582 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a panel substrate, which has a frame, which is fixed to a rear surface of the panel substrate; a backlight unit, which is arranged inside the frame; and an electronic panel, which is overlapped onto the panel substrate on the front surface side of the panel substrate, in which the electronic panel includes a protruding end portion, which extends off from the panel substrate, in which the frame includes: a first portion, which is opposed to the rear surface of the panel substrate; and a second portion, which is provided upright from the first portion on a lateral side of the panel substrate in a direction of the protruding end portion of the electronic panel, and in which the protruding end portion of the electronic panel is opposed to the second portion in a non-adherent state. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092292 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a display device having a touch panel including: a display panel; a capacitance-type touch panel arranged on the display panel; and a front panel arranged on the capacitance-type touch panel, wherein the capacitance-type touch panel includes a plurality of X-electrodes and Y-electrodes, the capacitance-type touch panel and the front panel are attached to each other at peripheral portions of the capacitance-type touch panel using adhesives, a conductive film that is provided so as to surround an effective touch area of the capacitance-type touch panel is provided on the uppermost layer of the capacitance-type touch panel, predetermined electric potential is supplied to the conductive film, and the conductive film overlaps peripheral portions of the effective touch area of the capacitance-type touch panel in planar view. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090976 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a touch panel, comprising the steps of: preparing a solution containing a silane coupling agent; applying the solution to a surface of a first substrate having a hydroxy group on the surface thereof: chemically bonding the silane coupling agent to the surface of the first substrate to form convex portions each having a silicon oxide backbone and an organic functional group in the structure thereof; and disposing a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to face the surface having the convex portions formed thereon of the first substrate. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120088325 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device where first color filters, second color filters and third color filters which are formed adjacent to each other are provided, the first color filter and the second color filter are patterned in such a manner that one edge portion of the second color filter overlaps an edge portion of the first color filter, and the second color filter and the third color filter are patterned in such a manner that an edge portion of the third color filter overlaps the other edge portion of the second color filter wherein in an exposure step for patterning the second color filter, an exposure quantity in a region corresponding to one edge portion and an exposure quantity in a region corresponding to the other edge portion differ from each other. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087003 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel is formed by sealing an insulating liquid and floating particles in an area defined by a first substrate, a second substrate and partitions. The width of the partition has to be reduced in order to improve the pixel brightness by enlarging a flat electrode. In this case, the height of the partition has to be reduced for retaining the mechanical strength. If the height of the partition is reduced, an area of the partition electrode becomes small, thus failing to retain the memory effect. The planar surface of the partition is then formed into a zigzag shape so as to increase the area of the partition electrode. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086896 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a diffuser plate which diffuses light, support members which support the diffuser plate, and a liquid crystal panel on which diffused light is incident. The support members each include a placement surface on which the diffuser plate is placed, a first connected surface connected in a slanted manner to an end section of the placement surface, among two end sections of the placement surface that face each other in a width direction, and a second connected surface connected to one of the end sections. A synthetic resin film is glued seamlessly across the placement surface, the first connected surface and the second connected surface via an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the synthetic resin film. The synthetic resin film has a smaller frictional coefficient with respect to the diffuser plate than the placement surface. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086883 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit includes alight guide plate, an inner frame that surrounds an outer periphery of the light guide plate, and an outer frame that surrounds an outer periphery of the inner frame. An inner periphery of the inner frame is formed with an inner protrusion that projects toward the outer periphery of the light guide plate. The outer periphery of the inner frame is formed with an outer protrusion that projects toward an inner periphery of the outer frame. The inner protrusion and the outer protrusion are located on opposite sides of a wall part that is one side part of the inner frame, and arranged at a distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the wall part of the inner frame. According to the backlight unit, relative positional displacement of members can be suppressed while ensuring the ease of assembling. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086739 | Image Display Device - The invention provides an image display device that has an especially satisfactory display quality for animated images, and sufficiently suppresses the irregularities of display quality among pixels. The image display device includes a light emitting drive means that drives a light emitting means, based on an analog display signal inputted to the pixels, and a light emitting control switch for controlling a light-on or light-off of the light emitting means on one end of the light emitting drive means in each pixel. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086477 | GATE SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a gate signal line driving circuit including: 2n clock signal lines where 2n-phase clock signals are input in the normal order of the sequence in normal-directional scanning and in the inverse order of the sequence in inverse-directional scanning, respectively; and a plurality of basic circuits, each being connected with the 2n clock signal lines and outputting a gate signal from an output terminal, in which each of the basic circuits includes a high-voltage applying switching circuit where one clock signal line is connected to an input side and applies a voltage applied to the clock signal line to the output terminal and an off-signal applying switching circuit that applies an off-voltage to a switch of the high-voltage applying switching circuit, and a clock signal line where a clock signal having an inverse phase is connected to a switch of the off-signal applying switching circuit. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120082941 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic passivation film having a high transmittance and capable of setting a taper angle of a through hole within a predetermined range in a liquid crystal display device. A pixel electrode and a source electrode of a TFT are connected by way of a through hole formed in an organic passivation film. The organic passivation film having high productivity, high transmittance, and a predetermined taper angle θ of a through hole can be formed by using a chemical amplification photosensitive resin composition comprising, as a base material, an acrylic resin having a molecular weight of 4,000 to 20,000 and containing 1 to 6 wt % of a photoacid generator as the material for the organic passivation film, performing exposure and development for forming a through hole, and then performing post exposure, prebaking, and baking under appropriate conditions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081643 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To reduce misalignment between pixels and color filters caused by thermal expansion of substrates in a liquid crystal display device in which an opposing substrate including a resin and including color filters is disposed over a TFT substrate including a glass substrate. Glass fibers are included extendedly in the direction of a black arrow in the opposing substrate. Consequently, the thermal expansion coefficient of the opposing substrate in the direction of the black arrow is close to the thermal expansion coefficient of glass fibers and hence the difference in thermal expansion in the direction of the black arrow between the TFT substrate and the opposing substrate is small. Meanwhile, although the thermal expansion of the opposing substrate in the direction perpendicular to the black arrow is large, color purity is not influenced even if misalignment occurs in the direction. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081628 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device intended for increasing the ON-current of a TFT in the pixel while suppressing variation of the ON-current, in which a semiconductor layer and a first n | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081352 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Potential fluctuation of a common voltage is canceled, and greenish coloring of a screen displayed on a liquid crystal display panel is reduced to provide a high-quality image. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having plural pixels in which each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode. The liquid crystal display device includes a detector circuit that detects a specific image pattern that induces a potential fluctuation of a common voltage applied to the counter electrode, and a VCOM generator circuit that generates the common voltage to be applied to the counter electrode. The VCOM generator circuit applies the common voltage in which an inverse compensation voltage that compensates the potential fluctuation is superimposed on a reference common voltage to the counter electrode on the basis of a detection result of the detector circuit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081332 | DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a display device equipped with a touch panel, including a front panel arranged above a capacitive touch panel at a predetermined distance away therefrom, in which the touch panel includes a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes, and the X electrodes are sequentially applied with pulse signals and the Y electrodes receive the pulse signals. When an arbitrary point on the front panel is touched, the touch panel computes a touched point on the touch panel by using both the received pulse signals obtained from the Y electrodes in a case where the front panel is not deformed and the received pulse signals obtained from the Y electrodes in a case where the front panel is deformed. With this, an erroneous operation in which a measurement value is lowered to finally disappear is prevented. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080683 | THIN FILM TRANSITOR, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin film transistor, a display device and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode film onto which light from a light source is irradiated, a semiconductor film formed on the gate electrode film and on an opposite side to the light source side through an insulating film, first and second electrode films formed to be in electrical contact with the semiconductor film, and a first shielding film formed in a same layer as the gate electrode film and electrically isolated from the gate electrode film, wherein the first shielding film overlaps a part of the semiconductor film as seen from the light irradiation direction and also overlaps at least a part of the first electrode film as seen from the light irradiation direction. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120075764 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device which enables the automatic return of a power source circuit after the power source circuit is protected from an overcurrent, at low cost. The display device includes: an output transistor having a base to which a drive voltage signal is inputted and outputting a drive voltage from an emitter; a first transistor being turned on when an overcurrent flows into the output transistor; and a second transistor being turned on and turning off the output transistor when the first transistor is turned on, the first and second transistors are repeatedly turned on and off so as to make the output transistor intermittently operate within an overcurrent operation period, and the first and second transistors are turned off and the output transistor automatically returns to a normal operation when an operation period is shifted from the overcurrent operation period to a normal operation period. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075564 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device of IPS mode with a smaller number of layers, a gate electrode is formed on a TFT substrate. A gate insulating film is formed to cover the gate electrode, on which a semiconductor layer is formed. A drain electrode and a source electrode are placed on the semiconductor layer. A planar pixel electrode is formed from ITO on the gate insulating film prior to the formation of the drain electrode, source electrode, image signal line, and the like. This process is performed to prevent the image signal line, the drain electrode, the source electrode, and the like, from being consumed by the cell reaction through a developer during the patterning of the ITO when a pin hole is present in the ITO, in order not to cause disconnection. As a result, it is possible to improve the production yield and achieve high reliability. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075559 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a first alignment film formed on part of an inorganic insulating film, an overcoat film formed on a black matrix, a counter substrate having a second alignment film formed on the overcoat film, and a seal portion including a sealant. The TFT substrate is bonded to the counter substrate by the sealant. The sealant is bonded to the inorganic insulating film at the seal portion on the side where the TFT substrate is formed, with the first alignment film not being provided on the side, and, in the seal portion on the side where the counter substrate is formed, the sealant is bonded to the second alignment film but, is not bonded to the overcoat film. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075282 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In a unit drive circuit in each stage in a shift register, a transistor which is maintained in ON state during a period where the unit drive circuit in the stage does not perform an outputting operation is configured not to generate Vth shift. As switches, transistors T | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075172 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a large screen, high resolution and high reliability at the same time, even in the case where the drivers are mounted on the TFT substrate in accordance with a COG mounting method. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074422 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE, EL DISPLAY PANEL, EL DISPLAY DEVICE, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EL DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A thin-film transistor array device includes a passivation film above first and second bottom gate transistors. A gate wire is below the passivation film. A source wire and a relay wire are above the passivation film. The source wire is electrically connected to a source electrode of the first transistor via a first hole in the passivation film. A conductive oxide film is between the passivation film and both the source wire and the relay electrode and not electrically connected between the source wire and the relay electrode. The conductive oxide film covers an end portion of the gate wire that is exposed via a second hole in the passivation film. The conductive oxide film is between the relay electrode and a current-supply electrode of the second transistor and electrically connects the relay electrode and the current-supply electrode via a third hole in the passivation film. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074421 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE, EL DISPLAY PANEL, EL DISPLAY DEVICE, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EL DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A thin-film transistor array device includes a passivation film above first and second bottom gate transistors. A source wire is below the passivation film. A gate wire and a relay electrode are above the passivation film. The gate wire is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor via a first hole in the passivation film. A conductive oxide film is between the passivation film and both the gate wire and the relay electrode and not electrically connected between the gate wire and the relay electrode. The conductive oxide film covers an end portion of the source wire that is exposed via a second hole in the passivation film. The conductive oxide film is between the relay electrode and a current-supply electrode of the second transistor and electrically connects the relay electrode and the current-supply electrode via a third hole in the passivation film. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074415 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, in which: the gate lines include a first gate line and a second gate line for respectively outputting the scanning signals at two different scanning timings for each of scanning lines; and a unit pixel for color display, constituted by three pixels corresponding to a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel, and a blue (B) pixel arranged side by side, is formed in a region surrounded by the first gate line, the second gate line, and the drain lines, and the three pixels corresponding to the red (R) pixel, the green (G) pixel, and the blue (B) pixel are arranged in matrix for the each unit pixel. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074406 | PHOTOSENSOR - A photosensor includes a photosensor array in which plural photosensor pixels are arranged in a matrix form and a backlight arranged below the photosensor array. The photosensor array includes a surface light-shielding film (for example, Al film), and the surface light-shielding film includes an incident hole through which light from an opposite side to the backlight is incident on the respective photosensor pixels, and a passage hole which is provided around the incident hole and irradiates the opposite side with irradiation light from the backlight. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074298 | PHOTOSENSOR AND PHOTOSENSOR ARRAY - A photosensor includes a lower electrode formed of a metal film, an amorphous silicon film disposed on the lower electrode, an n-type amorphous silicon film disposed on the amorphous silicon film, an upper electrode that is disposed on the n-type amorphous silicon film, and receives a first reference voltage, a capacitive element connected between the lower electrode and a second reference voltage, a switch circuit that inputs a first supply voltage to the lower electrode in an on-state, and puts the lower electrode into a floating state in an off-state, and a detector circuit that detects a voltage change in the lower electrode after irradiating the amorphous silicon film for a given period with light when the switch circuit is on. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074297 | PHOTOSENSOR AND PHOTOSENSOR ARRAY - A photosensor array includes plural photosensor pixels. Each of the photosensor pixels includes a lower electrode, an amorphous silicon film, an n-type amorphous silicon film, and an upper electrode. The photosensor array includes plural scanning lines connected to the upper electrodes, plural read lines connected to the lower electrodes, a scanning circuit that is connected to the plural scanning lines, and sequentially supplies a selection scanning signal of a first voltage to the respective scanning lines, a first unit that inputs a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the plural read lines in a blanking period of one horizontal scanning period, and thereafter puts the plural read lines into the floating state, and a second unit that outputs a voltage change in each of the read lines within one horizontal scanning period as the sensor output voltage of the photosensor pixel. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120064701 | CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A semiconductor film manufacturing method includes: forming a metal layer above the substrate; forming a gate electrode in each of pixels by patterning a metal layer; forming a gate insulating firm on the gate electrode; forming an amorphous semiconductor film on the gate insulating film; and crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor film by irradiating the amorphous semiconductor film with a laser beam, and a laser irradiation width of the laser beam corresponds to n times a width of each pixel (n is an integer of 2 or above), a laser energy intensity is higher in one end portion of the laser irradiation width than in the other end portion, and in the crystallizing, the laser energy intensity of the laser beam is inverted in increments of n pixels, alternately between one of the end portions of the laser irradiation width of the laser beam and the other end portion. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120058702 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device having a TFT substrate and a counter substrate, and prevents brightness unevenness from being caused by orientation film thickness unevenness. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057115 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An IPS liquid crystal display device intended to prevent generation of second image sticking after generation of initial DC image sticking. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057110 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flat, solid counter electrode is formed on an organic passivation film. Before forming an interlayer insulating film on the counter electrode, plasma ashing is performed. A surface of the organic passivation film is trimmed by the plasma ashing, forming an overhang. The plasma ashing not only trims a surface of the organic passivation film but also roughens a surface of the counter electrode. This increases a contact area between the interlayer insulating film and the organic passivation film or counter electrode, increasing the adhesiveness therebetween. Further, the plasma ashing eliminates the remainder of a resist on the counter electrode, increasing the adhesiveness of the interlayer insulating film. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056185 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an IPS type liquid crystal display device having a reduced number of layers and formed through a reduced number of photolithography steps, an off current of a TFT is prevented from increasing due to photocurrent. A drain line, a TFT drain electrode, and a source electrode each have a multilayer structure including metal and a semiconductor layer. The drain line and the semiconductor layer formed thereunder are separated from the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer formed thereunder with the drain line and the drain electrode connected by a blocking conductive film formed of ITO of which the pixel electrode is also formed. Photocurrent generated by backlight is blocked by the blocking conductive film without flowing into the TFT. Therefore, the number of photomasks required in the production process can be decreased without an increase of causing the off current of the TFT. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120032180 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In the thin-film transistor device: the stacked thickness of either a source electrode or a drain electrode and a corresponding one of silicon layers is the same value or a value close to the same value as the stacked thickness of a first channel layer and a second channel layer; the stacked thickness of the first channel layer and the second channel layer is the same in a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode and above the source electrode and the drain electrode; the first channel layer and the second channel layer are sunken in the region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, following a shape between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and the gate electrode has one region overlapping with the source electrode and an other region overlapping with the drain electrode. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032179 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor array device includes: a driving TFT including a first crystalline semiconductor film including crystal grains having a first average grain size; and a switching TFT including a second crystalline semiconductor film including crystal grains having a second average grain size that is smaller than the first average grain size. The first crystalline semiconductor film and the second crystalline semiconductor film are formed at the same time by irradiating a noncrystalline semiconductor film using a laser beam having a Gaussian light intensity distribution such that a temperature of the noncrystalline semiconductor film is within a range of 600° C. to 1100° C., and the first crystalline semiconductor film is formed such that the temperature of the noncrystalline semiconductor film is within a temperature range of 1100° C. to 1414° C. due to latent heat generated by the laser irradiation. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120021143 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of improving the contrast ratio and having a polarizing layer formed by applying shear stress to a material containing a dye having a lyotropic liquid crystallinity to align the molecule of the dye, wherein the display device has an underlayer film forming a base for the polarizing layer, the molecule of the dye has a sulfo group, and the underlayer film comprises a material having a basic surface functional group. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120008066 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal panel including a display region for displaying an image; a linear illuminator disposed below the display region and extending linearly; and a diffusion plate disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the linear illuminator, in which the diffusion plate includes a thick portion which is formed to be thicker than another portion located below the display region, and the thick portion is formed opposing to the linear illuminator. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007846 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a driver circuit for controlling supply of charges to an array of cells capable of storing the charges. In the driver circuit, a preceding electrically connecting part (SW | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120002130 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device, including: a first protrusion formed to an inner side surface of one of side walls of the frame on a short side of an angled corner portion surrounded by the side walls; a second protrusion formed to an inner side surface of one of the side walls on a long side of the angled corner portion; and a third protrusion formed at another angled corner portion on another end side of at least one of the side walls sharing the angled corner portion provided with the first and second protrusions, and formed to an inner side surface of one of the side walls that is opposed to the side wall to which the first protrusion and/or the second protrusion are/is arranged, the optical sheet including cut-out first to third recesses which are to be fitted to the first to third protrusions. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002118 | LIQUID CRYSATL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION SET - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal panel having a display region; and a backlight unit disposed below the liquid crystal panel, in which: the backlight unit includes: at least one mounting substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; a radiator plate; and a reflection member; the reflection member has a reflection surface which is formed to have a recess surface shape; the light emitting diodes on the at least one mounting substrate are disposed on a bottom portion of the reflection surface; the at least one mounting substrate is disposed at a position under the bottom portion; the radiator plate is disposed under the at least one mounting substrate; and the radiator plate has, in plan view, a larger area than the at least one mounting substrate and a smaller area than the display region. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110317105 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, which includes a TFT substrate ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316831 | BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A plurality of cascaded unit register circuits which comprises a bidirectional shift register include main stages and dummy stages at the top before the main stages and dummy stages at the bottom after the main stages. A k-th stage outputs a pulse P | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316010 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION SET - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight unit, in which: the backlight unit includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes each having an anode and a cathode; a first substrate; and a second substrate, the plurality of light emitting diodes being mounted on the first substrate and the second substrate; the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed adjacent to each other; light emitting diodes which are adjacent across a boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed so that the respective anodes are opposed to each other and so as to have a pitch equal to or smaller than a pitch of other adjacent light emitting diodes. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110310326 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit comprises a circuit board ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310078 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION SET - A backlight includes light emitting diodes; a substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; and a reflection sheet. The surface on which the light emitting diodes are mounted of the substrate is opposed to a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel and the substrate each have a shape in which a common width in a first direction is longer than a width in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction. The width of the substrate in the second direction is shorter than the width of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction. The substrate is opposed to, while avoiding being opposed to both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction, a central portion between the both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310074 | BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A bidirectional shift register outputs pulses from a plurality of cascaded unit register circuits in a shift order which is one of a forward direction and a reverse direction. A λth stage of unit register circuit ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110297950 | CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD, SUBSTRATE COATED WITH CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, AND THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - To provide a method of manufacturing a crystalline semiconductor film having a crystal structure with favorable in-plane uniformity. The method includes: irradiating an amorphous semiconductor film with a continuous-wave laser beam to increase a temperature of the amorphous semiconductor film to a range of 600° C. to 1100° C., the continuous-wave laser beam having a light intensity distribution continuously convex upward on each of major and minor axes; crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor film at the temperature increased to the range of 600° C. to 1100° C.; and increasing a crystal grain size of the crystallized amorphous semiconductor film, as a result of an increase in an in-plane temperature of the crystallized amorphous film to a range of 1100° C. to 1414° C. by latent heat released in the crystallizing of the amorphous semiconductor film. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110294244 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a display device, including: forming a polymer layer which includes an organic material on a principal surface side of a support substrate; forming one of a semiconductor circuit and a display circuit on the polymer layer; irradiating the polymer layer from the support substrate side with light having a wavelength that is absorbed in the polymer layer, to thereby separate the polymer layer from the support substrate; one of thinning and removing the polymer layer; and adhering a first substrate to one of a surface of the polymer layer and a face where the polymer layer has been provided. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292332 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention prevents an unrubbed portion caused by asperities formed on a surface of an alignment layer of a TFT substrate or a counter substrate. A TFT substrate is disposed on a rubbing stage and a projecting portion is formed on a surface of the TFT substrate by TFT wiring. The projecting portion on the surface causes an unrubbed portion, that is, a rubbing shadow particularly at the downstream of rubbing. In a rubbing step, two rubbing rollers that rotate in different directions are provided and the TFT substrate is rubbed in contact with the two rubbing rollers that rotate in different directions, which eliminates the influence of the rubbing shadow. Thus light leakage is prevented in black display. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292318 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device includes an optical switching member; a light guide plate made of a thermoplastic material, which includes at least one light introducing portion on at least one side surface thereof; and a light source disposed on the at least one side surface, in which: the at least one light introducing portion includes, in plan view of the light guide plate: a first portion extending from a light incident surface, which is an end surface of the at least one light introducing portion, while keeping a substantially constant width; and a second portion, which extends from the first portion and has a form which widens; and at least the second portion is connected to a front surface of the light guide plate through an inclined surface which is smoothly continuous with the front surface of the light guide plate. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292316 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A reflection sheet is made of material having a coefficient of thermal expansion different from that of an LED substrate. A fixing member and a retaining member extend through the reflection sheet and the LED substrate so as to fix the reflection sheet and the LED substrate. The reflection sheet includes a fixing hole into which the fixing member is inserted, a retaining hole into which the retaining member is inserted, and LED holes within which light emitting diodes are disposed, respectively. Retaining of the reflection sheet by the retaining member has, compared to fixing of the reflection sheet by the fixing member, a higher degree of freedom of movement in a direction along a surface of the reflection sheet. The LED holes located in positions far from the fixing hole are larger than the LED holes located in positions close to the fixing hole. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292313 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device, including: a display panel which includes a thin film transistor substrate (SUB | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110279748 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a resin frame including a hole passing through first and second surfaces thereof, the first surface including a first recess formed around the hole, the second surface including a second recess formed around the hole; a liquid crystal display panel fixed to the first surface of the resin frame; a light guide plate fixed to the second surface of the resin frame; a flexible wiring substrate connected to the liquid crystal display panel; and an electronic component mounted on the flexible wiring substrate, in which the liquid crystal display panel is arranged so that an end thereof is positioned in a state of being held above the first recess, the flexible wiring substrate is arranged to extend from the first surface side to the second surface side while being bent, and the electronic component is received in the second recess. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278583 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin-film semiconductor device includes, in order, a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a first channel layer, and a second channel layer. The second channel layer includes a protrusion between first top surface end portions. The protrusion has first lateral surfaces that each extend between one of the first top surface end portions and a top surface of the protrusion. An insulation layer is on the top surface of the protrusion. The insulation layer has second lateral surfaces that each extend to one of second top surface end portions of the insulation layer. Two contact layers are each on one of the second top surface end portions of the insulation layer, adjacent one of the second lateral surfaces of the insulation layer, adjacent one of the first lateral surfaces of the protrusion, and on one of the first top surface end portions of the second channel layer. A source electrode is on one of the two contact layers, and a drain electrode is on the other of the two contact layers. The two contact layers and the upper portion of the protrusion of said second channel layer are of opposite conductivity types. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110273649 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Each pixel formed on a TFT substrate includes a pixel electrode, and a TFT, a color filter, an opposed electrode and an insulating film are interposed between the pixel electrode and the TFT substrate. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the TFT substrate and an opposed substrate. An alignment film is provided on each surface of the TFT substrate and the opposed substrate, the each surface being in contact with the liquid crystal layer. A material with high photoconductivity is used for forming the alignment film so as to suppress DC afterimage. Meanwhile, each thickness of the color filter for the respective colors is changed for preventing a yellow shift resulting from absorption of high intensity of light with short wavelength by the alignment film. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110261010 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel in which lead lines are alternately connected to one end portions of a plurality of Y electrodes, the respective lead lines are formed outside an effective touch region, and are connected to terminals which are formed corresponding to the respective lead lines, inspection pads which are connected with the Y electrodes respectively are formed over end portions of the respective Y electrodes on a side where the lead lines are not connected to the respective Y electrodes, the plurality of inspection pads are formed in a region where the lead lines are formed outside the effective touch region, a shield electrode is provided between the lead lines and the respective inspection pads, and a voltage equal to a drive voltage supplied to the Y electrodes is supplied to the shield electrode. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261009 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel, wherein lead lines are connected to respective end portions of at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively, the touch panel further comprises an inspection electrode which is laminated to respective end portions of the at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes with an insulation film sandwiched therebetween on a side where the lead lines are not connected to the at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes, and a voltage for inspection is supplied to the inspection electrode during an inspection time and a voltage at the same phase as the drive voltage supplied to the at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes is supplied to the inspection electrode during a usual operation time. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260180 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An image display device comprises: a first substrate having flexure property; a first resin layer which is attached to the first substrate and over which thin film transistors are located; a barrier layer which comprises an inorganic film covering a surface of the resin layer; and a first thin film layer and a second thin film layer which are located so as to sandwich the first resin layer with the barrier layer disposed therebetween. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260168 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an image display device including thin film transistors on a substrate, including: gate lines and drain lines intersecting the gate lines, each thin film transistor having, in a channel region, a laminate structure in which a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, and a semiconductor layer are laminated in the stated order from the substrate side; and a pair of removal regions in which parts of the gate insulating film are removed, which are formed on both sides of the gate electrode and formed in a channel width direction of the channel region, in which when W represents a width of the gate electrode in the channel width direction of the channel region, and R represents a width of the gate insulating film in the channel width direction, which is sandwiched between the pair of removal regions, R≧W is satisfied. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110254006 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device in which a plurality of gate wires and a plurality of drain wires that intersect the gate wires are provided, and thin film transistors connected to the gate wires and the drain wires are formed for respective pixel regions. At least one of the gate wires, the drain wires, and lead wires drawn from the gate wires or the drain wires is formed of a light-transmitting patterned conductive film. The light-transmitting patterned conductive film is formed of at least a first light-transmitting patterned conductive film, and a second light-transmitting patterned conductive film laminated on the first light-transmitting patterned conductive film. The second light-transmitting patterned conductive film is formed of a conductive film for coating only the surface of the first light-transmitting patterned conductive film including its side wall surface. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110242458 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: alight guide plate; first light-emitting diodes and a first connector, which are opposed to a first side surface of the light guide plate; a first substrate on which the first light-emitting diodes and the first connector are mounted; second light-emitting diodes and a second connector, which are opposed to a second side surface of the light guide plate, the second side surface being on a side opposite to the first side surface; and a second substrate on which the second light-emitting diodes and the second connector are mounted, in which: the first connector is opposed to any one of the second light-emitting diodes; the second connector is opposed to any one of the first light-emitting diodes; and the first connector and the second connector are disposed without being opposed to each other. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110233552 | TFT BOARD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a TFT board for a liquid crystal display device including: a circuit layer formed on a substrate, the circuit layer including a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode; and a color filter layer formed on the circuit layer. The color filter layer has a through hole formed therein above the semiconductor layer in a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110181809 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - The side surface of the light guide plate includes an incident surface which faces the light source unit in an opposed manner, and a fixing surface which is directed in the left-and-right direction orthogonal to the top-and-bottom direction which is the direction along which the light source unit and the incident surface each other in an opposed manner. An engaging portion which is engageable with a lower frame is formed on the fixing surface or an edge portion which forms the fixing surface. The engaging portion is configured to allow a change of a distance between the incident surface and the lower frame due to expansion or shrinkage of the light guide plate while restricting the movement of the light guide plate in the top-and-bottom direction. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110122349 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device capable of efficiently obtaining a high brightness with reduced unevenness in brightness using a single light-emitting section is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel for controlling display by changing orientation of a liquid crystal composition; a single cylindrical light-source section ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110116029 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a manufacturing method for a liquid crystal display device, in which a semiconductor pattern and a metal pattern are formed so that the semiconductor pattern includes a first portion formed under the metal pattern and a second portion which outwardly extends off the metal pattern from the first portion. An insulating layer for covering the metal pattern and the semiconductor pattern is formed. The insulating layer is subjected to etching in a first region located above the metal pattern and in a second region located above at least the second portion of the semiconductor pattern. In the etching step, the insulating layer in the first region is subjected to etching to form a through hole for electrical connection to the metal pattern, and the insulating layer and the semiconductor pattern in the second region are subjected to etching to remove the second portion of the semiconductor pattern. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110109851 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight source has a spectral distribution such that luminances of red and green light are stronger than luminance of blue light. A color filter includes a blue coloring layer that can best transmit a blue light, a red coloring layer that can best transmit a red light, a green coloring layer that can best transmit a green light, and a porous layer in which penetration holes are formed so as to penetrate therethrough in its thickness direction. The blue coloring layer is formed so as to be thicker than the red and green coloring layers. A liquid crystal layer is formed so as to be thinner in a portion facing the blue coloring layer than a portion facing the red and green coloring layers. The porous layer is formed from the same material and to have the same thickness as the blue coloring layer. | 05-12-2011 |
