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| 20080266477 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit has a first stage which includes: a pull-up driving unit which receives a first carry signal from a second stage and outputs a control signal having first, second, third and fourth voltages to a first node during a preliminary period, a gate active period, a first gate inactive period and a second gate inactive period, respectively; a pull-up unit which receives the control signal and outputs a gate-on signal to a second node during the gate active period; a carry output unit which receives the control signal and outputs a second carry signal to a third stage during the gate active period; and a pull-down unit which receives a gate-off signal and the second carry signal from the second stage and outputs the control signal having the fourth voltage level to the first node during the second gate inactive period. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080316383 | METHOD FOR DETECTING STORAGE VOLTAGE, DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE STORAGE VOLTAGE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for detecting a storage voltage, a display apparatus using the storage voltage and a method for driving the display apparatus. The method for detecting the storage voltage includes applying a test voltage to a storage line in a display panel having an active layer disposed between the storage line and a data line while varying the test voltage, the active layer being in an active state or an inactive state according to the test voltage, and detecting the storage voltage corresponding to the test voltage in an inactive state of the active layer. Thus, the display panel is driven by using the detected storage voltage, so that an aperture ratio may be increased and current consumption may be decreased. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316384 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a first metal pattern formed on a substrate and includes a data line to which a pixel voltage is applied, an insulating layer formed on the substrate on which the first metal pattern is formed, an active pattern formed on the insulating layer, a second metal pattern formed on the insulating layer and including a gate line and a storage line, the gate line crossing the data line, a scanning signal applied to the gate line, a protective layer formed on the substrate on which the second metal pattern is formed, and a pixel electrode formed on the protective layer. A method for manufacturing the display substrate, and a display apparatus including the display substrate are further provided. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090009497 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, which receives a plurality of gate signals and a plurality of data signals to display an image, a gate driver and a signal supplier which supplies a first scan-start signal, a clock signal and a clock bar signal to the gate driver, the clock bar signal having an inverse phase to that of the clock signal, wherein the clock signal includes a maintenance period and first and second transition periods, the maintenance period is defined when the clock signal is maintained at a first level, the first and second transition periods defined from a point when the clock signal transitions to a second level from the first level and to a subsequent point when the clock signal transitions to the first level from the second level, the first scan-start signal is maintained at the second level during the first transition period. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009685 | POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit, a liquid crystal display panel, and first and second polarizers. The first polarizer is attached to a lower portion of the liquid crystal display panel to face the backlight unit, and the second polarizer is attached to an upper portion of the liquid crystal display panel to correspond to the first polarizer. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first optical layer that partially reflects light provided from the backlight unit, and the first polarizer includes a second optical layer to prevent the light reflected by the first optical layer from being re-reflected to the liquid crystal display panel. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090096737 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In a gate driver of a display device, a plurality of first stages each transmit a first gate signal having a first gate-on voltage to first gate lines, and a plurality of second stages each transmit a second gate signal having a second gate-on voltage to second gate lines and output a carry signal corresponding to the second gate signal. Each first stage outputs the first gate-on voltage based on a third gate-on voltage of the carry signal from a previous second stage, and each second stage outputs the second gate-on voltage based on the third gate-on voltage of the carry signal from the previous second stage. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090167733 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a first line, a second line, a bridge line, a thin-film transistor (TFT), a storage line, and a pixel electrode. The first line extends in a first direction on the base substrate. The second line extends in a second direction on the base substrate and is divided into two portions with respect to the first line. The bridge line makes contact with the two portions of the second line in first and second bridge contact regions. The TFT includes a source electrode making contact with one of the first and second lines in a data contact region. The storage line is formed on the one of the first and second lines. The pixel electrode is formed on the storage line and is electrically connected to the TFT. The display substrate reduces formation of parasitic capacitance between pixel electrode and data line. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090189677 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit includes stages, the stages being cascaded and each including: a pull-up part which pulls up a gate voltage to a clock signal during a horizontal scanning period (1H); a carry part which pulls up a carry voltage to the clock signal during the horizontal scanning period (1H); a pull-up driving part connected to a control terminal (Q-node) common to the carry part and the pull-up part and which receives a previous carry voltage from a first previous stage to turn on the pull-up part and the carry part; and a ripple preventing part which prevents a ripple generated at a previous Q-node of a second previous stage based on a ripple generated at the Q-node of the carry part and the pull-up part. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190082 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a main storage electrode and a sub-storage electrode. The first switching element is connected to a data line and a first gate line. The second switching element is connected to the data line and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first switching element. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second switching element. The main storage electrode is disposed in an area between the first pixel electrode and the second electrode to overlap with first ends of the first and second pixel electrodes. The sub-storage electrode is spaced apart from the first and second gate lines. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100156771 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels in a matrix on a substrate. First and second pixels are adjacent to each other along a first direction. The first and second pixels each include first and second switching elements. A first common gate line extends in a second direction different from the first direction and is commonly connected to the first and second switching elements. First and second data lines extend in the first direction and are connected to the first and second switching elements, respectively. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157234 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a thin film transistor array panel including a display region and a non-display region, a gate line extending along a first direction, a data line extending along a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the data line being insulated from and crossing the gate line, a storage electrode line which receives a common voltage signal, and a first gate driver disposed on the thin film transistor array panel and which supplies at least one of a gate on signal and a gate off signal to the gate line. The storage electrode line includes a first portion extending along the first direction and a second portion extending along the second direction in the non-display region. A width, measured along the second direction, of the first portion is less than a width, measured along the first direction, of the second portion. | 06-24-2010 |
