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| 20100214248 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION - A display apparatus with a touch sensor function includes: a first substrate having a common electrode; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate; a display section disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a touch sensor that detects a touch position on a touch surface disposed on the side of the first substrate or on the side of the second substrate, wherein the second substrate has a plurality of data lines arranged in a row direction, a plurality of gate lines arranged in a column direction substantially perpendicular to the data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes each arranged in a pixel region surrounded by a pair of neighboring data lines and a pair of neighboring gate lines, and a plurality of thin film transistors each arranged in the plurality of pixel electrodes and electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the data line, and the gate line, and the touch sensor has a potential increase rate detection unit that detects a potential increase rate upon charging each of the pixel regions and detects a position of the pixel region whose potential increase rate detected by the potential increase rate detection unit falls outside a predetermined range as the touch position. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100231551 | TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensor function-equipped display device includes: a first substrate that has a common electrode; a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate; a display unit that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a touch sensor that detects a touch position on a touch surface disposed on the first substrate side or the second substrate side. The second substrate includes: a plurality of data lines that are aligned in a row direction; a plurality of gate lines that are aligned in a column direction approximately perpendicular to the data lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes that are disposed in each pixel area that is surrounded by a pair of adjacent data lines and a pair of adjacent gate lines; a plurality of capacitance lines that form capacitance with each of the pixel electrodes therebetween; and a plurality of thin film transistors that are disposed for each of the plurality of pixel electrodes and are electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, the data lines, and the gate lines. The touch sensor includes an electric-potential rise rate detecting unit that detects a rise rate of an electric potential of each pixel area at the time of charging by applying a charge signal to the capacitance line and detects a position of the pixel area in which the rise rate of the electric potential detected by the electric-potential rise rate detecting unit is out of a predetermined range as the touch position. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231552 | TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensor function-equipped display device includes: a first substrate that has a common electrode; a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate;
| 09-16-2010 |
| 20100265436 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - There are provided a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of colorant parts disposed so as to be divided for each of a plurality of pixel areas, and having mutually different wavelengths for transmitted light; a polarizing layer disposed on the light-emitting side of the liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of phase difference members disposed on the light-admitting side of the polarizing layer and disposed so as to be divided for each of the plurality of pixel areas. With each of the plurality of phase difference members, at least one of birefringence and thickness is varied for the plurality of phase difference members to adjust the retardation value so that, of the light that is incident on the polarizing layer, the polarization state of light whose wavelength allows the light to be transmitted by the colorant parts that correspond to the phase difference members is brought closer to that of linearly polarized light that oscillates in a designated direction. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100300514 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a substrate, a lower electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and an upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer is formed on the substrate with the lower electrode layer having a first lower electrode layer and a second lower electrode layer. The first lower electrode layer includes a material having a lower electrical resistivity than the second lower electrode layer. The semiconductor layer is formed on the lower electrode layer. The upper electrode layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100300526 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer formed on the semiconductor layer, and a conductive contact layer formed in a groove portion extending from the first electrode layer to the second electrode layer in a portion of the semiconductor layer. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110011437 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a plurality of unit cells connected in series and a first partition portion. Each of the unit cells includes a substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The first partition portion has insulation properties and partitions the first electrode layers of the unit cells on the substrate with each the first electrode layers being disposed respectively in a region partitioned by the first partition portion. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011458 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method is for manufacturing a solar cell having a plurality of unit cells connected in series, each of the unit cells including a substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The method includes forming a fluid-repellent partition portion on the substrate to partition a plurality of regions respectively corresponding to the first electrode layers of the unit cells, and applying a liquid material including a first electrode material for forming the first electrode layers on the regions of the substrate that are partitioned by the partition portion, and baking the applied liquid material to form the first electrode layers. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110065230 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method for manufacturing a solar cell including a substrate, a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode layer, includes forming a first sacrificial layer on a portion of a surface of the substrate; forming the first electrode layer on the substrate and on the first sacrificial layer; and dividing the first electrode layer by removing the first sacrificial layer and a portion of the first electrode layer formed on the first sacrificial layer. | 03-17-2011 |
