Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080273134 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, first to third electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a fourth electrode formed on the second substrate, wherein the first and second substrates include a main display region and an assistance display region, wherein the first and second electrodes form a horizontal electric field that is substantially parallel to the surfaces of the first and the second insulating substrates, and the third and fourth electrodes form a vertical electric field that is substantially perpendicular to the surfaces of the first and second substrates. | 11-06-2008 |
20080284959 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display including an upper panel having an upper alignment layer, a lower panel having a lower alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules interposed between the upper panel and the lower panel. Each of the liquid crystal molecules has different refractive indexes and different permittivities with respect to each axis direction. The upper alignment layer and the lower alignment layer are vertical alignment layers and have a rubbing direction, respectively. Before the application of an electric field, a first axis of each liquid crystal molecule is aligned in a vertical direction by the vertical alignment layer, and a second axis of each liquid crystal molecule is aligned in a direction parallel to the rubbing direction, and, after the application of the electric field, one having the largest permittivity of the axis directions of the liquid crystal molecule is aligned in parallel to the applied electric field. | 11-20-2008 |
20080309864 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal composition includes a biaxial liquid crystal molecule and has improved response speed. | 12-18-2008 |
20090040410 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A device and method for improving the uniformity of color and luminance of images displayed in a transmissive region and a reflective region of a liquid crystal display are presented. The phase difference value of light for displaying images in the reflective and transmissive regions is the same with respect to one pixel. | 02-12-2009 |
20090058784 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode comprising first electrode extensions formed on the first substrate, a second electrode comprising second electrode extensions formed on the first substrate and arranged alternately with the first electrode extensions, a second substrate facing the first substrate, liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein electrode gaps formed between the first electrode extensions and the second electrode extensions comprise first electrode gaps and second electrode gaps, and the first electrode gaps are different from the second electrode gaps, and wherein the liquid crystal molecules are aligned vertically to the first and the second substrate, when the electric field is not formed between the first and the second substrate. | 03-05-2009 |
20090066891 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) having controlled texture and reduced response time includes first and second insulation substrates which are separated from each other and face each other, a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second insulation substrates and has liquid crystal molecules, a pixel electrode which is disposed on the first insulation substrate and includes a plurality of first linear electrode patterns, a common electrode which is disposed on the first insulation substrate and includes a plurality of second linear electrode patterns separated from the first linear electrode patterns by a predetermined gap, and a texture control portion which is disposed in an area corresponding to the gap and formed on the first or second insulation substrate, wherein the first and second linear electrode patterns are arranged in an alternating fashion. | 03-12-2009 |
20090091587 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first display plate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first display plate, a second display plate, a third electrode disposed on the second display plate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display plate and the second display plate. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules oriented substantially perpendicular to the first display plate and the second display plate in a state where no voltage is applied to the first to third electrodes. When a display state is to change from a first grayscale in a first grayscale region to a second grayscale in a second grayscale region, a return voltage, which is larger than the sum of the common voltage and a threshold voltage of the liquid crystal molecules, is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode for at least a specified period before the first drive voltage and the second drive voltage, which correspond to the second grayscale, are applied to the first electrode and the second electrode. | 04-09-2009 |
20090195719 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided that can improve lateral visibility while preventing a decrease in luminance. The LCD includes first and second gate lines which are arranged in parallel with each other and sequentially transmit a gate voltage; a data line which intersects the first and second gate lines and transmits a data voltage; a pixel electrode which is disposed in a pixel and includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes that are connected to each other through a first charge-sharing capacitor; a first switching device which is connected to the first gate line, the data line and the first sub-pixel electrode; a second switching device which is connected to the first sub-pixel electrode through a second charge-sharing capacitor; and a third switching device which is connected to the second gate line and the second sub-pixel electrode and is also connected to the first sub-pixel electrode through the second charge-sharing capacitor. | 08-06-2009 |
20090207330 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a pixel electrode that includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode, a first thin film transistor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second thin film transistor connected to the second sub-pixel electrode, an assistance capacitor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, and a third thin film transistor connected to the assistance capacitor and the second sub-pixel electrode. The third thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode overlapping the gate electrode and connected to the second sub-pixel electrode, and a drain electrode connected to the assistance capacitor, and a parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and the drain electrode is equal to or less than a parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and the source electrode. | 08-20-2009 |
20090256985 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a substrate; a common voltage line formed on the substrate and transmitting a common voltage; a pixel electrode formed on the common voltage line and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode; a first thin film transistor connected to the first subpixel electrode, and including a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; a second thin film transistor connected to the second subpixel electrode, and including a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode; a boosting capacitor connected to the first subpixel electrode; a third thin film transistor connected to the common voltage line and the boosting capacitor, and including a third gate electrode, a third source electrode, and a third drain electrode; and a fourth thin film transistor connected to the second subpixel electrode and the boosting capacitor, wherein the common voltage line is formed in the same layer as the third source electrode, and is electrically connected to the third source electrode. | 10-15-2009 |
20090262420 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LENTICULAR SHEET OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, and a lenticular sheet which is disposed above the display panel and includes a plurality of prism lenses disposed on the lenticular sheet. Each of the plurality of prism lenses includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. Each surface of the prism lens is disposed extending in a first direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the prism lenses, and arranged substantially parallel with each other. | 10-22-2009 |
20090268112 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TRANSISTORS CONNECTED TO SUB-PIXEL ELECTRODES - A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a first sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel region and a boost capacitor. The first sub-pixel region and the second sub-pixel region are electrically connected to the boost capacitor. The boost capacitor causes voltages the first and second sub-pixel regions to be at different voltages to increase the viewing angle of the display apparatus. One electrode of the boost capacitor, a coupling electrode, is formed over a storage capacitance line made of an opaque metal such that an additional boost capacitor (Cboost) may be formed without decreasing the aperture ratio of the pixel region. Other features are also provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20090322974 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate, a gate line formed disposed on the first substrate, a first data line and a second data lines formed both of which are disposed on the first substrate, and insulated from and intersection disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate line, a first thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the first data line, a second thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the second data line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor, a second pixel electrode connected to the second thin film transistor, a second substrate facing disposed substantially opposite to the first substrate, a common electrode formed disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and including biaxial liquid crystal. | 12-31-2009 |
20100007721 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for displaying a multi-viewpoint image is capable of reducing display defects, and a display apparatus to perform the method includes a display part and a driving control part. The driving control part provides the display part with a plurality of multi-viewpoint images signals. The driving control part sequentially provides the display part with a first viewpoint image to a last viewpoint image and provides the display part with a compensation viewpoint image signal that replaces the last viewpoint image signal of a frame. | 01-14-2010 |
20100013912 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a display panel and an image conversion sheet. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit has a zigzag shape that extends in a first direction. The image conversion sheet includes a plurality of lens units. Each lens unit extends in the first direction and is disposed in a second direction different from the first direction. A plurality of the lens units is disposed in parallel with each other. | 01-21-2010 |
20100026920 | ELECTRO-OPTIC UNIT, DRIVING METHOD OF THE ELECTRO-OPTIC UNIT, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electro-optic unit. A lens unit disposed at an upper portion of a display panel has a plurality of lens part. An electro-optic unit is disposed between a display panel and a lens unit, and includes an electro-optic material layer formed as a graded refractive index lens in an electric field. A display device shows a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image according to a mode of the electro-optic unit. A driving part may form the graded refractive index lens to have the same pitch as the pitch of the lens part. The graded refractive index lens may be formed as a convex lens or a Fresnel lens. The electro-optic unit is displayed to form the Fresnel lens. A driving method enhancing mode conversion velocity of the electro-optic unit is displayed. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for manufacturing a display device, which can ensure precise alignment and attachment of a lenticular sheet onto a display panel. The method includes sequentially stacking a display panel and a lenticular sheet on a stage, irradiating light that is incident in parallel toward the display panel and the lenticular sheet from below the display panel, detecting the light that has passed through the display panel and the lenticular sheet, and determining an axial direction of a columnar lens formed on the lenticular sheet. | 02-04-2010 |
20100053749 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display device includes; a display panel, a lens substrate facing the display panel, an air layer disposed between the display panel and the lens substrate, and a light refraction portion disposed on a surface of the lens substrate facing the display panel, wherein an average refractive index of the light refraction portion taken along a plane substantially parallel to the display panel increases in a direction substantially parallel to a path of light from the display panel to the lens substrate. | 03-04-2010 |
20100128188 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a display device having an image-emitting panel and an image dividing sheet. The image-emitting panel includes a light-blocking layer, a lower substrate, an upper substrate and an electro-optic layer. The lower substrate includes pixel electrodes into which a first image signal and a second image signal having different viewing angles are applied in a spatial dividing method. The electro-optic layer reflects a circularly polarized light towards the upper substrate. The image dividing sheet includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element converts the circularly polarized light into a first light corresponding to the first image signal. The second optical element converts the circularly polarized light into a second light corresponding to the second image signal. | 05-27-2010 |
20100134707 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes; first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules, a first subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the first subpixel electrode receiving a first data voltage, a second subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the second subpixel electrode receiving a second data voltage; and a short protrusion disposed on the second substrate and simultaneously facing the first and second subpixel electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal layer is vertically aligned and has positive dielectric anisotropy. | 06-03-2010 |
20100225839 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes; a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate, a first data line disposed substantially perpendicularly to the gate line on the first substrate, and which insulates and the gate line, a first thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the first data line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor including the first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode as two terminals thereof, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and a short transistor having a control terminal connected to a previous gate line, and which is controlled to short the first pixel electrode to a voltage approaching a voltage of the second pixel electrode. | 09-09-2010 |
20100277406 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for driving a display panel, the display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a cholesteric liquid crystal capacitor, includes; applying a common voltage to the display panel, displaying a video on the display panel by applying a data voltage to at least one of the plurality of pixels, the data voltage having a phase which is one of inverted to and substantially the same as a phase of the common voltage with respect to a reference voltage. | 11-04-2010 |
20100296015 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; a gate line which transmits a gate signal; first and second data lines which respectively transmit first and second data voltages, the first and second data voltages having opposite polarities; a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the gate line and the second data line; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element; and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element. The first and second subpixel electrodes overlap portions of the first and second data lines. The first and second subpixel electrodes include first and second branches, respectively, which are alternately arranged between the first and second data lines. | 11-25-2010 |
20100302471 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: first and second gate lines disposed on the first substrate and which respectively transmit first and second gate signals; first, second and third data lines disposed on the first substrate; a first switching element connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the first gate line and the second data line; a third switching element connected to the second gate line and the second data line; a fourth switching element connected to the second gate line and the third data line; first and second pixel electrodes respectively connected to the first and second switching and which form a first liquid crystal capacitor; and third and fourth pixel electrodes respectively connected to the third and fourth switching elements and which form a second liquid crystal capacitor. | 12-02-2010 |
20100328593 | OPTICAL FILM ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An optical film assembly includes a first polarization plate disposed below a liquid crystal layer and having a first absorption axis, a second polarization plate disposed above the liquid crystal layer and having a second absorption axis, an A-plate disposed between the first polarization plate and the second polarization plate, and a negative C-plate disposed between the first polarization plate and the second polarization plate. A thickness-direction phase retardation value of the negative C-plate is equal to or less than a value acquired by subtracting about 75 nanometers from a thickness-direction phase retardation value of the liquid crystal layer and the thickness-direction phase retardation value of the negative C-plate is equal to or greater than a value acquired by subtracting about 275 nanometers from the thickness-direction phase retardation value of the liquid crystal layer. | 12-30-2010 |
20110037913 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first and second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the first substrate, configured to transmit a gate signal, at least one data line disposed on the first substrate, configured to transmit a data signal, a plurality of power supplying lines disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of switching elements variously connected to the gate lines, data lines, and power supplying lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements, wherein corresponding pixel electrodes are separated from each other. | 02-17-2011 |
20110164318 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LENTICULAR SHEET OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a lenticular sheet which is disposed above the display panel and includes a plurality of polygonal prism lenses that are arranged in the second direction. Each of the polygonal prism lenses extends in a third direction intersecting the second direction, and includes a plurality of flat surfaces or curved surfaces. | 07-07-2011 |
20120013814 | Liquid Crystal Display Having Pairs of Power Source Supply Lines and a Method for Forming the Same - A liquid crystal display wherein a first power source supply line and a second power source supply line are respectively applied with a first voltage and a second voltage having a predetermined magnitude, and a first power source supply line and a second power source supply line are disposed as a pair between a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first voltage and the second voltage may have different polarities. | 01-19-2012 |
20120044448 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal display that includes a first substrate, a gate line positioned on the first substrate, a data line and a voltage line crossing the gate line, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a second switching element connected to the gate line and the voltage line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first switching element and including a plurality of branches inclined with respect to the gate line, and a second pixel electrode connected to the second switching element and including a plurality of branches parallel to the first branches, wherein the sum of the lengths of the first branches is 90% to 100% of the sum of the lengths of the second branches. | 02-23-2012 |
20120194770 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LAYER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pair of field generating electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy; and at least one alignment layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the alignment layer includes a main chain and at least one side chain connected to the main chain, and the side chain includes a vertical functional group or a polar group. | 08-02-2012 |
20130215344 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; a gate line which transmits a gate signal; first and second data lines which respectively transmit first and second data voltages, the first and second data voltages having opposite polarities; a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the gate line and the second data line; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element; and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element. The first and second subpixel electrodes overlap portions of the first and second data lines. The first and second subpixel electrodes include first and second branches, respectively, which are alternately arranged between the first and second data lines. | 08-22-2013 |
20140002775 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140104555 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LAYER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pair of field generating electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy; and at least one alignment layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the alignment layer includes a main chain and at least one side chain connected to the main chain, and the side chain includes a vertical functional group or a polar group. | 04-17-2014 |
20140375917 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: first and second gate lines disposed on the first substrate and which respectively transmit first and second gate signals; first, second and third data lines disposed on the first substrate; a first switching element connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the first gate line and the second data line; a third switching element connected to the second gate line and the second data line; a fourth switching element connected to the second gate line and the third data line; first and second pixel electrodes respectively connected to the first and second switching and which form a first liquid crystal capacitor; and third and fourth pixel electrodes respectively connected to the third and fourth switching elements and which form a second liquid crystal capacitor. | 12-25-2014 |