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| 20090125750 | USING MEMORIES TO CHANGE DATA PHASE OR FREQUENCY - A data processing apparatus includes a first memory which comprises a first input/output port and a second input/output port; a second memory which is connected to the first memory and comprises a third input/output port; and a controller for controlling the first and second memories to perform operations of: (a) writing data to the first memory through the first input/output port; (b) reading the data from the first memory through the second input/output port; (c) writing the data read out of the first memory to the second memory through the third input/output port; and (d) reading the data from the second memory through the third input/output port; wherein the operation (a) is performed at a first frequency and the operations (b), (c), (d) are each performed at a second frequency, wherein either: (i) the first frequency is different from the second frequency, or (ii) the first frequency is equal to the second frequency but in each of the operations (b), (c) and (d) the data is different in phase than in the operation (a). | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128479 | Display Device and Method of Controlling the Same - A display device includes a driving signal generator being supplied with a synchronous signal and a clock signal and generating an inverter driving signal having a given frequency that is multiplied by a predetermined ratio from a frequency of the synchronous signal, an inverter outputting a driving signal based on the inverter driving signal, and a backlight unit controlling turned-on or turned-off based on the driving signal from the inverter. The driving signal generator operates the number of clocks of the clock signal included in a predetermined period of the synchronous signal by using a predetermined value, defines a magnitude of each section of the inverter driving signal with respect to the predetermined period of the synchronous signal, and adjusts the section magnitude of the inverter driving signal when the number of clocks differs from the total section magnitude of the inverter driving signal based on the magnitude of each section. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128705 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GAMMA CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a video processing apparatus comprising a storage unit and a gamma correction unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of representative values of brightness to perform a gamma correction to a video signal. The gamma correction unit calculates a difference value between two adjacent representative values among the plurality of representative values, and performs gamma correction on the video signal based on the plurality of representative values and the plurality of difference values. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100053228 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes; a display panel which displays an image in response to a gate voltage and a data voltage, a panel driver which receives a control signal, and which supplies the gate voltage and the data voltage to the display panel according to the control signal, a backlight which supplies a light to the display panel, an inverter which receives a backlight dimming signal, and which controls a brightness of a light emitted from the backlight according to the backlight dimming signal, and a timing controller which receives a synchronization signal, determines a frame frequency of the display panel according to the synchronization signal, outputs the control signal, and modulates the synchronization signal based on a ratio of a predetermined backlight dimming frequency to the frame frequency, and which outputs the backlight dimming signal according to the modulated synchronization signal. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100156866 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a display apparatus to synchronize a synchronous signal and an inverter driving signal in response to a display mode, and a control method thereof. A back light unit of the display apparatus makes a back light to dim based on an inverter driving signal, and a dimming frequency of the back light varies in response to a synchronous signal frequency of the image. When a synchronous signal having an abnormal frequency is inputted to the back light unit for several seconds, the back light unit holds the frequency of the inverter driving signal and the frequency of the inverter driving signal varies smoothly in response to the display mode. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100302214 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING A DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A display apparatus includes a driving part and a display panel. The driving part includes a master timing controller and at least one slave timing controller synchronized with the master timing controller using a first data enable signal received by the master timing controller and a second data enable signal received by the slave timing controller. The display panel displays a first image on a first display block, and displays a second image on a second display block using the master timing controller. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100309182 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display part, a signal control part, data driving parts, and first and second wiring pairs. The display part includes pixels. The signal control part includes a transmission part that converts an image signal into a multi-level signal. The data driving parts receive the multi-level signal from the transmission part, convert the multi-level signal into a reproduced image signal and provide the pixels with the reproduced image signal. The first and second wiring pairs connect the transmission part and at least one data driving part of the data driving parts. The multi-level signal includes serial data of the image signal and an embedding clock embedded in the serial data. A voltage level of the serial data in the multi-level signal is different from a voltage level of the embedding clock in the multi-level signal. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20120139882 | METHOD FOR RESTORING A TIMING CONTROLLER AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of restoring a timing controller includes generating an error condition signal from a timing controller by checking abnormality of an image signal and a control signal provided from an image board, feeding back the error condition signal to the image board, and restoring the timing controller based on the error condition signal. | 06-07-2012 |
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| 20110069095 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A backlight driving circuit for a display apparatus includes a receiver, a signal modulation detector and a driver. The receiver receives a clock signal and a brightness data signal by a serial transmission and in response to an enable signal. The brightness data signal is synchronized with the clock signal and includes brightness information. The signal modulation detector detects a modulation of the brightness data signal, based on at least one of the clock signal and the enable signal, and outputs a control signal based on a detected result thereof. The driver receives the brightness data signal, in synchronization with the clock signal, selects one of the brightness data signal and a predetermined reference brightness data signal in response to the control signal, generates a driving voltage using the selected brightness data signal, and provides the driving voltage to the backlight unit to control the brightness of the backlight unit. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110227957 | Method of Dimming Backlight Assembly - A plurality of gray-scale values is extracted from image signals corresponding to a dimming area to calculate a mean value of the gray-scale values, and at least one of a variance, a standard deviation, a kurtosis, a skewness, a central moment, and an image moment is calculated using the mean value. Then, a representative gray-scale value corresponding to the dimming area is determined using the calculated values, and a dimming function for the light sources included in the dimming area is determined based on the representative gray-scale value. Then, the light sources included in the dimming area are driven based on the dimming function. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110235308 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus with at least two light guide plates, each including a light incident surface and a light exiting surface, the light guide plates being spaced apart from each other so as to form a gap therebetween. The display apparatus also has a light source disposed adjacent to at least one side portion of the light guide plates to emit light to the light incident surface, a display panel positioned to receive light from the light exiting surfaces to facilitate display of an image, and a diffusion member. The diffusion member covers the gap, so as to diffuse light directed toward the display panel. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110280045 | Light Emitting Diode Package and Display Apparatus Having the Same - A display apparatus includes a display panel, at least one light emitting diode package, and at least one light guide plate. The light emitting diode package includes a frame extending in a first direction, a plurality of branches branched from the frame in a second direction, and at least two light emitting diode chips inserted between and coupled with two adjacent branches. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120182765 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes plural light guide plates each including a light incident surface and a light output surface, plural light sources providing light to the light guide plates, and a display panel receiving the light to display an image. The light guide plates have a rectangular shape, are spaced apart from each other and are in a same plane. The light sources are disposed between two adjacent light guide plates. Each of the light sources includes a light emitting surface, and provides the light to the light guide plates through the light emitting surface. The light emitting surface of the light sources is inclined with respect to one side of the light guide plates. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120236592 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT GUIDE PLATE COUPLING MEMBER - Provided is a display apparatus, which includes a light source unit providing light, a light guide panel guiding the light to a display panel, the display panel receiving the light to display an image, and a bottom chassis accommodating the light guide panel, the light source unit, and the display panel. The light guide panel is adjacent to the light source unit, and includes a light incident surface to which the light is incident, a light output surface from which the light is emitted, and an opposite surface opposed to the light output surface. The display panel faces the light output surface and receives the light to display an image. The bottom chassis has a bottom facing the opposite surface. The light guide panel includes a coupling member protruding from the opposite surface and coupled to the bottom chassis. | 09-20-2012 |
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| 20090189543 | METHOD OF LOCAL DIMMING, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - In order to perform local dimming, a driving dimming duty cycle is generated using a target gamma curve (TGV), wherein the driving dimming duty cycle corresponds to a representative grayscale value (RGV) of each of a plurality of dimming unit areas. Each of a plurality of light unit blocks of a light source is driven based on the driving dimming duty cycle, wherein the light unit blocks correspond to the dimming unit areas, respectively. Therefore, a display apparatus may display an image having a higher contrast ratio than normal. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090207633 | Backlight Unit and Display Including the Same - A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display including the same are provided. The backlight unit includes a circuit board, at least one internal interconnection formed on the circuit board, and a plurality of light emitting devices mounted to be connected with the at least one internal interconnection on the circuit board, each of the plurality of light emitting devices including at least one light emitting chip and at least one driving chip. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100020094 | METHOD OF BOOSTING A DISPLAY IMAGE, CONTROLLER UNIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE CONTROLLER UNIT - Controller unit includes local dimming logic board and controller board. Local dimming logic board generates local dimming signals in response to image data received from external device. When boost-worthy portion of image data is found to satisfy predefined boosting conditions, local dimming logic board increases luminance value of backlight dimming signal supplied for corresponding boost-worthy area portion of image data. Controller board receives image data from local dimming logic board, and gamma converts peripheral area data corresponding to peripheral area of image data into converted image data using compensating gamma conversion different than that used for image data of backlight boosted area so that luminance of peripheral area adjacent to boosting area is decreased by use of compensating gamma conversion in place of normal or reference gamma conversion. Decreased luminance substantially counter compensates for increased luminance due to light from spreading into peripheral area from adjacent boosted area. | 01-28-2010 |
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| 20090267926 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE BLOCKS, DRIVING UNIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DRIVING UNIT - A display apparatus includes light source blocks driven as follows in displaying at least one frame (possibly every frame). An image to be displayed includes image pixels. Each light source block corresponds to an image pixels block which is a block of image pixels to be displayed directly opposite to the light source block. For each image pixels block, a block mean value and a block maximum value are determined. A parameter is determined which corresponds to a total luminance of the frame. For each image pixels block, a block representative value is determined which corresponds to the parameter, the block representative value being within a range between the block mean value and the block maximum value inclusive. During the frame, each light source block is driven to provide a luminance which is an increasing function of the corresponding block representative value. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090295841 | METHOD OF BOOSTING A LOCAL DIMMING SIGNAL, BOOSTING DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE BOOSTING DRIVE CIRCUIT - There is provided a method of boosting a local dimming signal. In the method, it is determined whether or not local dimming signals, which are applied for individually driving light source blocks per frame, satisfy boosting conditions. Then, a predetermined local dimming signal corresponding to at least one of the light source blocks is boosted to a reference luminance value when the local dimming signals continuously satisfy the boosting conditions, and the boosting luminance of the predetermined local dimming signal at the reference luminance value is gradually decreased after a light adaptation time of an observer's eye. When the luminance of light source blocks that are boosted is gradually decreased before the light adaptation time or luminance of light source blocks that will be boosted is gradually increased to the light adaptation time, power consumption required to boost the light source blocks may be decreased. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100277514 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for driving a light source module, the light source module including a plurality of light-emitting blocks, a driving mode of the light-emitting block providing light to a plurality of pixels displaying a unit image is determined by analyzing grayscale values corresponding to the pixels. A second driving signal is applied to the light-emitting block determined to be in a boosting mode, the second driving signal having a level higher than the level of a first driving signal applied to the light-emitting block determined to be in a normal mode. | 11-04-2010 |
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| 20120154898 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an electrophoretic material between the first and second substrates, and a first electrode on the first substrate or the second substrate. Each pixel includes a reflection part and a second electrode. The reflection part is on the first substrate and reflects light incident through the second substrate. The second electrode is on the first substrate and adjacent to the reflection part. The second electrode forms an electric field with the first electrode such that the electrophoretic material moves to the first electrode or the second electrode. An upper surface of the second electrode is positioned at a first height from the first substrate, and an upper surface of an uppermost layer of the reflection part is positioned at a second height higher than the first height. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130033531 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes an image data comparator which receives first, second and third color image data, extracts first, second and third image data from the first, second and third color image date by comparing gray scale values of the first, second and third color image date such that each of grayscale values of the second and third image data is greater than or equal to a gray scale value of the first image data, and compares the gray scale value of the first image data with a predetermined gray scale value, a driving circuit which generates a gray scale signal based on a result of the comparison and generates first and second color signals based on the first, second or third image data, and a pixel including a first sub-pixel which receives the gray scale signal, second and third sub-pixels which receive the first and second color signals, respectively. | 02-07-2013 |
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| 20110170185 | Three-dimensional glasses and three-dimensional display apparatus - Three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a 3D display apparatus are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes a backlight unit comprising a first light source unit for irradiating a first spectrum of light and a second light source unit for irradiating a second spectrum of light. The apparatus includes a polarization switch for selectively converting the polarization of incident light, and for reducing eye fatigue by providing a plurality of view images to each eye using a pair of glasses that each have a color filter and a birefringent device. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110187635 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus that includes a surface-light source device for emitting light in a direction which may be sequentially adjusted, is provided. The 3D image display apparatus includes a display panel for generating images by modulating the light emitted from the surface-light source device according to image information. The 3D image display apparatus also includes a controller for controlling the directivity adjustment of the light from the surface-light source device in a time-sequential manner and the image formation for each visual field of the display panel to be synchronized with each other. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110305607 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE HAVING MICROVALVE - A microfluidic device including a microvalve includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an elastic film between the first and second substrates, a microfluidic channel on the second substrate, a valve seat of the second substrate protruding in the microfluidic channel, and a fine structure on a surface of the elastic film, facing the valve seat and which contacts the valve seat when the microvalve is operated. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120041292 | ELECTRODE FOR A LIVING BODY AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A BIO-SIGNAL - Provided are an electrode for a living body and a device for detecting bio-signals using the electrode. The electrode includes an insulation sheet that has at least one via hole, an electrode unit formed in the at least one via hole, and a guiding unit for guiding the attachment of a signal processing unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120085928 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND MULTI-CHANNEL FLUORESCENCE DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A fluorescence detection optical system comprises a light source which emits excitation light, a collimating lens which condenses the excitation light emitted from the light source into substantially parallel light, an objective lens which focuses the excitation light on a microchamber of a microfluidic device, an optical detector which measures an intensity of a fluorescence signal generated in the microchamber by the excitation light, a beam splitter which transmits or reflects the excitation light emitted from the light source toward the objective lens, and reflects or transmits the fluorescence signal generated in the microchamber toward the optical detector, and a beam shaping lens which is disposed between the beam splitter and the objective lens and expands an optical spot of the excitation light in one direction in accordance with a shape of the microchamber. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120172695 | ELECTRODE MEMBER AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BIOSIGNAL INCLUDING THE ELECTRODE MEMBER - An electrode member for a body is provided. The electrode member includes a first sheet member having at least one hole formed therein, at least one second sheet member respectively disposed in the at least one hole, at least one metal contact point disposed on the first sheet member, and at least one electrode respectively disposed on the at least one second sheet member. | 07-05-2012 |
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| 20080224870 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER OF RFID TAG - An apparatus and method for managing power of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag are provided. It is possible for the apparatus for managing the power of the RFID tag to effectively reduce power consumption of the RFID tag by measuring the power strength of a radio frequency (RF) signal received from an RFID reader and adjusting a level of transmission power based on the measured power strength of the signal. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080224873 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING WAKE-UP BURST OF ACTIVE RFID TAG - An apparatus and method for detecting a wake-up burst of an active RFID tag are provided. The apparatus and method, for detecting the wake-up burst of the active RFID tag, are capable of reducing power consumption of the RFID tag by enabling the RFID tag when a RFID reader starts to communicate. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100090809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SENSOR STATUS OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a sensor status of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The method and apparatus transmit an RFID tag identifier (ID) together with sensor data or sensor status information to an RFID reader, thereby enabling the RFID reader to receive the sensor status information about the RFID tag without additionally communicating with the RFID tag. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100314452 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING WAKE-UP SIGNAL IN BATTERY-POWERED PASSIVE TAG - An apparatus and method of generating a wake-up signal from a passive tag with a battery is provided. According to the present invention, since a wake-up signal is generated by a signal received from a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, battery life can be extended. That is, a wake-up signal can be generated for the battery to be operated according to a signal from the RFID reader so that the battery included in the tag can be controlled from the RFID reader, thereby controlling the amount of battery power consumed. Therefore, the battery life and the life of the tag including the battery can be increased. | 12-16-2010 |
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| 20080240022 | Method for Allocating and Accessing Radio Resources in Ofdma System - Disclosed is a method for allocating and accessing downlink resources in the OFDMA communication system. In the resource allocation method, bursts having the same modulation and channel encoding level are arranged in a predetermined temporal order on a physical layer. Information on the allocated unit resources is included in a common control block and is transmitted to a subscriber station, and the subscriber station then detects a number of the allocated unit resources to thus check the range of bursts to be received by the subscriber station. Therefore, power consumption by the subscriber station is reduced and signaling overheads of the common control information and unneeded residual resources are decreased. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080287138 | Method for Requesting and Reporting Channel Quality Information in Wireless System and Apparatus Thereof - The subscriber station of claim 15, wherein the uplink data includes data to be transmitted, and a header having information on the data and the subscriber, and the uplink data generator adds the subheader includDisclosed is a method and device for requesting and reporting channel quality information in a mobile communication system. An uplink radio resource for a subscriber station having data to transmit is allocated and a CQI indicator for requesting channel quality information is added to the allocation information to be transmitted to a subscriber station. The subscriber station having received the uplink radio resource allocation information generates channel quality information by measuring the radio channel quality for communication with the base station according to existence of the indicator and transmits desired uplink data having the generated channel quality information to the base station. As a result, the seamless and efficient channel quality report can be performed in the wireless communication system, and the optical modulation and the channel coding level can be adapted for the subscriber to transmit or receive the data corresponding to the channel quality. ing the channel quality information to the header of the uplink data. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090067374 | Method for Traffic Indication and Channel Adaptation for Sleep Mode Terminals, and an Apparatus Thereof - The traffic indication and channel adaptation apparatus for a subscriber station in a sleep mode according to the present invention includes: a channel resource allocator for generating resource allocation information allocating an uplink channel resource to the subscriber station; a traffic indication and channel adaptation controller for generating a traffic indication message transmitted with the resource allocation information to the subscriber station, and providing a downlink data having a transmission level determined by applying an AMC level according to a CQI report message transmitted from the subscriber station; a transmitter for transmitting the uplink resource allocation information, the traffic indication message, and the downlink data to the subscriber station; and a receiver from receiving a CQI codeword or a CQI report message. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090175178 | Method and apparatus for requesting and reporting channel quality information in mobile communication system - Disclosed is a method and device for requesting and reporting channel quality information in a mobile communication system. A base station a locates a dedicated feedback channel for channel quality information report to an uplink radio resource, transmits the allocation information to subscriber stations, and generates a CQI report message to request channel quality information from the subscriber stations. The subscriber stations receive the CQI report message from the base station, measures a radio channel quality for communication with the base station, generates channel quality information, generates a CQI response message including the channel quality information, and transmit-the CQI response message to the base station through a dedicates feedback channel designated in the allocation information. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110305218 | METHOD FOR REQUESTING AND REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS PORTABLE INTERNET SYSTEM - A method for requesting and reporting channel quality information (CQI) in a wireless portable Internet system is disclosed. Timing of a channel quality information request by a base station is determined, existence of an automatic repeat request acknowledgment (ARQ_ACK) message of downlink data is determined on requesting the channel quality information from the subscriber station, the automatic repeat request acknowledgment message and the radio resource for the channel quality report to the subscriber station is allocated, the automatic repeat request acknowledgment message and the channel quality report information is received, and a modulating and coding level of downlink data is determined by extracting the channel quality report information form the automatic repeat request acknowledgment message. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20100053138 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus and a method of driving the display apparatus, data voltages, which correspond to image data, are supplied to data lines to drive a plurality of pixels arranged in pixel areas defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines, and gate signals are sequentially supplied to gate lines. The gate signals are maintained at a level of gate on voltage such that the data voltages of the data lines are supplied to corresponding pixels during a scan period, and alternately have a first voltage level and a second voltage level in synchronization with a common voltage during a non-scan period. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100109996 | METHOD OF DRIVING A GATE LINE, GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT - There is provided a method of driving a gate line, a gate drive circuit for performing the method, and a display apparatus having the gate drive circuit. In the method, a plurality of gate signals, generated from a plurality of shift registers connected to a plurality of gate lines, is applied to the gate lines. An output of the gate signals is blocked during a vertical blanking interval, and then a gate off voltage is applied to the gate lines. Therefore, an output signal of the gate drive circuit may maintain a gate off voltage during a vertical blanking interval in which a clock signal is not applied to a gate drive circuit. | 05-06-2010 |
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| 20110221715 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF - A flat panel display device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the flat panel display device has parallel gate and data lines in a display area. In some embodiments, all sub-pixels of each pixel are connected to the same data line and are connected to the same gate line. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120127147 | Liquid Crystal Display and Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display having: a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; a data driver applying a data voltage to a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels; an initial voltage driver applying an initial voltage to the plurality of data lines before the data voltage is applied; and a boost driver applying a boost voltage to a plurality of boost lines connected to the plurality of pixels and boosting voltages of the plurality of pixels to which the data voltage is applied. Crosstalk caused by noise generated in a boost line can be reduced by coupling with a data line, and an ALS driving scheme can be applied to a liquid crystal display having high resolution. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120182050 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments may be directed to a gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit includes a pre-charge unit, a pull-up unit, a boosting unit, and a discharge unit. The pre-charge unit pre-charges a first node in response to a first input signal. The pull-up unit outputs a first clock signal as a gate driving signal in response to a first node signal of the first node. The boosting unit boosts the first node signal of the first node in response to the first node signal and the first clock signal. The discharge unit discharges the first node to a gate-off voltage level in response to a second input signal and a second clock signal. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130027377 | GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver includes stages coupled to each other and outputting gate signals. Each stage includes a node driver, a pull-up unit, a node controller, a first node stabilizer, and a pull-down unit. The node driver outputs a first voltage or a second voltage to a first node in response to a first or a second input signal. The pull-up unit pulls an output terminal to high in response to a voltage of the first node. The node controller outputs an on-voltage to a second node in response to a first clock signal from a third node or a second clock signal from a fourth node. The first node stabilizer stabilizes the first node to an off-voltage in response to a voltage of the second node. The pull-down unit pulls the output terminal to low in response to the voltage of the second node or the second input signal. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130043479 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A thin film transistor substrate includes a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, an active layer on or below the gate electrode (the active layer at least partially overlapping the gate electrode) including a first active region and a second active region, the first active region and the second active region facing each other and extending beyond the gate electrode, a source electrode electrically connected to the first active region and a drain electrode electrically connected to the second active region, wherein the active layer includes a recess region which is at least partially recessed from a surface of the active layer facing the gate electrode, and the recess region includes a portion extending between the first active region and the second active region. | 02-21-2013 |
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| 20120038873 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device, including a first substrate, a thin-film transistor on the first substrate and including a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes, an organic insulating layer on the thin-film transistor, a first electrode layer on the organic insulating layer, the first electrode layer extending between respective portions of the organic insulating layer to contact the source and drain electrode, a black layer on the first electrode layer and the organic insulating layer, a liquid crystal layer on the black layer, a second electrode layer on the liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate on the second electrode layer. The liquid crystal may include a cholesteric liquid crystal layer or a polymer network liquid crystal (PNLC). | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120113156 | Display device and driving method thereof - A method for driving a display device includes cumulatively applying a reset pulse of a predetermined level to a first electrode and applying a common voltage to a second electrode opposed to the first electrode to form an initial state of a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal capsules included in a liquid crystal layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The method also includes cumulatively applying a data pulse of a predetermined level to the first electrode to display a grayscale | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113157 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - Embodiments relate to a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method thereof, a driving method of a liquid crystal display (LCD) including a liquid crystal layer having a hysteresis characteristic according to a plurality of voltage curves for a liquid crystal applying voltage versus transmittance includes: applying a reset voltage to the liquid crystal layer before a plurality of gray voltages according to grayscale data of one frame; generating the gray voltages corresponding to one voltage curve selected according to the applied reset voltage among a plurality of curves according to the hysteresis characteristic; and applying the gray voltages to a corresponding region of the liquid crystal layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113363 | Liquid Crystal Display Devices and Methods of Manufacturing Liquid Crystal Display Devices - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a first electrode on a first face of the first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a second electrode on a first face of the second substrate, the second electrode corresponding to the first electrode; and a liquid crystal structure between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal structure including liquid crystal capsules. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113374 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED CONTRAST RATIO - A display device comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; an electrode unit formed on one or both of the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to form an electric field between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer located so as to correspond to the electric field formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and having a reflector configured to reflect light. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120147284 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND THE FABRICATING METHOD OF THE SAME - A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a first substrate formed with a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a second substrate formed with a common electrode and a color filter and facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizing plate disposed at one side of the first substrate that does not face the second substrate; a second polarizing plate disposed at one side of the second substrate that does not face the first substrate; a cholesteric film formed on the first substrate; and a backlight unit disposed at one side of the first polarizing plate that does not face the first substrate. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147297 | Display device having liquid crystal display cover - A display device includes a main display unit and a liquid crystal display cover coupled with the main display unit. The liquid crystal display cover is movable between open and closed positions with respect to the main display unit. The liquid crystal display cover includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The lower substrate includes a plurality of first pixels thereon. The upper substrate faces the lower substrate and has a first common electrode thereon. The liquid crystal layer is between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130099258 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: a display substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a tilt layer formed on the display substrate of each of the plurality of pixel areas, and having a tilt angle with respect to the display substrate; a first electrode formed on the tilt layer; an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode; a second electrode formed on the organic emission layer; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the second electrode and in parallel with the display substrate; and a prism sheet formed on the encapsulation substrate and having a plurality of prisms. | 04-25-2013 |
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| 20100182520 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS HAVING PERIODICALLY FLUCTUATING LOWER VOLTAGE APPLIED TO LOWER PARALLEL ELECTRODES AND SAME VOLTAGE APPLIED TO UPPER PARALLEL ELECTRODES PERPENDICULAR TO LOWER ELECTRODES - In a stereoscopic image conversion panel for enhancing display quality and a stereoscopic image display apparatus having the panel, the stereoscopic display panel includes lower and upper transparent substrates, lower and upper transparent electrodes, and a liquid crystal lens layer. The lower and upper transparent substrates face each other. The lower transparent electrodes are disposed on the lower transparent substrate, formed along a first direction, and formed substantially in parallel with each other along a second direction. The upper transparent electrodes are disposed on the upper transparent substrate, formed along the second direction, and formed substantially in parallel with each other along the first direction. The liquid crystal lens layer is disposed between the upper and lower transparent substrates, and a longitudinal arrangement direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal lens layer is changed by an electric field to have a predetermined refractive index. Therefore, a refracted incident light produces a stereoscopic image for enhancing display quality. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100244035 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF - A panel a gate line on a first substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the gate line, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, a data line intersecting the gate line and including a source electrode and a drain electrode facing the source electrode on the semiconductor layer, a connection assistant separated from the data line, a passivation layer covering the semiconductor layer and including contact holes exposing the connection assistant and a pixel electrode including a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes and formed on the passivation layer. The sub-pixel electrodes are connected to the connection assistant through the contact holes, are electrically connected to each other through the connection assistant and at least one of the sub-pixel electrodes is electrically connected to the drain electrode. | 09-30-2010 |
