| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 349140000 | Formed of semiconductor material | 21 |
| 20080316411 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - An array substrate includes light blocking parts formed under a semiconductor line. The light blocking parts have an electric potential lower than a critical electric potential, at which a short occurs, thereby minimizing the electric potential difference between the light blocking parts and the adjacent lines when an electrostatic field is applied to the light blocking parts. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090303425 | REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR SYSTEM - In order to suppress the effect due to electrons (holes) generated by incident light that cannot be prevented from entering only by means of light shielding, rather than the drain region | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100238391 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238392 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate includes a gate line disposed along a first direction on a substrate; a gate electrode extending from the gate line; a gate insulating layer over the substrate, including the gate line; a first plane layer on first portions of the gate insulating layer; a semiconductor layer on second portions of the gate insulating layer and on the first plane layer; a second plane layer over the first plane layer; a data line; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the semiconductor layer and on the second plane layer, the source electrode extending from the data line; a passivation layer on the second plane layer, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer; and a pixel electrode on the passivation layer, the pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode via a first contact hole. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245746 | Pixel Element of Liquid Crystal Display and Method for Producing the Same - The present invention provides a method for forming a pixel element. The method comprises: forming a first patterned metal layer within the pixel area; forming an insulation layer on the first patterned metal layer; forming a semiconductor layer on the insulation layer; patterning the semiconductor layer to form bend seed generation portion; and forming a second metal layer to connect the semiconductor layer. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100315583 | PIXEL DESIGNS OF IMPROVING THE APERTURE RATIO IN AN LCD - This invention in one aspect relates to a pixel structure. In one embodiment, the pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a shielding electrode formed over the switch, a plane organic layer formed over the date line and the pixel area and having no overlapping with the shielding electrode, and a pixel electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the shielding electrode and the plane organic layer in the pixel area, wherein the first portion is overlapped with the shielding electrode so as to define a storage capacitor therebetween, and the second portion overlays the plane organic layer and has no overlapping with the data line. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110222011 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a TFT array substrate ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110249228 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase is sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate, a pixel electrode layer is electrically connected to a drain electrode layer of a transistor and a common electrode layer is electrically connected to a conductive layer formed through the same steps as the drain electrode layer. The pixel electrode layer and the common electrode layer are over an interlayer film and spaced apart from each other. An opening formed in the interlayer film is filled with liquid crystal, and the liquid crystal layer is formed. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110255046 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC BOOK - It is an object to provide a display device exhibiting high visibility and having a touch recognition function. The display device includes a display portion and a sensor portion. The display portion includes a first liquid crystal element including a polymer-scattered liquid crystal. The sensor portion includes a light-receiving element and a second liquid crystal element including a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal provided over the light-receiving element. The first liquid crystal element and the second liquid crystal element are driven independently from each other. The light-receiving element receives light transmitting through the second liquid crystal element. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110310340 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display element includes a thin-film transistor in which one of source and drain electrodes is connected to a pixel electrode, and an auxiliary capacitance electrode that forms an auxiliary capacitance together with the pixel electrode and at least partially overlaps with the thin-film transistor. The thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer, an anti-etching layer that is arranged in contact with the semiconductor layer and made of an insulative material, and a gate electrode that is arranged to interpose the semiconductor layer between the gate electrode itself and the anti-etching layer. A region in the auxiliary capacitance electrode that overlaps with the gate electrode has a length in a direction parallel to a channel length direction of the thin-film transistor that is shorter than a length of the gate electrode in this direction and longer than a length of the anti-etching layer in this direction. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310341 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR FRINGE FIELD SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an array substrate for an FFS mode LCD device includes forming a gate line, a gate electrode and a pixel electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer; forming a data line, source and drain electrodes, and a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, the drain electrode overlapping the pixel electrode; forming a passivation layer on the data line, the source and drain electrodes; forming a contact hole exposing the drain electrode and the pixel electrode by patterning the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer; and forming a common electrode and a connection pattern on the passivation layer, wherein the common electrode includes bar-shaped openings and a hole corresponding to the contact hole, and the connection pattern is disposed in the hole, is spaced apart from the common electrode and contacts the drain electrode and the pixel. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120026445 | Display Device - A display device includes a display drain signal line which belongs to a display pixel is connected to a pixel electrode via a TFT, a first dummy drain signal line which belongs to a dummy pixel is connected to a dummy pixel electrode via a TFT, and a second dummy drain signal line is disposed outside of the dummy pixel. The second dummy drain signal line is not connected to a dummy pixel electrode. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120081649 | METHOD AND RESULTING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAY DEVICES - A liquid crystal on silicon display device (LCOS) has a semiconductor substrate comprising a surface region and a gate dielectric layer overlying the surface region. The device also has a word line formed overlying the gate dielectric layer and a first source/drain region coupled to the word line. The device has a bottom electrode structure formed overlying an interlayer dielectric. A capacitor dielectric is formed overlying the bottom electrode. A top electrode structure is formed overlying the capacitor dielectric to form a capacitor structure including the bottom electrode structure, the capacitor dielectric, and the top electrode structure. The device has a mirror surface formed overlying the top electrode structure to form a pixel electrode structure and a liquid crystal material provided overlying the mirror surface. In an embodiment, the LCOS described above is in an integrated circuit chip that also includes a DRAM device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120120362 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film transistor array panel includes a source electrode and a drain electrode on an insulating substrate, an oxide semiconductor on the insulating substrate and overlapping the source electrode and the drain electrode, a passivation layer overlapping the oxide semiconductor and on the insulating substrate, a gate electrode on the passivation layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. The gate electrode and the pixel electrode include a same material. The oxide semiconductor is between the source electrode and the gate electrode, and between the drain electrode and the gate electrode in a cross-sectional view of the thin film transistor array panel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120127415 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid crystal display device where source electrodes each of which includes an overlapping portion which is a portion overlapping a surface of a pixel electrode, video signal lines each of which is formed of a stacked portion constituted of the metal layer and the semiconductor layer, and drain electrodes each of which is formed of a stacked portion constituted of the metal layer and the semiconductor layer are formed, and opening portions each of which exposes a joining portion which is a portion leading to a surface of the pixel electrode from a surface of the source electrode via an edge portion of the overlapping portion are formed in a second insulation layer, and a conductive film which is formed into a common electrode is formed over the joining portion exposed by the opening portion. | 05-24-2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120262659 | WIRING LAYER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An electrode film, which is not peeled off from an oxide thin film and in which a copper atom does not diffuse into the oxide thin film, is provided. A wiring layer is composed of a high-adhesion barrier film | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130038829 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a gate wire, a source wire intersecting with the gate wire, a pixel electrode with a contact portion and a main pixel electrode extending from the contact portion, and a semiconductor layer arranged under the source wire and intersecting with the gate wire and bending under the source wire so as to extend to below the contact portion, a second substrate opposed to the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate. The semiconductor layer is electrically connected to the source wire on one side of a position of the gate wire and to the contact portion on another side of the gate wire. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130182209 | Display Device - A display device includes a substrate, a display region having a pixel switch, and a transparent common electrode, a peripheral region having a gate signal line connected to the pixel switch, and a common connection line connected to the transparent common electrode, an insulating layer, a conductive layer, a first semiconductor film disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film disposed between the insulating layer and the conductor layer and separated from the first semiconductor film. The conductor layer is connected to the gate signal line, and the gate signal line is arranged in the display region and the peripheral region. The common connection line is arranged in the peripheral region and is connected to the transparent common electrode in the peripheral region, and the transparent common electrode is arranged in the display region. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140204325 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes. One pair of electrodes includes a comb-shaped common electrode and a comb-shaped pixel electrode. Another pair of electrodes includes a common electrode provided in a pixel portion and the comb-shaped pixel electrode. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140293209 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystals are sealed between a TFT array substrate, and a counter substrate formed with a counter electrode. A plurality of scanning signal wirings and a plurality of image signal wirings are formed in a matrix on the TFT array substrate. The counter electrode is configured from a plurality of counter electrode lines. Each of the plurality of counter electrode lines is provided along a corresponding one of the plurality of scanning signal wirings or a corresponding one of the plurality of image signal wirings in plan view. Each of the plurality of counter electrode lines has a potential distribution in an extending direction. The respective potential distributions for the plurality of counter electrode lines are different. | 10-02-2014 |
