Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080239186 | TFT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An LCD device includes a first substrate having a first base substrate, patterns disposed at different heights with respect to the first base substrate, and an insulation layer formed on the first base substrate and the patterns. The insulation layer has raised portions corresponding to the patterns. A side of the raised portions forms an inclination angle of no more than about 45° when a height of the raised portions is more than about 3000 angstroms, the side of the raised portions forms an inclination angle of no more than about 50° when a height of the raised portions is in a range of about 2000 angstroms to about 3000 angstroms, and the side of the raised portions forms an inclination angle of no more than about 90° when a height of the raised portions is more than about 2000 angstroms. Therefore, light leakage may be minimized. | 10-02-2008 |
20090114920 | TFT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CYRSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An LCD device includes a first substrate having a first base substrate, patterns disposed at different heights with respect to the first base substrate, and an insulation layer formed on the first base substrate and the patterns. The insulation layer has raised portions corresponding to the patterns. A side of the raised portions forms an inclination angle of no more than about 45° when a height of the raised portions is more than about 3000 angstroms, the side of the raised portions forms an inclination angle of no more than about 50° when a height of the raised portions is in a range of about 2000 angstroms to about 3000 angstroms, and the side of the raised portions forms an inclination angle of no more than about 90° when a height of the raised portions is more than about 2000 angstroms. Therefore, light leakage may be minimized. | 05-07-2009 |
20090122213 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR FOR DRIVING GATE LINE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A thin film transistor for driving a gate line and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The thin film transistor for driving a gate line includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate electrode, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, a source electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and separated from the drain electrode and being coupled to the gate line, and a ripple-prevention electrode formed on the drain electrode which overlaps at least a part of the drain electrode. | 05-14-2009 |
20090189835 | Display Device - A display device according to one or more embodiments includes a display panel, a source driver part and a gate driver part. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. According to an embodiment, the first substrate includes a first side extending in a substantially straight line and having a first end and a second end, and a second side extending in a substantially round shape from the first end of the first side to the second end of the first side. A plurality of gate lines is substantially parallel with the first side. The second substrate has a shape corresponding to the first substrate. The source driver part is disposed at the first side, and the gate driver part is disposed at the second side. Thus, a display panel having various shapes besides a rectangular shape may be manufactured according to one or more embodiments. | 07-30-2009 |
20090189839 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal display panel having a display area that displays an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, and a peripheral area including first, second, third and fourth peripheral areas surrounding the display area; a plurality of gate drivers performing a scanning operating in response to a first control signal to output the gate signal, the gate drivers being arranged in the first peripheral area; a plurality of data drivers arranged in the second peripheral area adjacent to a gate driver that last performs the scanning operating among the gate drivers; and a signal transmission line connected to a gate driver that first performs the scanning operation among the gate drivers, and routed through the third and fourth peripheral areas opposite to the first and second peripheral areas, respectively, to provide the first control signal to the gate drivers. | 07-30-2009 |
20090230396 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate and a display device having the same. In the TFT substrate and the display device having the same, first and second drain electrodes of first and second TFTs connected to first and second pixel electrodes, respectively, are vertically bent a plurality of times. The distance between each of the first and second source electrodes and the first or second drain electrode is maintained at a minimum interline gap to increase the distance between a data line and each of the first and second drain electrodes and minimize the length of a region of each of the first and second drain electrodes adjacent to the data line. Consequently, a coupling capacitance between the data line and each of the first and second drain electrodes can be reduced, and each unit pixel region can have a uniform parasite capacitance within a predetermined range. In addition, the luminance deviation of a display device, which performs inversion driving, can be reduced. | 09-17-2009 |
20100007653 | GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driver that comprises n shift registers, wherein n is an integer equal to or larger than 1, each of the n shift registers includes; a start stage which outputs a gate signal and starts its operation in response to a start signal, and a plurality of subsequent stages which are connected to each other in sequence, and which sequentially output a plurality of gate signals in response to a signal output from the start stage, wherein at least one stage of the plurality of subsequent stages is reset by the start signal. | 01-14-2010 |
20100134399 | METHOD OF DRIVING A GATE LINE, GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT - A method of driving a gate line includes: charging one of a scan start signal and a carry signal provided from a previous stage to a first node of a present stage; outputting a gate signal through a gate node of the present stage by pulling up a high level of a first clock signal at the first node to boost up a voltage potential of the first node; discharging the voltage potential of the first node and a voltage potential of the gate node to hold the first node and the gate node at a first power voltage as the first clock signal is shifted to a low level; and receiving a voltage potential signal of a second node of the previous stage, the second node holding a gate signal outputted from the previous stage, to reduce a ripple generated at the first node. | 06-03-2010 |
20100149478 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a switching element connected to a gate line and a data line crossing each other, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element. The pixel electrode includes a first domain-dividing portion extending in a direction. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate to have a cell gap of about 3.1 μm to about 3.3 μm. The second substrate includes a common electrode including a second domain dividing portion formed in a region between the first domain-dividing portions adjacent to each other. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal composition having a refractive anisotropy (Δn) of about 0.1010 to about 0.1030. | 06-17-2010 |
20100201668 | Gate Drive Circuit and Display Apparatus Having the Same - Gate drive circuit includes a plurality of stages connected one after another to each other. An m-th stage includes a pull-up section outputting a first clock signal as a gate signal of the m-th stage to an output terminal, a pull-down section applying a low voltage to the output terminal, a carry section outputting the first clock signal as a carry signal of the m-th stage in response to the high voltage of the first node signal, a first carry holding section maintaining the carry signal of the m-th stage at the low voltage in response to the high voltage of the first clock signal and a second carry holding section maintaining the carry signal of the m-th stage at the low voltage in response to a high voltage of the second clock signal. | 08-12-2010 |
20100207846 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR PANEL - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a thin-film transistor (TFT) panel structured to prevent the deterioration of image quality due to the luminance change of backlight. According to an embodiment, the TFT panel includes: an insulating substrate; a first gate line and a first data line which are formed on the insulating substrate to be insulated from each other and cross each other; a first subpixel electrode which is formed on the insulating substrate and connected to the first gate line and the first data line by a first TFT; a second subpixel electrode which is formed on the insulating substrate and separated from the first subpixel electrode; a connecting electrode which is directly connected to any one of the first and second subpixel electrodes and capacitively coupled to the other one of the first and second subpixel electrodes; a semiconductor pattern which is formed between the connecting electrode and the insulating substrate; and a light-shielding pattern which is formed between the semiconductor pattern and the insulating substrate, is overlapped by the connecting electrode, and blocks light. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208157 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD), according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape. Each of the pixels include a first subpixel and a second subpixel. The pixels include a first thin film transistor transmitting a first data voltage to the first subpixel. The first thin film transistor includes a first source electrode, a first drain electrode, and a first gate electrode. The pixels include a second thin film transistor transmitting a second data voltage to the second subpixel. The second thin film transistor includes a second source electrode, a second drain electrode, and a second gate electrode. A relative position of the first drain electrode with respect to the first source electrode is opposite to a relative position of the second drain electrode with respect to the second source electrode in each pixel. | 08-19-2010 |
20110063557 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. A liquid crystal display according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a substrate, and a pixel electrode formed on the substrate and including a plurality of minute branches. The pixel electrode includes a first region and a second region where a first distance and a second distance are provided according to an interval between the respective neighboring minute branches, wherein the second distance that is larger than the first distance, and a third region is provided between the first region and the second region, and the position of the third region having an interval between the neighboring minute branches is gradually changed. | 03-17-2011 |
20110074748 | Liquid Crystal Display and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display includes a lower panel and an upper panel facing each other. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the lower panel and the upper panel. An attachment member attaches the lower panel and the upper panel and encloses the liquid crystal layer. A gate driver is integrated on the lower panel. The gate driver generates a gate signal and includes a plurality of stages. A plurality of control signal lines transmit a control signal to the gate driver. A passivation layer is disposed on the gate driver and the plurality of control signal lines. An alignment layer is disposed on the passivation layer and completely covers the gate driver and the plurality of control signal lines. The alignment layer includes a first region and a second region connected to the first region. The second region extends to an edge of the lower panel. | 03-31-2011 |
20110156046 | PHOTOMASK AND THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR FABRICATED USING THE PHOTOMASK - A photomask includes; a source electrode pattern including; a first electrode portion which extends in a first direction, a second electrode portion which extends in the first direction and is substantially parallel to the first electrode portion, and a third electrode portion which extends from a first end of the first electrode portion to a first end of the second electrode portion and is rounded with a first curvature, a drain electrode pattern which extends in the first direction and is disposed between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, wherein an end of the drain electrode pattern is rounded to correspond to the third electrode portion; and a channel region pattern which is disposed between the source electrode pattern and the drain electrode pattern, wherein a center location of the first curvature and a center location of the rounded portion of the end of the drain electrode pattern are the same. | 06-30-2011 |
20110221727 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A display panel includes first and second data lines and a first pixel column containing pixels that are alternately connected to the first and second data lines. In a method of driving the display panel, a second data voltage having a first polarity is outputted to the second data line during an N-th horizontal period. A first data voltage having a second polarity phase-inverted with respect to the first polarity and a first compensating voltage having the second polarity are respectively outputted to the first data line during first and second intervals of the N-th horizontal period. The first data voltage having the second polarity is outputted to the first data line during an (N+1)-th horizontal period. The second data voltage having the first polarity and a second compensating voltage having the first polarity are respectively outputted to the second data line during first and second intervals of the (N+1)-th horizontal period. | 09-15-2011 |
20110279358 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH REDUCED PARASITIC CAPACITANCE - An exemplary embodiment of a display panel according to the present invention includes; a substrate, a display area including a gate line disposed on the substrate, and a gate driver connected to one end of the gate line, the gate driver including a plurality of stages disposed in a first direction, and integrated on the substrate, wherein the gate driver includes; a plurality of clock signal lines extending in the first direction and a voltage signal line extending in the first direction, and the voltage signal line disposed between the plurality of clock signal lines and the plurality of stages. | 11-17-2011 |
20120056858 | GATE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a gate driving apparatus and a display device including the same. The gate driving apparatus includes a plurality of stages arranged sequentially, each stage is adapted to output a gate signal and including first output lines and a second output line, wherein the first output lines are electrically connected to a gate line corresponding to each of the stages and are adapted to transmit the gate signal to a plurality of pixels coupled to the gate line, the second output line is adapted to transmit the gate signal to a preceding stage of each of the stages, and the first output lines and the second output line share one contact pad. | 03-08-2012 |
20120113375 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A first slit pattern is formed in a display substrate and a display panel of vertical alignment mode having the display substrate. The first slit pattern includes slits, a pair of projections and a pair of notches. A divergence point where the slits meet each other and an incision portion of the slits have the same function as the pair of projections in the generation of a singular point of liquid crystal. A contact hole exposing a part of an output electrode of a switching element is formed at a protective layer of an array substrate. A step recess is formed at a protective layer corresponding to a storage electrode, a divergence point of the slits is arranged to correspond to the storage electrode. The singular point of the liquid crystal is induced to occur at a regular position, and thus afterimages and spots can be prevented. | 05-10-2012 |
20120181539 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL - The present invention relates to a thin film transistor array panel including: a substrate; gate lines formed on the substrate; and a gate driver formed on the substrate to apply gate signals to the gate lines. The gate driver includes a first wire and a second wire to transmit different signals, and at least one of the first wire and the second wire includes a static electricity preventing structure to prevent static electricity from accumulating between the first wire and the second wire. | 07-19-2012 |
20130087793 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An array substrate includes a base substrate and a contact part. The contact part is disposed on the base substrate. The contact part includes a first metal pattern, a disconnection control pattern and a connecting pattern. The second metal pattern is disposed on a layer different from the first metal pattern, the disconnection control pattern overlaps a side surface of the second metal pattern and a connecting pattern is formed on the first and second metal patterns and the disconnection control pattern and connects the first metal pattern with the second metal pattern. | 04-11-2013 |
20130135572 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes upper and lower pixels; gate lines in electrical connection with the adjacent pixels and extending in a row direction, and data lines which cross the gate lines; and a reference voltage line including a vertical portion which passes through the adjacent pixels, and horizontal portions which alternately extend from the vertical portion. Each of the adjacent pixels includes first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) each in electrical connection with a gate line and a data line which correspond to a respective pixel; and a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the first TFT, and a second subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the second TFT. The horizontal portions of the reference voltage line are in electrical connection with the second subpixel electrodes of the adjacent pixels. | 05-30-2013 |
20130278580 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction in a display area of the display substrate, an alignment film formed in the display area and in an end area adjacent to end portions of the gate lines in a peripheral area surrounding the display area, and a plurality of circuit stages formed in the end area to connect to the gate lines and a dummy stage connected to a last circuit stage of the circuit stages. Each of the circuit stages includes a gate driving circuit disposed at the higher portion the gate line corresponding to the circuit stages and a gate connecting line formed in the peripheral area between the display area and the gate driving circuit to connect each of the circuit stages with each of the gate lines. | 10-24-2013 |
20130321499 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in an display area, and a pixel driver connected to at least two of the pixels, wherein the pixel driver drives the at least two pixels, where a portion of the pixel driver is disposed in the display area, and the display device includes the display area, on which an image is displayed, and a non-display area, on which no image is displayed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130342777 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first gate line disposed on the first substrate, a second gate line disposed on the first substrate, a data line disposed on the first substrate, a reference voltage line disposed on the first substrate and extending substantially to be parallel to the data line, a first subpixel electrode disposed in a pixel area on the first substrate, a second subpixel electrode disposed in the pixel area on the first substrate, a first switching element connected to the first gate line, the data line and the first subpixel electrode, a second switching element connected to the first gate line, the data line and the second subpixel electrode, and a third switching element connected to the first subpixel electrode and the reference voltage line. | 12-26-2013 |
20140028534 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A substantially rectangular display panel includes a first edge extending in a first major axis direction of the rectangular shape and a second edge extending in a second major axis direction of the rectangular shape, the second direction being different from the first direction. The display panel includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in the first direction; and a gate lines driver including a plurality of main stages sequentially connected to each other and configured for outputting gate signals to the gate lines, where the plurality of stages further includes one or more dummy stages arranged in a row along the second edge and not connected to the plurality of gate lines, and where a layout arrangement of a plurality of thin film transistors included in the main stage is different from a corresponding layout arrangement of corresponding thin film transistors included in the at least one dummy stage. | 01-30-2014 |
20140147774 | PHOTOMASK AND THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR FABRICATED USING THE PHOTOMASK - A photomask includes; a source electrode pattern including; a first electrode portion which extends in a first direction, a second electrode portion which extends in the first direction and is substantially parallel to the first electrode portion, and a third electrode portion which extends from a first end of the first electrode portion to a first end of the second electrode portion and is rounded with a first curvature, a drain electrode pattern which extends in the first direction and is disposed between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, wherein an end of the drain electrode pattern is rounded to correspond to the third electrode portion; and a channel region pattern which is disposed between the source electrode pattern and the drain electrode pattern, wherein a center location of the first curvature and a center location of the rounded portion of the end of the drain electrode pattern are the same. | 05-29-2014 |
20140347591 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes upper and lower pixels; gate lines in electrical connection with the adjacent pixels and extending in a row direction, and data lines which cross the gate lines; and a reference voltage line including a vertical portion which passes through the adjacent pixels, and horizontal portions which alternately extend from the vertical portion. Each of the adjacent pixels includes first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) each in electrical connection with a gate line and a data line which correspond to a respective pixel; and a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the first TFT, and a second subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the second TFT. The horizontal portions of the reference voltage line are in electrical connection with the second subpixel electrodes of the adjacent pixels. | 11-27-2014 |