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A light control and display technology applicable to light redirection and projection with the capacity, in a number of embodiments modified for particular applications, to produce managed light, including advanced images. Applications include miniature to very large scale video displays, optical data processing, 3-dimensional imaging, and lens-less vision enhancement for poor night-driving vision, cataracts and macular degeneration.

A common electrode substrate has a transparent insulating substrate to be arranged opposite to an array substrate having pixel electrodes formed in respective pixel regions that are defined by a plurality of gate bus lines and drain bus lines. The substrate holds a liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy. A common electrode is formed on the transparent insulating substrate; alignment regulating structures having linear protrusions are formed on the common electrode; and a light shield film is formed on the transparent insulating substrate with overlap regions that overlap the pixel electrodes when viewed in the direction perpendicular to a surface of the transparent insulating substrate, so as to shield, from light, alignment defective regions of the liquid crystal formed in regions of end portions of the pixel electrodes.

The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal display having the substrate, and a method of driving the display and provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display which allow high display characteristics to be achieved, a liquid crystal display having the substrate, and a method of driving the display. The substrate includes two TFTs having gate electrodes connected to a gate bus line and drain electrodes connected to a drain bus line, a pixel electrode connected to a source electrode, a pixel electrode connected to another source electrode and separated from the pixel electrode, another TFT having a gate electrode connected to another gate bus line and a source electrode connected to the pixel electrode, and a buffer capacitor portion having a buffer capacitor electrode connected to another drain electrode and another buffer capacitor electrode connected to a storage capacitor bus line.

The invention relates to a liquid crystal display device and provides a liquid crystal display device which can achieve high display quality. A liquid crystal display device is provided with first and second TFTs each having a gate electrode connected to an nth gate bus line and a drain electrode connected to a drain bus line; a first pixel electrode connected to a source electrode of the first TFT; a second pixel electrode connected to a source electrode of the second TFT; a third TFT having a gate electrode connected to an (n+1)th gate bus line and a source electrode connected to the second pixel electrode; and a buffer capacitance portion having a buffer capacitance electrode which is formed in the same layer as the first and second pixel electrodes and is connected to a drain electrode of the third TFT and a buffer capacitance electrode connected to a storage capacitance bus line. The buffer capacitance portion establishes capacitive coupling between the drain electrode of the third TFT and the storage capacitance bus line.

A curved liquid crystal display panel includes an upper substrate having a curved shape, a liquid crystal layer, a lower substrate having a curved shape, where the lower substrate is combined with the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and a heating line disposed on at least one of the upper substrate and the lower substrate and which provides heat to the liquid crystal layer such that a temperature of the liquid crystal layer increases.

The invention relates to a transflective liquid crystal display capable of display in both of transmissive and reflective modes and a method of manufacturing the same and provides a transflective liquid crystal display which can achieve high display characteristics in both of the transmissive and reflective modes. A configuration is employed which includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates, a pixel region including a reflective area having a reflector for reflecting light entering from the side of one of the pair of substrates and a transmissive area for transmitting light entering from the side of the other of the pair of substrates toward the one of the pair of substrates, a backlight unit having a reflector and a light guide plate for reflecting the light which has entered the transmissive area from the side of the one of the pair of substrates and which has been transmitted by the area to cause the light to enter the transmissive area again from the side of the other of the pair of substrates, and a color filter layer formed only in the transmissive area of the pixel region.

The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device having the substrate, and a driving method of a liquid crystal display device and provide a substrate for a liquid crystal display device capable of providing superior display characteristics, a liquid crystal display device having it, and a driving method of a liquid crystal display device. A substrate for a liquid crystal display device is provided with a pixel region having first sub-pixels in which respective first pixel electrodes are formed and a second sub-pixel in which a second pixel electrode is formed, a first TFT having a gate electrode that is connected to an nth gate bus line and a source electrode that is connected the first pixel electrodes, a second TFT having a gate electrode that is connected to an (n−1)th gate bus line, a drain electrode that is connected to the source electrode of the first TFT, and a source electrode that is connected to the second pixel electrode, and a control capacitance section which establishes capacitive coupling between the source electrode of the first TFT and the second pixel electrode.

An active matrix liquid crystal display panel by which a good display characteristic can be obtained without suffering from gradation reversal over a wide visibility angle range. A liquid crystal layer 4 is formed such that the thickness thereof varies in accordance with transmission wavelengths of color layers 6, 7 and 8 so that a very good display which does not exhibit any coloring in whichever direction it is viewed may be obtained.An active matrix substrate A includes a plurality of opposing electrodes 2, a plurality of pixel electrodes 3 parallel to the opposing electrodes 2, a thin film transistor, and an orientation film 23 all formed on a glass substrate 10. A color filter substrate C includes an orientation film 56 provided on one surface of another glass substrate 10 and an optical compensation layer 35 provided on the other surface of the glass substrate 10 and formed from a plastic film. The two substrates are disposed such that the orientation films thereof oppose each other, and polarization plates 34 and 5 are disposed on the outer sides of the two substrates, and a liquid crystal layer 4 having a positive refractive index anisotropy is provided between the orientation films 23. The optical compensation layer 35 has a negative one axial refractive index anisotropy and can cancel a retardation produced in the liquid crystal layer 4 thereby to suppress white floating of a black display portion.

A lighting apparatus 10 comprising light sources 12a, 12b for emitting light, a plurality of light reflection portions 20 formed on the reflection side for reflecting light incident from the light sources, and a linear photoconductor 14 for causing the light to exit from the exit side opposed to the reflection side, the planes of the plurality of reflection portions being respectively tilted at angles which converge the light to the human eyes watching. Angles of the light reflection portions are set so that exit angles of light exiting from the linear photoconductor are required angles, whereby the lighting apparatus can have a uniform light intensity distribution. The application of the lighting apparatus can provide a liquid crystal display of good display characteristics.

In a horizontal electric field drive type liquid crystal electro-optic device wherein a liquid crystal material is driven by controlling the strength of an electric field parallel to a substrate, noncontinuity of the electric field strength around each pixel electrode is minimized and thereby the occurrence of flaws in the orientation of the liquid crystal material and dispersion in operation are reduced and a construction having improved display characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. In a horizontal electric field drive type liquid crystal electro-optic device wherein a gate electrode 403, a source electrode 407, a drain electrode 408, a semiconductor film 406 and a common electrode 404 are formed on a glass substrate and a liquid crystal material is driven by controlling the strength of an electric field substantially parallel to the glass substrate, the electrodes and the semiconductor film are made curved, for example semi-circular or semi-elliptical, in sectional profile. These curved sectional profiles can be formed by suitably selecting and combining various patterning and etching methods.

Provided are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a driving method thereof for displaying high-resolution images. The LCD device comprises a plurality of pixel groups including a first pixel and a second pixel arranged in a same pixel column of two adjacent pixel rows. Each of the first and second pixels forms a dot in combination with an adjacent pixel disposed at each side of the first and second pixels in a corresponding pixel row. A plurality of gate lines arranged for each pixel row in a horizontal direction to transfer a gate voltage to the respective pixels. A plurality of data lines formed in a vertical direction while traversing the gate lines and arranged for each pixel column to transfer a data voltage to the respective pixels. A switching device is formed in each pixel which has a first side and a second side. The switching devices formed at pixels of a first pixel group row are connected to the data lines on the first side, and switching devices formed at pixels of a second pixel group row are connected to the data lines of the second side.

A one component resin composition curable with a combination of light and heat, which comprises (1) an epoxy resin, (2) an acrylic ester monomer and / or methacrylic ester monomer, or an oligomer thereof, (3) a latent epoxy curing agent, (4) a photo radical initiator, and (5) a compound having two or more thiol groups per molecule, wherein the ingredient (5) is contained in an amount of 0.001 to 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of this resin composition. According to the present invention, a one component resin composition curable with a combination of light and heat, which has excellent curability especially in a light-shielded area can be provided. Also, a liquid crystal sealant composition curable with a combination of light and heat, which is applicable to the one-drop-fill method and has excellent curability in light-shielded areas and adhesion reliability, especially high-temperature and high-humidity adhesion reliability, can be provided.

It is an object to propose a display device in which reflection of external light on a reflective polarizing plate is prevented and also extraction efficiency of light from a light-emitting layer is improved. If the display device has a light-emitting layer provided over a reflective electrode, a transparent electrode provided over the light-emitting layer, a transparent substrate provided over the transparent electrode, a reflective polarizing plate provided over the transparent substrate, a quarter wave plate provided over the reflective polarizing plate, and a polarizing plate provided over the quarter wave plate, reflection of an outside image can be suppressed, and light emitted in the light-emitting layer can be extracted efficiently.

To simply provide a flexible light-emitting device with long lifetime. To provide a flexible light-emitting device with favorable display characteristics, high yield, and high reliability without display unevenness. Provided is a flexible light-emitting device including: a substrate having flexibility and a property of transmitting visible light; an adhesive layer provided over the substrate; a conductive layer having a property of transmitting visible light provided over the adhesive layer; an insulating layer disposed over the conductive layer; a transistor provided over the insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer covering the transistor, a light-emitting element including a first electrode electrically connected to source or drain electrodes of the transistor and provided over the interlayer insulating layer, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a layer including an organic compound having a light-emitting property provided between the first and second electrodes; and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element.

An active matrix includes (i) a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer formed above a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode formed to overlap with the semiconductor layer; and (ii) a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, the drain electrode extended from the pixel electrode into a drain electrode formation region located to be kept within a semiconductor layer formation region, the drain electrode formation region sandwiched between two portions of the source electrode. With this arrangement, even when the semiconductor layers in the TFTs (thin film transistors) have unevenness in sizes, shapes, and / or formation positions thereof, it is possible to prevent occurrence of unevenness (changes) in gate-drain capacitances cgd among the TFTs. Thereby, it is possible to provide an active matrix substrate having a high display characteristic.

A display device with both light-emitting and reflective display capabilities is disclosed. This device includes first and second electrodes provided on a first substrate, a second substrate provided to be spaced apart from and oppose the first substrate, a third electrode provided on the second substrate, a first layer which is provided between the first and second substrates on the first substrate side and which contains a light emissive material that emits light through electrochemical oxidation or reduction, a second layer which is provided between the first and second substrates on the second substrate side and which includes a coloring material that changes in color due to electrochemical oxidation or reduction, and a third layer between the first and second layers. The third layer is an electrolytic layer having non-transmissivity or transmission retardancy against the light emissive material or its oxidation or reduction species.

A TBA-liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal medium with positive dielectric anisotropy, wherein the liquid crystal medium includes, in 100% by weight of the liquid crystal compounds identified by the compounds recited in formulas I through IX below:wherein,R1, R3, R3*, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 independently denote C2-5 linear alkyl, preferably propyl or pentyl,R2 denote C4-6 linear alkyl, preferably butyl or pentyl; andR4 denotes C1-3 linear alkyl, preferably methyl.

A display device including an inverter circuit and a switch is provided. The inverter circuit includes a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor which have the same conductivity type. The first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor each include: a gate insulating layer in contact with a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor layer in contact with the gate insulating layer; a mixed layer in contact with the microcrystalline semiconductor layer; a layer which includes an amorphous semiconductor and is in contact with the mixed layer; and a wiring. A conical or pyramidal microcrystalline semiconductor region and an amorphous semiconductor region filling a space except the conical or pyramidal microcrystalline semiconductor region are included in the mixed layer.

A display apparatus includes a light-emitting function layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a flat reflecting layer, and a flat insulating film. The light-emitting function layer includes at least one layer. The second electrode is provided to face the first electrode through the light-emitting function layer. The flat insulating film is provided between the flat reflecting layer and the first electrode. The first electrode, second electrode, and flat insulating film have a transmission characteristic with respect to at least light having a wavelength that is in part of a wavelength range of light emitted from the light-emitting function layer. The flat reflecting layer has a reflection characteristic with respect to at least the light having the wavelength that is in part of the wavelength range of the light emitted from the light-emitting function layer.

The sealing composition for liquid crystal displays according to the invention is characterized by consisting of a one-pack type photo- and thermo-setting resin composition comprising (1) a solid epoxy resin having a softening point of 40 DEG C or above as determined by ring and ball method, (2) an acrylate ester monomer and / or a methacrylate ester monomer or an oligomer thereof, (3) a thermoplastic polymer obtained by copolymerizing an acrylate ester monomer and / or a methacrylate ester monomer with a monomer copolymerizable therewith and having a softening point of 50 to 120 DEG C as determined by ring and ball method, (4) a photoradical polymerization initiator, and (5) a latent epoxy curing agent. The photo- and thermo-setting sealing composition for liquid crystal displays is applicable to the dispenser method, can give a cured product having excellent characteristics through photosetting in the first step, and permits the formation of stable cell gaps. Further, the sealing composition is inhibited from polluting liquid crystal in thermosetting in the second step and attains excellent setting properties in the shaded areas and high adhesion reliability.

The generation of residues or flakes of a color filter is suppressed to eliminate conduction failures on an LCD substrate having a color filter on an array substrate. A passivation film formed between a pixel electrode formed in each of a plurality of pixel regions and a TFT for driving the pixel electrode has a multi-layer structure constituted by SiN layers and a SiO layers, and the SiO layer is located at the top of the film. A resin CF layer is formed on the passivation film having such a multi-layer structure. Since the resin CF layer is formed directly on the SiO layer, reduction of the adhesion of the same is suppressed. As a result, the color filter is unlikely to come off when the resin CF layer is formed, and residues of the color filter is unlikely to be generated when a contact hole is formed in the resin CF layer. This suppresses conduction failures and makes it possible to provide a reliable TFT substrate and LCD having high display characteristics.

Disclosed is a display apparatus including a plurality of lower electrodes patterned on a substrate on the basis of each pixel, an auxiliary wiring composed of the same layer as the lower electrodes and arranged in the state of being insulated from the lower electrodes, an insulating film formed on the substrate and provided with pixel openings for exposing central portions of the lower electrodes and connection holes reaching the auxiliary wiring, organic layers so patterned as to cover bottom portions of the pixel openings and to have end portions partly overlapping on each other between the adjacent pixels, and an upper electrode so formed as to cover the organic layers and to be connected to the auxiliary wiring through the connection holes between the organic layers. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the display apparatus.

A liquid crystal display device is provided with first and second TFTs each having a gate electrode connected to an nth gate bus line and a drain electrode connected to a drain bus line; a first pixel electrode connected to a source electrode of the first TFT; a second pixel electrode connected to a source electrode of the second TFT; a third TFT having a gate electrode connected to an (n+1)th gate bus line and a source electrode connected to the second pixel electrode; and a buffer capacitance portion having a buffer capacitance electrode which is formed in the same layer as the first and second pixel electrodes and is connected to a drain electrode of the third TFT and a buffer capacitance electrode connected to a storage capacitance bus line. The buffer capacitance portion establishes capacitive coupling.

The organic EL device includes a base material as a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements disposed on the based materials, a seal layer covering the plurality of organic EL elements to seal, color layers of at least red, green, and blue corresponding to a plurality of organic EL elements and formed on the seal layer, and a convex portion which is formed by dividing each of colored layers with different colors on the seal layer, and whose height is lower than the height of a colored layer of at least red, green, blue on the seal layer. The convex portion has a property of optical transparency, and is formed using a photosensitive resin material which is a main material of the colored layers, for example.

Disclosed is a liquid crystal display which includes a first display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a second display panel facing the first display panel, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first display panel and the second display panel, and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel. The second display panel includes a light emitting element displaying a color, an insulating layer disposed on the light emitting element and including a rubbed surface, a polarization layer disposed on the insulating layer and opposite to the light emitting element with respect to the insulating layer, and a common electrode disposed on the polarization layer and facing the pixel electrode.

A multi-component method and device for improving vision for some with low vision conditions including age related macular degeneration (AMD) is disclosed. A plurality of co-pathological conditions that together make undistorted, clear and bright vision challenging are dealt with by managing the nature, amounts and patterns of light provided to the eye in a display embodiment. For example, a worn embodiment, in providing an improved image of the view ahead, modifies the frequency mix of incoming light, the relative intensities of light to different retinal locations and the color perception of the wearer while undistorting certain kinds of progressive distortion.