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An organic EL display device having comprises a supporting substrate; and an organic EL element including an organic luminescent medium sandwiched between a lower electrode and an upper electrode thereon. A color changing medium and / or a transparent resin layer are arranged between the supporting substrate and the lower electrode. EL emission is taken out from the lower electrode. Various relationships are indicated among the refractive indices of the various elements of the organic EL display device. In such arrangement, a large quantity of EL emission can be taken to the outside.

In first aspect of the invention, driving methods of gate interlaced scanning for color LCD are disclosed. This interlaced scanning involves powering odd gate lines sequentially first and then powering even gate lines sequentially, which can minimize the voltage polarity swing to reduce power consumption in source output block. In second aspect of the invention, driving methods of FSCLCD having an RGB LED backlight unit scanning with an increased LED lamp turn on time and reduced potential non-uniformity near modular light guide panel are disclosed. Novel driving methods of variant sub-color frame periods are also disclosed with various color sub-frames. In third aspect of the invention, a dual common electrode color LCD with a source driver IC block with lower driving voltage and lower power consumption in the display panel is disclosed, wherein each common electrode voltage has opposite voltage phase to reduce the source driving voltage.

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) having first, second and third sub-pixels of different colors includes: a substrate; first and second electrodes; an organic emission layer (OEL) between the electrodes including a first OEL in the first sub-pixel, a second OEL in the second sub-pixel, and a common third OEL in the first, second and third sub-pixels; a hole transport layer (HTL) between the first electrode and OEL; a hole injection layer (HIL) between the first electrode and HTL; an intermediate layer between the HTL and HIL; a first optical thickness auxiliary layer (OTAL) between the first OEL and third OEL in the first sub-pixel and including a first hole transporting compound and a cyano group-containing compound; and a second OTAL including a second hole transporting compound between the third OEL and HTL in the first sub-pixel, and between the second OEL and HTL in the second sub-pixel.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic transistor having a low drive voltage. It is also another object of the present invention to provide an organic transistor, in which light emission can be obtained, which can be manufactured simply and easily. According to an organic light-emitting transistor, a composite layer containing an organic compound having a hole-transporting property and a metal oxide is used as part of the electrode that injects holes among source and drain electrodes, and a composite layer containing an organic compound having an electron-transporting property and an alkaline metal or an alkaline earth metal is used as part of the electrode that injects electrons, where either composite layer has a structure of being in contact with an organic semiconductor layer.

To provide a novel heterocyclic compound that can be used as a host material in which a light-emitting substance of a light-emitting layer is dispersed. A heterocyclic compound comprising a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline ring and two hole-transport skeletons, where the dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline ring and the two hole-transport skeletons are bonded to an aromatic hydrocarbon group. A heterocyclic compound represented by the following general formula (G1) is provided.Note that in the formula, A1 and A2 each independently represent any of a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran skeleton, and a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophen skeleton; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton; and Ar represents an arene skeleton having 6 to 13 carbon atoms. A light-emitting element including the heterocyclic compound is provided.

In relation to an optical modulator (e.g., an RZ optical modulator) formed from a plurality of Mach-Zehnder optical modulators, in an attempt to make the optical modulator compact and realize a low drive voltage, the optical modulator is formed by comprising a plurality of Mach-Zehnder optical modulators, each including a substrate exhibiting an electro-optical effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and electrodes formed in the vicinity of the optical waveguide. The plurality of Mach-Zehnder optical modulators are arranged on the substrate and connected into multistage.

An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency, and a light-emitting element of low-voltage driving. Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting device with low power consumption by using the light-emitting element. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic appliance with low power consumption by using the light-emitting device in a display portion. A light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a composite material of a first organic compound and an inorganic compound and a layer containing a second organic compound being in contact with the layer containing the composite material, wherein the second organic compound does not have a peak of an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 450 to 800 nm if the second organic compound is compounded with the inorganic compound.

A display device includes a first organic electroluminescent element and a second organic electroluminescent element. The first and second organic electroluminescent elements have different luminescent colors. The first and second organic electroluminescent elements each include, in series, a first electrode, a first charge transport layer, a second charge transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode. The first charge transport layer is common to the first and second organic electroluminescent elements. The second charge transport layer of the first organic electroluminescent element is different in thickness from the second charge transport layer of the second organic electroluminescent element. The concentration of a dopant material contained in the first charge transport layer is less than that of the second charge transport layer.

The invention provides a variable focus liquid lens using electrowetting, comprising a conductive first liquid and an insulating second liquid. At least one of the first liquid composed of electrolyte and the second liquid composed of insulating liquid contains a surfactant for reducing interfacial energy between the first and second liquids. An interfacial portion between the first and second liquids is gathered by surfactant to reduce driving voltage. The variable focus liquid lens according to the invention has about 50% lower driving voltage required for changing focus, ensuring stability of the two fluids.

The present invention provides a compound, and an organic electronic element and an electronic device using the same, the compound capable of improving light-emitting efficiency, lowering drive voltage, and increasing lifespan of an element.

A multichannel, surface parallel, zonal transducer system includes a membrane and a compound transducer mounted on the membrane, the compound transducer including a plurality of transducer elements extending generally parallel to the membrane, interconnected in a closed network and individually addressable.

An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element that has low drive voltage, high emission efficiency, long endurance and an excellent effect of preventing generation of dark spots. Another object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device and a display device each including the organic electroluminescent element. The organic electroluminescent element according to the present invention includes an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer, and the organic electroluminescent element includes a layer containing compound A that has a difference of 0 nm or more and 5 nm or less between the maximum emission wavelength on the shortest wavelength side in an emission spectrum measured at 300 K and the maximum emission wavelength on the shortest wavelength side in an emission spectrum measured at 77 K.

Provided is an organic electroluminescence device including: a pair of electrodes; and at least one organic layer including a light-emitting layer being provided between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least any one of the at least one organic layer contains both at least one hydrocarbon compound having an alkyl structure and a charge transporting material.

A hole injection layer and a second electrode are both formed to be continuous above a first electrode and above an auxiliary wiring. The hole injection layer contains a tungsten oxide. An UPS spectrum, obtained from a UPS measurement, has a protrusion appearing near a Fermi surface and within a region corresponding to a binding energy range lower than a top of a valence band, and the tungsten oxide satisfies a condition, determined from an XPS measurement, that a ratio in a number density of atoms other than tungsten atoms and oxygen atoms to the tungsten atoms does not exceed 0.83.

A fabrication method of an electrochromic device includes the steps of: providing an upper substrate and a lower substrate, the upper substrate including an upper base layer and an upper transparent conductive layer, the lower substrate including a lower base layer and a lower transparent conductive layer; forming an ion storage layer on a surface of the upper transparent conductive layer, and forming an electrochromic layer on a surface of the lower transparent conductive layer; forming an electrolyte layer on a surface of the electrochromic layer; and oppositely facing and combining the ion storage layer and the electrolyte layer.

Disclosed is an organic light emitting display (OLED) device that may include first and second electrodes facing each other on a substrate, at least two light emitting units between the first and second electrodes, and a charge generation layer between the at least two light emitting units, the charge generation layer including an N-type charge generation layer and a P-type charge generation layer, wherein the N-type charge generation layer includes at least two hosts and a dopant, and wherein the at least two hosts have different lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels.

Provided is a compound for an organic optoelectric device, an organic light emitting diode including the same, and a display device including the organic light emitting diode, wherein the compound for an organic optoelectric device is represented by Chemical Formula 1. The Chemical Formula 1 and description thereof are the same as described in the specification.

A carbazole compound represented by the following formula:wherein, when m=1, n=0, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and X2 are C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl, provided that Ar1 and Ar2, or Ar3 and X2 may form together a ring; X1═C6-50 arylene; R1, R2, R4, R5 and R7 are H, halogen, amino, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl, R3 and R6 are H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl;when m=0, n=1-3, Ar3, Ar4 and Ar5 are C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl, Ar4 and Ar5 may form together a ring; X1═C1-18 alkyl, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; X2═C6-50 arylene; R1-R7 are H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl;when m=0, n=0, X1═C1-18 alkyl, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; Ar3 and X2 are C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; R2═H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy; R1 and R3-R7 are H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl. The carbazole compound is suitable for an organic EL device.

A semiconductor device of the present invention includes an n-channel first thin film transistor and a p-channel second thin film transistor on one and the same substrate. The first thin film transistor has a first semiconductor layer (27), and the second thin film transistor has a second semiconductor layer (22). The first semiconductor layer (27) and the second semiconductor layer (22) are formed from one and the same film. Each of the first semiconductor layer (27) and the second semiconductor layer (22) has a slope portion (27e, 22e) positioned in the periphery and a main portion (27m, 22m) which is a portion excluding the slope portion. A p-type impurity is introduced into only a part of the slope portion (27e) of the first semiconductor layer with higher density than the main portion (27m) of the first semiconductor layer, the main portion (22m) of the second semiconductor layer, and the slope portion (22e) of the second semiconductor layer. Accordingly, a driving voltage of the semiconductor device provided with the n-type TFT and the p-type TFT can be reduced.

The invention relates to a liquid crystal display element for displaying an image by driving a liquid crystal and provides a liquid crystal display element capable of multi-level display of high display quality using general-purpose drivers, a method of driving the element, and electronic paper having the element. To display gray level “4”, a pulse voltage of ±32 V is applied at a first step to put a cholesteric liquid crystal in a planar state (level “7”)). Then, a pulse voltage of ±24 V is applied for 2.0 ms at a sub-step to the cholesteric liquid crystal to change the gray level to level “5” that is two steps lower. A pulse voltage of ±24 V is applied for 1.0 ms at another sub-step to cause a further transition of the cholesteric liquid crystal toward a focal conic state, thereby obtaining gray level “4” that is one step lower than level “5”.

A method for manufacturing a memory element including forming a first electrode on a first face of a substrate; forming a ferroelectric layer on a second face of the first electrode, the second face being on an opposite side to the substrate side, and the ferroelectric layer being mainly made of a crystalline organic ferroelectric material; and forming a second electrode on a third face of the ferroelectric layer, the third face being on an opposite side to the first electrode side, the second electrode being formed by ejecting an vaporized electrode material in a direction inclined with respect to a normal line direction of the substrate and depositing the vaporized electrode material on the third face of the ferroelectric layer, wherein data writing / reading is performed by changing a polarized state of the ferroelectric layer by applying a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Provided is an organic light emitting element including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic compound layer formed between the anode and the cathode and including a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and an emission layer, in which: the emission layer includes a host and a dopant; the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material having multiple aromatic hydrocarbon skeletons and a single bond for linking the aromatic hydrocarbon skeletons; the hole transport material has a triplet level T1 of 1.8 eV or more; the hole transport material has a hole mobility of 1×10−5 cm2 / Vs or more; and the hole transport layer and the emission layer satisfy relationships represented by the following expression (1):|reduction potential of hole transport material|−|reduction potential of host|>0.1 V  (1)and the following expression (2): |HOMO level of hole transport material-HOMO level of host|<0.1 eV (2).

A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided having a discontinuous electrode. In certain embodiments, different portions (such as finger- or slit-like extensions) of the discontinuous electrode may be at different depths relative to one another and / or may be of different widths relative to one another. Similarly, in other embodiments, the different portions of the discontinuous electrode may be spaced apart in a non-uniform manner.

A liquid crystal device, a precursor composition, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, an apparatus of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, and use of the liquid crystal device are provided. A device capable of being driven at a low driving voltage can be provided. The device can be realized so that the device can be driven in a normally transparent mode or a normally black mode. Also, the device has other excellent characteristics such as a contrast ratio. Such a liquid crystal device can be applied to various light modulation devices such as smart windows, window-protecting films, flexible display devices, active retarders for displaying 3D images, or viewing angle-adjusting films.

Provided are a compound capable of lowering a driving voltage, enhancing light emitting efficiency and thermal resistance, and improving lifespan and color purity of the element, an organic element using the same, and an electric device for the same.

An object of the present invention is to provide a material which does not substantially have a hole injection barrier from an electrode. A composite material containing an organic compound and an inorganic compound, in which measured current-voltage characteristics of a thin-film layer formed from the composite material which is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes each having a work function of 3.5 eV to 5.5 eV follow Formula (I) below, is manufactured. J={A⁢ ⁢exp⁡(-ϕa2⁢ ⁢kT)}⁢V+BVn(1)

Benzotriazole derivatives represented by the following general formula (1),wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are, for example, aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic ring groups, and A is a group including a pyridine ring. The compounds excel in electron injection / transport capability, feature a high hole-blocking power and a high stability in their thin-film form, and are useful as materials for producing highly efficient and highly durable organic electroluminescent devices.

An electrochromic element including: a first electrode; a second electrode that is opposed to and apart from the first electrode; and an electrolyte that is between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode includes a polymerized product of an electrochromic composition that includes a radical-polymerizable compound including a triarylamine backbone, and wherein the second electrode includes a compound represented by General Formula (I) where R1 and R2 each denote a hydrogen atom, an aryl group including 14 or less carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group including 14 or less carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group including 10 or less carbon atoms, an alkenyl group including 10 or less carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group including 10 or less carbon atoms, or a functional group that is capable of binding to a hydroxyl group; n and m each denote 0 or an integer of from 1 through 10; and X− denotes a charge-neutralizing ion.

The invention discloses a polarization control system and method and a quantum key distribution system. According to the method in the invention, phase modulation is carried out on signal light by using a first electro-optical crystal and a second electro-optical crystal successively; the signal light is respectively used as a horizontal polarized light component and a vertical polarized light component of o-light and e-light propagation in the first electro-optical crystal and is respectively used as e-light and o-light propagation in the second electro-optical crystal; the modulation electric fields in the first electro-optical crystal and the second electro-optical crystal are parallel to the o-light or e-light polarization direction of the corresponding electro-optical crystal and arethe same in size, but the opposite directions of the straight lines where the o-light or e-light polarization direction of the corresponding electro-optical crystal is located are opposite, and therefore the polarization state of final signal light can be conveniently controlled by controlling the modulation electric fields.