Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Lg Philips Lcd Co., Inc.

Han-Wook Hwang

Hyo-Jin Min

Yong-Min Ha

Jung-Chul Kim

Young-Hak Lee

Ji-Eun Kang

A display device includes: a through hole; a line region surrounding the through hole; a display region surrounding the line region; first to fourth layer lines which are located in the line region and at different layers; auxiliary layer lines which are located below the first layer lines or on the fourth layer lines; pixels located in the display region; first signal lines which are electrically connected to the pixels and are along a first direction; and second signal lines which are electrically connected to the pixels and are along a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the auxiliary layer lines electrically connected to one of the second signal lines.

Display device

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display module including an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal panel; a first cover covering a rear side of the liquid crystal display module; a second cover covering a front side of the liquid crystal display module and including a transparent conductive layer; and a discharging path connecting the transparent conductive layer to the in-plane switching mode liquid crystal panel, wherein the transparent conductive layer is attached to the liquid crystal display module.

Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate that includes gate and data lines crossing each other to define a pixel region, and a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in the pixel region; an opposing substrate that faces the array substrate and includes a black matrix corresponding to a boundary of the pixel region, and a color filter layer filling a region surrounded by the black matrix; a patterned spacer on the black matrix and having a diamond shape in plane; and a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the opposing substrate, wherein the patterned spacer corresponds to a crossing portion of the gate and data lines, and vertices of the diamond shape of the patterned spacer are on the gate and data lines.

An in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a data line on a substrate, the gate and data lines crossing each other to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and a common electrode alternately arranged with the pixel electrode to form n blocks in the pixel region. Widths of some of the blocks are different than widths of other of the blocks.

In-plane switching liquid crystal display device having improved brightness and aperture ratio

A transflective liquid crystal display device including: first and second transparent substrates facing each other with a reflective portion and a transmissive portion; gate and data lines over the first transparent substrate perpendicularly crossing each other and defining pixel regions; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines in the pixel region; an insulator in the thin film transistor on the first substrate covering the gate line; a passivation layer in the reflection portion on the insulator and on the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode in the reflective and transmissive portions, wherein the pixel electrode contacts both the passivation layer in the reflective portion and the insulator in the transmissive portion; a reflector on the pixel electrode in the reflective portion; color filters on a rear surface of the second transparent substrate, the color filters having through holes; column spacers formed between the reflector and the color filters, each column spacer corresponding in position to each through hole; a common electrode under the color filters; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode.

Transflective LCD device and fabrication method thereof

A transflective liquid crystal display device including: first and second transparent substrates facing each other with a reflective portion and a transmissive portion; gate and data lines over the first transparent substrate perpendicularly crossing each other and defining pixel regions; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines in the pixel region; an insulator in the thin film transistor on the first substrate covering the gate line; a passivation layer in the reflection portion on the insulator and on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode in the reflective and transmissive portions, wherein the pixel electrode contacts both the passivation layer in the reflective potion and the insulator in the transmissive portion; a reflector on the pixel electrode in the reflective portion; color filters on a rear surface of the second transparent substrate, the color filters having through holes; column spacers formed between the reflector and the color filters, each column spacer corresponding in position to each through hole; a common electrode under the color filters; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode.

An array substrate for a transflective LCD includes a data line and a gate line on a substrate crossing each other to define a pixel region, the pixel region including a reflective region, a transparent region and a boundary region between the reflective region and the transparent region; a thin film transistor near the crossing of the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a passivation layer in the reflective region, the passivation layer having an opening in the transparent region and the boundary region; a reflective electrode in the reflective and boundary regions, the reflective electrode contacting the drain electrode through the opening in the boundary region; and a transparent electrode contacting the reflective electrode.

Transflective LCD with reflective electrode contacting the drain electrode in boundary between reflective region and transmission region

Transflective LCD device having color filters with through holes

A thin film transistor and its fabrication method. The transistor includes a buffer layer on a substrate, and a poly-crystalline semiconductor layer on the buffer layer. The poly-crystalline semiconductor layer includes a channel layer, offset regions along sides of the channel layer, sequential doping regions along sides of the offset regions, and source and drain regions. The doping concentration is sequentially changed in the sequential doping region. A sloped gate insulation layer is on the poly-crystalline semiconductor layer. A gate electrode having a main gate electrode and auxiliary gate electrodes is on the sloped insulation layer. An interlayer is over the gate electrode and source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions and on the interlayer. The poly-crystalline semiconductor layer is formed by ion doping a poly-crystalline semiconductor layer through the gate insulation layer while using the gate electrode as a mask.

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Seoul, South Korea

Han-Wook Hwang