Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jong-Lae Kim

Young-Chol Yang

Sung-Kyu Hong

Hee-Seob Kim

Kyong-Ju Shin

Joon-Hak Oh

Kyoung-Ju Shin

Hee-Seop Kim

So-Youn Park

Baek-Woon Lee

Doo-Hwan You

Byeong-Seob Ban

Chang-Hun Lee

Won-Sang Park

Cheol-Woo Park

Sang-Il Kim

Sang-wook Yoo

Dong-Sik Sakong

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display having excellent visibility. A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: gate lines formed on an insulating substrate; data lines insulated from the gate lines and intersecting the gate lines; first pixel electrodes disposed on pixel areas defined by intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; first thin film transistors, each having three terminals connected to one of the gate lines, one of the data lines, and one of the first pixel electrodes; second pixel electrodes disposed on the pixel areas and capacitively coupled to the first pixel electrodes; and second thin film transistors, each having three terminals connected to a previous gate line, a storage electrode line or one of the data lines, and one of the second pixel electrodes.

Liquid crystal display and panel therefor

A pixel electrode and a direction control electrode capacitively coupled to the pixel electrode are provided in a pixel. A pixel thin film transistor is connected to a gate line, a data line, and the pixel electrode. A direction control electrode thin film transistor is connected to a previous gate line, a previous data lines or a next data line, and the direction control electrode. The gate lines are supplied with scanning signals, and each scanning signal includes first and second pulses in a frame. The first pulse of a scanning signal is synchronized with the second pulse of a previous scanning signal.

Liquid crystal display

A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: an insulating substrate; a first signal wire formed on the insulating substrate; a second signal wire formed on the insulating substrate and intersecting the first signal wire in an insulating manner; first and second pixel electrodes formed in a pixel area defined by the intersections of the first and the second signal wires and including a plurality of subareas partitioned by cutouts; a direction control electrode formed in the pixel area and including a portion overlapping at least one of the cutouts; and a first thin film transistor connected to the direction control electrode, the first signal wire, and the second signal wire.

Thin film transistor panel for liquid crystal display

A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: an insulating substrate; a plurality of first signal lines formed on the insulating substrate; a plurality of second signal lines formed on the insulating substrate and intersecting the first wire in an insulating manner; a pixel electrode formed in a pixel area defined by the intersections of the first signal lines and the second signal lines and including a plurality of subareas partitioned by cutouts and a plurality of bridges connecting the subareas; and a direction control electrode formed in the pixel area and including a portion overlapping at least one of the cutouts, wherein two long edges of each subarea are parallel to each other and the at least one of cutouts overlapping the portion of the direction control electrode defines one of two longest edges of the subarea.

Thin film transistor panel for multi-domain liquid crystal display

An array substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a switching device, a transmissive electrode, a reflective electrode and a compensating wiring. A pixel region includes first and second regions. The switching device is connected to the gate line and the data line. The transmissive electrode is connected to the switching device. The transmissive electrode is formed in the first region. The reflective electrode is insulated from the transmissive electrode. The reflective electrode is formed in the second region that is adjacent to the first region. The compensating wiring is connected to the switching device. The compensating wiring faces the reflective electrode in the second region with an insulation layer interposed therebetween. Thus, both of a reflectivity of the reflective electrode and a transmissivity of the transmissive electrode are enhanced simultaneously, while the liquid crystal display apparatus maintains a uniform cell gap.

Array substrate, liquid crystal display apparatus having the same and method for driving liquid crystal display apparatus

A liquid crystal display, including a thin film transistor array panel, a common electrode panel including a common electrode and facing the thin film transistor array panel, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the thin film transistor array panel and the common electrode panel, wherein the thin film transistor array panel, includes a substrate, gate lines formed on the substrate, data lines intersecting, and insulated from, the gate lines, pixel electrodes formed in intersection areas of the gate and data lines, first thin film transistors electrically connected to the gate lines, the data lines, and the pixel electrodes, and buffer electrodes being supplied with a first voltage higher than a second voltage of the pixel electrodes when a corresponding pixel electrode is supplied with a data voltage and located at a boundary of the intersection areas in which they are formed and overlapping a portion of the gate line adjacent to the boundary.

Liquid crystal display including buffer electrodes with higher voltage than pixel electrodes, on same layer with pixel electrodes, and overlapping a gate line

A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: first and second panels facing each other, interposing a gap therebetween, and first and second field generating electrodes, respectively; a liquid crystal layer filled in the gap and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; first and second tilt direction defining members disposed on the first and the second panels, respectively, and giving a first tilt direction to a group of the liquid crystal molecules; and a third tilt direction defining member disposed on one of the first and the second panels and giving a second tilt direction oblique to the first tilt direction to the group of the liquid crystal molecules.

A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: groups of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; data lines alternately transmitting normal data voltages and an impulsive data voltage; pixels arranged in a matrix and including switching elements that are connected to the gate lines and the data lines and turn on in response to the gate-on voltage to transmit the data voltages; gate driving circuits connected to respective groups of gate lines and sequentially applying the gate-on voltage to the gate lines; a data driver applying the data voltages to the data lines; a duty ratio selector outputting a duty ratio selection signal informing a selected duty ratio; and a signal controller controlling the gate driver and the data driver based on the duty ratio selection signal, wherein the signal controller determines a time for the application of the impulsive data voltage based on the duty ratio selection signal.

Impulsive driving liquid crystal display and driving method thereof

A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes; an insulating substrate; a plurality of gate lines formed on the insulating substrate; a plurality of data lines formed on the insulating substrate, insulated from the gate lines, and intersecting the gate lines; a plurality of storage electrode lines formed on the insulating substrate, insulated from the data lines, and intersecting the data lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on the respective pixel areas defined by the intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, each pixel electrode having a cutout; a plurality of direction control electrodes provided on the respective pixel areas defined by the intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; a first thin film transistor connected to a relevant one of the gate lines, a relevant one of the data lines and a relevant one of the gate lines, a relevant one of the data lines and a relevant one of the pixel electrodes; a second thin film transistor connected to a previous one of the gate lines, a previous one of the data lines and a relevant one of the direction control electrodes; an a third thin film transistor connected to the previous gate line, the relevant data line and the relevant pixel electrode.

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Jong-Lae Kim