Nec Lcd Technologies, Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Nlt Technologies, Ltd.

Tianma Micro-electronics Co., Ltd.

Mamoru Okamoto

Michiaki Sakamoto

Yuji Yamamoto

Hironori Kikkawa

Shinichi Nakata

Muneo Maruyama

Hiroaki Matsuyama

Masayoshi Suzuki

Teruaki Suzuki

Takahiko Watanabe

Yoshihiko Hirai

Toshiya Ishii

Seiji Suzuki

Kiyomi Kawada

Shinichi Nishida

Ken Sumiyoshi

Hiroshi Kanoh

Hirofumi Ihara

Ken-Ichi Takatori

Masanobu Hidehira

Sounosuke Takahashi

Osamu Sukegawa

Takayuki Konno

Masami Yamashita

Ken-Ichirou Naka

Shin-ichi Nakata

Yoshikazu Sakaguchi

Shouichi Kuroha

Yoshitaka Horie

Shigeru Kimura

Kazushige Takechi

Kazumi Kobayashi

Takayuki Ishino

Toshiaki Ishiyama

Takumi Usukura

Tetuya Kimura

Nariyoshi Kotake

In a light beam direction control element having: light transmitting regions made of light transmitting material arrayed on a substrate; and a light absorbing region made of light absorbent material filling a gap between the light transmitting regions, the light absorbing region restricting a light beam direction of light passing through the substrate, the light absorbing region extends in first and second directions that form a right angle to each other in a substrate plane. The light beam direction control element further has: a crossing portion where the light absorbing region extending in the first direction and the light absorbing region extending in the second direction cross each other to form an L or T shape; and at least one structure dividing the light absorbing region, located on a region which is other than the crossing portion and where the light absorbing region extends in the first or second directions.

Light beam direction control element and display apparatus

Provided is a release film to be in contact with a surface of a base member and a surface of an object between the surface of the base member and the surface of the object. The release film includes a crystalline layer and a debond layer in contact with the crystalline layer. The debond layer has pores and includes an amorphous substance soluble in a solvent.

Release film, display device manufacturing method, and device

A thin-film device includes a resin film which includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, a first inorganic layer on the first surface, a thin-film element on the first inorganic layer, and a second inorganic layer on the second surface, wherein a film density of the second inorganic layer is greater than a film density of the first inorganic layer.

Thin-film device having barrier film and manufacturing method thereof

A semi-transmissive-type liquid crystal display device is provided which is capable of preventing an electric erosion reaction between a reflective film made of Al (aluminum) or an Al alloy and a transparent electrode film made of ITO or a like (Indium Tin Oxide) and of inhibiting occurrence of a flicker caused by a residual DC (Direct Current) voltage in the reflective film. In the semi-transmissive-type of a liquid crystal display device, a transmissive region to provide light from a backlight source and a reflective region to receive ambient light are placed in a pixel region and a transparent electrode film is formed above a reflective film formed in the reflective region on an active matrix substrate with a second passivation film being interposed between the reflective film and the transparent electrode film.

Semi-transmissive-type liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing same

A color filter includes a transparent support, a first color layer formed on the support, which includes stripe-shaped first color pixel formation sections and second-and-third color pixel windows arranged at predetermined intervals along a first direction, respectively, a second color layer formed to overlap with the first color layer, in which the second color layer having stripe-shaped second color pixel formation sections and first-and-third color pixel windows arranged at predetermined intervals along the first direction, respectively, and a third color layer having island-shaped third color pixel formation sections apart from each other.

Color filter, method of fabricating the same and liquid-crystal display device

A liquid crystal display having a wide viewing angle and easily manufactured. The liquid crystal display comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal material disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The liquid crystal display has a conductive protrusion disposed on the surface of the upper substrate opposing to the lower substrate. The conductive protrusion is disposed over a scanning electrode line or a signal electrode line and has the same potential as that of the upper electrode. As another structure, each of pixel electrodes on the lower substrate has a smaller area than that of a common electrode on the upper substrate and is covered by the common electrode, and each of the pixel electrodes comprises an electrode portion having approximately symmetrical shape.

Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same and method of driving the same

A color filter having two-layered light-shielding sections without a black matrix is provided, which reduces the level difference from the colored materials for pixels with a simple method and makes it possible to remove the color layer on the said sections. A red color layer having stripe-shaped red pixel formation sections and a blue color layer having stripe-shaped blue pixel formation sections are overlapped to form two-layered light-shielding sections. A green color layer having island-shaped green pixel formation sections is overlapped with the red and blue color layers, placing the green pixel formation sections in the overlapped green pixel windows of the red and blue color layers. Only the peripheries of the green pixel formation sections are placed on the light-shielding sections to facilitate the removal of the peripheries by polishing.

The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged in facing relation to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode associated with a pixel, a common electrode to which a reference voltage is applied, a data line, a scanning line, and a common electrode line. The second substrate is designed to include no electrodes thereon. The first substrate includes an electric-field shielding layer for preventing an electric field from leaking into pixels in which images are to be displayed, from the scanning line, the electric-field shielding layer being comprised of an electrically conductive layer and being formed in a layer located closer to the liquid crystal layer than an area in which the scanning line is arranged.

Liquid crystal display device with an electric-field shielding layer and method of fabricating the same

Lattice-shaped pixel electrodes and lattice-shaped common electrodes are provided on a substrate in which switching elements of a horizontal electric-field liquid crystal display device such as a TFT are formed. Each pixel electrode is integrally formed with one electrode of the switching element such as the TFT. Each pixel electrode has a notch at an external periphery of a horizontal bar of the lattice-shaped pixel electrode. A contact hole connecting the common signal wiring and the common electrode in the substrate is provided in an area of the notch of the pixel electrode.

Liquid crystal display device

In a liquid crystal display device comprising a first substratehaving a color filter, a second substrateand a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, a color filter layeris disposed on a protection filmof a thin film transistor formed on the first substrateso as to be partitioned by a light shielding portion, and a common electrodeis disposed thereon. A pixel electrode to be connected to a source electrodeis disposed through a through hole formed in an overcoat layer (interlayer separation film). On the first substrate below the color filter layerare provided plural scan signal electrodes, plural video signal electrodes crossing the scan signal electrodes in a matrix form, plural thin film transistors formed in association with the crossing points between the electrodes. Each pixel is provided with a common electrodewhich is connected over plural pixels through a common electrode wire to supply reference potential, and a pixel electrodewhich is connected to the corresponding thin film transistor and disposed so as to confront the common electrode in the pixel area.

Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same

An active matrix type liquid crystal display device in the lateral electric field system is disclosed, in which a high aperture factor is ensured even in a narrow pitch case, while also ensuring high contract and reduced vertical stroke is disclosed. In a liquid crystal display device, in which substantially bank-like third insulating filmis formed a video signal lineand covered by a common electrode, a light shield electrodeis formed underneath an extension of a common electrodefrom an edge of a video signal line. With this arrangement, a liquid crystal display device is realized, which shields light from the sides of a step part as well as ensuring high aperture factor and high contrast.

Liquid crystal display device with mound-like insulating film formed on video line covered by a common electrode with edges of the mound positioned on light shield electrode

An active matrix liquid crystal display device which has color filters disposed on a TFT (Thin-Film Transistor) substrate, and which reduces the effect of light leakage regions over data lines for an increased viewing angle. The liquid crystal display device has the data lines disposed on the TFT substrate at respective gaps between adjacent two of pixel electrodes, for supplying data signals to TFTs to drive pixel electrodes, and a black matrix disposed on the TFT substrate in association with the data lines for blocking light passing in a predetermined viewing angle range through a light leakage region created in the liquid crystal layer depending on a potential difference between adjacent two of the pixel electrodes.

Active matrix liquid crystal display device

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Tokyo, Japan

Mamoru Okamoto