Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Mutsumi Nakajima

Keisuke Yoshida

Masayuki Inoue

Ichiro Shiraki

Koichi Miyachi

Hirofumi Katsuse

Shoichi Andou

Makoto Shiomi

Yasuyoshi Kaise

Nobukazu Nagae

Junichi Yamada

Keiichi Ina

Yoshimizu Moriya

Yasutoshi Tasaka

Tokio Taguchi

Hiroshi Yoshida

Kazuhiko Tsuda

Osamu Sasaki

Makoto Kita

Hironobu Tatsumi

Kazuko Nakajima

Ichirou Shiraki

Hideo Kasugai

Yoshihiro Izumi

Kazuhiro Maeda

Hiroshi Matsukizono

Nobuyoshi Nagashima

Noriyuki Ohashi

Atsushi Asada

Kenichi Ishiguro

Kyoushi Tanaka

Shohichi Andoh

Yoshiyuki Itoh

Kouichi Miyachi

Ryohji Yayotani

The active-matrix substrate () of the present invention satisfies d&#x3e;dand d+A/2&#x3e;d+L/2, where dis the length of the shortest line segment that connects together a channel region () and a gettering region () as measured by projecting the line segment onto a line that connects together the channel region () of a TFT () and a source contact portion, dis the distance from the channel region () to the source contact portion (), dis the distance from the channel region () to a first end portion (), Lis the length of the first end portion (), and Ais the length of the source contact portion ().

Active matrix substrate

A repair step of repairing a pixel resulting in a defective bright spot so as to display the pixel in black is included. In the repair step, a drain portion of a TFT of the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot is shorted to a corresponding gate line, and in the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot, a semiconductor layer portion of the TFT is cut to allow electrical isolation between a corresponding source line and the corresponding gate line.

Display and method for fabricating the same

A liquid crystal display device () includes (i) an opening () which is provided on a color filter () in a transmissive region and (ii) a light sensor () which is provided in the transmissive region for detecting an intensity of light which enters the liquid crystal display device (), the light directly entering the light sensor () through the opening (). This makes it possible to provide () a liquid crystal display device in which each dot region includes a light detection element and which prevents a decrease in aperture ratio of a transmissive region and (ii) an electronic device.

Liquid crystal display device and electronic device

At least one side of a sealing member is formed on an outer edge of a first substrate, and a common transfer terminal portion is formed along at least a part of the sealing member formed on the outer edge of the first substrate.

Liquid crystal display having a terminal portion and a sealing member wherein neither a first or a second substrate extends beyond an outer periphery of the sealing member along a side of the display

A liquid crystal display device comprises plural picture elements including a first picture element and a second picture element; plural switching elements; and plural scanning lines. The plural switching elements include a first switching element electrically connected to the first picture element and a second switching element electrically connected to the second picture element. The plural scanning lines include a first scanning line electrically connected to the first switching element and a second scanning line electrically connected to the second switching element. The second scanning line is located between at least part of the first picture element and the first scanning line. The first scanning line is located between at least part of the second picture element and the second scanning line.

Liquid crystal display device

A shield electrode is provided in the vicinity of a pixel electrode and source bus lines. The shield electrode may be provided in the same layer as gate bus lines, or in the same layer as the source bus lines. The shield electrode may be surrounded by an insulating material, or may be connected to a line other than the source bus lines. By providing the shield electrode, it is possible to reduce a source-drain parasitic capacitance between a pixel electrode and a source bus line.

Liquid crystal display device having source-drain parasitic capacitances of a delta arrangement

In an active-matrix substrate () according to the present invention, a semiconductor layer () has a first gettering region () adjacent to the source region () of a first thin-film transistor (), a second gettering region () adjacent to the drain region () of a second thin-film transistor (), and a third gettering region () adjacent to any of the source and drain regions located between the respective channel regions (and) of the first and second thin-film transistors (and) among the source and drain regions of the thin-film transistors included in the thin-film transistor element ().

An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided in which decrease in the aperture ratio is prevented, and deterioration in display quality is reduced by preventing liquid crystal molecules in a region of a pixel electrode which region faces a bus line from aligning in two or more directions. A liquid crystal panel in the active matrix liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes () in array; and bus lines () arranged in a grid so as to surround each of the pixel electrodes (), the pixel electrodes () each including a prominence () overlapping an adjacent one of the bus lines () in a top view, wherein the respective prominences () of each adjacent two of the pixel electrodes () facing each other across an adjacent one of the bus lines () overlap the bus line () at positions different from each other with respect to a direction in which the bus line () extends.

Active matrix type liquid crystal display device

A vertically aligned system liquid crystal display in which deterioration in display quality such as graininess, burn-in, afterimages due to disorder in orientation of liquid crystal molecules based on a connection electrodes for interconnecting sub-pixel electrodes can be prevented, and a method for manufacturing such liquid crystal display. In the liquid crystal display, each pixel electrode () of a liquid crystal panel is constituted by combining at least two sub-pixel electrodes (), and each sub-pixel electrode () is connected through a bridge () narrower than the sub-pixel electrode (). A vertically aligned system in which liquid crystal molecules tilt symmetrically to the central axis of orientation in the direction perpendicular to the surface of each sub-pixel electrode () upon application of a voltage is employed. The bridge () is provided at a position asymmetric to the sub-pixel electrode ().

Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing same

Realizes a structure for a transreflective liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is defined by four or more picture elements, the structure providing a high aperture ratio and being suitable for display for which the transmission mode is prioritized. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a transreflective liquid crystal display device, comprising a plurality of picture elements including a first picture element, a second picture element, a third picture element and a fourth picture element for displaying different colors from one another; in which each of the plurality of picture elements includes a transmission area for providing display in a transmission mode and a reflection area for providing display in a reflection mode. Each picture element includes a mesh portion shaped to be meshable with an adjacent picture element; and the reflection area of each picture element is located in the mesh portion.

A first electrode substrate of the present invention includes a first signal line, a second signal line, a third signal line, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode. The first signal line, the second signal line and the third signal line extend in a first direction and in parallel to one another. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first signal line. The second pixel electrode is adjacent to the first pixel electrode in the first direction, and is electrically connected to the second signal line. The third pixel electrode is adjacent to the second pixel electrode in the row direction, crossing the first direction, via the second signal line therebetween, and is electrically connected to the third signal line. A capacitance value of a parasitic capacitor formed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is smaller than a capacitance value of a parasitic capacitor formed between the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.

Electrode substrate and display device including the same

An active substrate is provided, which comprises a switching element comprising a first drive region and a second drive region, a signal line being connected to the first drive region, a pixel electrode connected to the second drive region, a first layer comprising at least one of a semiconductor material and a conductive material, and connected to the pixel electrode, a second layer comprising at least one of a semiconductor material and a conductive material, and connected to the signal line; and an insulating film provided between the first layer and the second layer. At least a portion of the first layer and at least a portion of the second layer overlap each other so that the first layer and the second layer are short-circuited by applying first energy to the insulating film.

Active substrate, display apparatus and method for producing display apparatus

A display device includes: a plurality of signal lines which extend in a zigzag manner in a column direction and to which image signals are supplied, respectively; an insulation film which covers the plurality of signal lines; and a plurality of pixel electrodes which are formed on the insulation film and to which the image signals are input from the plurality of signal lines, respectively. A distance between ones of the pixel electrodes located adjacent to each other in the column direction is equal to or larger than a line width of the signal lines.

Display device having particular signal lines

A display device includes a source line for supplying a display signal, a display pixel electrode, and a TFT for switching an electrical connection between the source line and the pixel electrode. The TFT includes a source electrode electrically connected to the source line, a drain electrode electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a gate electrode for controlling an electrical connection between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A first auxiliary capacitor electrode and a second auxiliary capacitor electrode are connected to the drain electrode and respective connection portions between the drain electrode and the auxiliary capacitor electrodes are formed of a semiconductor material.

Display device and method for fabricating the same

In an active matrix substrate for allowing a point defect of a defect pixel portion, among a plurality of pixel portions arranged two-dimensionally, to be repaired by radiation of energy, the active matrix substrate includes one of a first protection member for absorbing excessive energy power and preventing pieces of a conductive material from being scattered; and a second protection member for preventing pieces of a conductive material from being scattered and for preventing a conductive layer from bulging. One of the first protection member and the second protection member is provided above at least one energy radiation portion.

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Mutsumi Nakajima