Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Woo-Sung Sohn

Jae-Yong Shin

Young-Hoon Yoo

Doo-Hwan You

Dong-Gyu Kim

Sung-Hoon Kim

Chang-Oh Jeong

Mee-Hye Jung

Shi-Yul Kim

Jean-Ho Song

Min-Wook Park

Hye-Seok Na

Se-Hyoung Cho

Kweon-Sam Hong

Hyang-Yul Kim

Hong Min Yoon

Ki-Yeup Lee

In-Woo Kim

Hong-Jo Park

Seung-Hyun Hur

Hui Gyeong Yun

Hee-Suk Lee

Ki-Hun Jeong

Kyung-Ho Park

Jang-Il Kim

Hyun-Ho Kang

Se Hyoung Cho

Sung-Ryul Kim

Yun-Seok Lee

Woong-Kwon Kim

Kyung-Suk Jung

Ji-Hyeon Son

Bae-Heuk Yim

Donggyu Kim

Min-Ha Hwang

Joong-Tae Kim

A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising a thin film transistor connected to a gate line and a data line and a display element connected to the thin film transistor, a driving voltage generator configured to generate a gate-on voltage and a plurality of gate-off voltages, a timing controller configured to divide an initial driving period into a plurality of setting periods and output a gate-off voltage corresponding to each of the setting periods, and a gate driver circuit configured to generate a gate signal using the gate-on voltage and the gate-off voltage corresponding to a setting period and output the gate signal to the gate line.

Display apparatus and method of driving the display apparatus

Provided is a thin film transistor array panel. The thin film transistor array panel includes: an insulation substrate including a display area with a plurality of pixels and a peripheral area around the display area; a gate line and a data line positioned in the display area of the insulation substrate; a first driving signal transfer line and a second driving signal transfer line positioned in the peripheral area of the insulation substrate; a first insulating layer positioned on the gate line and the data line; and a first photosensitive film positioned on the first driving signal transfer line and the second driving signal transfer line, in which the first photosensitive film is disposed only in the peripheral area.

Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method thereof

A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels having first and second subpixels, a plurality of gate lines connected to the first and second subpixels to transmit gate signals, a plurality of first data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the first subpixels to transmit first data voltages, and a plurality of second data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the second subpixels to transmit second data voltages. The first and second data voltages have different sizes and are obtained from single image information. Each pixel is divided into a pair of subpixels, and different data voltages are applied to the subpixels through two different data lines, so that it is possible to secure a wide viewing angle and improve side visibility.

Liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate and an opposing second substrate; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed in a pixel area, on the first substrate, and including a plurality of branch electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second electrodes. Branches electrode of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are interlaced. The first pixel electrode has an extension disposed adjacent to the center of the pixel area, and a minimum distance between the extension and the adjacent branch electrode is different from an average minimum between the adjacent branch electrodes.

A display panel includes a first substrate including a switching device array, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, a column spacer maintaining a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes a gate line on a base substrate and extending in a direction, a data line crossing with the gate line, a switching device electrically connected to the gate line and the data line and including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the switching device and a dummy pattern adjacent to the column spacer.

Display panel and method of manufacturing the same

A thin film transistor array panel is provided and includes a gate line, a gate insulating layer covering the gate line, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, and a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer. The data line and the drain electrode have a dual-layered structure including a lower layer and an upper layer with the lower layer having a first portion protruded outside the upper layer and the semiconductor layer having a second portion protruded outside the edge of the lower layer.

Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same

Thin film transistor array panel

A display panel includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. Each pixel includes a data line, a gate line insulated from the data line, a first signal line insulated from the data line, a second signal line insulated from the data line, a switching device connected to the data line and the gate line, a first pixel electrode connected to the switching device, and a second pixel electrode connected either the first signal line or the second signal line. The display panel displays an image according to an electric field generated between the first and second pixel electrodes.

Lateral electric field display panel and display apparatus having the same

A vertical alignment liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate. The first substrate includes a first insulation substrate, as well as a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed in a same layer with the first pixel electrode on the first insulation substrate. The second substrate includes a second insulation substrate, a first patterned conductive layer disposed on only a portion of the second insulation substrate which is above the first pixel electrode, and a second patterned conductive layer disposed on only a portion of the second insulation substrate which is above the second pixel electrode.

Vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD includes: a liquid crystal panel that includes a plurality of gate lines; and a gate driver that includes a plurality of stages, which are connected to the gate lines, respectively, and sequentially provide a plurality of gate signals to the gate lines, respectively, and a first dummy stage and a second dummy stage that are separated from each other, wherein the first dummy stage is enabled by a carry signal of one of the stages, and the second dummy stage is enabled by a carry signal of the first dummy stage and initializes each of the stages.

A display device includes first and second substrates, and first and second alignment keys. The first and second substrates have first and second display regions and first and second peripheral regions, respectively. The first alignment key is disposed in the first peripheral region of the first substrate. The first alignment key includes a first pattern and a second pattern. The second alignment key is disposed in the second peripheral region of the second substrate such that the second alignment key faces the first alignment key. As a result, first alignment key may be formed through a procedure of forming the pixel electrode. Therefore, there exists no deviation between the first alignment key and the pixel electrode and the first alignment key may be easily detected because of the first pattern that is opaque, so that misalignment is prevented.

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

A liquid crystal display (LCD) having high luminance and color renditions is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate, a gate line and a data line crossing each other on the first insulating substrate to define a pixel. First and second sub-pixel electrodes divide the pixel into two parts. A first switching element drives the first sub-pixel electrode and a second switching element drives the second sub-pixel electrode. A second insulating substrate faces the first insulating substrate. A color pattern is arranged on the second insulating substrate and overlaps the first sub-pixel electrode. A contrast pattern overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode.

Liquid crystal display having high luminance and high display quality

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Seoul, South Korea

Woo-Sung Sohn