Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Young-Goo Song

Hyang-Shik Kong

Sung-Man Kim

Seong-Young Lee

Kyung-Wook Kim

Min-Wook Park

Jang-Soo Kim

Jong-Woong Chang

Jeong-Ho Lee

Hye-Young Ryu

Yun-Jung Cho

Young-Hoon Yoo

Joo-Ae Yoon

Dong-Hyun Ki

Jong-in Kim

Beom-jun Kim

Hyuk-Jin Kim

Eun-Guk Lee

Hyo-Seop Kim

In-Woo Kim

In-Ho Park

Kyoung-Tai Han

Kyung-Suk Jung

Byeong-jae Ahn

Dong-Gyu Kim

Yong-Woo Lee

Yoon-Sung Um

Seung-Soo Baek

Wan-Soon Im

Hyun Sik Park

Young-Je Cho

Kye-Hun Lee

Sung-jae Moon

Yoon-Jang Kim

Yun Sik Jang

Kwi Hyun Kim

Kweon-Sam Hong

Han-Ju Lee

Sang-Gun Choi

Yong-Jo Kim

Hye-Rhee Han

Seung-Suk Yang

Chae-Woo Chung

Hwa-Dong Jung

Sang-Heon Song

Min-Hyung Choo

Hak-Bum Choi

Jae-Yong Lim

A display device includes a driver circuit monolithically integrated in a display panel. The display panel has a plurality of pixel units and signal lines; and a driver circuit including a first circuit element and a second circuit element integrally formed on the display panel and electrically connected to each other, wherein patterning density of the first circuit element and patterning density of the second circuit element would be substantially different from each other if the first and second circuit elements were laid out as concentrated individual circuit elements, but where the driver layout includes at least two spaced apart first circuit element regions over which the first circuit element is distributively formed and the driver layout includes an interposed second circuit element region in which at least part of the second circuit element is formed.

Display device

In a method of forming an active pattern, a gate metal layer is formed on a base substrate. The gate metal layer is patterned to form a gate line, and a gate pattern spaced apart from the gate line. A gate insulation layer is formed on the base substrate including the gate line and the gate pattern thereon, to form a first protruded boundary surface corresponding to an area including the gate pattern. An amorphous semiconductor layer is formed on the base substrate including the gate insulation layer thereon, to form a second protruded boundary surface corresponding to the first protruded boundary surface. The amorphous semiconductor layer is crystallized by illuminating a laser to the amorphous semiconductor layer on the second protruded boundary surface.

Method of forming an active pattern, display substrate formed by the same, and method of manufacturing the display substrate

A liquid crystal display includes: a first gate line; a first data line crossing the first gate line; a first switching element connected with the first gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected with the first gate line and the first data line; a first liquid crystal capacitor connected with the first switching element; a second liquid crystal capacitor connected with the second switching element; a boost switching element which is turned on during a time period not overlapping a time period during which the first switching element is turned on; and a boost capacitor including a first terminal connected with the boost switching element and a second terminal connected with the first liquid crystal capacitor.

Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof

A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a first signal line disposed on the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the first signal line; a color filter and a light blocking member disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the color filter and the light blocking member; and a colored member formed on the pixel electrode and disposed on the light blocking member, the colored member having an upper surface that is generally planar with an upper surface of the color filter.

Liquid crystal display wherein a first light blocking portion and a first colored portion extends generally along a gate line and generally covers the gate line and a thin film transistor

A display panel includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first display substrate includes a first base substrate having a plurality of display cells, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The data lines, the gate lines and the pixel electrodes are respectively separated in each of the display cells. The second display substrate includes a second base substrate, a light blocking pattern corresponding to the data lines and the gate lines, a common electrode facing the pixel electrodes, and a common line overlapping with the blocking pattern. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second display substrate.

Display panel and display apparatus having the same

Disclosed are a liquid crystal display and a photomask for manufacturing the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate and including first and second sub-pixel electrodes, a first thin film transistor having first gate and source electrodes and a first drain electrode connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second thin film transistor having second gate and source electrodes and a second drain electrode connected to the second sub-pixel electrode, and a third thin film transistor having third gate and drain electrodes and a third source electrode connected to the second sub-pixel electrode. A first gate signal is applied to the first and second gate electrodes, a second gate signal is applied to the third gate electrode, the same data signal is applied to the first and second source electrodes, and the second drain electrode and the third source electrode are connected to each other.

Liquid crystal display and photomask for manufacturing the same

A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of a gate line and a plurality of a data line disposed on the substrate, a plurality of a thin film transistor each connected to a gate line and a data line, a plurality of a pixel electrode each connected to a thin film transistor, a common electrode facing the pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. Each of the pixel electrodes includes a first longitudinal edge adjacent to a first data line and a second longitudinal edge adjacent to a second data line adjacent to the first data line. A first distance between an edge of the first longitudinal edge and the first data line is larger than a second distance between the second longitudinal edge and an edge of the second data line.

Liquid crystal display with one of subpixel electrodes being offset with respect to other

A thin film transistor ('TFT') array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a first storage electrode formed on the substrate, a first TFT formed on the substrate and separated from the first storage electrode, a first insulating layer formed on the first storage electrode and the first TFT and having a first opening disposed on the first storage electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the first TFT and overlapping the first storage electrode in the first opening, and a second insulating layer disposed between the first storage electrode and the pixel electrode in the first opening, wherein at least a portion of the boundary of the pixel electrode overlaps the first storage electrode and is disposed in the first opening. Accordingly, storage appropriate capacitance is ensured and a reduction of the aperture ratio may be decreased.

Thin film transistor array panel, display device including the same, and method thereof

A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a gate line, a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer sequentially formed on a substrate; a data line and a drain electrode formed at least on the semiconductor layer; a first passivation layer formed on the data line and the drain electrode and having a first contact hole exposing the drain electrode at least in part; a second passivation layer formed on the first passivation layer and having a second contact hole that is disposed on the first contact hole and has a first bottom edge placed outside the first contact hole and a second bottom edge placed inside the first contact hole; and a pixel electrode formed on the second passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode through the first and the second contact holes.

Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method thereof

An array substrate () includes a transparent substrate (), a first insulation layer () and a pixel electrode (). The transparent substrate () includes a display region (DR) that displays an image, a peripheral region (PR) having a driving circuit () for displaying an image through the display region, and a sealine region (SLR) that surrounds the display region (DR) to define the display region and the peripheral region (PR). The first insulation layer () is formed over the transparent substrate (), and the first insulation layer () has an opening window () in the sealine region (SLR). The pixel electrode () is formed on the first insulation layer () of the display region (DR). The bonding between a color filter substrate () and an array substrate () is improved. Furthermore, liquid crystal material is completely filled into between the color filter substrate and the array substrate.

Array substrate for LCD

The liquid crystal display device includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line which is disposed on the first insulation substrate and extends substantially in a first direction, first and second data lines which are insulated from the gate line, extend substantially in a second direction and intersect the gate line, a pixel electrode which includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes which are each provided with different data voltages via the first and second data lines, respectively, and which are separated from each other by a gap, the second sub-pixel electrode at least partially overlapping the first and second data lines, a second insulation substrate which faces the first insulation substrate, a black matrix which is disposed on the second insulation substrate and includes an irregular shape and extends substantially along the first and second data lines and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second insulation substrates.

Liquid crystal display device and method of driving thereof

A thin film array panel is provided, which includes: a plurality of signal lines including contact parts for contact with an external device; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the signal lines; an insulating layer formed on the signal lines and the thin film transistors; and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the insulating layer and connected to the thin film transistors, wherein the insulating layer includes a contact portion disposed on the contact parts of the signal lines and having a thickness smaller than other portions and the contact portion of the insulating layer includes an inclined portion having an inclination angle smaller than about 45 degrees.

Thin film array panel and manufacturing method thereof

A display substrate, a method of fabricating the same, and a liquid crystal display apparatus having the same. The display substrate includes a storage electrode extending over first and second areas formed on a substrate, a insulating layer pattern formed on the storage electrode, and first and second pixel electrodes formed on the insulating layer pattern. At least one of the first and second pixel electrodes has at least one recess. The insulating layer pattern has first and second openings formed in the first and second areas corresponding to the storage electrode. Accordingly, electric short circuits between the first and second pixel electrodes is prevented due to the recess or the openings during the manufacturing process for the first and second pixel electrodes.

Display substrate, method of fabricating the same, and liquid crystal display device having the same

A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes an upper substrate having an upper director, a lower substrate having a lower director, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper director and the lower director aligning liquid crystals included in a liquid crystal layer to widen a viewing angle of the LCD apparatus. A storage electrode having a shape corresponding to the upper director and the lower director is arranged on the lower substrate so that the liquid crystals are rapidly aligned in a predetermined angle to increase an operating speed of the LCD apparatus.

Liquid crystal display apparatus

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Young-Goo Song