公开(公告)号：US20180046039A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15557711

申请日：2016-03-04

Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： SATOSHI MATSUMURA ,  YOSUKE IWATA ,  MITSUHIRO MURATA

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/137

CPC classification number: G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G02F2001/134345 ,  G02F2001/13706 ,  G02F2201/122 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2202/10

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: upper and lower substrates; and a horizontal alignment type liquid crystal layer, the lower substrate including electrodes, the electrodes including a first electrode, a second electrode present in a different layer from the first electrode, and a third electrode present in a different layer from the first electrode, the first electrode including a plurality of linear sections, the second electrode and the third electrode constituting a pair of comb electrodes, each of the comb electrodes including a trunk part and a plurality of branch parts diverging from the trunk part, at least one of the plurality of branch parts of the third electrode including a protruding part that makes the branch part partially wide, between two intersections with a plurality of linear sections of the first electrode in a plan view of the lower substrate.

公开(公告)号：US09891495B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-13

申请号：US15310311

申请日：2016-01-22

Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. ,  Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ying Zhang ,  Zhi Hou ,  Daeoh Oh ,  Ziheng Yang ,  Yinan Wang ,  Xin Ding ,  Fu Chen ,  Jianhui Liu ,  Rong Shen

IPC: G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1362

CPC classification number: G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/13439 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/136227 ,  G02F2001/136222 ,  G02F2201/121 ,  G02F2201/123 ,  G02F2201/124

Abstract: An array substrate and a fabricating method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged in matrix on the base substrate, wherein, a first electrode groove and a second electrode groove separated from each other are arranged in a region of the base substrate corresponding to one of the pixel units, the first electrode groove and the second electrode groove respectively extending from an upper surface of the base substrate towards a lower surface of the base substrate; the pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode, the pixel electrode being arranged in the first electrode groove, and the common electrode being arranged in the second electrode groove.

公开(公告)号：US20180011357A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-11

申请号：US15642102

申请日：2017-07-05

Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Gichang Lee ,  Yongjo Kim ,  Cholho Kim ,  Gunwoo Yang ,  Jihoon Yang ,  Yongwoo Lee

IPC: G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/136

CPC classification number: G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/136227 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G02F2001/13606 ,  G02F2201/122 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2201/40 ,  G02F2202/103 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L29/41733 ,  H01L29/78669

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display including: a gate line extending in a first direction; a gate electrode protruding from the gate line; a gate insulating layer arranged on the gate electrode; an active layer arranged on the gate insulating layer while being insulated from the gate electrode; a data line arranged on the active layer and extending in a second direction; a source electrode protruding from the data line, having a portion overlapping the gate electrode on a plane, and including a plurality of source electrode branches that are separate from each other; a drain electrode being separate from the source electrode, and including a plurality of drain electrode branches, each being arranged between two of the plurality of source electrode branches, and a drain electrode connecting part connecting the plurality of drain electrode branches; a pixel electrode defining a pixel region; a liquid-crystal layer arranged on the pixel electrode.

公开(公告)号：US09857612B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US14777665

申请日：2014-12-04

Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yanbing Wu

IPC: G02F1/13 ,  G01R31/02 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC classification number: G02F1/1309 ,  G01R31/02 ,  G01R31/025 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F2001/134381 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2203/69

Abstract: A method for determining location of a short-circuit point in a raster device comprises: applying a first DC voltage signal to a common electrode layer in the raster device; applying a second DC voltage signal to only first transparent electrodes in the raster device, or a second DC voltage signal to only second transparent electrodes in the raster device, or a second DC voltage signal to both the first transparent electrodes and the second transparent electrodes in the raster device, an absolute value of a difference between a voltage value of the first DC voltage signal and a voltage value of the second DC voltage signal being not lower than a liquid crystal deflection threshold voltage value (501); acquiring grayscale values of corresponding display areas in the raster device and determining the location of the short-circuit point according to the acquired grayscale values (502). The method provides a solution for determining the location of the short-circuit point which is in contact with the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode simultaneously.

公开(公告)号：US09846342B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US14639845

申请日：2015-03-05

Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jae Hoon Jung ,  Ki Chul Shin ,  Dan Bi Yang ,  Min Joo Han ,  Ji Phyo Hong

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/139

CPC classification number: G02F1/136286 ,  G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/1393 ,  G02F2001/134345 ,  G02F2201/123 ,  G02F2201/124

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode positioned on the first substrate, connected to the thin film transistor, configured to be applied with a first voltage, and including a first sub-pixel electrode including a first sub-region and a second sub-region and a second sub-pixel electrode configured to be applied with a second voltage; a protrusion electrode protruding from the pixel electrode to overlap the data line; and an insulating layer positioned on the first sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode and positioned under the second sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode, wherein the first sub-region of the first sub-pixel electrode overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20170343869A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

申请号：US15532734

申请日：2015-11-27

Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： SATOSHI MATSUMURA ,  MITSUHIRO MURATA ,  YOSUKE IWATA

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1368

CPC classification number: G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/133707 ,  G02F2001/133531 ,  G02F2001/133738 ,  G02F2001/134372 ,  G02F2001/13706 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2201/128 ,  G02F2202/10

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that may realize a wide viewing angle and realize a high-speed response. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device that has upper and lower substrates and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the upper and lower substrates, in which the lower substrate includes electrodes, the electrodes are configured with a first electrode, a second electrode in a different layer from the first electrode, and a third electrode in a same layer as the second electrode, the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are horizontally aligned with respect to a main surface of the upper and lower substrates in a case where a voltage is not applied, and the liquid crystal display device is configured to execute a driving operation that causes the electrodes to generate an electric field which causes a portion of the liquid crystal molecules to rotate in a horizontal plane with respect to the main surface and causes another portion of the liquid crystal molecules to rotate in an opposite direction to the portion of the liquid crystal molecules in the horizontal plane with respect to the main surface.

公开(公告)号：US20170299939A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15512873

申请日：2015-09-21

Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN ,  SICOYA GMBH

Inventor： Stefan MEISTER ,  Aws AL-SAADI ,  Sebastian KUPIJAI ,  Christoph THEISS ,  Hanjo RHEE ,  Lars ZIMMERMANN ,  David STOLAREK

IPC: G02F1/225 ,  H04B10/548 ,  G02F1/21

CPC classification number: G02F1/2257 ,  G02F1/025 ,  G02F2001/0152 ,  G02F2001/212 ,  G02F2201/063 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2202/105 ,  H04B10/54 ,  H04B10/548

Abstract: An injection modulator for modulation of optical radiation, having an optical waveguide and a diode structure, having at least two p-doped semiconductor portions, at least two n-doped semiconductor portions and at least one lightly or undoped intermediate portion between the p-doped and n-doped portions. The p-doped portions when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide are offset with respect to the n-doped portions and the diode structure is arranged in a resonance-free portion of the waveguide. The p-doped portions lie on one side of the waveguide, the n-doped portions lie on the other side of the waveguide and the intermediate portion lies in the center, each portion extends transversely with respect to the waveguide longitudinal direction in the direction of the waveguide center of the waveguide and no p-doped portion when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide overlaps any n-doped portion.

公开(公告)号：US09778795B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US14958853

申请日：2015-12-03

Applicant: UNIDISPLAY INC.

Inventor： Wei-Chieh Wang ,  Meng-Chia Chan

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/047

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/1533 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/047 ,  G06F2203/04103

Abstract: A touch apparatus including a first substrate, a touch sensing structure, an insulation layer, a driving electrode, an electrochromic layer, a reflective electrode and a second substrate stacked sequentially along a direction is provided. The driving electrode and the reflective electrode are used to drive the electrochromic layer. The driving electrode is contacted with the insulation layer. The insulation layer has a thickness T1 in the direction. The first substrate has a thickness T2 in the direction. T1

公开(公告)号：US09759958B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14382017

申请日：2013-12-17

Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunsic Choi ,  Hui Li ,  Zhiqiang Xu ,  Yoonsung Um

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/13439 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/134318 ,  G02F2001/134381 ,  G02F2001/136218 ,  G02F2201/121 ,  G02F2201/123 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2201/40 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/1259

Abstract: The array substrate comprises a pixel electrode located in a pixel area and a common electrode corresponding to the pixel area; and a first passivation layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; wherein the pixel electrode comprises a plurality of strip-shaped first pixel electrodes and strip-shaped second pixel electrodes which are alternately arranged at intervals; and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip-shaped common electrodes which are spaced from each other; wherein ends of the plurality of strip-shaped first pixel electrodes are connected to each other to form a comb shape, and ends of the plurality of strip-shaped second pixel electrodes are connected to each other to form a comb shape; and the comb-shaped first pixel electrode and the comb-shaped second pixel electrode are spaced from each other.

公开(公告)号：US20170212390A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15329658

申请日：2015-07-22

Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Isamu MIYAKE ,  Koichi MIYACHI

IPC: G02F1/1337 ,  C09K19/56 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  C09K19/32 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  C08G73/10 ,  C09K19/30

CPC classification number: G02F1/133711 ,  C08G73/10 ,  C08G73/1007 ,  C08G73/1078 ,  C08G73/1096 ,  C09K19/3001 ,  C09K19/3068 ,  C09K19/32 ,  C09K19/56 ,  C09K2019/0448 ,  C09K2019/3004 ,  C09K2019/301 ,  C09K2019/3027 ,  C09K2019/3075 ,  G02F1/133615 ,  G02F1/133788 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/133337 ,  G02F2001/133738 ,  G02F2001/133749 ,  G02F2001/134372 ,  G02F2001/13712 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G02F2202/022 ,  G02F2202/10 ,  Y10T428/1023

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device with reduced power consumption as well as reduced flicker. The liquid crystal display device is one in a transverse electric field mode, including: paired substrates; a photo-alignment film disposed on at least one of the substrates; a horizontal alignment liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates; and pixels arranged in a matrix form, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules with a bicyclohexyl skeleton and liquid crystal molecules with a difluorobenzene skeleton, the liquid crystal layer having negative anisotropy of dielectric constant, one of the substrates including TFTs disposed in the respective pixels, the TFTs each including a semiconductor layer that contains an oxide semiconductor, the liquid crystal display device having a frame rate of lower than 50 Hz.