Abstract:
A back lighting unit is disclosed in which lower and upper surfaces of a light transmitting plate function as incident and exit surfaces of light, respectively, and a phosphor film structure for wavelength-converting the light is provided at a position which the light is incident on or exits from. The disclosed back lighting unit includes a light emitting means including a light emitting diode disposed to emit light upwards; a light transmitting plate disposed over the light emitting diode, the light transmitting plate having a lower surface allowing light to be incident thereon and an upper surface allowing light to exit therefrom; and a phosphor film structure including a particulate phosphor and formed on at least one of the lower and upper surfaces of the light transmitting plate.
Abstract:
A polarizer is provided comprising: a transparent substrate, on a main surface of which a plurality of grooves in parallel with each other are provided at an interval; a birefringence crystal layer with a single orientation formed on the main surface of the transparent substrate where the grooves are provided, wherein the birefringence crystal layer is at least filled in the grooves so that linearly polarized light incident on a location corresponding to the grooves and passing through the polarizer is converted into first polarized light, and linearly polarized light incident on a location between the grooves and passing through the polarizer is converted into second polarized light, the polarization directions of the first and the second polarized light are different from each other.
Abstract:
An array antenna system including: a base frame; a plurality of antenna elements which is arranged on the base frame; a driving unit which provides a driving power to each of the plurality of antenna elements when the plurality of antenna elements is moved or transformed on the base frame; a sensor unit which senses a change of a radio wave environment; and a control unit which transmits a driving signal to the driving unit according to a change of the radio wave environment, the change of the radio wave environment being sensed by the sensor unit.
Abstract:
In a method of forming an array substrate for in-plane switching liquid crystal display device a first metal layer is formed on a substrate and then patterned using a first mask so as to form a gate line having a gate electrode and a common line having a plurality of common electrodes. A gate insulation layer is formed on the substrate to cover the patterned first metal layer. A semiconductor layer is formed on the gate insulation layer using a second mask, wherein the semiconductor layer includes an active layer of pure amorphous silicon and an ohmic contact layer of impurity-doped amorphous silicon. A second metal layer is formed on the gate insulation layer to cover the semiconductor layer and then patterned using a third mask to form a data line having a source electrode, a pixel connecting line having a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a drain electrode that is spaced apart from the source electrode. A channel is formed by etching a portion of the ohmic contact layer between the source and drain electrodes. An alignment layer is formed over the substrate to cover the patterned second metal layer. The substrate having the alignment layer and the source and drain electrode is then thermal-treated in a furnace to cure the alignment layer and to anneal a thin film transistor.
Abstract:
An array substrate for use in an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes a gate line on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region having an aperture area; a thin film transistor disposed at one corner of the pixel region and connected to the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer; a common line spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the gate line; a common electrode extending from the common line and including a plurality of common electrode patterns, wherein an outermost portion of the common electrode pattern is substantially rectangle shaped within the pixel region and has a substantially circular opening in the middle thereof; a capacitor electrode overlapping the rectangle shaped common electrode pattern, the capacitor electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a pixel connecting line substantially parallel to the data line in the pixel region and connected to the capacitor electrode; and a pixel electrode disposed within the substantially circular opening, extending from the pixel connecting line and including a plurality of pixel electrode patterns; wherein an innermost pixel electrode pattern has a substantially circular shape and other pixel electrode patterns are patterned to have circular bands, and wherein the aperture area is circular banded shaped.
Abstract:
A fabrication method of an IPS mode LCD including forming a pixel electrode and a common electrode on a first substrate; forming a passivation layer on the pixel electrode and common electrode; forming a black matrix layer on a second substrate; forming a color filter layer on the black matrix layer; forming an overcoat layer on the color filter layer; and irradiating an ion beam on the passivation film on the first substrate and the overcoat layer on the second substrate to perform an orientation treatment of the passivation film and the overcoat layer. The common electrode, the pixel electrode, the gate line and the data line are formed in a stripe configuration or a zigzag configuration. In a zigzag configuration, there is at least one bent portion in the configuration.
Abstract:
A fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. A gate line and a data line crossing the gate line define a pixel region on the first substrate. A thin film transistor is connected to the gate line and the data line. A common line is parallel to and spaced apart from the gate line and a common electrode extends from the common line and has a substantially square shape corresponding to the pixel region. A curved pixel electrode is connected to the thin film transistor and overlaps the common electrode. A second substrate faces the first substrate. A black matrix formed on the first or second substrate includes an opening exposing the pixel region. The opening has corners.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second common electrode lines on a substrate extending along a first direction, a pair of adjacent data lines extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to cross the first and second common electrode lines to define a unit pixel region, a gate line extending between the first and second common electrode lines along the first direction and crossing the pair of adjacent data lines, the first and second common electrode lines spaced apart from the gate line by a first distance along the second direction defining a first pixel region and a second pixel region of the unit pixel region, and a thin film transistor formed at the crossing of the gate line and one of the pair of adjacent data lines, the thin film transistor including a pair of drain electrodes, a source electrode, and a portion of the gate line, wherein each of the first and second pixel regions includes a circular pixel electrode and first and second circular common electrodes.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes: forming array elements on a first substrate, the array elements including field-generating electrodes having a curved shape; rubbing one of the first substrate and a second substrate in one direction, which can be any direction; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and a second substrate such that at least a portion of the liquid crystal is oriented in the one direction.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second gate lines in an active region, and first and second data lines crossing the first and second gate lines, respectively, wherein the first and second gate lines, and the first and second data lines define first and second pixel regions, first and second thin film transistors in the first and second pixel regions, wherein the first thin film transistors connected with the first data line and the second gate line, and the second thin film transistor connected with the second data line and the first gate line, first and second pixel electrodes connected with the first and second thin film transistors, first and second common electrodes defining first and second substantially circular band shaped regions with the first and second pixel electrodes, and a first common line connected with the first and second common electrodes.