Various embodiments for configuring LC cells, LC panels, and methods of manufacturing LC panels are provided, comprising: various embodiments to increase the stiffness and/or rigidity of the LC cell, such that once it undergoes lamination processing to attach it to glass layers on either major surface of the LC cell, the LC cell will not undergo distortion/discontinuous cell gap when transformed into an LC panel.

The present invention relates to a barrier (1) which provides heat insulation by being contacted with displays of liquid crystal display (LCD) type.

An object of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of a power supply line, to suppress a voltage drop in the power supply line, and to prevent defective display. A connection terminal portion includes a plurality of connection terminals. The plurality of connection terminals is provided with a plurality of connection pads which is part of the connection terminal. The plurality of connection pads includes a first connection pad and a second connection pad having a line width different from that of the first connection pad. Pitches between the plurality of connection pads are equal to each other.

Disclosed is an LCD device which realizes decreased thickness, simplified process, and decreased cost by using a common electrode for formation of electric field to drive liquid crystal as a sensing electrode, and removing a touch screen from an upper surface of the liquid crystal panel, the LCD device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other to define plural pixels on a lower substrate; a pixel electrode in each of the plural pixels; plural common electrode blocks patterned at the different layer from the pixel electrode, wherein the common electrode blocks, together with the pixel electrode, forms an electric field, and senses a user's touch; and plural sensing lines electrically connected with the common electrode blocks, wherein, if the sensing line is electrically connected with one of the common electrode blocks, the sensing line is insulated from the remaining common electrode blocks.

A display apparatus includes a substrate, an insulating layer, an alignment film, and a sealant. The insulating layer is disposed on the substrate and with a plurality of grooves. The alignment film is disposed on the insulating layer. The sealant is disposed on the alignment film. Wherein, the sealant overlaps at least a portion of the plurality of grooves. In a predetermined unit region, the side length of the predetermined unit region is a maximum width X of the sealant, and a total side length of the portions of the plurality of grooves located in the predetermined unit region is greater than 8 times of the maximum width X.

A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate; a first light shielding layer that is provided on the first substrate; a first insulating layer provided on the first light shielding layer; a gate electrode that is provided on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer provided on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer that is provided on the second insulating layer, and is provided for each pixel; a source electrode and a drain electrode that partially overlap with the semiconductor layer; a pixel electrode that is provided on the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer provided on the semiconductor layer and the pixel electrode; and a common electrode that is provided on the third insulating layer, and includes a slit.

A device is provided. The device includes a first Pancharatnam-Berry phase (“PBP”) lens, and a second PBP lens stacked with the first PBP lens. Each of the first PBP lens and the second PBP lens includes a liquid crystal (“LC”) layer. Each side of the LC layer is provided with a continuous electrode and a plurality of patterned electrodes. The patterned electrodes in the first PBP lens are arranged non-parallel to the patterned electrodes in the second PBP lens.

An array substrate, includes: a substrate, a first metal layer, a first buffer layer, and an active layer, a gate insulating layer, a second metal layer, a first insulating layer, a third metal layer and a first planarization layer. The first metal layer is electrically connected with the first doped area of the active layer through the bridge layer of the second metal layer. The third metal layer is electrically connected with the second doped area of the active layer. The array substrate of the present disclosure reduces a size of a thin film transistor by stacking the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and the third metal layer, thereby increasing pixel density. A display panel is also provided.

Electrochromic devices and methods may employ the addition of a defect-mitigating insulating layer which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 10.sup.8 Ohm-cm. In some embodiments, the insulating layer contains one or more of the following metal oxides: aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, silicon aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten oxide, and oxidized indium tin oxide. Carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and oxycarbides may also be used.

A substantially transparent display substrate is provided. The substantially transparent display substrate includes a base substrate; multiple insulating layers on the base substrate and in a display area of the substantially transparent display substrate; and a plurality of grooves in at least a first insulating layer of the multiple insulating layers, wherein at least one of the plurality of grooves at least partially extending into the first insulating layer. The display area includes a plurality of subpixel regions spaced apart from each other by an inter-subpixel region. A respective one of the plurality of subpixel regions includes a light emitting sub-region and a substantially transparent sub-region. At least a portion of a respective one of the plurality of grooves is about an edge of the substantially transparent sub-region of the respective one of the plurality of subpixel regions.