According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels each including a pixel capacitor and a pixel transistor, a scanning line that is coupled to the respective pixels and is configured to receive a scan signal, and a video signal line that is coupled to the respective pixels and is configured to receive a video signal; and a driver configured to drive the display panel. The pixel transistor includes: at least one N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor coupled between the video signal line and the pixel capacitor; and a P-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor coupled in parallel with the NMOS transistor.

Systems and methods for driving a pixel of a liquid crystal pixel array with a driving circuit are provided. An exemplary method includes: providing a data signal (Dm) to a storage element via the first transistor (T1); and providing a ramping voltage signal (V.sub.RAMP) to a gate of a second transistor (T2) of the driving circuit to control the on-off status of the second transistor (T2); wherein the ramping voltage signal (V.sub.RAMP) is based on data stored at the storage element; and wherein a duration of an on-state of the second transistor (T2) corresponds to a transmitting state for the pixel.

A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulating substrate; thin film transistors positioned on the first insulating substrate, and connected to gate lines and data lines which cross each other while being insulated; pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors; a second insulating substrate spaced so as to face the first insulating substrate; light blocking members positioned on the second insulating substrate; a common electrode positioned on the light blocking member; and a liquid crystal layer injected between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, in which one pixel includes the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode, and the plurality of pixels are disposed to be symmetric to a y-axis.

Provided is a display device. The display device comprises: a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels and a non-display area, a plurality of data lines connected to each of the plurality of pixels and extending in a first direction, a plurality of first gate lines connected to each of the plurality of pixels and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of second gate lines extending along the first direction from one end of the display area to a line contact portion contacting each of the plurality of first gate lines, and a plurality of off voltage lines extending in a direction opposite to the first direction from the other end of the display area opposite to one end of the display area to a periphery of the line contact portion and insulated from the plurality of second gate lines.

A semiconductor device capable of maintaining data during instantaneous power reduction or interruption. The semiconductor device includes first to sixth transistors. The first and fourth transistors are p-channel transistors. The second and fifth transistors are n-channel transistors. In the third and sixth transistors, an oxide semiconductor layer includes a channel formation region. A high voltage is applied to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor. A low voltage is applied to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor.

A display device including a gate line and a storage line arranged in a first direction, a data line and a partial voltage reference line arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first TFT, a second TFT, and a third TFT each including a drain electrode and a source electrode, a color filter disposed on the first, second, and third TFTs and including a first via hole exposing the source and drain electrodes of the third TFT, and an insulating layer disposed on the color filter and including a first contact hole exposing the storage line and a second contact hole exposing the drain electrode of the third TFT, in which the first and second contact holes are disposed in the first via hole when viewed in plan.

The present invention addresses a display unevenness in a corner of a display in an IPS liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate including pixels formed between scanning lines extending in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction and image signal lines extending in the second direction and arrayed in the first direction, each pixel including a TFT; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, wherein a common electrode is formed above the image signal line via an insulating film, the scanning line and the end portion of the common electrode do not overlap each other as seen from the above, and they have a space d1 in the first direction.

An array substrate and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The array substrate comprises a plurality of columns of pixel units defined by adjacent data lines; each column of pixel units includes a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit includes a first subpixel electrode, a second subpixel electrode, a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor and a third thin film transistor; each pixel unit further includes: a gate line arranged between the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode; the gate line being electrically connected with a gate electrode of the first thin film transistor, a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor and a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor respectively.

A device (100) includes a display (102, 800) that is suitable for use under widely ranging lighting conditions. The display includes separately operable transmissive light modulator subpixels (402, 404, 406, 502, 504, 506, 602, 604, 606, 702, 704, 706, 808, 810, 812, 1036, 1136, 1204, 1304, 1404, 1504, 1716, 1916) that can be provided in at least three colors to provide a full color display but also includes separately operable reflective light modulator subpixels (408, 508, 608, 708, 814, 1038, 1138, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1714, 1914) that provide basic readability when light levels are so high (e.g., bright summer day) that the image presented by the transmissive light modulators would be difficult to discern. The reflective light modulators may be provided with in-pixel memory (526) so as to reduce the energy cost of providing always-on functioning for displaying certain time sensitive information.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate including a first pixel electrode, the first pixel electrode having a planar shape; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, including a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of pixels disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, each of the plurality of pixels including a plurality of domains, and liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer disposed in different domains have different pretilt directions.