An alignment film is given a 2-layer structure comprising a photoalignment film that is photoalignable and a low-resistivity alignment film whose resistivity is smaller than that of the photoalignment film. The photoalignment film is formed by a polyimide whose precursor is polyamide acid alkyl ester, the number molecular weight of the photoalignment film is large, and the stability of alignment of the photoalignment film by photoalignment is excellent. The low-resistivity alignment film is formed by a polyimide whose precursor is polyamide acid, the number molecular weight of the low-resistivity alignment film is small, and the resistivity of the low-resistivity alignment film is small. The 2-layer structure alignment film can be maintaining an excellent photoalignment characteristic, so DC afterimages can be controlled.

The display device includes a liquid crystal panel having pixels, and an imaging device arranged on a backside of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein in an imaging area of the liquid crystal display panel overlapping the imaging device, the pixels are controlled so that black display pixels and white display pixels are alternately lined up in a row direction according to an operation of the imaging device.

An array substrate includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, a sub-pixel, two data lines, a touch signal line, a functional electrode, and a touch electrode unit. The orthographic projection of the touch signal line on the substrate partially overlaps orthographic projection of an opening area of the sub-pixel on the substrate; the touch electrode unit is coupled to the touch signal line; the extension directions of the first and second sub-function electrode portions of the functional electrode are the same as that of the data line, the first/second sub-functional electrode portion is located on a first/second side of the sub-pixel opening area; along the extending direction of the gate line, a distance between the first/second sub-functional electrode portion and the touch signal line is smaller than a distance between the data line on the first/second side and the touch signal line.

A polarizing plate for IPS mode and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a first protective layer on an upper surface of the polarizer; and a second protective layer on a lower surface of the polarizer, wherein, assuming an axis of the polarizer having a high index of refraction in an in-plane direction of the polarizer is a reference axis (0°), an angle of an axis of the first protective layer having a low index of refraction in the in-plane direction thereof is in a range of about −5° to +5°, the first protective layer has an in-plane retardation Re of about 5,000 nm or more at a wavelength of 550 nm, the second protective layer includes a positive C plate layer, and the second protective layer satisfies at least one of Relations 1 and 2.

There is disclosed herein a liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator, “LCoS SLM”, device arranged for in-plane switching. The LCoS SLM device comprises: a silicon backplane (1501); a transparent substrate (1581); a liquid crystal layer (1571); an electrode structure (1505, 1507) and a reflective component (1561, 1551). The liquid crystal layer (1571) is interposed between the silicon backplane (1501) and the transparent substrate (1581). The electrode structure (1505, 1507) is formed on the silicon backplane (1501) for generating an electric field in the liquid crystal layer (1571). The electric field is substantially parallel to the silicon backplane (1501). The reflective component (1551, 1561) is opposing the transparent substrate (1581).

According to one embodiment, a light control device includes a first liquid crystal cell including a first liquid crystal layer, a second liquid crystal cell including a second liquid crystal layer, and a polarization conversion element. The first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer each includes a first region which scatters a first polarized component and transmits a second polarized component and a second region which transmits the first polarized component and scatters the second polarized component. The polarization conversion element overlaps the first region and the second region, converts the first polarized component into the second polarized component, and converts the second polarized component into the first polarized component.

An array substrate, a display panel and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing an array substrate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: forming f pixel electrodes and a conductive structure on a substrate through a patterning process, wherein the pixel electrodes arranged in a first direction are connected through the conductive structure; and forming a signal line on the substrate through a patterning process, wherein the signal line and the pixel electrodes are disposed in the same layer. By means of the array substrate according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the problem that it is not easy to discover the point defects caused by short circuit between the signal line and pixel electrodes in the related art can be solved.

A liquid crystal display device having an outer shape of a display region formed other than a rectangle. A driver for supplying a video signal is disposed outside the display region. A selector with selector TFT is disposed between the display region and the driver. A video signal line is disposed between the driver and the selector, and a drain line is disposed between the selector and the display region. A scanning circuit for supplying a scanning signal to the scanning line is disposed outside the display region. The selector is disposed between the scanning line and the display region, and covered with ITO as the common electrode. The common bus wiring is disposed outside the selector.

An optical device for illuminating one or more portions of a spatial light modulator includes a waveguide, an array of tunable retarders, and a polarization selective optical element. A respective tunable retarder is optically coupled to receive light from the waveguide. The respective tunable retarder has a first state, which causes the respective tunable retarder to direct light having a first polarization in a first direction, and a second state, which causes the respective tunable retarder to direct light having a second polarization distinct from the first polarization in the first direction. The polarization selective optical element is located adjacent to the array of tunable retarders so that the light having the first polarization propagates from the polarization selective optical element in a second direction and the light having the second polarization propagates from the polarization selective optical element in a third direction distinct from the second direction.

The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; and a plurality of pixel units disposed on the base substrate; each of the pixel units includes an active display region, the active display region of at least one of the pixel units is provided with a light-shielding layer, the light-shielding layer is located at an edge of the active display region, and a surface of a side of the light-shielding layer away from the base substrate is a reflecting surface. The light-shielding layer is disposed within an annular region, the annular region has a width in a range of 20 μm-50 μm, and an outer boundary of the annular region is a boundary of the active display region.