A display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; a gate line and a first data line disposed on the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the first data line; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and a color filter disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the color filter overlapping the pixel electrode. The color filter has a width greater than a distance between the the first data line and a second data line disposed adjacent to the first data line.

A method of aligning a chiral nematic liquid crystal (103), the method comprising depositing a first chiral nematic liquid crystal (103) onto a first substrate (102), positioning a second substrate (104) on top of the liquid crystal (103) to form an initial layer structure and then applying rolling pressure to at least one of the substrates (102, 104) of the initial layer structure to create a final layer structure in which the first chiral nematic liquid crystal (103) is aligned with a helical axis substantially perpendicular to a local plane of the first substrate (102). Aspects of the invention provide optical filter materials for laser protection applications, LED emission filtering and lighting, augmented reality display coatings.

An optical filter includes a substrate, a filter layer on the substrate and including color filters, and a light-converting layer over the filter layer and including light-converting portions respectively corresponding to the color filters. A low refractive index layer is between the filter layer and the light-converting layer and has a refractive index less than a refractive index of the light-converting layer. A first capping layer is between the low refractive index layer and the light-converting layer and has a refractive index ranging between the refractive index of the light-converting layer and the refractive index of the low refractive index layer.

Disclosed is a black-matrix substrate including a substrate, a light-shielding film located over the substrate and having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of color filters arranged in the plurality of openings. The light-shielding film includes a base film over the substrate, a metal film over the base film, and a low-reflectance film located between the base film and the metal film and has an optical reflectance lower than that of the metal film. The base film may include at least one of a resin and an inorganic compound.

A display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in the display region of a first substrate; a color filter provided on a second substrate opposing the first substrate and overlapping the pixel electrode; a planarization insulating layer provided on the color filter; a common electrode provided on the planarization insulating layer and having an opening; a spacer arranged between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a light-shielding layer provided between the first substrate and the pixel electrode and overlapping the spacer.

An in-cell touch panel device includes a first substrate, a plurality of color filters formed on an upper layer with respect to the first substrate and including a green color filter, a transmitter electrode formed on an upper layer with respect to the plurality of color filters, a receiver electrode formed on a lower layer with respect to the plurality of color filters, and a second substrate including a pixel electrode disposed on the second substrate. The transmitter electrode includes a gap portion formed in a portion overlapping the receiver electrode in a plan view and in a portion overlapping the green color filter in a plan view.

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.

A color filter (CF) substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, a display device and an operation method thereof are provided. The CF substrate includes: a base substrate, a CF pixel array and image sensors. The CF pixel array is provided on the base substrate and includes CF pixel units in an array. The image sensors are provided on the CF pixel array, correspond to the CF pixel units, and are configured to receive light travelling through the CF pixel units for imaging.

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.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes an illumination device, a display panel, a first polarizer attached to the display panel, a second polarizer attached to the display panel, and a transmissive diffraction grating provided in a location between the illumination device and the first polarizer or in a location facing the second polarizer. The diffraction grating includes a third substrate, a fourth substrate, and a second liquid crystal layer provided between the third substrate and the fourth substrate, containing a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, and cured in a state where alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules are fixed.