A multi-layer device comprising a first substrate and a first electrically conductive layer on a surface thereof, the first electrically conductive layer having a sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current through the first electrically conductive layer that varies as a function of position.

The present disclosure relates to a display device. A display device according to an embodiment of the present inventive concept includes gate lines extending along a first direction, data lines extending along a second direction, pixels including pixel electrodes, each of the pixels including a transistor connected to a gate line and a data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, the pixels including a first pixel which includes a first pixel electrode connected to a first data line and is disposed in n.sup.th pixel row and m.sup.th pixel column, and a second pixel which includes a second pixel electrode connected to the first data line or a second data line disposed adjacent to the first data line and is disposed in (n+1).sup.th pixel row and the m.sup.th pixel column. The first data line does not overlap the first pixel electrode and overlaps the second pixel electrode.

It is an object of the present invention to form a pixel electrode and a metal film using one resist mask in manufacturing a stacked structure by forming the metal film over the pixel electrode. A conductive film to be a pixel electrode and a metal film are stacked. A resist pattern having a thick region and a region thinner than the thick region is formed over the metal film using an exposure mask having a semi light-transmitting portion. The pixel electrode, and the metal film formed over part of the pixel electrode to be in contact therewith are formed using the resist pattern. Accordingly, a pixel electrode and a metal film can be formed using one resist mask.

According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes scanning line extending in a first direction, signal line extending in a second direction, pixel electrodes including and a common electrode. The common electrode includes sub-electrodes extending in the first or second direction. Each of the sub-electrodes includes a first portion having a width greater than the scanning or signal line, and a second portion having a width less than the first portion but greater than the scanning or signal line. The first and second portions are alternately arranged along a direction in which the sub-electrodes extend.

A liquid-crystal display including: a gate line extending in a first direction; a gate electrode protruding from the gate line; a gate insulating layer arranged on the gate electrode; an active layer arranged on the gate insulating layer while being insulated from the gate electrode; a data line arranged on the active layer and extending in a second direction; a source electrode protruding from the data line, having a portion overlapping the gate electrode on a plane, and including a plurality of source electrode branches that are separate from each other; a drain electrode being separate from the source electrode, and including a plurality of drain electrode branches, each being arranged between two of the plurality of source electrode branches, and a drain electrode connecting part connecting the plurality of drain electrode branches; a pixel electrode defining a pixel region; a liquid-crystal layer arranged on the pixel electrode.

The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task:

A lighting device having an emitting surface and a bottom opposing to the emitting surface including: a resin, set between the emitting surface and the bottom, having a hole at a center, a reflection block set in the hole at a side of the emitting surface, an LED, which is a light source, set in the hole at a side of the bottom, a space between the LED and the reflection block, in which the resin is contained in a container whose inner surface is a reflecting surface.

An example system includes a bulk steering crystal apparatus having a first lens face and a second concave face. The example bulk steering crystal apparatus further includes a number of steering portions interposed between the first lens face and the second concave face, where each of the steering portions includes a bulk substrate portion including an electro-optical material and a corresponding high-side electrode electrically coupled to the corresponding one of the number of steering portions.

The present invention relates to a dimming unit including: a dimming panel; and drive circuitry, the dimming panel sequentially including a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate, the first substrate sequentially including an insulating substrate, a lower-layer electrode, a first insulating layer, multiple first electrodes, a second insulating layer, and a second electrode which is provided with multiple parallel linear electrodes and to which a constant voltage is applied, the first electrodes including multiple island electrodes which are spaced from each other in a plan view and are electrically connected to each other, at least one of the island electrodes being electrically connected to the lower-layer electrode through a contact hole, the drive circuitry controlling voltages applied to the respective first electrodes.

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel, a camera and a lead line. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area, an incident light control area, and a peripheral area. The camera overlaps the incident light control area. The display area includes a pixel electrode. The incident light control area includes a control electrode different in shape from the pixel electrode. The lead line is connected to the control electrode in the display area between the peripheral area and the incident light control area.

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area and an incident light control area. The camera overlaps the incident light control area. The incident light control area includes a first annular light-shielding portion and a second annular light-shielding portion formed inside the first annular light-shielding portion.