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| 2H092 | LIQUID CRYSTAL 5 (ELECTRODES AND ACTIVE MATRIXES) | |
| G02F1/1343 -1/1345;1/135 | ||
| G02F1/1343;1/1345;1/135 | GA | GA00 STRUCTURE OF ELECTRODE |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA07 | |||
| . Kinds | . . Figure-of-eight types | . . Fixed types | . . Bar-graphs | . . Simple matrixes | . . Divided matrixes | . . Multiplex matrixes | ||||||
| GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA14 | GA15 | GA16 | GA17 | GA18 | GA19 | GA20 | |||
| . Structures of electrodes inside display areas | . . Structures of each pixel part | . . . Shapes | . . . . Comb-shaped electrodes | . . . Size | . . . Thickness | . . . Layer structures | . . . . Combinations with ferroelectric layers | . . . White scattering electrodes | . . Arrangements of pixel electrodes | |||
| GA21 | GA22 | GA23 | GA24 | GA25 | GA26 | GA27 | GA28 | GA29 | GA30 | |||
| . . . Positions | . . . . Delta arrangements | . . . Colour arrangements | . . Wiring parts | . . . Layer structures | . . . Shapes | . . Defining resistance values | . . Connections of pixel electrodes and wiring electrodes | . . . Through-holes | . . . Positions | |||
| GA31 | GA32 | GA33 | GA34 | GA35 | GA36 | GA37 | GA38 | GA39 | GA40 | |||
| . Structures of electrodes outside display areas | . . Lead-out electrodes to outside of cells | . . . Shapes | . . . Layer structures | . . . . Layer structures combined with insulating layers | . . Transfer electrodes | . . . Plane shapes | . . . Arrangements | . . . Transfer structures | . . External connection terminals | |||
| GA41 | GA42 | GA43 | GA44 | GA45 | GA46 | GA47 | GA48 | GA49 | GA50 | |||
| . . . Shapes | . . . Layer structures | . . . . Layer structures combined with insulating layers | . . . Arrangements | . . Connection structures of external circuits and external terminals | . . . Connection means | . . . . Conductive rubber | . . . . Conductive adhesives | . . . . . Heat-seal connectors | . . . . Flexible wiring boards | |||
| GA51 | GA52 | GA53 | GA54 | GA55 | GA56 | GA57 | GA58 | GA59 | GA60 | |||
| . . . . . TAB | . . . . Lead pins | . . . Fixing methods | . . . . Fitting | . . . . Adhesion | . . . . Spring pressure contact | . . . Alignment or positioning | . . . Sealing structures | . . Integration of external circuits with liquid crystal substrates | . . providing chips on liquid crystal substrates | |||
| GA61 | GA62 | GA63 | GA64 | |||||||||
| . Structures of electrodes not directly applying signals to liquid crystals | . . Touch panels | . . Heater electrodes | . . Antistatic or shield electrodes | |||||||||
| HA | HA00 MATERIAL OF ELECTRODE OR INSULATING FILM |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA04 | HA05 | HA06 | HA07 | ||||
| . Materials of electrodes inside display areas or insulating films excluding active electrodes | . . Pixel electrodes | . . . Transmission types | . . . . ITO or indium tin oxide | . . . Reflection types | . . Wiring electrodes | . . Ferroelectric layers | ||||||
| HA11 | HA12 | HA13 | HA14 | HA15 | HA16 | HA17 | HA18 | HA19 | HA20 | |||
| . Materials of electrodes outside display areas | . . Lead-out electrodes to the outside of cells | . . Transfer electrodes | . . . Inorganic materials | . . . Organic materials | . . . . Matrix materials | . . . . Additives | . . External connection terminals | . . . Inorganic materials | . . . Organic materials | |||
| HA21 | HA22 | HA23 | HA24 | HA25 | HA26 | HA27 | HA28 | |||||
| . . . . Matrix materials | . . . . Additives | . . . Materials for improving adhesion | . . Connection part materials of external circuits and external connection terminals | . . . Conductive adhesives | . . . . Thermosetting properties | . . . . Photosetting properties | . . Protective film or insulating film materials | |||||
| JA | JA00 ACTIVE ELEMENT |
JA01 | JA02 | JA03 | JA04 | JA05 | JA06 | JA07 | JA08 | JA09 | JA10 | |
| . Two-terminal elements | . . Kinds | . . . MIM elements | . . . Varistor elements | . . . Semiconductor elements | . . Structures | . . . Shapes | . . . Size | . . . . Defining element length | . . . . Defining element width | |||
| JA11 | JA12 | JA13 | ||||||||||
| . . . . Defining element thickness | . . . Layer structures | . . Defining characteristics | ||||||||||
| JA21 | JA22 | JA23 | JA24 | JA25 | JA26 | JA27 | JA28 | JA29 | JA30 | |||
| . Three-terminal elements | . . Kinds | . . . FET using semiconductor substrates | . . . TFT (Thin film transistor) | . . . . Staggered structures or top gate structures | . . . . Inverted staggered structures or bottom gate structures | . . Structures | . . . Semiconductor layers | . . . . Shapes | . . . . Size | |||
| JA31 | JA32 | JA33 | JA34 | JA35 | JA36 | JA37 | JA38 | JA39 | JA40 | |||
| . . . . . Defining channel length | . . . . . Defining channel width | . . . . . Defining thickness | . . . Gate insulating films | . . . . Thickness | . . . . Layer structures | . . . Gate electrodes | . . . . Shapes | . . . . Thickness | . . . . Layer structures | |||
| JA41 | JA42 | JA43 | JA44 | JA45 | JA46 | JA47 | JA48 | JA49 | ||||
| . . . Source or drain electrodes | . . . . Shapes | . . . . Thickness | . . . . Layer structures | . . . Connections between elements and pixel electrodes | . . . . Through-holes | . . . . Ohmic contact | . . . . Metal pad layers | . . Defining characteristics | ||||
| JB | JB00 STRUCTURE OF ELEMENT OTHER THAN ACTIVE ELEMENT OF ACTIVE SUBSTRATE |
JB01 | JB02 | JB03 | JB04 | JB05 | JB06 | JB07 | JB08 | JB09 | ||
| . Pixel parts | . . Arrangements | . . . Delta arrangements | . . Arrangements | . . Shapes | . . Size | . . Reflection types | . . . White scattering | . . Combinations with ferroelectric layers | ||||
| JB11 | JB12 | JB13 | JB14 | JB16 | ||||||||
| . Counter electrodes | . . for two-terminal elements | . . for three-terminal elements | . . . Division | . . . Layer structures | ||||||||
| JB21 | JB22 | JB23 | JB24 | JB25 | JB26 | JB27 | ||||||
| . Wiring parts | . . Scanning wiring | . . . Shapes | . . . Layer structures | . . . Size | . . . . Defining wiring width | . . . . Defining thickness | ||||||
| JB31 | JB32 | JB33 | JB34 | JB35 | JB36 | JB37 | JB38 | |||||
| . . Signal wiring | . . . Shapes | . . . Layer structures | . . . Size | . . . . Defining wiring width | . . . . Defining thickness | . . making source electrodes common electrodes | . . Insulation of intersection parts | |||||
| JB41 | JB42 | JB43 | JB44 | JB45 | JB46 | |||||||
| . Arrangements of elements | . . Multiple active elements for one pixel electrode | . . . Multiple active elements different from each other | . . . . of different polarities | . . Multiple pixel electrodes for one active element | . . Grouping of elements | |||||||
| JB51 | JB52 | JB53 | JB54 | JB56 | JB57 | JB58 | ||||||
| . Light shielding layers | . . combined with black matrices | . . Defining potentials | . . Light shielding by electrodes | . Insulating layers | . . Passivation layers | . . Flattened layers | ||||||
| JB61 | JB62 | JB63 | JB64 | JB65 | JB66 | JB67 | JB68 | JB69 | ||||
| . Capacitive elements | . . Positions | . . . Element parts | . . . Wiring parts | . . . Counter parts | . . Layer structures | . . Connections of capacitive elements | . . . Connections with wiring | . . . providing wiring for capacitive elements | ||||
| JB71 | JB72 | JB73 | JB74 | JB75 | JB77 | JB79 | ||||||
| . Repairing structures | . . Elements | . . Wiring parts | . . Outside a display area | . . Inter-pixel connections | . Structures for inspections | . having structures for measures against static electricity | ||||||
| KA | KA00 MATERIAL OF ACTIVE ELEMENT OR PHOTOCONDUCTOR LAYER |
KA01 | KA02 | KA03 | KA04 | KA05 | KA06 | KA07 | KA08 | KA09 | KA10 | |
| . Element materials | . . Crystal conditions | . . . Single crystals | . . . Polycrystalline | . . . amorphous | . . Substances | . . . Inorganic materials | . . . . Compounds | . . . Organic materials | . . . Doping | |||
| KA11 | KA12 | KA13 | KA15 | KA16 | KA17 | KA18 | KA19 | KA20 | ||||
| . Gate insulating layers | . . Inorganic materials | . . Organic materials | . Electrode materials | . . Crystal conditions | . . Substances | . . . Inorganic materials | . . . . Compounds | . . . Organic materials | ||||
| KA21 | KA22 | KA23 | KA24 | |||||||||
| . Insulating layers for capacitive elements | . . Inorganic materials | . . Organic materials | . Ohmic contact layers | |||||||||
| KB | KB00 MATERIAL OTHER THAN ACTIVE ELEMENT OF ACTIVE SUBSTRATE |
KB01 | KB02 | KB03 | KB04 | KB05 | KB06 | |||||
| . Wiring electrode materials | . . Crystal conditions | . . Substances | . . . Inorganic materials | . . . . Compounds | . . . Organic materials | |||||||
| KB11 | KB12 | KB13 | KB14 | KB15 | ||||||||
| . Pixel electrode capacitive element electrode or counter electrode materials | . . Crystal conditions | . . Substances | . . . Compounds | . . . Organic materials | ||||||||
| KB21 | KB22 | KB23 | KB24 | KB25 | KB26 | KB28 | ||||||
| . Non-conductive layer materials | . . Flattening layers | . . Alignment layers | . . Passivation layers | . . Interlayer insulating layers | . . Colour filter layers | . Ferroelectric layers | ||||||
| LA | LA00 USE OF PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER |
LA01 | LA02 | LA03 | LA04 | LA05 | LA06 | LA07 | LA08 | LA09 | ||
| . Element structures | . . Layer structures | . . Planar surface structures | . Structures other than elements | . . Electrodes | . . Reflection films | . . Substrates | . . Optical systems for read | . . . RGB (red green and blue) | ||||
| LA11 | LA12 | LA13 | LA14 | LA15 | LA16 | |||||||
| . Driving methods | . . Write light | . . . Wavelength characteristics | . . Electrical | . . . Driving waveforms | . . Light-voltage characteristics | |||||||
| MA | MA00 MANUFACTURING METHOD |
MA01 | MA02 | MA03 | MA04 | MA05 | MA06 | MA07 | MA08 | MA09 | MA10 | |
| . Manufacturing methods or processes | . . Film formation methods | . . . PVD | . . . . Vapour deposition | . . . . Sputter method | . . . . Ion plating method | . . . CVD | . . . . Plasma | . . . . Light | . . . Coating | |||
| MA11 | MA12 | MA13 | MA14 | MA15 | MA16 | MA17 | MA18 | MA19 | MA20 | |||
| . . . Plating | . . Pattern formation | . . . Photolithography | . . . . Photomasks | . . . . Photoresists | . . . . Exposure method | . . . Etching | . . . . Chemical etching | . . . . Physical etching | . . . . Etching masks | |||
| MA21 | MA22 | MA23 | MA24 | MA25 | MA26 | MA27 | MA28 | MA29 | MA30 | |||
| . . . Vapour deposition using masks | . . Treatment methods | . . . Oxidation treatments | . . . . Anodic oxidation | . . . . Thermal oxidation | . . . Thermal diffusion | . . . Doping | . . . Crystallisation | . . . . Heating | . . . . Lasers | |||
| MA31 | MA32 | MA33 | MA34 | MA35 | MA37 | |||||||
| . . Adhesion | . . . Thermo-compression | . . . Ultrasonic adhesion | . . . Soldering | . Devices | . Sequences of processes | |||||||
| MA41 | MA42 | MA43 | MA46 | MA47 | MA48 | MA49 | MA50 | |||||
| . Self-alignment | . . Back surface exposure | . Batch formation | . Repairing methods | . . Cutting | . . . Etching | . . . mechanical | . . . electrochemical | |||||
| MA51 | MA52 | MA55 | MA56 | MA57 | MA58 | MA59 | ||||||
| . . . electrical | . . Connections | . Inspection methods | . . electrical | . . . Probing | . . . Driving waveforms | . . . electrochemical | ||||||
| NA | NA00 PURPOSE |
NA01 | NA02 | NA03 | NA04 | NA05 | NA06 | NA07 | ||||
| . Display characteristic improvement | . . Prevention of electrodes from being visible | . . Interference colour prevention | . . Orientation disturbance prevention | . . Response speed improvement | . . Stereoscopic effect imparting | . . Improvement of aperture ratio | ||||||
| NA11 | NA12 | NA13 | NA14 | NA15 | NA16 | NA17 | NA18 | NA19 | ||||
| . Stabilisation | . . Redundant configuration | . . Element defect reduction | . . Electrostatic breakdown prevention | . . Disconnection prevention | . . Short-circuit prevention | . . Protection | . . Adhesion improvement | . . Flattening | ||||
| NA21 | NA22 | NA23 | NA24 | NA25 | NA26 | NA27 | NA28 | NA29 | NA30 | |||
| . Improvement of element performances | . . Improvement of ON/OFF ratio | . . Reduction of parasitic capacitance | . . Uniformisation of element performances | . Others | . . Power saving | . . Simplification of manufacturing methods | . . Reduction of electrode resistance | . . Yield improvement | . . Maintenance safety keeping or inspection | |||
| PA | PA00 ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER COMPONENTS |
PA01 | PA02 | PA03 | PA04 | PA05 | PA06 | PA07 | PA08 | PA09 | PA10 | |
| . Substrates | . Alignment layers | . Spacers | . Injection ports and sealing members. | . Cell fixing means | . Driving circuits driving methods or power sources | . Optical elements | . . Wavelength selecting elements e.g. colour filters | . . Light-shielding or light-absorbing members | . . Phase compensation plates | |||
| PA11 | PA12 | PA13 | ||||||||||
| . . Polarising elements | . . Diffusing elements or reflecting elements | . . Light sources | ||||||||||
| QA | QA00 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL |
QA01 | QA02 | QA05 | QA06 | QA07 | QA08 | QA09 | QA10 | |||
| . Current effect types | . . Dynamic scattering (DS) types | . Field effect types | . . Dielectric anisotropy types | . . . Twisted nematic ( TN ) types | . . . Dichroic pleochroic and guest-host (GH) types | . . . Electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) types | . . . Super twisted birefringence (SBE or STN) types | |||||
| QA11 | QA12 | QA13 | QA14 | QA15 | QA16 | QA17 | QA18 | QA19 | QA20 | |||
| . . . Phase change (PC) types | . . Permanent dipole types | . . . Ferroelectric types | . . . Anti-ferroelectric types | . . Polymer dispersion types | . Thermal effect types | . Optical effect types | . Other principles of operations | . . Pressure effect types | . . Magnetic field effect types | |||
| RA | RA00 SPECIAL USE |
RA01 | RA02 | RA03 | RA04 | RA05 | RA06 | RA10 | ||||
| . Spectacles for stereoscopic TV | . Antiglare mirrors | . Liquid crystal lenses | . Printer heads | . Projectors | . Optical computing units | . Others |