An object is to provide a semiconductor device of which a manufacturing process is not complicated and by which cost can be suppressed, by forming a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film typified by zinc oxide, and a manufacturing method thereof. For the semiconductor device, a gate electrode is formed over a substrate; a gate insulating film is formed covering the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film is formed over the gate insulating film; and a first conductive film and a second conductive film are formed over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film has at least a crystallized region in a channel region.

Semiconductor device, and manufacturing method thereof

A forward-facing vision system for a vehicle includes a forward-facing camera disposed in a windshield electronics module attached at a windshield of the vehicle and viewing through the windshield. A control includes a processor that, responsive to processing of captured image data, detects taillights of leading vehicles during nighttime conditions and, responsive to processing of captured image data, detects lane markers on a road being traveled by the vehicle. The control, responsive to lane marker detection and a determination that the vehicle is drifting out of a traffic lane, may control a steering system of the vehicle to mitigate such drifting, with the steering system manually controllable by a driver of the vehicle irrespective of control by the control. The processor, based at least in part on detection of lane markers via processing of captured image data, determines curvature of the road being traveled by the vehicle.

Vision system for vehicle

Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device which reduces the number of masks and improves an aperture ratio, and a method for fabricating the same. The liquid crystal display device includes gate and data lines perpendicularly intersecting on a substrate having pixel and pad parts; a thin film transistor on the substrate at the intersection of the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode on the substrate at the pixel part and connected directly to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor; an insulating film on the overall surface of the substrate including the pixel electrode and the thin film transistor; an organic film on the insulating film over the thin film transistor and the data line; and a common electrode of slit shapes overlapping the pixel electrode such that the insulating film is interposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode.

Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same

A vehicular vision system includes a camera having a lens and a CMOS photosensor array having a plurality of photosensor elements. The camera is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system. The camera one of (i) views exterior of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and forward of the equipped vehicle and (ii) views from the windshield of the equipped vehicle into the interior cabin of the equipped vehicle. A control includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the photosensor array. The image processor processes captured image data to detect an object viewed by the camera. The photosensor array is operable at a plurality of exposure periods and at least one exposure period of the plurality of exposure periods is dynamically variable.

Vehicular vision system

A method and apparatus for an electronic substrate having a plurality of semiconductor devices is described. A thin film of nanowires is formed on a substrate. The thin film of nanowires is formed to have a sufficient density of nanowires to achieve an operational current level. A plurality of semiconductor regions are defined in the thin film of nanowires. Contacts are formed at the semiconductor device regions to thereby provide electrical connectivity to the plurality of semiconductor devices. Furthermore, various materials for fabricating nanowires, thin films including p-doped nanowires and n-doped nanowires, nanowire heterostructures, light emitting nanowire heterostructures, flow masks for positioning nanowires on substrates, nanowire spraying techniques for depositing nanowires, techniques for reducing or eliminating phonon scattering of electrons in nanowires, and techniques for reducing surface states in nanowires are described.

Large-area nanoenabled macroelectronic substrates and uses therefor

Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel.

Liquid crystal display device having video signal driving circuit mounted on one side and housing

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower substrates, a flexible circuit board disposed around a periphery of the liquid crystal display element, an illuminating light source having a line light source, a light guide and a reflector and disposed behind the liquid crystal display element, a metal upper case having a sidewall bent back and a display window, a resin lower case for housing the illuminating light source. The upper and lower cases are clamped by crimping plural nails formed in the sidewall of the upper case at an outer surface of the lower case after stacking the liquid crystal display element, the flexible circuit board and the illuminating light source between the upper and lower cases. An electrical connection between the upper case and a grounding pattern formed on the flexible circuit board is made by at least one component in chip form having a conductive region and being attached to a portion of the grounding pattern bent over the lower substrate, and a metal tape having one end thereof being interposed between opposing portions of the upper and lower cases which are pressed against each other and the other end thereof being positioned to be pressed against the conductive region of the at least one component.

Liquid crystal display device with its upper and lower cases clamped by crimping portions thereof

There are disclosed various types of TFT active matrix liquid crystal display devices and method of fabrication thereof in which a pixel is divided into three parts, a capacitor is added to each pixel, light shielding is applied to each TFT, and the matrix is driven by a DC cancelling technique.

TFT active matrix liquid crystal display devices

A frame area of a liquid crystal display device is reduced by improving the layouts of extraction lines DTM of drain wiring of a TFT liquid crystal display device, a driving IC of the TFT liquid crystal display device and a flexible board FPC 2 for a drain driving circuit of the TFT liquid crystal display device.

Liquid crystal display device having smaller frame area

A display device of the present invention has a drain driver mounted to a display substrate and having a gate driver and a controller therein, and also has a power source mounted to a flexible printed board and supplying a power voltage to the gate driver. The wiring of a common control signal outputted from the controller and commonly used in control of the gate driver and the power source is formed on the display substrate so that the number of pads for connecting the display substrate and the flexible printed board is reduced. Thus, the construction of the flexible printed board is simplified, and the entire display device can be made compact.

Katsuhiko Yarita

Papers

Liquid crystal display device having video signal driving circuit mounted on one side and housing

Liquid crystal display device with its upper and lower cases clamped by crimping portions thereof

TFT active matrix liquid crystal display devices

Liquid crystal display device having smaller frame area

Display device having driving circuit