# US 10,481,446 B2 · Liquid crystal lens panel and method of manufacturing display device using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,446 B2 - Document ID: US10481446B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/084,761 - Filed: 2016-03-30 - Published: 2016-07-21 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-21 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., LTD. - Inventors: Jihong Bae; Suk Choi; Sujin Kim; Heungshik Park; Hyeokjin Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481446B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/1345: Conductors connecting electrodes to cell terminals - G02F 1/134309: {characterised by their geometrical arrangement} - G02F 1/13471: {in which all the liquid crystal cells or layers remain transparent, e.g. FLC, ECB, DAP, HAN, TN, STN, SBE-LC cells (G02F1/13475 takes precedence)} - G02F 1/1393: {the birefringence of the liquid crystal being electrically controlled, e.g. ECB-, DAP-, HAN-, PI-LC cells (G02F1/1396, G02F1/141 take precedence)} - G02F 1/29: for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection - G09G 3/3648: {using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence)} - H04N 13/305: using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses - H04N 13/359: Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - G02F 1/294: {Variable focal length devices} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2300/0434: Flat panel display in which a field is applied parallel to the display plane - Y10T 156/108: Flash, trim or excess removal - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate including a lens area, a non-lens area disposed adjacent to the lens area, and a cutting area disposed adjacent to the non-lens area and including a liquid crystal driving part, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the liquid crystal driving part applies a liquid crystal driving voltage to the liquid crystal layer through the non-lens area, and liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are driven substantially in a vertical direction by the liquid crystal driving voltage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising: preparing a display panel; coating an adhesive member on the display panel; attaching a liquid crystal lens panel including a liquid crystal layer to the display panel using the adhesive member; applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer; and irradiating an ultraviolet light onto the adhesive member through the liquid crystal lens panel to cure the adhesive member, wherein the liquid crystal lens panel comprises: a first substrate which includes a lens area, a non-lens area disposed adjacent to the lens area, and a cutting area disposed adjacent to the non-lens area and including a liquid crystal driving part, the non-lens area being interposed between and contiguous to the lens area and the cutting area, the lens area comprising a plurality of electrodes and the non-lens area comprising a plurality of data pads electrically connected to the electrodes and a plurality of first lines respectively connected to the first electrodes through the data pads; a second substrate comprising a common electrode and disposed opposite to the first substrate; and the liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: removing one portion of the non-lens area after the adhesive member is cured. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: connecting a plurality of driving integrated circuits to the data pads to apply lens driving voltages to the electrodes after the one portion is removed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein one end of each of the first lines is connected to a respective data pad of the data pads and the other end of each of the first lines is aligned with the end of the non-lens area since the one portion of the non-lens area is removed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a liquid crystal layer comprises a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, the liquid crystal molecules are aligned substantially in a vertical direction from a horizontal direction since the electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the applying the electric field to the liquid crystal layer comprises applying a first voltage to the electrodes and applying second voltage to the common electrode.