A display apparatus includes a first substrate opposite a second substrate, a plurality of electrode patterns in the second substrate, the plurality of electrode patterns extending along a first direction, a plurality of barrier patterns in the second substrate, the plurality of barrier patterns being insulated from the electrode patterns and extending along a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of pixels, the first and second substrates with the pixels defining a display panel, and each pixel including a gate line extending along a third direction, a data line extending along a fourth direction, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, the pixel electrode being configured to generate an electric field with a corresponding electrode pattern of the plurality of electrode patterns to display an image.

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›1.independentA display apparatus, comprising:na first substrate opposite a second substrate;a plurality of electrode patterns in the second substrate, the pluralit…+22

›2.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and third directions are parallel to each other, and the second and fourth directions are paral…d2+7

›3.↳ 2The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels further comprises a storage line spaced apart from the gate line an…d3+2

›6.↳ 2The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels further comprises a color filter overlapping the pixel electrode to…d3+2

›9.↳ 2The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels has a first width along the first direction and a second width alon…d3

›10.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the barrier patterns include at least one conductive material capable of absorbing or shielding a light, …d2

›11.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driving circuit configured to provide a driving signal to the gate line, to the data line, a…d2

›12.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driving circuit configured to provide a driving signal to the gate line, to the data line, a…d2

›13.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrode patterns and the barrier patterns are disposed in the second substrate to face the first su…d2+1

›15.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels further comprises a switching device including a gate electrode ext…d2

›16.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the barrier patterns include at least one conductive material capable of absorbing or shielding a light.d2

›17.↳ 1The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and fourth directions are parallel to each other, and the second and third directions are paral…d2+6

›18.↳ 17The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a storage line spaced apart from the data line and parallel thereto.d3+1

›20.↳ 17The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels further comprises a color filter facing the pixel electrode to rea…d3+2

›23.↳ 17The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first substrate includes a first base substrate, the gate line being on the first base substrate, th…d3

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G09G3/36

USPC · US Patent Classification

345/87348/54345/174

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related publication	US 20120293490 A1	22 Nov 2012

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