Inventor · Troy, MI, US

Shui-Chih Lien

55Patents
20h-index
77Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 19, 1985 → May 18, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5309264A Liquid crystal displays having multi-domain cells Physics 285 Expired
US6055035A Method and apparatus for filling liquid crystal display (LCD) panels Physics 215 Expired
US5907380A Liquid crystal cell employing thin wall for pre-tilt control Physics 132 Expired
US6493050B1 Wide viewing angle liquid crystal with ridge/slit pretilt, post spacer and dam structures and method for fabricating same Physics 98 Expired
US4678282A Active display matrix addressable without crossed lines on any one substrate and method of using the same Physics 89 Expired
US5623354A Liquid crystal display with multi-domains Physics 67 Expired
US6331356A Patterns of electrically conducting polymers and their application as electrodes or electrical contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US6632483B1 Ion gun deposition and alignment for liquid-crystal applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5770826A Atomic beam alignment of liquid crystals Physics 52 Expired
US6256080A Self-aligned structures for improved wide viewing angle for liquid crystal displays Physics 46 Expired
US5786041A Alignment film, a method for producing the alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the alignment film Physics 43 Expired
US4731610A Balanced drive electronic matrix system and method of operating the same Physics 41 Expired
US6211851A Method and apparatus for eliminating crosstalk in active matrix liquid crystal displays Physics 41 Expired
US5940057A Method and apparatus for eliminating crosstalk in active matrix liquid crystal displays Physics 39 Expired
US6690383B1 Color calibration of displays Electricity 37 Expired
US6665033B2 Method for forming alignment layer by ion beam surface modification Physics 34 Expired
US6400440B1 Passive liquid crystal display having pre-tilt control structure and light absorbent material at a center Physics 31 Expired
US6177972A Polymer stabilized in-plane switched LCD Physics 29 Expired
US6124914A Method an apparatus for forming an alignment pattern on a surface using a particle beam useful for a liquid crystal Physics 25 Expired
US6331381A Method for making a liquid crystal alignment layer Physics 23 Expired
US6195146A Tilted liquid crystal alignment produced by ion beam treatment on the alignment layer using a voltage less than 200v Physics 16 Expired
US6067142A Vertically aligned pi-cell LCD having on-state with mid-plane molecules perpendicular to the substrates Physics 16 Expired
US6414665B2 Multiplexing pixel circuits Physics 13 Expired
US7095474B2 Patterns of electrically conducting polymers and their application as electrodes or electrical contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6057902A Pixels for wide viewing angle liquid crystal display Physics 10 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.