1. A thin film transistor array panel for a liquid crystal display, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of first signal lines formed on the substrate;
a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines to define pixel areas;
first and second pixel electrodes disposed substantially in a pixel area and having different areas;
a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the first and the second signal lines and at least one of the first and the second pixel electrodes;
a coupling electrode overlapping the second pixel electrode; and
a tilt direction defining member for determining tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules formed on the substrate.
2. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1, wherein the tilt direction determining member comprises a cutout of one of the first and the second pixel electrodes.
3. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1, wherein the coupling electrode is connected to a drain electrode of one of the thin film transistors.
4. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1, wherein the first and the second pixel electrodes have edges facing each other and forming a gap and the gap includes oblique portions making an angle of about 45 degrees with the gate lines.
5. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1, further comprising a third signal line intersecting the second signal lines and supplied with a reference voltage,
wherein the first and the second pixel electrodes are capacitively coupled to each other through the coupling electrode, and the thin film transistors comprise a first transistor connected to one of the first signal lines, one of the second signal lines, and the first pixel electrode and a second transistor connected to one of the first signal lines, the third signal line, and the second pixel electrode.
6. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 5, further comprising an insulating layer disposed between the first and the second pixel electrodes and the first and the second transistors and having a first contact hole for connecting the second pixel electrode to the second transistor.
7. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 6, further comprising an insulating layer disposed between the first and the second pixel electrodes and the first and the second transistors, wherein the first pixel electrode is connected to the first transistor or overlaps a drain electrode of the first transistor.
8. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 7, wherein the first pixel electrode has an area larger than the second pixel electrode.
9. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 8, wherein the first pixel electrode has an area once to six times an area of the second pixel electrode.
10. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 5, further comprising a third pixel electrode capacitively coupled to the first pixel electrode.
11. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a thin film transistor array panel including: a plurality of first signal lines; a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines to define pixel areas; first and second pixel electrodes disposed substantially in a pixel area and having different areas; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the first and the second signal lines and at least one of the first and the second pixel electrodes; and a coupling electrode overlapping the second pixel electrode;
a common electrode panel including a common electrode for generating an electric field along with the first and the second pixel electrodes;
a first tilt direction defining member formed on the thin film transistor array panel; and
a second tilt direction defining member determining tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules along with the first tilt direction defining member formed on the common electrode panel.
12. The liquid crystal display of claim 11, wherein the first and the second tilt direction defining members include cutouts formed in the pixel electrodes and the common electrode.
13. The liquid crystal display comprising:
a first substrate;
a plurality of first signal lines formed on the first substrate;
a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines to define pixel areas;
first and second pixel electrodes disposed substantially in a pixel area;
a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the first and the second signal lines and at least one of the first and the second pixel electrodes;
a coupling electrode overlapping the second pixel electrode;
a second substrate facing the first substrate;
a common electrode formed on the second substrate;
a first tilt direction defining member formed on the thin film transistor array panel; and
a second tilt direction defining member determining tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules along with the first tilt direction defining member formed on the common electrode panel,
wherein a ratio of a voltage difference between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode and a voltage difference between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode is in a range between about 0.5-0.95.
14. The liquid crystal display of claim 13, wherein the tilt direction determining member comprises a cutout of one of the first and the second pixel electrodes.
15. The liquid crystal display of claim 13, wherein the coupling electrode is connected to a drain electrode of one of the thin film transistors.
16. The liquid crystal display of claim 13, wherein the first and the second pixel electrodes have edges facing each other and forming a gap and the gap includes oblique portions making an angle of about 45 degrees with the gate lines.
17. The liquid crystal display of claim 13, further comprising a third signal line intersecting the second signal lines and supplied with a reference voltage,
wherein the first and the second pixel electrodes are capacitively coupled to each other through the coupling electrode, and the thin film transistors comprise a first transistor connected to one of the first signal lines, one of the second signal lines, and the first pixel electrode and a second transistor connected to one of the first signal lines, the third signal line, and the second pixel electrode.
18. The liquid crystal display of claim 17, further comprising an insulating layer disposed between the first and the second pixel electrodes and the first and the second transistors and having a first contact hole for connecting the second pixel electrode to the second transistor.
19. The liquid crystal display of claim 18, further comprising an insulating layer disposed between the first and the second pixel electrodes and the first and the second transistors, wherein the first pixel electrode is connected to the first transistor or overlaps a drain electrode of the first transistor.
20. The liquid crystal display of claim 19, wherein the first pixel electrode has an area larger than the second pixel electrode.
21. The liquid crystal display of claim 17, further comprising a third pixel electrode capacitively coupled to the first pixel electrode.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A network apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving data from a network;
a detecting unit for detecting a value indicative of a data length, the value being in a packet header of the data received by said receiving unit, the packet header being provided for a predetermined protocol; and
a setting unit for setting a logic address of said network apparatus based on a destination logic address of the received data so that the logic address of said network apparatus and the destination logic address of the received data are the same in a case where the detected value indicative of the data length is a specific value indicative of a specific data length different from actual data length of the received data, and a destination physical address of the received data and a physical address of said network apparatus are the same.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the destination logic address of the received data and the logic address of said network apparatus differ, the destination physical address of the received data and the physical address of said network apparatus are the same, and the detected value indicative of the data length is the specific value, said setting unit sets the destination logic address of the received data as the logic address of said network apparatus.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the physical address is a media access control address, and the logic address is an Internet protocol address.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the received data is an ICMP echo message by an ICMP protocol and the detected value indicates a data length of the ICMP echo message.
5. A network apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving data from a network;
a detecting unit for detecting a TTL value, the value being in a packet header of the data received by said receiving unit, the packet header being provided for a predetermined protocol, the TTL value being referred to by a router and reduced by the router when the router receives the data; and
a setting unit for setting a logic address of said network apparatus based on a destination logic address of the received data so that the logic address of said network apparatus and the destination logic address of the received data are the same in a case where the detected TTL value is a specific TTL value, and a destination physical address of the received data and a physical address of said network apparatus are the same.
6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the received data is an ICMP echo message by an ICMP protocol and the detected value indicates a data length of the ICMP echo message.
7. A network apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving an ICMP echo message;
a data length detecting unit for detecting a value indicative of a data length, the value being in a packet header of the ICMP echo message received by said receiving unit; and
a setting unit for setting an IP address of said network apparatus based on a destination IP address of the received ICMP echo message so that the IP address of said network apparatus and the destination IP address of the received data are the same if the detected value indicative of the data length is a specific value indicative of a specific data length different from actual data length of the received ICMP echo message, and a destination MAC address of the received ICMP echo message and a MAC address of said network apparatus are the same.
8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein if the destination IP address of the received ICMP echo message and the IP address of said network apparatus differ and the destination MAC address of the received ICMP echo message and the MAC address of said network apparatus are the same, said setting unit sets the IP address of said network apparatus in accordance with the detected value indicative of the data length.
9. A method of controlling a network device comprising:
a receiving step, of receiving data from a network;
a detecting step, of detecting a value indicative of a data length, the value being in a packet header of the received data, the packet header being provided for a predetermined protocol; and
a setting step, of setting a logic address of said network apparatus based on a destination logic address of the received data so that the logic address of said network apparatus and the destination logic address of the received data are the same in a case where the detected value indicative of the data length is a specific value indicative of a specific data length different from actual data length of the received data, and a destination physical address of the received data and a physical address of the network device are the same.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein, in a case where the destination logic address of the received data and the logic address of said network apparatus differ, the destination physical address of the received data and the physical address of said network apparatus are the same, and the detected value indicative of the data length is the specific value, said setting step sets the destination logic address of the received data as the logic address of said network apparatus.
11. A method according to claim 9, wherein the received data is an ICMP echo message by an ICMP protocol and the detected value indicates a data length of the ICMP echo message.
12. A method of controlling a network device comprising:
a receiving step, of receiving data from a network;
a detecting step, of detecting a TTL value, the value being in a packet header of the received data, the packet header being provided for a predetermined protocol, the TTL value being referred to by a router and reduced by the router when the router receives the data; and
a setting step, of setting a logic address of said network apparatus based on a destination logic address of the received data so that the logic addresses of said network apparatus and the destination logic address of the received data are the same in a case where the detected TTL value is a specific TTL value, and a destination physical address of the received data and a physical address of the network device are the same.
13. A method of controlling a network device comprising:
a receiving step, of receiving an ICMP echo message;
a data length detecting step, of detecting a value indicative of a data length, the value being in a packet header of the received ICMP echo message; and
a setting step, of setting an IP address of said network apparatus based on a destination IP address of the received ICMP echo message so that the IP address of said network apparatus and the destination IP address of the received data are the same if the detected value indicative of the data length is a specific value indicative of a specific data length different from actual data length of the received ICMP echo message, and a destination MAC address of the received ICMP echo message and a MAC address of the network device are the same.
14. A method according to claim 13, wherein in said setting step, if the destination IP address of the received ICMP echo message and the IP address of said network apparatus differ and the destination MAC address of the received ICMP echo message and the MAC address of said network apparatus are the same, the IP address of the network device is set in accordance with the detected data length.
15. A network apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving data from a network;
a detecting unit for detecting a value indicative of a data length, the value being in a packet header of the data received by said receiving unit, the packet header being provided for a predetermined protocol; and
a setting unit for setting an address of said network apparatus based on a destination address of the received data so that the address of said network apparatus and the destination address of the received data are the same in a case where the detected value indicative of the data length is a specific value indicative of a specific data length different from actual data length of the received data, and a destination physical address of the received data and a physical address of said network apparatus are the same.
16. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the address is an Internet protocol address.
17. A network apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving data from a network;
a detecting unit for detecting a value indicative of a data length, the value being in a packet header of the data received by said receiving unit, the packet header being provided for a predetermined protocol; and
a setting unit for setting an address of said network apparatus based on a first destination address of the received data so that the address of said network apparatus and the first destination address of the received data are the same in a case where the detected value indicative of the data length is a specific value indicative of a specific data length different from actual data length of the received data, and a second destination address of the received data and an address unique to said network apparatus are the same,
wherein the first and second destination address differ from each other.