摘要:
Alignment films for use within a liquid crystal display (LCD) and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention generally relate to process conditions that are selected to improve certain properties of the alignment films. The alignment films include a deposited layer of amorphous carbon, a hydrogenated amorphous carbon film or a hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) film.
摘要:
A liquid crystal device has inorganic alignment layers (36, 42) disposed on a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of a pair of the substrates, when the range of the average pre-tilt angle θ of liquid crystal molecules 50a of the liquid crystal layer is 5 degrees ≦θ≦20 degrees, twist angle φ of the liquid crystal molecules (50a) of the liquid crystal layer, cell gap d, and helical pitch P of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer satisfy the relationship of (0.6/360)φ 20 degrees, twist angle φ of the liquid crystal molecules (50a) of the liquid crystal layer, cell gap d, and helical pitch P of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer satisfy the relationship of (0.8/360)φ
摘要:
There is provided a liquid crystal display element (1) including a transparent substrate (2) having formed on a surface of a glass substrate (2a) thereof a transparent electrode (6) and an alignment layer (18) covering the transparent electrode (6), a drive circuit board (3) disposed opposite to the transparent substrate (2) and having formed on a surface of a silicon substrate (3a) thereon opposite to the transparent electrode (6) a plurality of switching drive circuits (9) and a plurality of reflection pixel electrodes (15), corresponding to pixels (12a), respectively, a protective layer (16) covering the plurality of reflection pixel electrodes (15) and an alignment layer (19) covering the protective layer (16) and a liquid crystal layer (4) interposed between the alignment layer (18) on the transparent substrate (2) and the alignment layer (19) on the drive circuit board (3), the protective layer (16) being a stack of at least two dielectric layers (16a, 16b) different in refractive index from each other, and the thickness of each of the stacked dielectric layers (16a, 16b) being set to compensate the wavelength dependence of the reflectance of the reflection pixel electrodes (15). Thus, the reflection type liquid crystal display element (1) has an improved performance of spectral reflection.
摘要:
Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a new structure to reduce alignment defects caused by a problem inherent in an alignment layer without changing the alignment layer itself. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, in a method for fabricating a liquid crystal device, the liquid crystal device has a pair of substrates, liquid crystal therebetween, and an alignment layer at least on the inner surface of the substrate. The alignment layer is in contact with the liquid crystal. The method includes forming an alignment layer including inorganic columnar structures tilted towards a predetermined direction on the substrate and filling a space between the pair of substrates with the liquid crystal. In filling, the liquid crystal is filled so as to flow on the alignment layer in a direction parallel to the predetermined direction.
摘要:
A method of forming an inorganic alignment film on a base substrate is provided comprising forming a film made substantially of an inorganic material on the base substrate, and irradiating ion beams onto the surface of the film from a direction inclined at a predetermined angle θb with respect to the direction vertical to the surface. By irradiating the ion beams onto the film, concave portions having a predetermined directivity are formed on the film. The predetermined angle θb is preferably 2° or more.
摘要翻译:提供了在基底基板上形成无机取向膜的方法,包括在基底基板上形成基本上由无机材料制成的膜,并且从倾斜预定角度θ b SUB>相对于垂直于表面的方向。 通过将离子束照射到膜上,在膜上形成具有预定方向性的凹部。 预定角度θB优选为2°以上。
摘要:
In a reflective liquid crystal display device according to the invention, burn-in in a long-term drive which occurs due to asymmetric structures of side surfaces of an inter-pixel groove can be prevented, and long-term drive reliability can be achieved. A first obliquely evaporated alignment film is formed on a first side surface of the inter-pixel groove in a sectional surface of a pixel electrode substrate in a thickness direction through evaporation, and a second obliquely evaporated alignment film is formed on a second side surface facing the first side surface through evaporation. Thereby, the film structures of both side surfaces of the inter-pixel groove in the sectional surface become symmetric, so burn-in in a long-term drive which occurs due to the asymmetric structures of the side surfaces of the inter-pixel groove can be prevented.
摘要:
An ion beam irradiation device includes a vacuum chamber and a stage on which at least two substrates may be mounted such that each substrate has an inclination angle to a horizontal plane of the vacuum chamber. The stage moves in one direction. An ion gun provided in the vacuum chamber produces ion beams that irradiate the substrates. In a single pass through the vacuum chamber, the alignment layers disposed on multiple substrates may be aligned. The substrates can be aligned such that the ion beam irradiates multiple substrates simultaneously and/or such that the ion beam irradiates the multiple substrates sequentially.
摘要:
To provide an optically transparent film, a method of manufacturing the optically transparent film, an alignment film formed of the optically transparent film, and a liquid crystal panel and a display including the alignment film. The optically transparent film includes amorphous fluorocarbon. Preferably, the integrated transmittance of the optically transparent film is in the visible region is about 50% or higher when the optically transparent film has a film thickness of about 100 nm. The amorphous fluorocarbon has an atomic ratio between hydrogen atoms and fluorine atoms of about 1/9 or higher, and the transmittance in the visible region can be controlled by controlling the atomic ratio of fluorine atoms.
摘要:
A multi-domain alignment liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned through a simple process and panel gap is maintained in stable fashion includes a first plate having a thin-film transistor provided at each point of intersection of a scanning line and signal line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor and a first orientation layer formed on the pixel electrode and defining a curved surface, and a second plate having RGB color layers, an counterelectrode provided so as to oppose the pixel electrode, and a second orientation layer. A columnar spacer for regulating the panel gap is provided between the two opposing plates, and liquid crystal is sandwiched between the two plates and subjected to multi-domain alignment by the first orientation layer having the curved surface and the columnar spacer.
摘要:
An alignment layer to be used for liquid crystal displays each having at least two substrates with liquid crystals sealed therebetween is formed as follows: The substrates placed on each of several substrate trays are heated in a first load-lock chamber. At least one of the two substrates is irradiated with evaporated particles of oxide silicon (SiOx: 1.0nullxnull2.0) by vacuum deposition at an angle in the range from 45null to 60null from a direction of the normal line on the substrate surface to form an alignment layer thereon while the substrate trays are being moved in a layer-deposition chamber intermittently or sequentially. The substrate trays are cooled in a second load-lock chamber, thus producing substrates each formed the alignment layer thereon. The deposition chamber may be set under a requirement 0nullnullnullnull3null in nullnullnulltannull1(dcos null/(Dnulldsin null)), nulldnull a distance from the substrate center to the center of a substrate edge, nullDnull a distance from the substrate center to the center of an evaporation source containing the oxide silicon, and null an angle formed between a direction in which the normal line extends on the substrate center and another direction in which evaporated particles of oxide silicon are deposited on the substrate center from the evaporation source. The alignment layer may be formed at an angle of layer deposition in the range from 3null to 10null.