摘要:
The polymeric compound of this invention is represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or ##STR2## B represents a hydrogen atom or ##STR3## each of X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 represents independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of m and n represents independently an integer of 0 to 14, each of p and q represents independently 0 or 1, and each of Y1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3, and Y.sub.4, represents independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, with the proviso that both A and B are not hydrogen atoms, p is 0 when m is 0, and q is 0 when n is 0. The liquid crystal display element of this invention includes a pair of substrates oppositely disposed with a gap therebetween, and a liquid crystal layer placed in said gap, at least one of said substrates being transparent, and said liquid crystal layer having a liquid crystal region, and a polymer wall surrounded by said liquid crystal region, wherein said liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material, a polymeric polymer material, and the above-described polymeric compound. The liquid crystal display element prepared from the polymeric compound of this invention does not cause disclination lines, and has bright characteristics in the absence of an electric voltage.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device includes upper and lower substrates having upper and lower electrodes formed on a surface of respective upper and lower substrates, and upper and lower orientation films formed over the surface of respective upper and lower electrodes. A nematic liquid crystal is sandwiched between the upper and lower substrates. A driver mechanism shifts the longitudinal axes of molecules of the liquid crystal, and is adapted to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal for selectively and bistably executing switching between a first state in which the longitudinal axes of liquid crystal molecules adjacent the upper substrate have a tilt angle with respect to the upper substrate and the longitudinal axes of liquid crystal molecules adjacent the lower substrate are parallel to the lower substrate, while the longitudinal axes of liquid crystal molecules adjacent the upper and lower substrates projected on the planes of the upper and lower substrates are oriented in a generally same direction, and a second state wherein the longitudinal axes of the liquid crystal molecules adjacent the lower substrate have a tilt angle with respect to the cross-sectional direction of the lower substrate and the longitudinal axes of the liquid crystal molecules adjacent the upper substrate are parallel to the cross-sectional direction of the upper substrate, while the longitudinal axes of the liquid crystal molecules adjacent the lower and upper substrates projected on the lower and upper substrates are oriented in a generally same direction.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for forming an electrode pattern which is free of erosion, separation of a wiring pattern from a substrate, etc., through the use of a lift-up method, which comprises the steps of: etching a transparent, electrically conductive film deposited on a major surface of the substrate for the formation of the transparent electrode pattern; overlaying the whole of the major surface of the substrate with a layer of photoresist; removing a portion of said photoresist layer in the metal electrode pattern; coating substantially the entire major surface of the substrate with a layer of metal electrode material; and removing the remaining photoresist layer with the aid of a resist remover thereby forming the metal electrode pattern.
摘要:
Picture element electrodes (30) and common electrodes (36) are provided in one of two substrates facing each other. Each picture element (20) has a plurality of sub picture elements (22). In a range in which a signal voltage of an image signal is low, a display is carried out only in a first sub picture element (22a) having narrower electrode spacing, whereas in a range in which the signal voltage of the image signal is high, a display is carried out in both of the first sub picture element (22a) and a second sub picture element (22b) having wider electrode spacing.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display element, a liquid crystal display device, and a method for displaying with a liquid crystal display element, wherein picture element electrodes (30) and a common electrode (36) are provided, each of a plurality of sub-picture elements (22) is provided with the common electrode (36) and a corresponding one of the picture element electrodes (30) in such a manner that the sub-picture elements (22) have different distances (a first distance d1 and a second distance d2) between the common electrode (36) and their corresponding ones of the picture element electrodes (30), display in a low gray scale region is carried out by means of a first sub-picture element (22a) that is a sub-picture element (22) in which the distance is short, display in a middle gray scale region is carried out by means of a second sub-picture element (22b) that is a sub-picture element (22) in which the distance is long, and display in a high gray scale region is carried out by means of the first sub-picture element (22a) and the second sub-picture element (22b).
摘要:
A liquid crystal panel (2) is a vertical alignment type liquid crystal panel using a horizontal electric field driving system which performs display by driving a liquid crystal layer (50) interposed between substrates (10, 20) in a horizontal electric field, each pixel includes three sub-pixels (6R, 6G, and 6B), which are of red, green, and blue, comb-shaped electrodes (14, 15) include a function as a diffraction grating with the comb-shaped electrodes (14, 15) and spaces between the comb-shaped electrodes (14, 15), and pitch distances (D) between electrodes are set such that an optical diffraction efficiency for red wavelength and an optical diffraction efficiency for green wavelength are greater than an optical diffraction efficiency for blue wavelength. Thus, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus having a wide viewing angle with less color change with a simple configuration.
摘要:
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can suppress a display defect due to collapse of liquid crystal alignment. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display element including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer hermetically interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a p-type liquid crystal material that is homeotropically aligned with respect to surfaces of the pair of substrates when no voltage is applied; one of the pair of substrates comprises a comb-shaped electrode and a first alignment layer configured to control alignment of the p-type liquid crystal material;the other of the pair of substrates comprises a second alignment layer configured to control alignment of the p-type liquid crystal material; and the first alignment layer has an anchoring energy of not greater than 1.5×10−4 J/m2.
摘要:
A liquid crystal panel includes: a p-type liquid crystal material sandwiched by a pair of substrates and comb-teeth shape electrodes for applying, to the p-type liquid crystal material, an electric field parallel to a substrate surface. The p-type liquid crystal material is aligned vertically with respect to the substrate surface at the time when no electric field is applied. The comb-teeth shape electrodes have an electrode width of 5 μm or less, and an electrode spacing of 15 μm or less. A product of a dielectric constant anisotropy Δε and a refractive index anisotropy Δn of the p-type liquid crystal material is 1.3 or more and 3.1 or less.
摘要:
A dichroic filter column (4) is provided on an incident surface (11). At least one of two end parts of a light guide plate (1) in a thickness direction is divided into a plurality of light guide paths (6), in a width direction of the light guide plate (1) by a plurality of cutout grooves (5). Portions of the plurality of light guide paths (6) on an incident surface (11) side are aligned in accordance with positions of a plurality of dichroic filters (31), respectively. The plurality of dichroic filters (31) are elements of the dichroic filter column (4).
摘要:
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which is capable of achieving excellent wide-viewing-angle characteristics and rapid responsiveness, and is capable of displaying by a display mode which does not require operation for initial bend transition. The present invention relates to one embodiment of a liquid crystal display device including: two substrates at least one of which is transparent; and a p-type nematic liquid crystal disposed between the two substrates, the p-type nematic liquid crystal being aligned perpendicular to the surfaces of the two substrates when no voltage is applied, at least one of the two substrates having a comb-shaped electrode, and the comb-shaped electrode satisfying the relationship (S+1.7)/(S+L)≧0.7, wherein L represents an electrode width and S represents an electrode spacing. The present invention also relates to another embodiment of a liquid crystal display device wherein a pixel has a first region; and a second region which has a ratio S/L between the electrode width L and the electrode spacing S different from that of the first region. The present invention further relates to combination use of the aforementioned embodiments.