Abstract:
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having uniform alignment of monostable ferroelectric liquid crystal, and a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device. The temperature range of a cholesteric phase or a chiral nematic phase of the phase sequence of the liquid crystal has a temperature width of not less than 3null C. After heating the liquid crystal to an isotropic phase once, the liquid crystal is cooled to room temperature (25null C.) at a cooling rate of 3, 5, 10null C./minute. An alignment treatment is performed by application of a DC voltage of not lower than 3 V, which is a sufficient voltage to obtain the effects of the alignment treatment, within a temperature range of null3null C. from transition temperature at which the liquid crystal changes from the cholesteric phase to the chiral smectic C phase.
Abstract:
Local losses of material of transparent electrodes, in a plasma display panel including transparent electrodes, bus electrodes and, a dielectric layer covering these electrodes, are prevented by using a plasma display panel according to the present invention. The plasma display panel is formed on at least one substrate of a pair of substrates provided opposite each other via a discharge space. An element, which is a main element of the bus electrode composition, is included in the composition of the dielectric layer. Since the main element of the bus electrode is included in the dielectric layer, local losses of the transparent electrode can be prevented even through the high temperature baking process of the dielectric layer. A preferred choice as the main element of the bus electrode composition is copper, but other elements are also suitable and will perform acceptably.
Abstract:
When a write polarity control signal PN is nullLnull, both of an odd-numbered output terminal and even-numbered output terminal apply a reset voltage as negative 0 gradation to the pixel electrode in the first half of the ON period, and apply a positive data voltage to the pixel electrode in the second half of the ON period. When the write polarity control signal PN is nullHnull, both of the odd-numbered output terminal and even-numbered output terminal apply a reset voltage as positive 0 gradation to the pixel electrode in the first half of the ON period, and apply a negative data voltage to the pixel electrode in the second half of the ON period. It is possible to write the data voltage for display to all pixels (the entire screen) always from a fixed state.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal layer is formed by filling a space between alignment films provided on both glass substrates with a ferroelectric liquid crystal material having a spontaneous polarization. This ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibits a monostable state in which the average molecular axis of the liquid crystal molecular director is present in substantially one direction in the absence of an applied voltage. When a voltage of a first polarity is applied, the average molecular axis tilts from the monostable position to one side at an angle corresponding to the magnitude of the applied voltage, while, when a voltage of a second polarity having the opposite characteristic to the first polarity is applied, the average molecular axis tilts from the monostable position to a side opposite to the application of the voltage of the first polarity. A maximum tilt angle in the application of the voltage of the first polarity is not less than 35null, more preferably not less than 450null. With the use of a liquid crystal material having a large spontaneous polarization, a high-speed response is realized even when the applied voltage to the liquid crystal material is low.
Abstract:
In a liquid crystal display device that uses a liquid crystal material having spontaneous polarization and is actively driven by a TFT, a voltage corresponding to image data is applied twice by driving the TFT of each pixel electrode on a line by line basis of a liquid crystal panel, during writing in one frame. During erasure in one frame, voltage application to liquid crystal by batch selection of all the pixel electrodes is performed three times. With this three times of voltage application, it is possible to achieve a black display state in each pixel and make the stored charge amount at the liquid crystal in each pixel substantially zero.
Abstract:
Color display is performed by adding data of a predetermined level to pixel data of each emission color inputted according to an image to be displayed and synchronizing an input of summed pixel data obtained by the addition with light emission timing of each of emission colors (R, G, B) from a back-light. Switching is performed between color display based on such summed pixel data and color display based on the original pixel data, according to ambient illuminance measured. Moreover, the predetermined level to be added is suitably selected based on ambient illuminace.
Abstract:
Ferroelectric liquid crystal having spontaneous polarization is provided between two confronting substrates; pixel electrodes corresponding to liquid crystal cells, TFTs for switching connected to the pixel electrodes and storage capacitors for storing electric charge in the pixel electrodes are provided on the inner face of one of the substrates;; wherein a ratio (CS/CLC) of capacity of storage capacitor (CS) against that of liquid crystal cell (CLC) satisfies 0.2nullCS/CLCnull5. Driving voltage for liquid crystal material is maintained at a low level, and a liquid crystal material with large spontaneous polarization can be employed.
Abstract:
A charged particle beam exposure method includes the steps of creating dot pattern data indicative of a pattern to be exposed, storing the dot pattern data in a first storage device having a first access speed, transferring the dot pattern data from the first storage device to a second storage device having a second, higher access speed, reading the dot pattern data out from the second storage device, and producing a plurality of charged particle beams in response to the dot pattern data read out from the second storage device by means of a blanking aperture array, wherein the blanking aperture array includes a plurality of apertures each causing turning-on and turning-off of a changed particle beam pertinent to the aperture in response to the dot pattern data.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal layer is formed by filing the space between alignment films formed on two glass substrates, respectively, with a ferroelectric liquid crystal having spontaneous polarization. When the maximum charge amount injected to each pixel by the switching of a switching element, the area of each pixel electrode and the magnitude of the spontaneous polarization of the ferroelectric liquid crystal per unit area are denoted as Q, A, and PS, respectively, the relation 2PSnullA>Q is established. A cone angle 2null (null: tilt angle) of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is not smaller than 45null. It is possible to use a liquid crystal material having large spontaneous polarization, and a high-speed response is realized even when a low voltage is applied to the liquid crystal material.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device capable of achieving uniform alignment of monostable ferroelectric liquid crystal having spontaneous polarization, and provides the liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal (monostable ferroelectric liquid crystal having spontaneous polarization) showing a phase sequence, either isotropic liquid phase-cholesteric phase-chiral smectic C phase, isotropic liquid phase-chiral nematic phase-chiral smectic C phase, or isotropic liquid phase-cholesteric phase-smectic A phase-chiral smectic C phase, from a high temperature side to a low temperature side, is sandwiched between two glass substrates having transparent electrodes and alignment films whose pretilt angle is not more than 2null and rubbing directions are parallel. In an alignment treatment which is performed to obtain a monostable state after heating the liquid crystal, an electric field with electric field strength of not less than 2 V/nullm is applied in the vicinity of the transition temperature from a higher temperature phase than chiral smectic C phase to the chiral smectic C phase.