Abstract:
A reflector for a reflection-type LCD device is provided, which reflects efficiently incident light to the viewer's side and that suppresses the change of color tone. The reflector comprises a roughened surface having a protrusion pattern. The protrusion pattern gives inclination angle to the surface according to a specific distribution where a first component with an inclination angle value of 0null is 15% or less in area and a second component with an inclination angle value from 2null to 10null is 50% or greater in area. The protrusion pattern gives a variation range of chromaticity coordinates (x, y) on a chromaticity diagram dependent on an angle of view. The variation range is limited in a circle on the chromaticity diagram. The circle has a radius of approximately 0.05 and a center at a point corresponding to white color.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprises a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and switching elements each disposed in the proximity of one of intersections between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines. The LCD further comprises a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed over the gate lines and the data lines via an interlayer insulating film, wherein, when viewed from upside, that is, from the side of a gap between adjacent pixel electrodes toward the side of the gate line, the gap between adjacent pixel electrodes at least partially overlaps with the gate line, and a plurality of control electrodes each disposed under the gap between adjacent pixel electrodes and over the gate line, wherein, when viewed from upside, the control electrode covers the gate line.
Abstract:
To provide a reflection plate and a reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus, in which a light from a light source of a fluorescent light or the sun light can be effectively used to thereby increase an amount of lights to be reflected to an observer side so that a bright display can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing the same.
Abstract:
There is provided a light-reflector used in a liquid crystal display device which uses an externally incident light as a light source by reflecting the externally incident light to a viewer, wherein the light-reflector is formed at a surface thereof with a rugged pattern comprised of alternately formed recessed and raised portions, and the rugged pattern is formed periodically repeatedly every two pixels.
Abstract:
In a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device, the thickness of liquid crystal layer in the reflective region can be adjusted by controlling the film thickness of the organic insulating film for reflection and the film thickness of the color layer for reflection. Furthermore, the thickness of liquid crystal layer in the transmissive region can be adjusted by controlling the film thickness of the organic insulating film for transmission and the film thickness of the color layer for transmission. Since the thicknesses of liquid crystal layer in the reflective region and that in the transmissive region can be adjusted, the reflectance in the reflective region and the transmittance in the transmissive region can each be set at the most appropriate values.
Abstract:
A TFT and a passivation film are formed on a transparent substrate and thereafter the passivation film is annealed. When measuring drain currents of a TFT at a fixed turn-on voltage (Von) and a fixed turn-off voltage (Voff), although performance of a TFT annealed (solid line) rarely changes, performance of a TFT not annealed (dashed line) changes to a large extent, in more detail, drain current drastically decreases in accordance with the change of TFT performance. This phenomenon means that on-resistance of a TFT not annealed is being increased to a great extent.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes first to N-th 1st retardation plates arranged on the first transparent substrate, and the second substrate includes first to N-th 2nd retardation plates arranged on the second transparent substrate. Assuming that a retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates has an optical axis arranged at a first angle relative to a reference direction and a retardation plate among the first to N-th 2nd retardation plates, corresponding to the retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates, has an optical axis arranged at a second angle relative to the reference direction, the first and second angles are different from each other by about 90 degrees.
Abstract:
In a color liquid crystal display, a shading film including a first filter formed from a red resist film, a second filter formed from a blue resist film laminated on the first filter and a third filter formed from a green resist film laminated on the first filter and the second filter is formed on a TFT substrate. Therefore, increment of an optical leak in the TFT is restricted when the shading film is formed by laminating plural filters to be a color filter.
Abstract:
A reflection electrode has an undulated shape and whose normal direction is distributed unevenly to a specific azimuth angle and whose reflection light intensity depends on said azimuth angle. Openings are formed in that area of the reflection electrode which has a tilt angle of 0 degree to 2 degrees and/or a tilt angle of 10 degrees or higher. The retardation of a liquid crystal layer is changed by making the liquid crystal molecular alignment mode different between the openings and the reflection electrode, so that the intensity of output light is increased in reflection mode as well as in transmission mode. The balance of colors displayed in transmission mode is determined by determining the area of the openings in pixels of each color, and the color temperature is set higher in transmission mode than in reflection mode. This provides a semi-transmission type liquid crystal display which has an excellent visibility in reflection mode as well as in transmission mode.
Abstract:
A CF on TFT type liquid crystal display and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display has a plurality of parallel scanning lines, a plurality of parallel data lines which cross the scanning lines, thin film transistors each disposed in the proximity of an intersection between one of the scanning lines and one of the data lines, and pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix and each coupled with one of the thin film transistors. The light shield film is formed over areas including at least the thin film transistors but except over portions which become banks and hinder flow of developer for patterning the light shield film. As an embodiment, the light shield film can be formed along the data lines, and also partially along the scanning lines except a part of each portion of the scanning lines between adjacent data lines.