Abstract:
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present system and method includes: a first substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate; a passivation layer disposed on the thin film transistor and including a first portion and a second portion thicker than the first portion; a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer, spaced apart from each other, and positioned on one pixel region; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first sub-pixel electrode is disposed on the second portion of the passivation layer, and the second sub-pixel electrode is disposed on the first portion of the passivation layer.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display having a curved surface includes: a display panel including a first display panel, a second display panel, and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween and including liquid crystal molecules. The first display panel includes a first substrate on which a plurality of gate lines and data lines are formed, a first electrode, and a pixel electrode. The second display panel includes a second substrate facing the first substrate and a second electrode. The liquid crystal display further includes a common voltage supplier applying two voltages having a predetermined voltage difference to the first and second electrodes within a period before a frame displaying an image on the display panel; a gate driver applying a gate signal to each of the gate lines after the period; and a data driver applying a data voltage to the pixel electrode corresponding to the gate signal.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and includes a first subpixel electrode which is disposed at a pixel area and includes a plurality of first branch electrodes, and a second subpixel electrode which is separated from the first subpixel electrode, disposed at an outer edge of the pixel area, encloses the first subpixel electrode and includes a plurality of second branch electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where a first voltage applied to the first subpixel electrode is larger than a second voltage applied to the second subpixel electrode.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where a first cutout having a cross shape is defined in the common electrode, a second cutout is defined in the pixel electrode to be adjacent to and along an edge of the pixel electrode, and the pixel electrode has a step structure, a boundary line of which is in a rhombus shape.
Abstract:
The present inventive concept relates to a curved liquid crystal display having improved transmittance, and the curved liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, the first substrate and the second substrate being curved to have a predetermined radius of curvature; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes nematic liquid crystal molecules that are continuously twisted from the first substrate to the second substrate.
Abstract:
A curved display device includes a display substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The display substrate is curved along a first direction and includes a pixel electrode and a second alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode. The opposite substrate is coupled to the display substrate to be curved along the first direction and includes a common electrode and a first alignment layer disposed on the common electrode. The first alignment layer comprises different material from the second alignment layer. The pixel electrode includes branch portions extending in a direction inclined with respect to the first direction when viewed in a plan view, and a pitch, which is defined by a sum of a width of each branch portion and a distance between the branch portions, is within a range from about 7.5 micrometers to about 8.5 micrometers.
Abstract:
A display device includes a first substrate including a protrusion electrode pattern, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The protrusion electrode pattern is made of a conductive polymer material, and a state of the liquid crystal layer changes from an isotropic state to an anisotropic state when an electric field is applied.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display includes at least one pixel. The pixel includes a first sub-pixel charged with a first voltage and a second sub-pixel charged with a second voltage different from the first voltage. A first sub-pixel electrode provided in the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel electrode provided in the second sub-pixel include slits having different widths according to directions. Due to the slits, average directors of the first and second sub-pixels are tilted in a horizontal or vertical direction. Accordingly, a side visibility of the display apparatus is improved.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulation substrate; a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode; a cross-linking portion, the cross-linking portion being a portion where separation type of reactive mesogens disposed in a surface of the first alignment layer are coupled with one another; a common electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second insulation substrate; and a second alignment layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the common electrode; and wherein liquid crystal molecules disposed to be adjacent to the first alignment layer and liquid crystal molecules disposed to be adjacent to the second alignment layer have different pre-tilt angles, and wherein at least one of the separation type of reactive mesogens is coupled with an ammonium-based material.
Abstract:
A curved liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules; a first alignment layer between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a second alignment layer between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment layer and the second alignment layer respectively include a polymer having at least one main chain and a plurality of side chains connected to the main chain, and at least one of the polymer of the first alignment layer and the polymer of the second alignment layer includes at least one side chain including at least one of a photo-reactor and a photo-reactor derivative.