摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a pair of polarizing plates interposing the liquid crystal cell therebetween; and a phase compensation element provided between at least one of the polarizing plates and the liquid crystal cell. A refractive index anisotropy value of the liquid crystal layer along a plane parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal cell is smaller in a black display than in a white display. The phase compensation element has three principal refractive indices nx, ny and nz respectively along x, y and z axes thereof which are perpendicular to one another, and when nx and ny are the principal refractive indices along a plane parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal cell with nz being the principal refractive index along a thickness direction of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the x axis is parallel to an absorption axis of one of the polarizing plates closer to a viewer viewing the liquid crystal display device, and the principal refractive indices nx, ny and nz satisfy the following expressions: nz
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a pair of polarizing plates interposing the liquid crystal cell therebetween; and a phase compensation element provided between at least one of the polarizing plates and the liquid crystal cell. A refractive index anisotropy value of the liquid crystal layer along a plane parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal cell is smaller in a black display than in a white display. The phase compensation element has three principal refractive indices nx, ny and nz respectively along x, y and z axes thereof which are perpendicular to one another, and when nx and ny are the principal refractive indices along a plane parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal cell with nz being the principal refractive index along a thickness direction of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the x axis is parallel to an absorption axis of one of the polarizing plates closer to a viewer viewing the liquid crystal display device, and the principal refractive indices nx, ny and nz satisfy the following expressions: nz
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates for which a homeotropic alignment treatment is performed; a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates; and a transverse electric field generating electrode capable of being driven in a matrix driving manner which is provided on at least one of the pair of substrates and is connected to external control means. A liquid crystal material contained in the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal material which, as a whole liquid crystal layer, generates spontaneous polarization by a piezoelectric effect.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates for which a homeotropic alignment treatment is performed; a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates; and a transverse electric field generating electrode capable of being driven in a matrix driving manner which is provided on at least one of the pair of substrates and is connected to external control means. A liquid crystal material contained in the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal material which, as a whole liquid crystal layer, generates spontaneous polarization by a piezoelectric effect.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates for which a homeotropic alignment treatment is performed; a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates; and a transverse electric field generating electrode capable of being driven in a matrix driving manner which is provided on at least one of the pair of substrates and is connected to external control means. A liquid crystal material contained in the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal material which, as a whole liquid crystal layer, generates spontaneous polarization by a piezoelectric effect.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates; and a transverse electric field generating electrode capable of being driven in a matrix driving manner which is provided on at least one of the pair of substrates and is connected to external control means. Each of the pair of substrates is provided with alignment means for aligning liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer so that the liquid crystal layer has spontaneous polarization generally parallel to a surface of the substrate.
摘要:
A first electrode 14 provided in a liquid crystal display device of a vertical alignment mode includes, for each picture element region, a lower conductive layer 11, a dielectric layer 12 covering the lower conductive layer 11, and an upper conductive layer 13 provided on one side of the dielectric layer 12 which is closer to a liquid crystal layer 30. The upper conductive layer 13 includes an upper layer opening 13a, and the lower conductive layer 11 includes a lower layer opening 11a, thus forming first, second and third regions (R1, R2, R3) having gradually decreasing electric field strengths. Liquid crystal molecules 30a of the liquid crystal layer 30 in an orientation-regulating region T1 in which the first, second and third regions are arranged in this order in a predetermined direction change the orientation direction thereof so that they are inclined in a single direction in the presence of an applied voltage.
摘要:
A first electrode 14 provided in a liquid crystal display device of a vertical alignment mode includes, for each picture element region, a lower conductive layer 11, a dielectric layer 12 covering the lower conductive layer 11, and an upper conductive layer 13 provided on one side of the dielectric layer 12 which is closer to a liquid crystal layer 30. The upper conductive layer 13 includes an upper layer opening 13a, and the lower conductive layer 11 includes a lower layer opening 11a, thus forming first, second and third regions (R1, R2, R3) having gradually decreasing electric field strengths. Liquid crystal molecules 30a of the liquid crystal layer 30 in an orientation-regulating region T1 in which the first, second and third regions are arranged in this order in a predetermined direction change the orientation direction thereof so that they are inclined in a single direction in the presence of an applied voltage.