WO1997012275A1 - Dispositif d'affichage a cristaux liquides nematiques vaporises homeotropes - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly to a vertically aligned splayed nematic liquid crystal display device that controls the birefringence function of liquid crystal molecules by voltage.
- DSM dynamic scattering effect
- guest host cell that uses a dye
- TN cell with a twisted nematic structure a twisted nematic structure
- SBE super twisted birefringence effect
- the most commonly used liquid crystal display devices have a twisted nematic structure because they are based on the Shut-Hellrich effect using nematic liquid crystals exhibiting positive dielectric anisotropy.
- OBC optically compensated bend alignment
- a display device using a liquid crystal material having a positive dielectric anisotropy has a narrow viewing angle, an insufficient response speed, and an EC B-type liquid crystal using a negative dielectric anisotropy.
- Display devices also had problems such as slow response, poor steepness, and high threshold voltage.
- STN cells have begun to be widely used as information terminals such as personal computers, and have enabled large-screen, high-definition screens. ing.
- a large cell there is also a problem in the production process such as polishing of a glass substrate due to the uniformity of the cell thickness.
- active matrix type cells with switches for each pixel are regarded as the preferred display elements of future color personal computers, and their response speed has been considerably improved.
- the large viewing angle dependence unique to TN has not yet been fully resolved.
- An OCB (optically compensated bend alignment) cell has also been proposed as a method with improved viewing angle dependence. This is a splay orientation in the initial orientation. In order to stably bend orientation, it is necessary to first apply a high voltage for a certain period of time to transition to the bend orientation, and there are problems with the orientation technology and the like.
- Methods using a liquid crystal material having a negative dielectric anisotropy include the ECB-type liquid crystal display device described above and an SH cell using an optical compensator.
- the former has problems such as slow response speed, poor steepness and high voltage, and the latter has a problem that the response speed is slow although the black-and-white display is possible and the viewing angle dependency is improved.
- the present invention has been made to address such problems of the prior art, and has a background color of an achromatic color, which is excellent in visibility, and has a high contrast, a wide viewing angle, and a high-speed response.
- the purpose is to provide.
- a transparent electrode and an alignment film are sequentially formed on the surface, a pair of substrates arranged with a gap so that the alignment films face each other, a liquid crystal filling the gap, and two polarizing plates sandwiching the pair of substrates.
- a driving circuit connected to a transparent electrode for applying a voltage between the two substrates, wherein a nematic liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy substantially free of a chiral liquid crystal as a liquid crystal.
- the liquid crystal molecules in a pair of substrates are oriented so that their molecular axes are arranged on one plane perpendicular to the substrate, and where the liquid crystal molecules are in contact with the substrate, the liquid crystal molecules are aligned with the substrate.
- the liquid crystal molecules are vertically or quasi-perpendicularly aligned so that the angle is in the range of 90 degrees to 45 degrees, and in other portions, the angle formed between the molecular axis of the liquid crystal molecules and the substrate becomes smaller as approaching the center between the two substrates. And between both substrates Of so that the substrate and substantially parallel with the central portion, vertically aligned spray Donemachikku liquid crystal display device which is characterized that you to align the liquid crystal molecules.
- the transmission axis of one polarizing plate is disposed substantially at 45 degrees to the plane of arrangement of the liquid crystal molecular axis, and the transmission axis of the other polarizing plate is substantially the same as the transmission axis of one polarizing plate.
- Flat 2 The vertically aligned splayed nematic liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal display device is arranged in a row or a right angle.
- the liquid crystal is a liquid crystal composition having a negative dielectric anisotropy composed of at least three types of components, and at least two types of the components are composed of a structural part selected from the following formulas 1 to 5 3.
- the liquid crystal display device of the present invention controls the birefringence function of liquid crystal molecules by voltage, and specifically utilizes the electro-optic effect described below.
- the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a liquid crystal cell used in the liquid crystal display device of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device of the present invention using the liquid crystal cell shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a change in alignment of liquid crystal molecules in a spray mode when a voltage is applied.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing an orientation distribution of liquid crystal molecules in a bend mode.
- FIG. 5 is a view showing an orientation distribution of liquid crystal molecules in a 7-twist mode.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a change in orientation when a voltage is applied in a spray mode.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing that the orientation change of liquid crystal molecules in the bend mode changes to the spray mode as the voltage is increased.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the calculation results of the free energy of the casting of liquid crystal molecules in three types of alignment modes.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a difference in free energy of liquid crystal molecules between the spray mode and other modes.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the wavelength dependence of the VT characteristic when there is no optical compensator.
- FIG. 1 Figure V where c first 2
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a partial configuration of the cell using the optical compensation plate in the case of using the optical compensator 1 1 - an example of the wavelength dependence of T characteristics
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of the wavelength dependence of the VT characteristic when an optical compensator is used.
- FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the definition of the viewing angle used for the viewing angle characteristics.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of viewing angle characteristics when only an optical auxiliary plate is used.
- FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram showing a partial configuration of a cell when the optical compensator 11 and the optical compensator 13 are used.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of viewing angle characteristics when the optical auxiliary plate 11 and the optical compensator 13 are used.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a rising response characteristic of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention.
- C FIG. 19 is an example of the wavelength dependence of the VT characteristic of the embodiment using the optical auxiliary plate 11 FIG.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a rising response characteristic of the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of viewing angle characteristics of an embodiment using only the optical auxiliary plate 11.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a liquid crystal cell used for the liquid crystal display device of the present invention.
- Transparent electrodes 3 and 8 and alignment films 4 and 7 are sequentially formed on the inner surfaces of a pair of substrates 2 and 9 disposed opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal 5 is provided between the substrates via a sealing material 6. It is enclosed.
- a drive circuit is provided between the transparent electrodes 3 and 8 for applying a voltage to these electrodes.
- two polarizing plates 1 and 10 are provided so as to sandwich the pair of substrates 2 and 9.
- An optical compensator 11 is provided between the substrate 2 and the polarizer 1.
- 5A indicates a liquid crystal molecule.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a liquid crystal display device having the liquid crystal cell shown in FIG.
- 0 is the tilt angle from the substrate
- / 5 is the angle between the azimuth of the liquid crystal molecules and the transmission axis of the lower polarizer
- 2 is the azimuth of the liquid crystal molecules and the upper polarizer. Indicates the angle with the transmission axis.
- liquid crystal display device a nematic liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy substantially containing no chiral liquid crystal is used as the liquid crystal 5, and the liquid crystal molecules 5A between the two substrates 2 and 9 are:
- the angle between the molecular axis and the substrate is 90 to 45 degrees ( (Preferably 90 ° to 70 °)
- the liquid crystal molecules are vertically or quasi-perpendicularly aligned, and in other portions, the molecular axes of the liquid crystal molecules and the substrate are closer to the center between the substrates.
- the liquid crystal molecules are oriented so that the angle between them is small and the substrate is substantially parallel to the substrate at the center of the gap between the substrates. That is, the liquid crystal molecules between the upper and lower substrates 2 and 9 do not have the twist of the alignment axis as shown in the figure, and have the same orientation, that is, are arranged on the virtual plane 12, and the liquid crystal molecules 5A at the center are The liquid crystal molecules are oriented substantially parallel to the substrate, and the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a splay shape as approaching the substrate.
- Polarizers 1 and 10 are disposed on the light incident side and the light exit side of such a liquid crystal cell, respectively.
- the angle of the transmission axis (; 8 1) of the incident polarizer 1 is the azimuth of the liquid crystal molecules.
- the angle is set to 45 degrees with respect to the plane (XZ plane), and the exit-side polarizer (analyzer) 10 is arranged so as to be orthogonal to this (angle / 3/2). Note that the output-side polarizer 10 may be arranged parallel to the angle S1 of the input-side polarizer 1.
- the above vertical or quasi-vertical alignment is performed by obliquely depositing SiO x on a substrate, applying a polymer or a polysilane, or rubbing these materials, and further rubbing them. There is a method using a combination thereof.
- a glass substrate is generally used, but a transparent substrate such as a resin substrate of polycarbonate is used, but the substrate is not limited thereto.
- T (V) si ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ dAn (V) / ⁇ ) x 1 0 0 (%)
- d is the cell thickness
- ⁇ (V) is the average value of the refractive index anisotropy ⁇ along the light path at the drive voltage V
- ⁇ is the wavelength of the light.
- the incident light becomes linearly polarized light by the polarizer, but since the direction of the linearly polarized light is different from the azimuthal angle of the liquid crystal molecules, the incident light is polarized as it travels through the liquid crystal layer. It will change the state. That is, the polarization state of light passing through the liquid crystal can be changed by changing the alignment state by applying a voltage, and the light transmittance can be changed by controlling the average refractive index anisotropy of the liquid crystal layer. I can do it.
- this cell has a vertically symmetrical structure with respect to the central liquid crystal molecule 5 mm except for the optical auxiliary plate.
- the liquid crystal molecules are in the XZ plane, and the viewing angle characteristics are symmetric with respect to the XZ plane. Will be.
- the viewing angle characteristics are also symmetric with respect to the YZ plane. This means that the viewing angle dependency, which is a drawback of the conventional TN cell, is improved.
- 0 is the tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules (degrees)
- ⁇ is the twist angle of the liquid crystal molecules in a plane parallel to the substrate (degrees)
- X is the azimuth angle of the liquid crystal molecules parallel to the substrate.
- Axis is the axis parallel to the substrate and perpendicular to the X axis
- Z is the axis perpendicular to the substrate and the thickness direction of the cell
- arrows a, b, c, d, and e indicate the alignment vectors of the liquid crystal molecules.
- FIG. 6 shows how the orientation changes in the spray mode when a voltage is applied.
- 2 and 9 represent the substrate
- V represents the drive voltage
- Vc represents the critical voltage.
- FIG. 7 shows the orientation of the bend mode when a voltage is applied.
- the orientation becomes unstable near the substrate, and the entire cell changes to the spray mode.
- Twist mode includes clockwise and counterclockwise twist modes. When a voltage is applied, the free energies of the left and right modes are equal, and either of them may occur. In order to generate clockwise rotation, it is sufficient to add a force of a concentration at which the intrinsic twist becomes clockwise.
- GS indicates the free energy when applying a voltage in the spray mode
- GB indicates the free energy when applying a voltage in the bend mode
- GT indicates the free energy when applying a voltage in the 7 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ twist mode.
- Fig. 9 shows the energy difference between the bend mode and the 7 ⁇ -twist mode for the spray mode.
- the spray mode takes the minimum energy among the three modes.
- This voltage is defined as the critical voltage Vc.
- the voltage at which the splay mode and the bend mode cross Is 1.727 V; r
- the voltage that crosses the one-twist mode is 1.773 V, indicating that the critical voltage is 1.773 V.
- the vertically aligned spray nematic liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a spray mode operated at an effective value higher than the critical voltage.
- FIG. 10 shows the result of calculating the electro-optical characteristics when the polarizing plate is made orthogonal by using this spray mode cell.
- the horizontal axis is the drive voltage V
- the vertical axis is the light transmittance T, so it is called the VT characteristic.
- Liquid crystal refractive index anisotropy n 0.074
- normal light refractive index no 1.491
- pretilt angle S01 75 degrees
- 002 -75 degrees
- cell thickness d l 5 m V-T characteristics were obtained when the polarizer was placed at ⁇ 45 degrees and +45 degrees with respect to the alignment plane of the liquid crystal molecules.
- FIG. 11 shows an example in which an optical compensator having a horizontal direction is inserted.
- the optical compensator 11 has a refractive index of three main axes perpendicular to each other, net, not, not (net> not), and is called a uniaxial anisotropic retardation plate.
- the angle between the axis indicating the extraordinary refractive index net and the X axis is 0t, and the thickness of the optical auxiliary plate is dt.
- the lateral retardation Rt is given by the following equation.
- the VT characteristic was calculated for the case of, and it can be seen that the wavelength dependence was reduced as compared with FIG.
- the V-T characteristic in Fig. 12 is a normally black table.
- the VT characteristic in Fig. 13 can be called normally white display.
- FIG. 15 shows the result of calculating the viewing angle characteristics of the cell in FIG. 11 according to the definition of the viewing angle in the viewing angle characteristics shown in FIG.
- Upper, Lower, Left, and Right represent the viewing angles shown in FIG. 14, respectively
- VI, V10, V50, V90, and VI00 indicate the transmittance when light is incident vertically.
- These drive voltages are 1, 10, 50, 90, and 100 [%], respectively. Therefore, this figure shows the transmittance when the driving voltage is kept constant. From FIG. 15, it can be seen that the liquid crystal display device of the present invention has good symmetrical viewing angle characteristics. However, the angle at which visibility is good is about ⁇ 15 °, which is not very wide.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example in which an optical compensator 13 having a vertical retardation is inserted in addition to an optical compensator 11 having a horizontal retardation.
- This optical compensator 13 is also called a uniaxial anisotropic retarder, but the three orthogonal main axes have a refractive index of nol, noKnel (nel> nol), and an axis showing the extraordinary refractive index nel. It is the Z axis and the thickness is dl.
- the longitudinal retardation R1 is given by
- the liquid crystal layer, the optical auxiliary plate 11 having a horizontal retardation, and the optical compensator 13 having a vertical retardation are arranged so that light passes in this order.
- the arrangement method of the optical compensator is not limited to this.
- the liquid crystal layer, the optical compensator 13 and the optical compensator 11 can be arranged in this order. It is also possible to change the order of the optical compensator and the liquid crystal layer so that light passes through the liquid crystal layer after passing through the optical compensator.
- the optical compensator 11 (or optical compensator 13), the liquid crystal layer, and the optical compensator 13 (or optical compensator 11) may be arranged in this order. It is possible.
- the most excellent viewing angle characteristics are obtained by symmetrically arranging the optical compensator before and after the liquid crystal layer.
- the optical compensator 13, the optical compensator 11, the liquid crystal layer, the optical compensator 11, and the optical compensator 13 are arranged in this order.
- the biaxial anisotropic optical compensator is an optical compensator that has three different principal axes perpendicular to each other, each having a different refractive index nx, ny, nz. It is also possible to use another vertically aligned spray nematic liquid crystal layer, with or without a constant drive voltage applied separately from the liquid crystal layer shown in Fig. 16, in place of the optical security plate It is.
- c first 8 diagram explaining high-speed response is an example of calculation results of the transmittance response characteristic of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, driving the dynamic voltage This shows that the time required for the transmittance to reach 90% after application is about 16 ms. This is faster than a TN liquid crystal display.
- the high-speed response means that the present invention is suitable for displaying a high-speed image such as a television image.
- the liquid crystal orientation which was in the bend mode when the driving voltage was 0 V, was changed to the splay mode by applying a driving voltage higher than the critical voltage to the spray mode. Do not drive.
- a liquid mixture of a liquid crystal and a monomer that can be polymerized by, for example, UV irradiation is injected between the substrates, and a drive voltage higher than the critical voltage is applied to perform splay alignment. Then, the polymer can be polymerized to form a polymer network. Once in that state, it can be operated as a display device immediately after the drive voltage is applied.
- the liquid crystal used in the present invention has a negative dielectric anisotropy and is a liquid crystal composition composed of at least three types of components. At least two types of the components are composed of a structural part selected from Formulas 1 to 5. Is a compound. Specifically, it is represented by the general formula (A). —General formula (A):
- 1 ⁇ 1 and scale 2 are independent of each other and are alkyl or alkenyl having up to 10 carbon atoms, and in this formula 1 or 2 non-adjacent CH 2 groups May be substituted with 1, 1 C, or 10 C.
- B 1, 82 and 83 are independent of each other, and optionally one or two CH groups may be substituted with nitrogen, 1,4-phenylene ring or fluorine-substituted phenylene ring or 1 , the 4 cycloalkyl is xylene ring, XI, X 2 and X 3 is an independently from each other, - COO-, one OCO-, one ⁇ _CH 2 -, - CH 2 ⁇ -, -CH 2 CH 2 - , 1 C3 C— or a single bond, 1 A— is selected from the structural parts of Formulas 1 to 5, m and n are each 0 or 1, provided that the sum of 1 + m + n is 1, 2 or 3.
- the substrate is spin-coated with n-butadecyl lithokin silane (a material for a vertical alignment film “ ⁇ DS-I E” manufactured by Chitz) and then lightly coated. The rubbed material was used for the substrate.
- n-butadecyl lithokin silane a material for a vertical alignment film “ ⁇ DS-I E” manufactured by Chitz
- the rubbed material was used for the substrate.
- the arrangement of the upper and lower polarizing plates was such that the transmittance was -45 degrees and +45 degrees with respect to the molecular orientation plane, respectively.
- FIG. 19 shows the measured results of the VT characteristic when light was vertically incident on this cell.
- C This was close to the theoretically predicted result of FIG.
- Fig. 20 shows the measured results of the response characteristics of the transmittance when a step-like drive voltage was applied to this cell. This is close to the theoretically predicted result in Fig. 18, and the rise time was as fast as about 20 ms.
- the viewing angle characteristics when light is obliquely incident on this cell are shown in FIG. This was close to the theoretically predicted figure of Figure 15.
- ⁇ I is the nematic isotropic point (° C) 7] is the viscosity (mPa * sec)
- An is the refractive index anisotropy
- no is the normal refractive index
- ne is the extraordinary refractive index
- ⁇ II is the dielectric constant in the major axis direction
- £ ⁇ is the dielectric constant in the minor axis direction.
- the substrate is spin-coated with ⁇ -octadecyltriethoxysilane (a material for vertical alignment film “ ⁇ ⁇ DS-I” manufactured by Chisso Corporation). Then, a lightly rubbed product was used for the substrate.
- a liquid crystal cell was fabricated by combining such two substrates in parallel as shown in FIGS.
- the liquid crystal the following liquid crystal composition example 2 was used, and the upper and lower polarizers were arranged in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer were at 90 degrees.
- a vertically aligned splayed liquid crystal display was made. As a result, the same good optical characteristics as in Example 1 were obtained.
- the liquid crystal was the same as in Example 1 except that the liquid crystal of Composition Example 2 was used, and the upper and lower polarizers were arranged at 90 degrees between the upper and lower polarizers. A splayed liquid crystal display device was manufactured. As a result, the same good optical characteristics as in Example 1 were obtained.
- the upper and lower polarizers were arranged such that the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer were at 90 degrees, and the upper polarizer was at 45 degrees with the azimuthal angle of the liquid crystal molecules.
- This liquid crystal display had the same good optical properties as in Example 1.
- SiO 2 is obliquely vapor-deposited at 60 ° on the substrate, and SiO 2 is further obliquely vapor-deposited at 85 ° on the substrate.
- Dressed. A liquid crystal cell was produced by combining such two substrates in parallel.
- the composition example 4 shown below was injected between the substrates to produce a vertically aligned spread liquid crystal display device.
- the arrangement of the upper and lower polarizers was such that the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer had 90 degrees.
- the upper polarizing plate was arranged so as to be at an azimuth of liquid crystal molecules of 45 degrees. The same good optical characteristics as in Example 1 were obtained.
- a liquid crystal display device having a wide viewing angle and a high response speed was able to be produced.
- one or two optical compensators or a vertical spray nematic is provided between two polarizers in order to facilitate display having an achromatic background color and excellent visibility.
- Orientation cells can be used.
- the polarizers are arranged at right angles between the top and bottom is shown, they may be parallel.
- the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules with the azimuth is not limited to 45 degrees.
- electro-optical measurement by transmission is performed.
- the liquid crystal display device of the present invention can achieve the same effect as a reflection type. Can be.
- liquid crystal display device of the present invention it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of providing a high contrast, a wide viewing angle, and a high-speed response, which can be colored with a background color and an achromatic color.
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