WO2002046836A2 - Liquid crystal information displays - Google Patents
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- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/133502—Antiglare, refractive index matching layers
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- the invention pertains to information displays, in particular to liquid crystal displays, and can be used in the indication devices of various function, as well as in optical modulators, matrix systems of light indication, etc.
- liquid crystal information displays implemented as a flat cell formed by two parallel glass plates, on the internal sides of which there are electrodes made out of optically transparent electrically conducting material, for example indium dioxide or tin oxide.
- the internal surface of the plates with electrodes undergoes a special processing to align the liquid crystal material.
- After assembling the cell it is filled with liquid crystal, which forms a layer of 5-20 ⁇ m, which constitutes the active medium which changes its optical properties (the angle of rotation of the polarization plane) under the influence of electric field.
- the change of optical properties is registered in the cross-oriented polarizers, which are affixed on the outer surfaces of the cell.
- the general drawback of devices of this kind is low brightness, low contrast and quite high energy consumption.
- the structure of other known displays comprises large number of layers of substantial thickness, which have substantially different refraction coefficients. In each of these there are substantial losses of light due to absorption, as well as due to reflection at the boundary between the layers. In addition, the known devices have limited viewing angle.
- the closest prior art is the liquid crystal information displays implemented as a flat cell comprising two flat parallel plates forming the display panels.
- the characteristic of the known displays is the substantial simplification of design due to fewer layers used in the display, the decrease of their thickness, the possibility of using internal polarizers and the possibility of incorporating the functions of several layers in a single layer.
- a layer of polarizer obtained from oriented supramolecular complexes of a dichroic dye and formed on the internal surface of the panel can simultaneously serve the function of the polarizer itself as well as the function of liquid crystal alignment layer; and besides the technology of obtaining this kind of layers implies obtaining very thin films of high quality and high optical characteristics.
- the drawback of the known displays is their low brightness and low contrast, which is due to the absence of optical coordination of all elements in the system, which leads to substantial losses.
- the object of the invention is to provide an information display which features optical coordination of all or at least several functional elements (layers) of the multi-layered structure with the purpose of optimization of light transmission through the device.
- Technical result of the claimed invention is an increase of brightness and contrast of an image, especially for the light traveling normal to the display's surface, decrease of thickness and simplification of display design by optimization of all or at least several functional layers and elements of the display and by combining several functions in a single layer, lowering losses and enhancing optical characteristics of the display.
- Use of the claimed invention allows optimizing transmission of light through optically isotropic and anisotropic functional layers of the display, which leads to substantial increase of its effectiveness.
- Figure 1 schematically illustrates the general principles of operation of a liquid crystal display.
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of a transmission display in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 1 represents a structure with at least one liquid crystal layer 2 which changes its optical characteristics upon the application of an external electrical field.
- the device contains polarizers 3 and 4, and may contain other functional elements or layers.
- a beam of light 5 incident on the boundary between the layers with different refractive indices splits into a beam 5 ⁇ which is transmitted through the layers and beams 5 1 , 5 ⁇ , 5 ⁇ and 5 reflected at the boundaries of materials having different refractive indices.
- the liquid crystal information display containing a layer of liquid crystal between the front and the rear panels with the functional layers.
- the layer of liquid crystal has the parameters providing interference maximum or minimum of transmission or reflection at the exit of the display and/or at the boundary of at least two functional layers, and/or at the boundary between the liquid crystal layer and a functional layer, for at least one linearly polarized component of light, and for at least one wavelength.
- the display may contain at least one layer of polarizer and/or at least one electrode layer and/or at least one alignment layer and/or at least one planarization layer and/or at least one retarder layer and/or at least one anti-reflective layer and/or at least one light-reflecting layer and/or at least one color filter layer and/or at least one protective layer and/or at least one layer simultaneously functioning as at least two of the above listed layers.
- At least one electrode layer and/or at least one alignment layer and/or at least one planarization layer and/or at least one anti-reflective layer and/or at least one light-reflecting layer and/or at least one color filter layer and/or at least one layer simultaneously functioning as at least two of the above listed layers may be anisotropic.
- Interference maximum or minimum of transmission or reflection at the exit of the display and/or at the boundary of at least two functional layers can be provided with and/or without the presence of voltage bias on the electrode layer.
- Optical thickness of at least one functional layer can provide the interference maximum or minimum of transmission or reflection at the exit of the display and/or at the boundary of at least two functional layers and/or elements.
- At least one polarizer may be implemented as the internal one.
- At least one optically anisotropic layer may be an oriented film of organic dye of the formula:
- At least one optically anisotropic layer may be a crystalline film.
- Electromagnetic wave incident on the boundary between two mediums is divided into the wave transmitted into the second medium and the wave reflected from the boundary.
- radiation reflected at the boundaries between functional layers will constitute a loss leading to worsening of the quality of a display.
- the fraction of energy in the reflected wave will be determined by the ratio of the refraction coefficients of the two mediums.
- the losses of energy due to reflection may reach substantial amounts.
- radiation reflected from the boundaries between the functional layers will lead to glare, which will substantially worsen displaying contrast.
- liquid crystal display is optically anisotropic, i.e. sensitive to the chosen polarization of light
- optimization of the display the choice of the layers' optical thickness should be performed for each direction of polarization.
- liquid crystal display has two substantially different states: with and without the presence of voltage bias on the electrodes. Therefore, liquid crystal information displays can be considered as polarization-phase multilayer display with a dynamic element (liquid crystal). Calculation of optical thickness and the sequence of layers is performed using known algorithms.
- the known algorithms are applicable for isotropic systems, while the system includes optically anisotropic layers, during calculation of parameters for anisotropic layers using the known algorithms one uses corresponding refraction coefficients for each polarization state - open and closed state of liquid crystal. Two values of optical thickness are determined for each layer. The required value of optical thickness of each layer is determined from the obtained interval. Effectiveness of the device is used as the criteria for optimization of the optical thickness.
- a transmissive liquid crystal display It consists of two plates, which can be made out of glass, plastic or other transparent material. On the internal surface of these plates facing the layer of nematic liquid crystal, one applies transparent electrodes. Over the transparent electrodes one applies polarizing films of polymer or other material, which smooth out the relief and give the entire surface of the plate uniform properties. Polarizing coatings are applied onto these films with their optical axes oriented mutually perpendicular. The polarizing coatings align the molecules of nematic liquid crystal.
- the plates and functional layers define panels on each side of the liquid crystal material.
- STN super twist nematic
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of a display in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- the display's layer's materials and thickness are selected to provide maximum brightness and contrast of the displayed image. Referring to the Figure, the positioning of the functional layers in the display is symmetrical relative to the liquid crystal layer 12.
- optically isotropic or anisotropic to provide the interference maximum or minimum of transmission or reflection at the exit of the display.
- This could be the anti-reflective coating of the surface of the plates, as well as thin films between functional layers.
- anisotropic layers obtained from solutions of dichroic dyes capable of forming lyotropic liquid crystal phase in the capacity of polarizers and retarder films allows obtaining films with thickness of 0.6-1.2 micrometers.
- the layer of liquid crystal may be chosen to be 1-10 micrometers thick. Calculation of the number of layers in the display and the choice of materials (optical parameters) for each layer is performed using known algorithms for calculating multi-layer interference systems. It is preferred that parameters of the system allow maximum transmission when there is no voltage bias on the electrodes and minimum transmission when there is a voltage bias applied.
- the amount of layers is increased, which leads to an increase of over-all thickness of the display.
- the second plate can be made out of transparent as well as non-transparent material.
- Light-reflecting layer for example aluminum mirror, is then formed on it.
- the film of aluminum can simultaneously be the continuous electrode. Using photolithography one can etch aluminum to obtain narrow lines 10-100 micrometers wide along the desired path in order to obtain electrodes of the desired configuration.
- Polarizing coating is applied directly on the reflecting coating or the planarization layer.
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KR10-2003-7007551A KR20040012694A (en) | 2000-12-06 | 2001-12-05 | Liquid crystal information displays |
EP01995377A EP1340117A2 (en) | 2000-12-06 | 2001-12-05 | Liquid crystal information displays |
AU2002225935A AU2002225935A1 (en) | 2000-12-06 | 2001-12-05 | Liquid crystal information displays |
JP2002548508A JP3897300B2 (en) | 2000-12-06 | 2001-12-05 | LCD information display |
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