Title

Electrode Dimension Effects on Blue-Phase Liquid Crystal Displays

Authors

Authors

K. M. Chen; J. Yan; S. T. Wu; Y. P. Chang; C. C. Tsai;J. W. Shiu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Disp. Technol.

Keywords

BPLC; electrode effects; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

Electrode dimension effects on the electro-optic properties of a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal (PS-BPLC) are investigated experimentally. By reducing the width and gap of the in-plane-switching (IPS) electrodes, the operating voltage of the PS-BPLC is decreased significantly while keeping over 80% transmittance. This unexpected high transmittance results from fringing field migration into the electrode region, which in turn activates more BPLC material and enlarges the aperture ratio. Further reducing electrode dimension to 2 mu m would cause some undesirable effects, such as increased response time and hysteresis due to electrostriction effect and phase transition, and ultimately damage the polymer networks.

Journal Title

Journal of Display Technology

Volume

7

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

362

Last Page

364

WOS Identifier

WOS:000291429300002

ISSN

1551-319X

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