Abstract
A high reflection and transmission transflective liquid crystal display (TLCD) that requires only a single cell gap. Instead of reducing the cell gap of the R sub-pixel region, the invention reduces the birefringence change .DELTA.n of reflective pixels (R) so that the total retardation change .DELTA.nd of R is equal to that of the transmissive pixels (T). This is realized by a partial switching of the pixels of approximately 45 degrees which occurs in the reflective pixel (R) region of the single cell gap by applying fringing fields, generated by a discontinuous electrode, to the molecules in the reflective pixel (R) region of the cell gap.
Document Type
Patent
Patent Number
US 7,015,997
Application Serial Number
10/425,582
Issue Date
3-21-2006
Current Assignee
Joint Assignment w/UCFRF: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Assignee at Issuance
Joint Assignment w/UCFRF: INNOLUX CORPORATION
College
College of Optics and Photonics
Department
CREOL
Allowance Date
11-30-2005
Filing Date
4-29-2003
Assignee at Filing
Joint Assignment w/UCFRF: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Filing Type
Nonprovisional Application Record
Donated
no
Recommended Citation
Wu, Shin-Tson, "Transflective Liquid Crystal Display with Partial Switching" (2006). UCF Patents. 610.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/patents/610