Analytical solutions for uniaxial-film-compensated wide-view liquid crystal displays

Author

Zhu, Xinyu ; Ge, Zhibing ; Wu, Shin-Tson

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

20

Abstract

The uniaxial-film-compensated wide-view liquid crystal displays, with initially homogeneous alignment and vertical alignment, are analyzed. For each compensation scheme, the analytical solutions with the illustration of Poincare sphere representation are derived. Based on the analytical solutions, the 100:1 iso-contrast contours at any viewing angle can be easily achieved for most of the compensation schemes.

Keywords

compensation; liquid crystal displays; LCD; Poincare sphere representation; fringe-field switching; homogeneous alignment; in-plane switching; iso-contrast contours; multi-domain vertical alignment; patterned vertical alignment; uniaxial film compensation; wide view liquid crystal displays; wide viewing angle; Birefringence; Dark states; Electrodes; HDTV; Liquid crystal displays; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Substrates; TV; Voltage; Analytical solutions; film compensation; fringe-field switching (FFS); in-plane switching (IPS); liquid crystal display (LCD); multi-domain vertical alignment (MVA); patterned vertical alignment (PVA); wide viewing angle (WVA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Display Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1551-319X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JDT.2005.863599

Filename

1597148