IPS-LCD using a glass substrate and an anisotropic polymer film

A lightweight in-plane-switching liquid crystal display (IPS-LCD) using a single glass substrate and an anisotropic polymeric film is demonstrated. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned by the elongated polymer grain of the film. The alignment capability of the anisotropic film is comparable to a buffed polyimide layer. Compared to the LCD using two glass substrates, our new device exhibits a comparable contrast ratio (/spl sim/514:1), driving voltage, and response time because of good LC alignment. Such an anisotropic film can also function as a phase compensation film for widening the viewing angle. This technology is particularly attractive for making single-substrate displays and also has potential for a double-layered guest-host display and a flexible display using IPS LCDs.     

Wide-View MVA-LCDs With an Achromatic Dark State

A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display (MVA LCD) using a negative C-plate and a biaxial film is proposed to obtain an achromatic dark state. In comparison to conventional approach which uses a negative C-plate and a positive A-plate, the maximum light leakage over entire viewing cone is reduced by ~ 6X at lambda = 450 nm and ~ 4X at lambda = 650 nm. The achromatic dark state is essential for improving the contrast ratio, viewing angle and color saturation of MVA LCDs.     

一种宽视角和快速响应的连续视角可控液晶显示

在垂面排列液晶显示模式中,液晶分子垂直取向,具有暗态良好、高对比度的特点,但是其视角特性不佳。采用MVA和PVA技术等多畴结构可以使VA模式的视角情况得到改善,但MVA模式中凸起结构引起的液晶分子初始预倾状态会导致暗态漏光,从而降低显示的对比度。而PVA模式中的狭缝结构虽然不会影响对比度,但其响应速度比较慢。文中提出一种新型垂面排列液晶显示器结构,其像素电极四周刻蚀有弧形狭缝,公共电极中心刻蚀有孔洞。施加电压时液晶分子向中心倾倒,形成中心对称的多畴结构,实现了对比度均匀的宽视角,且这一结构在保证高透过率的同时还可以实现快速响应。另外,通过在公共电极上施加偏置电压,该结构还可实现视角的连续可控。     

单玻璃基板与各向异性聚合物膜的IPS-LCD的应用

介绍了一种使用单片玻璃基板和各向异性聚合物膜的轻型、共面转换液晶显示(IPS-LCD)技术。液晶分子由伸长的聚合物膜内的颗粒排列。各向异性聚合物膜的取向性能与聚酰亚胺(PI)摩擦层相当。良好的液晶取向性能使新器件的对比度(514:1)、驱动电压和响应时间都能够与双玻璃基板LCD相比拟。这种各向异性膜也能作为拓宽视角的相位补偿膜来使用。该技术特别引人注目之处在于制作单基板显示器,同时它也具有实现双层宾主显示和IPS-LCD柔性显示的潜在应用。     

展宽LCD视角的新原理

扭曲向列型（ＴＮ）和超扭曲向列型（ＳＴＮ）ＬＣＤ，包括有源和无源矩阵，都有一个共同的缺点，即视角狭窄；审液晶材料的电光特性所造成的。现已开发出一种展宽ＬＣＤ视角的新方法，这一ＬＣＤ新的工作原理在解决其视角狭窄的问题时，对于ＬＣＤ显示器件而言，不是从其内部着手而是从其外部着手，本文将描述这种新型设计的各关键元件的工作原理。     

The flowering of flat displays

The author describes how new and improved display technologies are giving electronics a fresh look. Active-matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with improved image quality and larger viewing angles are on the verge of replacing CRTs, while reflective displays (with very low power consumption) and cholesteric displays (which need no power to retain an image) are making new portable products possible     

Characteristics of a 12-domain MVA-LCD

A multi-domain (12-domain) vertical alignment liquid crystal display (MVA-LCD) device is proposed and its electro-optic characteristics evaluated through a 3-D simulator. The MVA-LCD exhibits advantages in wide viewing angle, high transmittance, fast response time, and small color shift when a pair of wide view crossed circular polarizers is employed. Potential applications of this MVA-LCD for high quality LCD TVs and computer monitors are emphasized.     

Wide-View and Broadband Circular Polarizers for Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays

A simple wide-view and broadband circular polarizer comprising of a linear polarizer and two uniaxial films is proposed to enhance the viewing angle of transflective liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For the transmissive mode, over the entire 90deg viewing cone, the normalized light leakage from two stacked circular polarizers is suppressed to below 1.5times10^-2, and contrast ratio over 10:1 is obtained using a normally black vertically aligned transflective LCD. At the same time, this configuration warrants a broadband operation and reasonably good viewing angle (10:1 contrast ratio is over 40 at all directions) for the reflective mode. The physical mechanisms for achieving broadband operation and wide viewing angle are discussed.     

Recent Trends on Patterned Vertical Alignment (PVA) and Fringe-Field Switching (FFS) Liquid Crystal Displays for Liquid Crystal Television Applications

This paper reviews the recent trends on super-patterned vertical alignment (S-PVA) and fringe-field switching (FFS) technologies for liquid crystal display (LCD)-television (TV) applications. For PVA mode, Samsung originally announced S-PVA technology in 2004 to enhance off-axis viewing quality of conventional PVA mode. S-PVA is a new technology which enables screen quality advantages over super-in plane switching (S-IPS) and multi-domain VA (MVA), including high transmittance, >2300:1 contrast ratio, and wide viewing angle with no off-axis image inversion. This paper explores and updates Samsung's latest developments toward its goal of ultimate LCD-TV performance. For FFS mode, the technology appeared in 1998 by HYDIS and now it has been commercialized in all kinds of display applications, implying its technical importance. This paper reviews recent developments and performance of LCD-TV using the FFS mode based on published papers and our knowledge.     

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

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.     

Quantitative Comparison of Color Performances Between IPS and MVA LCDs

Color gamut and color shifts of the film-compensated multi-domain in-plane-switching (IPS) and multi-domain vertical alignment (MVA) liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are calculated quantitatively using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlight. Simulation results indicate that the LED backlight exhibits better angular color uniformity and smaller color shifts than CCFL. In addition, the color gamut can be further widened and the color shift reduced when using color-sequential RGB-LED backlight without color filters. In general, both IPS and MVA LCDs show relatively small color shift under different backlights, but MVA has a lower color shift using the optimized uniaxial compensation films     

TN和STN—LCD制造技术

本文从生产角度概要介绍当前液晶显示器件市场的主要产品 TN 和STN-LCD 制造中的一些基本工艺和技术问题。     

The wide view (WV) film for enhancing the field of view of LCDs

This paper reviews the technologies of the wide view (WV) film. The WV film is an optical compensation film, which remarkably enhances the field of view of twisted nematic (TN) thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs). We have recently developed a new WV film for the OCB mode, which promises a fast optical response speed and wide viewing angle LCD-TV. The WV film is made of a hybrid alignment polymerized discotic material (PDM) layer coated on a (tri-acetyl cellulose (TAC) substrate. The PDM layer alignment technology and the TAC retardation control technology give us the flexibility to develop a compensation film for any LCD mode and allow a cost effective roll-to-roll polarizer lamination process.     

A new COG technique using low temperature solder bumps for LCD driver IC packaging applications

A new chip on glass (COG) technique using flip chip solder joining technology has been developed for excellent resolution and high quality liquid crystal display (LCD) panels. The flip chip solder joining technology has several advantages over the anisotropic conductive film (ACF) bonding technology: finer pitch capability, better electrical performance, and easier reworkability. Conventional solders such as eutectic Pb-Sn and Pb-5Sn require high temperature processing which can lead to degradation of the liquid crystal or the color filter in LCD modules. Thus it is desirable to develop a low temperature process below 160/spl deg/C using solders with low melting temperatures for this application. In our case, we used eutectic 58 wt%Bi-42 wt%Sn solder for this purpose. Using the eutectic Bi-Sn solder bumps of 50-80/spl mu/m pitch sizes, an ultrafine interconnection between the IC and glass substrate was successfully made at or below 160/spl deg/C. The average contact resistance of the Bi-Sn solder joints was 19m/spl Omega/ per bump, which is much lower than the contact resistance of conventional ACF bonding technologies. The contact resistance of the underfilled Bi-Sn solder joints did not change during a hot humidity test. We demonstrate that the COG technique using low temperature solder joints can be applied to advanced LCDs that lead to require excellent quality, high resolution, and low power consumption.     

Transflective liquid crystal displays

In this review paper, a detailed overview of the transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) technology is presented. We first introduce the transflector classifications based on their composition and properties. Then, in reviewing the development history, we investigate the mainstream transflective LCDs, including their operating principles, advantages, and disadvantages. Finally, the image quality issues of transflective LCDs, such as color balance, image brightness, and viewing angle, are discussed.     

Bending angle effects on the multi-domain in-plane-switching liquid crystal displays

The electro-optic properties of a multi-domain in-plane switching liquid crystal display (IPS LCD) are investigated through a three-dimensional (3-D) simulator, which combines the finite element and finite difference methods for fast solutions. The bending angle between the chevron-shaped electrodes makes an important contribution to the operating voltage and response time, and suppresses the color shift. Using optimized uniaxial compensation films, the viewing cone of the multi-domain IPS LCD is widened to /spl plusmn/80/spl deg/ at 100:1 contrast ratio. These properties are especially desirable for LCD TV and computer monitor applications.     

How far has the molecular alignment of liquid crystals been elucidated?

Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) - born in late 1960s - have become a 45 billion-dollar industry in 2004. Today's LCD panels cover a wide range of sizes from 0.2 to 82 in diagonal. The electro-optical characteristics of any field effect LCD are determined by the orientation of its liquid crystal (LC) molecules at the display boundaries. Until recently most LCD alignment processes were based on rubbing polymer coated LCD substrates with a cloth. Despite its key importance, the complex mechanism governing the alignment of LC molecules on display substrates is still not well understood. Do the microgrooves generated by rubbing induce LC-alignment or does the stretching of polymer chains as a result of brushing cause it? To overcome the drawbacks of conventional aligning techniques, new alignment processes have recently been proposed and developed. Examples are micro embossing, ion bombardment, fringe field effects and photo-alignment. In this paper, some mechanisms of LC alignment are discussed and various alignment techniques and methods to investigate the interaction of LC molecules with substrates are reviewed.     

STN-LCD残影显示的原理分析及实验研究

影像残留显示现象存在于各类LCD中,大多为离子效应所引起。针对这一问题,分析了不同配向膜对自由离子电荷的吸附情况,以及选用合适的配向膜搭配不同液晶材料、盒内自由离子电荷的浓度情况等对残影显示的影响。实验发现,选用合适的配向膜,增加重配向时间,有利于消除残影现象;在一定配向膜基础上,选用低阈值液晶或选用添加抗静电剂液晶,更容易消除残影现象。不过,在实际运用中,重配向时间的增加会影响液晶陡度;低阈值液晶会使液晶陡度变差同时使响应速度变慢,且容易出现显示不均;抗静电剂液晶也会导致显示不均。因此在实际运用中,必须平衡以上各条件,才能在不影响其他性能前提下,更有效地改善残影现象,提高STN-LCD的显示质量。     

A wafer-scale 3-D circuit integration technology

The rationale and development of a wafer-scale three-dimensional (3-D) integrated circuit technology are described. The essential elements of the 3-D technology are integrated circuit fabrication on silicon-on-insulator wafers, precision wafer-wafer alignment using an in-house-developed alignment system, low-temperature wafer-wafer bonding to transfer and stack active circuit layers, and interconnection of the circuit layers with dense-vertical connections with sub-/spl Omega/ 3-D via resistances. The 3-D integration process is described as well as the properties of the four enabling technologies. The wafer-scale 3-D technology imposes constraints on the placement of the first lithographic level in a wafer-stepper process. Control of wafer distortion and wafer bow is required to achieve submicrometer vertical vias. Three-tier digital and analog 3-D circuits were designed and fabricated. The performance characteristics of a 3-D ring oscillator, a 1024 /spl times/ 1024 visible imager with an 8-/spl mu/m pixel pitch, and a 64 /spl times/ 64 Geiger-mode laser radar chip are described.     

Surface-free technology by laser annealing (SUFTLA) and its application to poly-Si TFT-LCDs on plastic film with integrated drivers

In order to realize electronic devices on plastic film, new technology has been developed that enables the transfer of thin-film devices from an original substrate to another substrate by using laser irradiation. This technology was termed SUFTLA, which stands for surface-free technology by laser annealing. A polycrystalline-silicon thin film transistor (poly-Si TFT) back-plane for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with integrated drivers was fabricated using a low-temperature process (below 425/spl deg/C) and could be successfully transferred from a glass or quartz substrate to plastic film using this technology. This technology enabled us to fabricate an all-plastic substrate TFT-LCD having a display area of 0.7 in measured diagonally and a pixel count of 428/spl times/238. In addition, the operation of the integrated drivers and the displayed image could be confirmed for the first time in the world.