Wide Viewing Angle and Broadband Circular Polarizers for Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a first transparent substrate;
a second transparent substrate;
a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and the second transparent substrates;
a first circular polarizer disposed behind a viewer'"'"'s side of the liquid crystal layer;
wherein the first polarizer further includes a first linear polarizer, a first half-wave plate, a first quarter-wave plate;
a second circular polarizer disposed on the viewer'"'"'s side of the liquid crystal layer;
wherein the second polarizer includes a second linear polarizer, a second half-wave plate, and a second quarter-wave plate;
at least one optical retardation compensator disposed between the first circular polarizer and the second circular polarizer;
wherein the first half-wave plate and the first quarter-wave plate are positioned between the inner surface of the first linear polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, having the first half-wave plate closer to the first polarizer than the first quarter-wave plate; and
the second half-wave plate and the second quarter-wave plate are positioned between the inner surface of the second linear polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, having the second half-wave plate closer to the second polarizer than the second quarter-wave plate;
wherein the first half-wave plate and the second half-wave plate are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence; and
the first quarter-wave plate and the second quarter-wave plate are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence; and
a switching means applied to the liquid crystal layer for switching the phase retardation of the liquid crystal layer between a zero and a half-wave plate value for attaining different gray levels.
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Abstract
Apparatus, devices, systems, and methods for wide viewing angle and broadband circular polarizers in transflective displays. A liquid crystal display configuration can include two stacked circular polarizers, each having a linear polarizer, a half-wave plate and a quarter-wave plate wherein two linear polarizers are crossed to each other, two half-wave plates are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence (one positive and one negative type), and two quarter-wave plates are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence (one positive and one negative type). The configurations can generate wide viewing angles and broadband properties and are suitable for display applications that require circular polarizers.
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32 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate; a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and the second transparent substrates; a first circular polarizer disposed behind a viewer'"'"'s side of the liquid crystal layer;
wherein the first polarizer further includes a first linear polarizer, a first half-wave plate, a first quarter-wave plate;a second circular polarizer disposed on the viewer'"'"'s side of the liquid crystal layer;
wherein the second polarizer includes a second linear polarizer, a second half-wave plate, and a second quarter-wave plate;at least one optical retardation compensator disposed between the first circular polarizer and the second circular polarizer; wherein the first half-wave plate and the first quarter-wave plate are positioned between the inner surface of the first linear polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, having the first half-wave plate closer to the first polarizer than the first quarter-wave plate; and
the second half-wave plate and the second quarter-wave plate are positioned between the inner surface of the second linear polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, having the second half-wave plate closer to the second polarizer than the second quarter-wave plate;wherein the first half-wave plate and the second half-wave plate are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence; and
the first quarter-wave plate and the second quarter-wave plate are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence; anda switching means applied to the liquid crystal layer for switching the phase retardation of the liquid crystal layer between a zero and a half-wave plate value for attaining different gray levels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a first broadband circular polarizer; a second broadband circular polarizer, the first broadband circular polarizer being stacked on the second broadband circular polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; and an optical retardation compensator, wherein the liquid crystal cell and the optical retardation compensator are sandwiched between the first and the second broadband circular polarizers. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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