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TRANSFLECTIVE LCD UNIT

  • US 20090122211A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2008
  • Published: 05/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) unit comprising:

  • a liquid crystal (LC) layer;

    first and second substrates sandwiching therebetween said LC layer to define an array of pixels in said LC layer, said pixels each including a reflective area and a transmissive area;

    an electrode assembly for driving said LC layer such that said LC layer in said reflective area is driven in a longitudinal-electric-field mode and said LC layer in said transmissive area is driven in a lateral-electric-field mode; and

    a reverse-tilt control member disposed in a vicinity of a boundary between said reflective area and said transmissive area for controlling a reverse tilt area in which a reverse tilt of LC molecules occurs in said LC layer.

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