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Electro‐optical characteristics and optimization of vertically aligned STN‐LCDs
Author(s) -
Iwamoto Y.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1889/1.1828766
Subject(s) - polarizer , liquid crystal display , contrast ratio , transmittance , materials science , high contrast , optics , contrast (vision) , optoelectronics , liquid crystal on silicon , duty cycle , birefringence , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
— A new LCD for high‐duty passive‐matrix driving, referred to as a vertically aligned (VA) STN‐LCD, characterized by high transmittance and a high contrast ratio, has been developed. This LCD can display black‐and‐white images by using crossed polarizers without the use of a color compensator because the LCD has almost zero retardation at the initial alignment state. A fabricated black‐and‐white VA‐STN‐LCD without a black matrix shows high transmittance (>15%) and contrast (CR > 100) under 1/240‐duty direct‐multiplex driving.