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A continuous‐viewing‐angle‐controllable liquid‐crystal display using a blue‐phase liquid crystal
Author(s) -
Liu LiWei,
Wang QiongHua,
Cui JianPeng
Publication year - 2011
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/jsid19.8.547
Subject(s) - subpixel rendering , viewing angle , liquid crystal display , materials science , pixel , liquid crystal , transmittance , optics , mode (computer interface) , phase (matter) , crystal (programming language) , optoelectronics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language , operating system
— A continuous‐viewing‐angle‐controllable liquid‐crystal display (LCD) using a blue‐phase liquid crystal is proposed. To realize both wide‐viewing‐angle (WVA) mode and narrow‐viewing‐angle (NVA) mode with a single liquid‐crystal panel, each pixel is divided into a main pixel and a subpixel. The main pixel is for displaying images in both modes. The subpixel is for displaying images in WVA mode and controlling the viewing angle in NVA mode. The device exhibits a good viewing‐angle‐controlling characteristic and high transmittance.