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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/JOSK.2013.17.2.200

Fast Fringe-field-switching Liquid Crystal Cell with a Protrusion Structure  

Park, Sung Il (IT/Mobile Development Group, LG Display Co.)
Choi, Sun-Wook (Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Ki-Han (Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Song, Dong Han (Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Shim, Yu Ri (IT/Mobile Development Group, LG Display Co.)
Lee, Sun Yong (IT/Mobile Development Group, LG Display Co.)
Kang, Sung Gu (IT/Mobile Development Group, LG Display Co.)
Yoon, Jeong Hwan (IT/Mobile Development Group, LG Display Co.)
Kim, Byeong Koo (IT/Mobile Development Group, LG Display Co.)
Yoon, Tae-Hoon (Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Optical Society of Korea / v.17, no.2, 2013 , pp. 200-204 More about this Journal
Abstract
We propose a cell structure for the fast switching of liquid crystals by the fringe field. By forming protrusion between patterned electrodes, we can obtain enhancement of response time. The protrusion reduces the effective cell gap, with which a fast response time can be realized. There is little decrease in the transmittance because the protrusion is located between patterned electrodes. We confirmed that the total response time can be decreased by 33% with little loss of the transmittance by optimizing the shape of the protrusion structure.
Keywords
Liquid crystal; Fringe-field switching; Fast response time; Protrusion;
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