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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/JOSK.2016.20.6.794

Transmittance Improvement with Reversed Fishbone-Shape Electrode in Vertical Alignment Liquid Crystal Display  

Lim, Young Jin (Applied Materials Institute for BIN Convergence, Department of BIN Convergence Technology and Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Hyo Joong (Applied Materials Institute for BIN Convergence, Department of BIN Convergence Technology and Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Min Su (Applied Materials Institute for BIN Convergence, Department of BIN Convergence Technology and Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Gi Heon (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Yong Hae (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Lee, Gi-Dong (Department of Electronics Engineering, Dong-A University)
Lee, Seung Hee (Applied Materials Institute for BIN Convergence, Department of BIN Convergence Technology and Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of the Optical Society of Korea / v.20, no.6, 2016 , pp. 794-798 More about this Journal
Abstract
A polymer-stabilized vertical alignment (PS-VA) mode with fishbone-shaped pixel electrode structure is mainly used in large-sized liquid crystal displays (LCDs) owing to its advantages such as wide viewing angle, good transmittance and fast response time. One drawback of this mode is a main bone electrode, which crosses in the center of a pixel. It causes the transmittance to decrease badly because LCs cannot be reoriented in this region, and thus, it is particularly unfavorable in an ultra-high-definition LCD. Here, we propose an innovative structure with the main bone electrode relocated to the edge area in a pixel, and investigate how this reverse directed fishbone-shaped pixel electrode structure affects electro-optic characteristics. The proposed structure shows enhanced electro-optic performance, such as the higher transmittance and the faster response time than the conventional VA mode with fishbone-shaped pixel electrode structure.
Keywords
Vertical alignment; Fishbone shape; High transmittance; Fast response time;
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