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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2011.24.4.309

Improvement of Electrode Structure of FFS Mode LCD for Obtaining High Transmittance  

Kim, Bong-Sik (Department of Electronics Engineering, Inha University)
Oh, Hyun-Min (Department of Electronics Engineering, Inha University)
Park, Woo-Sang (Department of Electronics Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.24, no.4, 2011 , pp. 309-313 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we proposed a novel electrode structure for the fringe field switching (FFS) mode LCD and performed a three-dimensional computer simulation to calculate the optical transmittance for the new structure. In the simulation Erickson-leslie equation and Berreman $4{\times}4$ matrix were used for obtaining the director distribution profiles of liquid crystal molecules and the electro-optical characteristics, respectively. Considering the complexity of the motional equation of the liquid crystal molecules, FDM (finite difference method) was used as a numerical method. From the results, We revealed that the light transmission of the newly designed pixel structure is expended to the edge of the pixel electrode. We also confirmed that the light transmittance increased more than 13% compared to that of the conventional electrode structure.
Keywords
Fringe field switching; FFS; Liquid crystal display; LCD; Pixel; Common;
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