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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/HKH.2008.19.1.048

An Optical Configuration for the Normally Black Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell  

Kim, Ki-Han (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Baek, Jong-In (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Jae-Chang (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Yoon, Tae-Hoon (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.19, no.1, 2008 , pp. 48-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
We propose an optical configuration to compensate dispersion characteristics in the dark state of normally black twisted nematic (NB-TN) liquid crystal display (LCD). We employed a half-wave plate (HWP) and a +A plate to achieve the superior dark state. By using the parameter space diagram (PSD) method, we could obtain the optimum values of parameters and the high contrast-ratio over 500 : 1 could be obtained. Furthermore, excellent dispersion characteristics were also obtained in the bright state. We could confirm the performance of the proposed structure using both the numerical calculations and the experiments.
Keywords
Twisted nematic; Liquid crystal display; Normally black mode;
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