• Journal of Information Display
• /
• v.5 no.3
• /
• pp.14-17
• /
• 2004

We have developed a new type of transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) with a single cell gap and a single LC mode. In our transflective configuration, a single LC mode of a 60$^{\circ}$ twisted nematic LC was used for both transmissive and reflective applications. The measured electro-optic characteristics of our transflective LC cell agree well with numerical simulation results. Moreover, the transmittance was found to show similar behavior to the reflectance.

• Journal of Information Display
• /
• v.10 no.4
• /
• pp.175-179
• /
• 2009

As the physical properties of nematic liquid crystals vary with respect to temperature, the performances of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are highly dependent on temperature. Additionally, it is well known that the electro-optic characteristics of LCDs, such as transmittance and threshold voltage, also rely on the LCD switching modes. The temperature dependence of the electro-optic characteristics of the wide-viewing-angle LCD modes, such as in-plane switching (IPS), multidomain vertical alignment by patterned electrode (PVA), and fringe-field switching (FFS), have been studied, and the results showed that the FFS mode has lower temperature dependence compared to the IPS and PVA modes. Since the liquid crystal (LC) reorients in different ways in each mode, this result is associated with the temperature dependence of LC's bend and twist elastic constants, and also with the position of the main reorientation, either in the middle or on the surface of the LC layer.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2002.08a
• /
• pp.467-470
• /
• 2002

We report on an analog electro-optic effect in a nonchiral smectic C (NSC) liquid crystal (LC) mode with negative dielectric anisotropy in a transverse electrode configuration. Two-dimensional numerical simulations are executed to evaluate the display performances. The analog gray scales in the NSC LC mode are obtained in a dielectrically driving scheme.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2009.10a
• /
• pp.620-622
• /
• 2009

We demonstrated a liquid crystal display (LCD) mode with a single polarizer based on the array of a switchable microlens consisting of a circular stop mask and its complementary open mask. The focused beam passed through the open mask and thus the bright state was obtained, while the defocused beam was blocked by the stop mask and the complementary open mask. It is expected that our single-polarizer LCD mode is applicable to low cost displays.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2009.10a
• /
• pp.1593-1595
• /
• 2009

We demonstrate an intriguing liquid crystal display (LCD) mode that comprises an optically isotropic liquid crystal (LC) composite incorporating with inplane electric field geometry. No surface treatment, such as rubbing, is required to fabricate the LCD mode because it is based on an optically isotropic state. The measured response time was of submillisecond order. The LCD mode has several unique features such as fast response, continuous grayscale capability, and a high contrast ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
• /
• 2009.06a
• /
• pp.32-33
• /
• 2009

We propose viewing angle switchable liquid crystal display(LCD) associated with fringe-field switching (FFS) mode with high aperture ratio characteristic. This device is composed of R(red), G(green), B(blue), pixel and W(white) pixel in which R,G,B pixel shows image and white pixel for both viewing angle control and image. Conventional viewing angle controllable liquid crystal display has not transmittance because the liquid crystal only tilts up without rotates in viewing angle control region. In this paper, we suggested that the device has high transmittance characteristic because the LC directors are rotated in which viewing angle control region are generated fringe electric field.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2005.07a
• /
• pp.567-570
• /
• 2005

Most researches on monostable LCD and bistable LCD have separately been carried out. We introduce a novel liquid crystal display mode which can be operated as both memory mode and dynamic mode. The novel LCD mode has not only a long term memory time of memory mode but also a fast response time of dynamic mode. We describe switching characteristics of dual mode. Electro-optical characteristics of memory mode and dynamic mode are unique and show the possibility of device application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
• /
• 1999.11a
• /
• pp.549-552
• /
• 1999

We have developed an novel vertical-alignment (VA) - $\pi$ cell mode that provides a wide viewing angle and fast response times for negative dielectric anisotropy nematic liquid crystal (NLC) on a homeotropic polyimide (PI) surfaces. We had the good voltage-transmittance curves and low driving voltages were achieved with the novel VA - $\pi$ cell mode without negative compensation film. Iso-viewing angle characteristics using the novel VA - $\pi$ cell mode without negative compensation film of NLC was also successfully observed. As well a fast response time of 31.7ms for the novel VA - $\pi$ cell mode was measured. Consequently, It is seen that by using the novel VA - $\pi$ cell mode the iso-viewing angle, fast response time, and low driving voltage characteristics can be achieved.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2003.07a
• /
• pp.1121-1124
• /
• 2003

For high quality displays, analog responding liquid crystals with spontaneous polarization ($P_{s}$) need to be coupled with active matrix driving schemes. We have characterized the half-V-shaped switching ferroelectric liquid crystal mode (half-V FLC mode) in terms of dielectiric and voltage holding properties. Research on these switching properties provided us with the technology for switching half-V FLC mode FLCs by using amorphous silicon TFTs.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
• /
• v.9 no.3
• /
• pp.123-128
• /
• 2005

An electrically controllable fiber Bragg grating inscribed in a hydrogen-loaded standard single-mode fiber with liquid-crystal cladding is presented. Control of the optic axis of liquid crystals by means of external electric fields results in the change of reflectivity and Bragg wavelength of the grating. The increase of surrounding refractive index of a fiber makes effective refractive index of a propagation mode higher, which results in high field confinement and longer Bragg wavelength. The reduction of the fiber diameter by chemical etching process improves the long-range ordering of liquid-crystal molecules and reduces controlling voltage. The tunable ranges of reflectivity and Bragg wavelength of the liquid crystal-cladding fiber Bragg grating were $\~4.6dB\;and\;\~0.3nm$, respectively.