Liquid crystal cells – elements and systems – Particular structure – Having significant detail of cell structure only
Patent
1997-03-14
2000-01-18
Sikes, William L.
Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems
Particular structure
Having significant detail of cell structure only
349113, 349106, 349165, G02F 11335, C09K 1960
Patent
active
060161787
ABSTRACT:
A color reflective guest-host liquid-crystal display device is provided which does not require a polarizing plate and which has a bright screen. A transparent electrode is formed on an upper substrate of a color reflective guest-host liquid-crystal display device. A reflection electrode is formed on a lower substrate, and an electro-optic element is held in the spacing between the two substrates so as to perform light modulation in response to an applied voltage. The electro-optic element has a laminated structure including a guest-host liquid-crystal layer which contains a dichroic dye and which is uniformly oriented along the transparent electrode, and a phase shifter which has a predetermined optical anisotropic axis and which is formed along the reflection electrode. The transparent electrode and the reflection electrode face each other and define a plurality of pixels. A color filter assigns incident light of a different wavelength to each pixel. The phase shifter is divided for each pixel, and the thickness thereof is adjusted according to a corresponding wavelength. Further, when this liquid-crystal display device is formed into an active matrix type, the pixel aperture ratio can be improved by providing the color filter on the drive substrate side on which switching elements and pixel electrodes are formed rather than on the facing substrate.
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Kataoka Hideo
Munakata Masaki
Shigeno Nobuyuki
Urabe Tetsuo
Chowdhury Tirifur R.
Sikes William L.
Sony Corporation
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