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Liquid crystal display device having regions with different twist angles
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1994-07-22
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Granted: 1997-11-18
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Expires: 2014-07-22
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal display device which includes a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates; and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer is disclosed. The liquid crystal layers includes liquid crystal molecules, and is divided into a plurality of regions having different twist angles from one another.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuaki Hirata
- 👤 Akihiro Nammatsu
- 👤 Noriko Watanabe
- 👤 Shigeaki Mizushima
- 👤 Seiji Makino
- 👤 Hiroko Iwagoe
- 👤 Kei Oyobe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 17:17
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1337; G02F1/133753; G02F1/133757; G02F1/133761; G02F1/13378; G02F1/133788
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair or substrates; and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of regions having different twist angles from one another, and the twist angles in the plurality of regions change in a step-like manner in an increasing pattern along the entire liquid crystal layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair or substrates; and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of regions having different twist angles from one another, and the twist angles in the plurality of regions change in a step-like manner in an increasing pattern along the entire liquid crystal layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of regions have an identical reference orientation direction which is an orientation direction of a liquid crystal molecule in a central area in the thickness direction of said liquid crystal layer, and the plurality of regions are arranged perpendicular to the reference orientation direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein the twist angles in the plurality of regions increase along the reference orientation direction in a step-like manner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 3, wherein the twist angle has a minimum value in the range between 50° and 75° inclusive and a maximum value in the range between 85° and 105° inclusive.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein the reference orientation direction is set to interpose a viewing angle between the reference orientation direction and a direction perpendicular to the substrates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
116 words
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; and an electrode layer for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the electrode layer includes a plurality of areas, and each of the areas and an area of the liquid crystal layer in positional correspondence with the each of the areas of the electrode layer are included in a pixel, the liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of regions in the pixel, two of the plurality of regions having opposite reference orientation directions, and the plurality of regions occupy different ratios of a surface area of the pixel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
116 words
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; and an electrode layer for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the electrode layer includes a plurality of areas, and each of the areas and an area of the liquid crystal layer in positional correspondence with the each of the areas of the electrode layer are included in a pixel, the liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of regions in the pixel, two of the plurality of regions having opposite reference orientation directions, and the plurality of regions occupy different ratios of a surface area of the pixel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein a surface area of one of the two regions occupies a ration in the range of more than 50% and less than 90% with respect to the surface area of the pixel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the plurality of regions has a twist angle in the range of more than 90° and not more than 110°.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of regions have a border therebetween which is curved when seen at an angle perpendicular to the substrates.
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