IP Library Granted Patent US 7,352,419
Granted Patent B2
US 7,352,419 · App. 10/842,893 · Granted Apr 1, 2008

Liquid crystal display having a control factor for reducing a chromaticity difference between displayed white and displayed black

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Patent No.
US 7,352,419
App. No.
10/842,893
Granted
Apr 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to suppress color tint during display of black, chromaticity is changed when black is displayed while maintaining chromaticity when white is displayed. For this purpose, the pigment to be dispersed in a color resist is adjusted in particle size and concentration. Such adjustment is so performed that the chromaticity difference between displayed white and black becomes 0.01 or smaller in the x-y chromaticity coordinates by varying the transmissivity of color pixels during display of black. With such a structure, successfully provided is a color liquid crystal display capable of preventing color tint in displayed black, while keeping white chromaticity at the desired level.

Claims (28)

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

a plurality of color pixels formed on a substrate;

an opposite substrate placed facing the substrate;

liquid crystal sealed between the substrate and the opposite substrate; and

a control factor for reducing the chromaticity difference between displayed white and displayed black by changing a transmissivity on an individual color pixel basis,

wherein the control factor is a color resist that has a different color for each color pixel,

wherein the color resist formed in at least one of the color pixels has a material contrast value different from that of the color resists formed in the rest of the color pixels,

wherein a ratio of a maximum value to a minimum value of the material contrast values is higher than 1.8.

2. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal has a negative dielectric anisotropy, and shows vertically aligned when no voltage is applied.

3. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the absolute value of the chromaticity difference is 0.01 or smaller in the x-y chromaticity coordinates.

4. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the transmissivity is a transmissivity during the display of black.

5. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the control factor changes the chromaticity of displayed black while maintaining the chromaticity of displayed white.

6. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein

the material contrast value is determined by pigment concentration of the color resist.

7. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein

the control factor is a protrusion formed on either one of two substrates facing each other, or both.

8. A liquid crystal display according to claim 7 , wherein

the protrusion is a spacer for retaining a cell gap between substrates facing each other.

9. A liquid crystal display according to claim 7 , wherein

the protrusion is an alignment control protrusion for changing alignment of a liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal.

10. A liquid crystal display according to claim 7 , wherein

the protrusion has a different shape for each of the color pixels.

11. A liquid crystal display according to claim 7 , wherein

the protrusion has a different placement position in the color pixel for each of the color pixels.

12. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein

the control factor is a polymer structure provided in the liquid crystal layer so that the pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules during the display of black is changed separately in each of the color pixels.

13. A liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein

the control factor is a gray scale voltage varying for each of the color pixels during the display of black.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2005
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 016345/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2005
From: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 016345/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2004
From: TANOSE, TOMONORI; SAWASAKI, MANABU
To: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015322/0240 →