IP Library Granted Patent US 7,924,377
Granted Patent B2
US 7,924,377 · App. 12/693,133 · Granted Apr 12, 2011

Transflective liquid crystal display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,924,377
App. No.
12/693,133
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a transflective liquid crystal display apparatus that employs in-plane switching mode (in-plane switching system), which exhibits a reflection property of wide view angles. Provided is a transflective liquid crystal display apparatus which comprises: a reflective area and a transmissive area; an uneven reflective plate provided in the reflective area; a flattening film laminated on the uneven reflective plate; and common electrodes and pixel electrodes arranged on the flattening film, wherein, the uneven reflective plate comprises a diffusive reflecting function that is capable of diffusely reflecting light making incident at an incident angle of 30 degrees towards directions at exit angles of 0-10 degrees, and a surface of the flattening film is set to be substantially flat.

Claims (14)

1. A transflective liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising:

a reflective area and a transmissive area;

an uneven reflective plate provided in the reflective area and working as a common electrode in the reflective area;

a flattening film laminated on the reflective plate and on common electrodes in the transmissive area; and

pixel electrodes in the both areas arranged on the flattening film, wherein

the uneven reflective plate comprises a diffusive reflecting function that diffusely reflects light making incident at an incident angle of 30 degrees towards directions at exit angles of 0-10 degrees, and

a surface of the flattening film is set to be substantially flat.

2. The transflective liquid crystal display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an average tilt angle of the uneven reflective plate is set as 3-12 degrees, and an average tilt angle of the surface or the flattening film is set to a value not exceeding a range of 3-5 degrees.

3. The transflective liquid crystal display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an average tilt angle of the uneven reflective plate is set as 6-9 degrees, and an average tilt angle of the surface of the flattening film is set to a value not exceeding a range of 3-5 degrees.

4. The transflective liquid crystal display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the uneven reflective plate has a difference of 0.6 μm or more in heights of uneven parts, and a difference in heights on the surface of tile flattening film is 0.4 μm or less.

5. A transflective liquid crystal display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

Δnd of a liquid crystal layer of the reflective area is set as about λ/4, and Δnd of a liquid crystal layer of the transmissive area is set as about λ/2; and

the flattening film is formed uniformly from the reflective area to the transmissive area continuously.

6. A transflective liquid crystal display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein reflective index anisotropy Δn of the flattening film is set as 0.001 or less.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2011
From: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027189/0669 →