Liquid crystal display panel having a polarization adjusting layer and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a backlight source; a liquid crystal cell; and a polarization adjusting layer disposed outside the liquid crystal cell and used to adjust the polarization direction of the linear polarized light emitted from the liquid crystal cell and transmitted through the polarization adjusting layer, wherein the polarization adjusting layer comprises a base body and optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed within the base body. Also a liquid crystal display device is provided.
1. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
a liquid crystal cell;
a backlight source for illuminate the liquid crystal cell; and
a polarization adjusting layer disposed on an outer side of the liquid crystal cell and used to adjust the polarization direction of linear polarized light emitted out from the liquid crystal cell and passing through the polarization adjusting layer,
wherein the polarization adjusting layer comprises a base body and optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed within the base body,
wherein the base body of the polarization adjusting layer comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET),
the linear polarized light after passing through the polarization adjusting layer is adjusted as a light comprising the linear polarized light, another linear polarized light being different from the linear polarized light, a circle polarized light and various types of elliptical polarized light.
2. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal cell comprises:
two substrates facing each other;
a liquid crystal layer interposed between the two substrates;
a lower polarizer disposed on an outer side of a lower substrate, adjacent to the backlight source, of the two substrates; and
an upper polarizer disposed on an outer side of an upper substrate, away from the backlight source, of the two substrates,
wherein the polarization adjusting layer is disposed on an outer side of the upper polarizer.
3. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polarization adjusting layer is provided on an outer side of the upper polarizer and is combined with the upper polarizer to form a composite film.
4. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein sizes of the optical anisotropic crystal grains are not uniform.
5. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein thicknesses of the polarization adjusting layer along a direction perpendicular to the polarization adjusting layer are not uniform.
6. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein optical axis directions of the optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed at the different positions in the polarization adjusting layer are not uniform.
7. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the crystal grains comprise double reflection crystal grains.
8. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the crystal grains comprise native crystal grains or artificial crystal grains.
9. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the native crystal grains comprise quartz grains or calcite grains.
10. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
a liquid crystal cell;
a backlight source for illuminate the liquid crystal cell; and
a polarization adjusting layer disposed on an outer side of the liquid crystal cell and used to adjust the polarization direction of linear polarized light emitted out from the liquid crystal cell and passing through the polarization adjusting layer,
wherein the polarization adjusting layer comprises a base body and optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed within the base body wherein the base body of the polarization adjusting layer comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET),
the linear polarized light after passing through the polarization adjusting layer is adjusted as a light comprising the linear polarized light, another linear polarized light being different from the linear polarized light, a circle polarized light and various types of elliptical polarized light.
11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the liquid crystal cell comprises:
two substrates facing each other;
a liquid crystal layer interposed between the two substrates;
a lower polarizer disposed on an outer side of a lower substrate, adjacent to the backlight source, of the two substrates; and
an upper polarizer disposed on an outer side of an upper substrate, away from the backlight source, of the two substrates,
wherein the polarization adjusting layer is disposed on an outer side of the upper polarizer.
12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the polarization adjusting layer is provided on an outer side of the upper polarizer and is combined with the upper polarizer to form a composite film.
13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein sizes of the optical anisotropic crystal grains are not uniform.
14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein thicknesses of the polarization adjusting layer along a direction perpendicular to the polarization adjusting layer are not uniform.
15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein optical axis directions of the optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed at the different positions in the polarization adjusting layer are not uniform.
16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the crystal grains comprise double reflection crystal grains.
17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein the crystal grains comprise native crystal grains or artificial crystal grains.