IP Library Granted Patent US 8,947,618
Granted Patent B2
US 8,947,618 · App. 13/430,834 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Blue phase liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Cheng-Yeh Tsai (Hsin-Chu, TW); Tai-Hsiang Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
G02F1/133603G02F2001/133624G02F2001/13793
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Patent No.
US 8,947,618
App. No.
13/430,834
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blue phase liquid crystal display device includes a backlight module and a blue phase liquid crystal display panel. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources. The light sources generate a plurality of primary color lights with different bands. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel includes a blue phase liquid crystal layer. The blue phase liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of blue phase liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of chiral dopants. The blue phase liquid crystal layer has a reflection band. The reflection band is located between the bands of two adjacent primary color lights.

Claims (38)

1. A blue phase liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a backlight module comprising a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source respectively generating a blue light, a green light, and a red light within a visible light range, the blue light having a first primary color band, the green light having a second primary color band, and the red light having a third primary color band; and

a blue phase liquid crystal display panel comprising a blue phase liquid crystal layer, the blue phase liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of blue phase liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of chiral dopants, the blue phase liquid crystal layer having a reflective band between the first primary color band of the blue light and the second primary color band of the green light;

wherein a range of full width at half-maximum of the reflective band is located between and not overlapped with ranges of full width at half-maximum of the first primary color band of the blue light and the second primary color band of the green light.

2. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first light source and the second light source comprises a light-emitting diode or an organic light-emitting diode.

3. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal layer comprises a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal layer.

4. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal layer further comprises a stabilization polymer.

5. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal molecules comprise positive blue phase liquid crystal molecules.

6. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal display panel further comprises an in-plane switching display unit array for controlling the positive blue phase liquid crystal molecules.

7. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective band is located within a visible light range.

8. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective band is corresponding to a doping concentration of the chiral dopants.

9. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a doping concentration of the chiral dopants is in a range of about 3% to 10% in weight percentage.

10. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a peak wavelength of the reflective band is substantially located between peak wavelengths of the first primary color band of the blue light and the second primary color band of the green light.

11. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third light source comprises a light-emitting diode or an organic light-emitting diode.

12. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a peak wavelength of the reflective band is substantially 475 nanometers.

13. A blue phase liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a backlight module comprising a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source respectively generating a green light, a red light, and a blue light within a visible light range, the green light having a first primary color band, the red light having a second primary color band, and the blue light having a third primary color band; and

a blue phase liquid crystal display panel comprising a blue phase liquid crystal layer, the blue phase liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of blue phase liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of chiral dopants, the blue phase liquid crystal layer having a reflective band between the first primary color band of the green light and the second primary color band of the red light;

wherein a range of full width at half-maximum of the reflective band is located between and not overlapped with ranges of full width at half-maximum of the first primary color band of the green light and the second primary color band of the red light.

14. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein each of the first light source and the second light source comprises a light-emitting diode or an organic light-emitting diode.

15. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal layer comprises a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal layer.

16. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal layer further comprises a stabilization polymer.

17. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal molecules comprise positive blue phase liquid crystal molecules.

18. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal display panel further comprises an in-plane switching display unit array for controlling the positive blue phase liquid crystal molecules.

19. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the reflective band is located within a visible light range.

20. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the reflective band is corresponding to a doping concentration of the chiral dopants.

21. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a doping concentration of the chiral dopants is in a range of about 3% to 10% in weight percentage.

22. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a peak wavelength of the reflective band is substantially located between peak wavelengths of the first primary color band of the green light and the second primary color band of the red light.

23. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the third light source comprises a light-emitting diode or an organic light-emitting diode.

24. The blue phase liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a peak wavelength of the reflective band is substantially 580 nanometers.

25. A blue phase liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a backlight module comprising a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source respectively generating a first primary color light, a second primary color light, and a third primary color light within a visible light range, the first primary color light having a first primary color band, the second primary color light having a second primary color band, and the third primary color light having a third primary color band, wherein a peak wavelength of the first primary color band is smaller than a peak wavelength of the second primary color band, and a peak wavelength of the second primary color band is smaller than a peak wavelength of the third primary color band; and

a blue phase liquid crystal display panel comprising a blue phase liquid crystal layer, the blue phase liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of blue phase liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of chiral dopants, the blue phase liquid crystal layer having a reflective band between the first primary color band and the second primary color band;

wherein a range of full width at half-maximum of the reflective band is located between and not overlapped with ranges of full width at half-maximum of the first primary color band and the second primary color band.

26. A blue phase liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a backlight module comprising a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source respectively generating a first primary color light, a second primary color light, and a third primary color light within a visible light range, the first primary color light having a first primary color band, the second primary color light having a second primary color band, and the third primary color light having a third primary color band, wherein a peak wavelength of the first primary color band is larger than a peak wavelength of the second primary color band, and a peak wavelength of the second primary color band is larger than a peak wavelength of the third primary color band; and

a blue phase liquid crystal display panel comprising a blue phase liquid crystal layer, the blue phase liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of blue phase liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of chiral dopants, the blue phase liquid crystal layer having a reflective band between the first primary color band and the second primary color band;

wherein a range of full width at half-maximum of the reflective band is located between and not overlapped with ranges of full width at half-maximum of the first primary color band and the second primary color band.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: OPTRONIC SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 064658/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2023
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063785/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2012
From: TSAI, CHENG-YEH; HUANG, TAI-HSIANG
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027932/0947 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100135896 A · Oct 4, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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