Liquid crystal display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
View Patent ↗Provided is a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus including: a first substrate including a first region realizing an image and a second region which transmits external light; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer arranged on a surface of the first substrate; and a second polarizer arranged between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer and comprising a first polarization region positioned in the first region and a second polarization region positioned in the second region and having a polarization axis different from a polarization axis of the first polarization region.
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus comprising:
a first substrate comprising a first region realizing an image and a second region which transmits external light;
a second substrate facing the first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a first polarizer arranged on a surface of the first substrate; and
a second polarizer arranged between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer and comprising a first polarization region positioned in the first region and a second polarization region positioned in the second region and having a polarization axis different from a polarization axis of the first polarization region.
2. The LCD apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a polarization axis of the first polarization region is substantially perpendicular to a polarization axis of the second polarization region.
3. The LCD apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the polarization axis of the first polarizer is substantially parallel to the polarization axis of the second polarization region.
4. The LCD apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second polarizer comprises a wire-grid polarizer (WGP).
5. The LCD apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second polarizer comprises a region where the first polarization region overlaps the second polarization region.
6. The LCD apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the region where the first polarization region overlaps the second polarization region corresponds to a boundary line between the first region and the second region.
7. The LCD apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising color filters respectively arranged in a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel and converting incident light into different colored light, wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are included in the first region.
8. The LCD apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the region where the first polarization region overlaps the second polarization region corresponds to a region between the color filters.
9. The LCD apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the color filters are arranged between the second polarizer and the liquid crystal layer.
10. The LCD apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first region and the second region are alternately arranged in one direction.
11. The LCD apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first region and the second region are arranged in a checkered pattern.
12. The LCD apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a pixel electrode and a common electrode which generate an electric field in the liquid crystal layer,
wherein the pixel electrode is not arranged in the second region.
13. The LCD apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a light guide panel arranged on a surface opposite to a surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate, and a light source unit configured to emit light toward the light guide panel.
14. The LCD apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the light source unit is arranged to face a side surface of the light guide panel, and
the light guide panel is formed of a material which transmits light.