IP Library Granted Patent US 7,006,172
Granted Patent B2
US 7,006,172 · App. 10/856,803 · Granted Feb 28, 2006

Color liquid crystal display devices

Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,006,172
App. No.
10/856,803
Granted
Feb 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a color liquid crystal display device with a combination of light shutters that utilize a liquid crystal, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination.

Claims (96)

1. A color liquid crystal display device comprising a combination of light shutters utilizing a liquid crystal, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination,

wherein, under the following definitions: λ n represents a wavelength at every interval of 5 nm in the visible light region of from 380 to 780 nm; T G (λ n ) a spectral transmittance at a wavelength λ n nm by a green pixel of the color filter; and I(λ n ) a relative emission intensity, normalized by a total emission intensity, at a wavelength λ n nm from the backlight, the device satisfies following conditions (1) to (3):

(1) at one wavelength in 500 nm<λ n <530 nm,

I (λ n )× T G (λ n )>0.01;

(2) in a wavelength region of 610 nm<λ n <650 nm,

I (λ n )× T G (λ n )<0.0001;

(3) in a wavelength region of 400 nm<λ n <450 nm,

I (λ n )× T G (λ n )<0.0001;

wherein I(λ n ) is defined as follows:

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where S(λ) represents a measured value of emission intensity at a wavelength λ from the backlight, and Δλ=5 nm.

2. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the backlight comprises a phosphor layer or a phosphor film, said phosphor layer or said phosphor film comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (4):

M II 1-x Eu x O.a(Mg 1-y Mn y )O.bAl 2 O 3   (4)

wherein M II represents at least one atomic element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca and a, b, x and y are real numbers satisfying the following inequalities:

0.8≦a≦1.2,

4.5≦b≦5.5,

0.05≦x≦0.3, and

0.02≦y≦0.5.

3. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the backlight has at least one emission peak in a wavelength region of from 500 to 530 nm,

wherein, where chromaticity points of red, green and blue pixels in the CIE XYZ calorimetric system are defined by (x R ,y R ), (x G ,y G ) and (x B ,y B ), respectively, an area of a triangle surrounded by said three points on an x-y chromaticity diagram is at least 80% of an area surrounded by the three primary colors, red (0.67, 0.33), green (0.21, 0.71) and blue (0.14, 0.08), in the standard system defined by U.S. National Television System Committee (NTSC).

4. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the green pixel is formed from a photosensitive color resin composition comprising (a) a binder resin and/or (b) a monomer, (c) a photopolymerization initiation system and (d) a colorant, wherein said resin composition comprises an isoindolinone type pigment as (d) the colorant, and wherein said resin composition as a coating in a thickness of 2.5 μm shows an average transmittance of at least 20% and at most 80% at from 500 to 530 nm.

5. A color liquid crystal display device comprising a combination of light shutters utilizing a liquid crystal, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination,

wherein, under the following definitions: T R (λ n ) represents a spectral transmittance at a wavelength λ n nm by a red pixel of the color filter; and I(λ n ) a relative emission intensity, normalized by a total emission intensity, at a wavelength λ n nm from the backlight, the device satisfies following conditions (5) and (6):

(5) at one wavelength in 615 nm≦λ n ≦700 nm,

I (λ n )× T R (λ n )≧0.01;

(6) at λ n =585 nm,

I (λ n )×T R (λ k )<0.007;

wherein I(λ n ) is defined by the same definition as in claim 1 .

6. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein at one wavelength in 615 nm≦λ n ≦700 nm, T R (λ n ) satisfies the following formula (7):

T R (λ n )/ T R (585)>8.  (7)

7. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the backlight comprises a phosphor layer or a phosphor film, said phosphor layer or said phosphor film comprising one or two or more selected from the group consisting of YVO 4 :Eu 3+ type phosphors, Y(P,V)O 4 :Eu 3+ type phosphors, and 3.5MgO.0.5MgF 2 .GeO 2 :Mn 4+ type phosphors.

8. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the backlight comprises an LED in structure thereof, said LED comprising a GaAsP type LED.

9. The color liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the backlight has at least one emission peak in a wavelength region of from 615 to 700 nm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2004
From: KAWANA, SHIN; SAKO, NAOKI; KIJIMA, NAOTO; HISAMUNE, TAKAYUKI; OOTSUKA, REIJI
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2002-254705 · Aug 30, 2002 · national
JP 2002-307300 · Oct 22, 2002 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP031108500 · Aug 29, 2003
Related Publication 20040218115A1 · Nov 4, 2004