A dual in‐plane electrode structure for better brightness in a helix‐deformed FLCD

Abstract

We propose a dual in‐plane parallel electrode structure of a vertical configuration of a helix‐deformed ferroelectric liquid crystal (HDFLC) mode for better brightness than a single in‐plain electrode case. This structure provides high brightness in addition to the analog gray scale capability, fast response, and wide‐viewing characteristics. In contrast to a conventional HDFLC in a planar geometry, smectic layers arrange themselves parallel to the substrates and thus extremely uniform alignment of molecules in a large area is naturally achieved in our new configuration.

Keywords:

• Dual in‐pane electrode
• vertical alignment
• wide‐viewing
• fast response