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Abstract
A continuous viewing angle switchable patterned vertical alignment liquid crystal display (PVA-LCD) with circle polarisers is proposed. In wide viewing angle (WVA) mode, the viewing cone with contrast ratio larger than 1000:1 is extended to 50° and the contrast ratio larger than 100:1 is extended to 80°. Meanwhile, the viewing cone with contrast ratio more than 10:1 is limited to 40° in all direction for narrow viewing angle (NVA) mode. The viewing angle of the display can be controlled by applying a bias voltage on the common electrode. With the increasing bias voltage, the viewing angle cone with contrast ratio more than 10:1 can be changed from 40° to 20°. The proposed PVA-LCD has high transmittance (~93%) under the circle polarisers because the dead zone in the normal PVA-LCD with linear polarisers is eliminated.