Abstract: A transflective display includes pixels each including a reflective (R) sub-pixel, a transmissive (T) sub-pixel, and electrodes having features to cause multiple domains to form in a liquid crystal layer of the R sub-pixel and the T sub-pixel. The electrodes in the R sub-pixels have features that are different from features of the electrodes in the T sub-pixel to cause the liquid crystal layer in the R sub-pixel to have an optical phase retardation that is between 20% to 80% of an optical phase retardation of the liquid crystal layer in the T sub-pixel. The R sub-pixel and the T sub-pixel have substantially the same cell gap and are driven by the same pixel voltage.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate with a color filter, an over-coating and a common electrode. The second substrate includes an insulating layer surface facing the first substrate, a pixel electrode, a plurality of common and pixel domain guides formed on the common and the pixel electrodes, a plurality of electric shields on one of the common or pixel electrodes and a liquid crystal layer vertically aligned between the first and second substrates. The panel also includes a drive circuit for applying a voltage to generate an electric field to control liquid crystal molecule orientation corresponding to the plurality of domain guides and electric shields to form a multi-domain liquid crystal display panel device. The plural domain guides are either protrusions or slits formed in the common electrode and the pixel electrode to form the multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal device.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems for a transmissive liquid crystal display including a plurality of pixel circuits, each pixel circuit including a reflective region and a transmissive region. The reflective region includes a polarization dependent reflector for reflecting ambient light. The reflective and transmissive regions include an initially homogeneously aligned liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first and a second substrate. Each pixel further includes at lease one first transparent electrode as the common electrode and at least one second transparent electrode as the pixel electrode both formed on one of the same first and second substrates, wherein substantial fringe fields with rich horizontal electric fields are generated in the liquid crystal layer when voltage is applied to the pixel electrode, making the liquid crystal molecules rotate mainly in the horizontal direction to achieve wide viewing angle.

Abstract: Apparatus, devices, systems, and methods for wide viewing angle and broadband circular polarizers in transflective displays. A liquid crystal display configuration can include two stacked circular polarizers, each having a linear polarizer, a half-wave plate and a quarter-wave plate wherein two linear polarizers are crossed to each other, two half-wave plates are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence (one positive and one negative type), and two quarter-wave plates are made of uniaxial A plates with opposite optical birefringence (one positive and one negative type). The configurations can generate wide viewing angles and broadband properties and are suitable for display applications that require circular polarizers.

Abstract: A transflective display includes pixels each including a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer associated with the first and second electrodes, and a conductive reflective layer between the liquid crystal layer and the second electrode to reflect ambient light. The conductive reflective layer is insulated from the second electrode and covers less than all of the second electrode to allow backlight to be transmitted through a portion of the pixel not covered by the conductive reflective layer.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a first pixel of an LCD panel is driven via a first scan line to a first pixel voltage during a first scan period and to a second pixel voltage during a second scan period. Also, a second pixel is driven via the first scan line and a second scan line to the first pixel voltage during the first scan period.

Abstract: A display includes pixel circuits, each pixel circuit including a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a liquid crystal layer doped with a chiral material. The first electric is electrically coupled to a first reference voltage. The second electrode receives a pixel voltage corresponding to a gray scale level, the second electrode including a conducting layer having openings. The third electrode is electrically coupled to a second reference voltage. The second electrode is between the first and third electrodes, and the liquid crystal layer is between the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixel circuits, each pixel circuit including a first electrode, a second electrode, a reflective region, and a transmissive region. The reflective region reflects ambient light and includes a first portion of a liquid crystal layer and a polarization dependent reflector. The transmissive region transmits backlight and includes a second portion of the liquid crystal layer. A dielectric layer is between the first and second electrodes in one of the reflective region and the transmissive region, the dielectric layer configured such that when a pixel voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, the percentage of the pixel voltage applied across the first portion of the liquid crystal layer is different from the percentage of the pixel voltage applied across the second portion of the liquid crystal layer. The display includes a backlight module to generate the backlight.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer in between. The active device array substrate includes scan lines, data lines, and pixel units. Each pixel unit includes an active device, a reflective pixel electrode, and a transparent pixel electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the corresponding scan line and data line. The reflective pixel electrode and the transparent pixel electrode are respectively disposed in a reflective region and a transmissive region and both electrically connected to the active device. The liquid crystal molecules in the reflective region are pre-tilted at a pretilt angle.

Abstract: A display includes pixel circuits each having a liquid crystal layer, a storage capacitor to store an electric charge corresponding to a data voltage, and a controller to enable different percentages of the data voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer depending on an operation state of the display.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a first electrode and a first alignment film, a second substrate having a second electrode and a second alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal layer is doped with a chiral material that tends to induce a twist in directors of the liquid crystal molecules when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer using the first and second electrodes. The first alignment film has a first alignment direction, the second alignment film has a second alignment direction, and the first and second alignment films have orientations that tend to induce a twist in the directors when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer, in which the direction of twist induced by the first and second alignment films is different from the direction of twist induced by the chiral material.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first alignment film having a first alignment direction, a second alignment film having a second alignment direction, and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules between the first and second alignment films. The liquid crystal layer is doped with a chiral material that tends to induce a first twist in directors of the liquid crystal molecules when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer. The first and second alignment films have orientations that tends to induce a second twist in the directors when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer, in which the direction of the first twist is different from the direction of the second twist.

Abstract: A backlight module (BLM) including a bezel, at least a first lamp and at least a second lamp is provided. The bezel has a first lighe region and is arranged substantially in parallel to the top side of the bezel. The second lamp is positioned in the second light source region and is arranged substantially in parallel to the top side of the bezel. The second lamp corresponds to the first lamp.

Abstract: The invention provides a manufacturing process of transflective TFT-LCD panel (transflective TFT-LCD panel) comprising the following steps: first, form a first conductive layer on the substrate; next, define the first conductive layer to form a gate; after that, form a dielectric layer on the gate; following that, form a channel over the gate; then, form a photo-resist block; form a second conductive layer; next, define the second conductive to form a source and a drain over the gate, and to form a photo-reflective layer on the photo-resist block; after that, form a protection layer thereon; following that, define the protection layer to form a first opening on the photo-reflective layer allowing part of the drain to be exposed, and to form a second opening on the photo-reflective layer allowing part of the photo-reflective layer to be exposed; last, form a transparent electrode being electrically connected to the drain and the photo-reflective layer via the first and the second opening respectively.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of transparent substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between inner surfaces of the transparent substrates, and a pair of optical films each attached on an outer surface of the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer. The transparent adhesive layer has an outer surface facing the optical film. The outer surface of each transparent substrate has a first Ra surface roughness, and the outer surface of the adhesive layer has a second Ra surface roughness which is smaller than the first Ra surface roughness. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: A backlight module (BLM) including a bezel, at least a first lamp and at least a second lamp is provided. The bezel has a first lighe region and is arranged substantially in parallel to the top side of the bezel. The second lamp is positioned in the second light source region and is arranged substantially in parallel to the top side of the bezel. The second lamp corresponds to the first lamp.

Abstract: A display method used for a display which has a backlight module suitable to provide more than M types of primary color lights, where M=3. The display panel of the display has an array of pixel regions. The display method provides these pixels regions to display multiple image data to be display in multiple frame times. Each of the image data includes (L1N, L2N, . . . , LMN) each representing the brightness of the M primary color light in each pixel region, where N is a positive integer. The backlight module sequentially provides M-1 primary color lights within any two successive frame times, so allow the image data to drive the pixel regions. The first and the Mth primary color lights provide the frame times for these two successive frame times.

Abstract: A reflection-type light diffuser is fabricated on a glass substrate, which has a pixel matrix array disposed thereon. The pixel matrix array includes a plurality of adjacent pixel regions, and each of the pixel regions has a pair of side edges that are parallel and opposite. A photoresist pattern is formed on the glass substrate, and the photoresist pattern includes a plurality of wave-shaped straight protrusions formed on the side edges of each of the pixel regions and a plurality of bump structures formed on each of the pixel regions. A reflective metal layer is formed on the photoresist pattern.

Abstract: A displaying method and device. The display device includes a back light module and a display panel. The back light module emits at least M color lights. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel areas arranged in array structure, wherein each pixel area comprises N color filters, and at least one of the color filters is for passing through a plurality of primary color lights. In the displaying method, the back light module provides at least M color lights in a frame time, and a frame is displayed by arranging the M color lights and the N color filters in each pixel area, wherein M?2 and N?2. Moreover, the display panel may include an active component array substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a color filter substrate. In addition, any two adjacent pixel areas can share at least one color filter.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate with a control circuit and electrodes thereon is used in a method of fabricating a liquid crystal on silicon display panel. First, a transparent conductive layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and a cell gap is formed between the semiconductor substrate and the transparent conductive layer. A liquid crystal filling process is performed to fill the cell gap with a liquid crystal material including liquid crystal molecules and monomers. A uniform magnetic field is formed to pass through the panel so that the liquid crystal molecules and monomers are aligned in a predetermined tilt direction along the direction of the magnetic field. Next, a curing process is performed so that the monomers form a polymer network with the predetermined tilt direction. Thus, when an electric field is formed between the electrodes and the transparent conductive layer, the liquid crystal molecules rotate along the predetermined tilt direction.