Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises one or more compounds each of formulae I and II in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings given in claim 1.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent composition including: a polymer for liquid crystal alignment agent and a crosslinker compound in which a terminal crosslinking functional group is capped with a silicon-containing thermally removable protecting group, wherein a change in the number of particles during storage is lower than a certain level, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the liquid crystal alignment agent composition, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal alignment agent film.
Abstract: A compound of Formula I wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 are independently selected from C or N; wherein one of Z1 or Z3 is N and the other is C, and one of Z2 or Z4 is N and the other is C; and if Z3 and Z4 are N, then one of RB and one of RC is selected from the group consisting of aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and substituted heteroaryl; or if Z1 and Z2 are N and, then one of RA, one of RB or one of RC is selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted aryl, and an optionally substituted heteroaryl. An organic light emitting diode/device (OLED) that includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer includes a compound of Formula I above. The OLED can be incorporated into a consumer product, an electronic component module, and/or a lighting panel.
Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I, in which R, A, n, L1, L2, L3 and X have the meanings given in Claim 1, to a process for their preparation, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I and electro-optical displays containing a liquid-crystalline medium of this type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2023
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Lars Lietzau, Volker Reiffenrath, Mark Goebel
Abstract: A backlight unit which includes a light guiding layer having an incident surface on which light is incident and an exit surface from which light is emitted, a light source disposed on the incident surface of the light guiding layer and configured to generate the light, a low refraction layer disposed on the exit surface of the light guiding layer, a color control layer disposed on the low refraction layer, and a protection layer disposed on the color control layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 13, 2022
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Ho Lim, Kaeun Kim, Taemin Kim, Kawon Pak, Duckjong Suh, Bongsung Seo, Jaejin Lyu, Shulgee Lee
Abstract: A polymer-dispersed liquid crystal composition, a preparation method of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film, and a display panel are provided. The polymer-dispersed liquid crystal composition includes a prepolymer and a liquid crystal molecule, wherein the prepolymer is a fluorine-containing polyimide precursor chemically bonded to a polyaniline, including a polycondensation unit formed from a fluorine-containing dianhydride monomer and a fluorine-containing diamine monomer. In the present application, the conductive polyaniline is chemically bonded to the fluorine-containing polyimide precursor to increase the conductivity of the polyimide precursor. Further, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film having a driving voltage lower than 30 V and excellent insulating property and radiation resistance is obtained.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 6, 2022
Assignee:
Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment composition comprising first liquid crystal alignment polymer; second liquid crystal alignment polymer; and a cross-linking agent compound, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 29, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Jun Young Yoon, Kichul Koo, Jung Ho Jo, Soonho Kwon, Hyeongseuk Yun, Hoonseo Park
Abstract: A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2022
Assignee:
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A liquid crystal aligning agent composition for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film having enhanced stability and exhibiting excellent electrical characteristics, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal alignment film.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2018
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Soon Ho Kwon, Hang Ah Park, Jun Young Yoon, Hyeong Seuk Yun, Jung Ho Jo
Abstract: The present application discloses a display substrate. The display substrate includes a base substrate; a color filter on the base substrate and including a plurality of color filter blocks; and an actuator configured to actuate each of the plurality of color filter blocks thereby controlling a wavelength of light transmitted through each of the plurality of color filter blocks.
Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal composition having excellent solubility, used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound P1 represented by Formula (1): A-Ar-A, a polymerizable liquid crystal compound P2 represented by Formula (2): A-Ar-B, and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound P3 represented by Formula (3): B-Ar-B. In Formulae (1) and (2), A's represent predetermined side chains, all of which exhibit the same C log P value, and in Formulae (2) and (3), B's represent predetermined side chains, all of which exhibit the same C log P value. It should be noted that A and B represent side chains having C log P values different from each other, in which the C log P value of A is larger than the C log P value of B and the C log P value of at least one of A or B is 3.3 or more.
Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a display module is provided including a display panel comprising a pixel configured to display an image on a front surface of the display panel. A cover panel is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel. An adhesive film is disposed on the cover panel, and the adhesive film exposes a first portion of the cover panel. A protective film is disposed on the cover panel, and the adhesive film is disposed between the protective film and the cover panel. A step-difference compensation film is disposed between the cover panel and the protective film. The step-difference compensation film covers the first portion of the cover panel exposed by the adhesive film and the step difference compensation film has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the adhesive film.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 18, 2022
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Inventors:
Kang-Yong Lee, Woosong Kim, Kyungjun Park
Abstract: A liquid crystal material, a liquid crystal display panel, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal material includes negative liquid crystal molecules and one or more thiol polymerizable monomers. The display panel uses a polymer film obtained by polymerization of a click chemistry reaction of a “thiol and double bond” system to anchor an orientation state of the liquid crystal molecules on the substrate surface, with few impurities and a low risk of image sticking displayed on the panel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2022
Assignee:
TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Abstract: A liquid crystal composition containing a side-chain liquid crystal polymer, a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the side-chain liquid crystal polymer contains a constitutional unit which is represented by the following general formula (I) and a liquid crystal constitutional unit which contains a side chain including a liquid crystal moiety:
Abstract: The present specification relates to a polarizing plate comprising a polarizer; a protective layer directly formed on one surface of the polarizer; and an adhesive layer and a protective film consecutively provided on a surface of the polarizer on which the protective layer is not formed, wherein the adhesive layer is a resin layer comprising an active energy ray-curable composition comprising a first epoxy compound (A) comprising one or more alicyclic epoxy rings, and, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the first epoxy compound (A), a second epoxy compound (B) comprising one or more glycidyl ether groups in 110 parts by weight to 500 parts by weight and an oxetane compound (C) in 5 parts by weight to 85 parts by weight, or a cured material thereof, an image display device comprising the same, and an adhesive composition for a polarizing plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 19, 2022
Inventors:
Mi So Lee, Jin Woo Kim, Dong Uk Kim, Yoonkyung Kwon
Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes, and external electrodes disposed on both ends of the capacitor body and connected to exposed portions of the plurality of internal electrodes, respectively. Each of the external electrodes includes a conductive layer disposed on the capacitor body to be connected to one or more of the plurality of internal electrodes, a conductive resin layer covering the conductive layer, and including a plurality of metal particles, a plurality of elastic fine powder particles each having an elastic powder particle and a metal film plated on a surface of the elastic powder particle, and a conductive resin surrounding the plurality of metal particles and the plurality of elastic fine powder particles and contacting the conductive layer, and a plating layer covering the conductive resin layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 19, 2022
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
San Kyeong, Chang Hak Choi, Jae Seok Yi, Bon Seok Koo, Jung Min Kim, Hae Sol Kang, Jun Hyeon Kim
Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2022
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Marcus Reuter, Rocco Fortte, Detlef Pauluth, Matthias Bremer, Helmut Haensel, Harald Hirschmann
Abstract: Provided are an optically anisotropic film which has excellent moisture-heat resistance and can have a reduction in the thickness, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The optically anisotropic film is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, in which the polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1): L1-SP1-(E3-A1)m-E1-G1-D1-Ar1-D2-G2-E2-(A2-E4)n-SP2-L2 and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (2): L1-SP1-(E3-A1)m-E1-G1-D1-Ar2-D2-G2-E2-(A2-E4)n-SP2-L2, and the optically anisotropic film satisfies Formula (3): Re(450)/Re(550)<1 or Formula (4): Rth(450)/Rth(550)<1, and has a degree of alignment as measured by Raman spectroscopy of 0.4 or more.
Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a liquid crystal composition for an optical element comprising the same, a polymer polymerized from the same, an optically anisotropic body comprising a cured material or polymerized reactant of the liquid crystal composition or the polymer, and an optical element for a display device comprising the optical anisotropic body are disclosed herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2022
Inventors:
Minyoung Kang, Hyok Joon Kwon, Sung In Lee
Abstract: A double layer liquid crystal device comprises a first and a second layer with orthogonal or crossed alignment of the liquid crystal phase of the two layers, in which the first and second layer have first and second alignment aids comprised of a polymerized or polymerizable molecular compound. The layers are aligned by UV photoalignment and vertical self-alignment by the aid of suitable additives.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2022
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Joseph Sargent, Sarabjot Kaur, Simon Siemianowski, Izumi Saito
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent composition comprising degradable liquid crystal alignment polymer; and a catalyst precursor compound of a specific structure, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film, a liquid crystal alignment film using the liquid crystal alignment agent composition and a liquid crystal display using the liquid crystal alignment film.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Soonho Kwon, Jun Young Yoon, Hyeongseuk Yun, Jung Ho Jo
Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal aligning agent composition that has excellent storage stability, can secure a high imidization rate, and can produce a liquid crystal alignment film having improved film strength together with liquid crystal alignment properties, a method for producing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 31, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Sang Mi Lee, Jung Ho Jo, Hang Ah Park, Hyeong Seuk Yun, Jun Young Yoon
Abstract: The spontaneous orientation aid for a liquid crystal composition provides storage stability and allows liquid crystal molecules to be vertically aligned without a PI layer when added to a liquid crystal composition. When used in a liquid crystal composition, the spontaneous orientation aid can adsorb to substrates sandwiching a liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal layer) and keep the liquid crystal molecules aligned in a vertical direction. The spontaneous orientation aid makes it possible to align liquid crystal molecules without a PI layer (to induce vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules under no applied voltage and to achieve horizontal alignment of the liquid crystal molecules under an applied voltage).
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent composition comprising a polymerizable liquid crystal alignment polymer; and a catalyst precursor compound of a specific structure, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Soonho Kwon, Hyeongseuk Yun, Jung Ho Jo, Sungjoon Min
Abstract: The present application discloses a display substrate. The display substrate includes a base substrate; a color filter on the base substrate; and an overcoat layer on a side of the color filter distal to the base substrate. The overcoat layer includes a first sublayer and a second sublayer, the second sublayer on a side of the first sublayer distal to the base substrate. The first sublayer includes a first polymer material. The second sublayer includes a second polymer material different from the first polymer material.
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polymer film, the method comprising the steps of: drying a polymer precursor to form a precursor film; and curing the precursor film to form a polymer film, wherein the drying is performed such that the content of a solvent remaining in the precursor film after the drying is 30% or less.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2022
Assignees:
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD., SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Seung-Min Jeon, Weon-Jung Choi, Sang-Yoon Park, Jin-Hyung Park
Abstract: A display device with a display element having a display surface and a cover glass sheet, having a first textured surface, such that the first textured surface is facing the display element. The first textured surface has a surface roughness defined by a first arithmetic amplitude value, Ra1, being equal to or greater than 0.12 ?m (Ra1?0.12 ?m) and a first spacing value, Rsm1, being equal to or greater than 45 ?m (Rsm1?45 ?m) both measured on an evaluation length of 12 mm and with a Gaussian filter of which the cut-off wavelength is 0.8 mm. The first textured surface is in direct contact with the display surface over at least a portion of a contact area of the first textured surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2022
Assignee:
AGC GLASS EUROPE
Inventors:
Fabrice Sinapi, Etienne Degand, Ingrid Marenne, Zakaria Habibi
Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media having one or more compounds of formula C and high-frequency components containing these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g. phased array antennas).
Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition comprising: at least one compound of general Formula I; at least one compound of general Formula II; at least one compound of general Formula M and at least one compound of general Formula N. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition provided in the present invention has a higher optical anisotropy, a higher clearing point, a higher dielectric anisotropy, a high transmittance and a larger average elastic constant. When the liquid crystal composition is used in the IPS liquid crystal display device, the transmittance of the display device can be effectively improved, so that the display device has a good display performance while also having good energy-saving and environment-friendly characteristics.
Abstract: An optical diffuser includes optically anisotropic molecules arranged in a predefined configuration such that the optical diffuser diffuses first light having a first polarization and transmits second light having a second polarization that is different from the first polarization upon receiving the second light. In addition to polarization selectivity, the optical diffuser may also exhibit wavelength selectivity and/or incident angle selectivity. A method of diffusing light using the optical diffuser and a method of making the optical diffuser are also disclosed.
Abstract: A composite photoalignment layer for aligning liquid crystal molecules includes: a monomeric material; a photoinitiator or a thermal initiator; and an azo dye material. A method for preparing a composite photoalignment layer for aligning liquid crystal molecules includes: mixing, in solution form, a monomeric material, a photoinitiator or a thermal initiator, and an azo dye material; coating the mixed solution onto a substrate to form a thin film; exposing the thin film to polarized light; and, with a thermal initiator, heating the thin film to polymerize the monomeric material and form a solid thin film.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Inventors:
Man Chun Tseng, Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Cuiling Meng, Vladimir Grigorievich Chigrinov, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yue Shi, Yeuk Lung Jacob Ho, Chenxiang Zhao
Abstract: A composition includes a copolymer including a specific structural unit and a solvent, wherein the copolymer further includes a specific functional group at at least one terminal end. A film may include a cured product of the composition. A stacked structure may include a substrate film and the film on at least one surface of the substrate film. A display device may include the stacked structure. An electronic device may include the display device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jung Im Han, Byung Ha Park, Dmitry Androsov, Hye Young Kong, Ginam Kim, Won Cheol Jung
Abstract: A laminated film is provided which can prevent transmission of water vapor at a high level, and can suppress prevention of dark spots over a long period of time when used as a supporting substrate of an electronic device such as an organic EL element, and a laminated film is provided comprising at least a gas barrier layer and an inorganic polymer layer laminated on a resin substrate, wherein the arithmetic average height (Sa) of a surface of the inorganic polymer layer is 20 nm or less, and the NH3 gas generation amount per unit mass of the inorganic polymer layer when the laminated film comprising the inorganic polymer layer is accommodated in a sample chamber, and the interior of the sample chamber is heated at 85° C. for 1 hour while the humidified air at 25° C. and 85% RH is flown through the sample chamber is 5000 mass ppm or less.
Abstract: A light control sheet including a light transmissive resin substrate, and a light control layer formed on the light transmissive resin substrate. The light control layer includes a liquid crystal layer and a pair of electrode layers that sandwich the liquid crystal layer. The light transmissive resin substrate includes a light transmissive resin sheet and a surface-treated layer that has a barrier property, the light transmissive resin sheet has a first surface that faces the light control layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the surface-treated layer is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
Abstract: A decorative molded article has a light source disposed on a back side, for causing different designs to appear on a front surface side thereof, when the light source is off and when on, respectively. A base made of a predetermined synthetic resin permeable to light from the light source is disposed close to the light source. A wood veneer having a grain and permeable to light from the light source is disposed on a front side of the base. A colored coating layer is formed on a front side of the base using a paint having a predetermined color and a clear coating layer is formed on a front side of the colored coating layer using a transparent clear paint. The colored coating layer makes the grain difficult to visually recognize when the light source is off and visually recognizable when on.
Abstract: In a first aspect, a multilayer polymer film includes a first transparent, colorless polymer layer comprising a polyimide, a polyamide imide, or a block copolymer of a polyimide and a second transparent, colorless polymer layer comprising a polyimide, a polyamide imide, or a block copolymer of a polyimide. An elastic modulus of the first transparent, colorless polymer layer is different than an elastic modulus of the second transparent, colorless polymer layer. The first and second transparent, colorless polymer layers are bonded by consolidation. In a second aspect, a cover window for a display includes the multilayer polymer film of the first aspect. The first transparent, colorless layer of the multilayer polymer film is the layer farthest from the display.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Assignee:
DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
Inventors:
Kostantinos Kourtakis, Gene M Rossi, Leopoldo Alejandro Carbajal, Mark Allan Lamontia, Mobin Yahyazadehfar
Abstract: The present invention relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel and a display device including the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel capable of exhibiting excellent physical and optical properties particularly while improving the visibility of a laser pointer, by including fine metal particles dispersed in the photocurable resin layer, and to a display device including the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Kwangseok Seo, Han Na Lee, Yeong Rae Chang, Jin Seok Byun, Yun U Shin
Abstract: A vehicle window pane, includes, in this sequence, a first glass pane, one or a plurality of polymer layers, a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the PDLC layer, or an SPD layer, including a polymer matrix in which suspension droplets are embedded, in which light-polarizing particles are suspended, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the SPD layer, one or a plurality of polymer layers, and a second glass pane, wherein, in the case of the PDLC layer, the liquid crystal droplets or, in the case of the SPD layer, the suspension droplets have an average size of more than 2 ?m. The vehicle window pane can be switched between a transparent state and a turbid or opaque state.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Assignee:
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Inventors:
Michael Labrot, Florian Manz, Jefferson Do Rosario
Abstract: In a first aspect, a multilayer polymer film includes a first polymer layer having a first elastic modulus and a second polymer layer having a second elastic modulus. The first polymer layer includes a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a block copolymer of a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a mixture thereof. The second polymer layer includes a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a block copolymer of a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a mixture thereof. The first elastic modulus is different from the second elastic modulus. The first and second polymer layers are bonded by consolidation. In a second aspect, a cover window for a display includes a hard coat layer and the multilayer polymer film of the first aspect. The first polymer layer of the multilayer polymer film is the layer farthest from the display and is adhered to the hard coat layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
Inventors:
Kostantinos Kourtakis, Gene M Rossi, Leopoldo Alejandro Carbajal, Mark Allan Lamontia, Mobin Yahyazadehfar, Ross S Johnson, Weiying Gao, Aref Samadidooki
Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting elements which emits a blue light; a light control layer disposed on the light emitting elements and including: a first light control part which absorb the blue light and emits a red light; a second light control part which absorbs the blue light and emits a green light; and a third light control part which transmits the blue light; and a light selective filter disposed on the light control layer. The light selective filter includes a liquid crystal filter and a color filter. The liquid crystal filter transmits red light and green light and blocks blue light. The color filter is absorbs the red light and the green light and transmits the blue light.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2022
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Kwang Soo Bae, Beomsoo Park, Minjeong Oh, Eunhee Han
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal aligning agent composition for producing a liquid crystal alignment film having improved film strength together with liquid crystal alignment properties, a method for producing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2022
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD.
Inventors:
Sang Mi Lee, Hee Han, Jung Ho Jo, Sung Joon Min, Hang Ah Park, Soon Ho Kwon, Jun Young Yoon, Hyeong Seuk Yun, Seongku Kim, Hoonseo Park
Abstract: Hollow particles each having a shell composed of at least one layer, wherein the at least one layer contains a nitrogen atom-containing resin having a refractive index of 1.57 or less.
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel includes irradiating a film of a photo-alignment film material formed on a surface of a substrate with light emitted from a light source and polarized by polarizers, the polarized light irradiation being performed while the substrate and/or the light source is moved, each of the polarizers including a polarized light transmissive region and a light-shielding region that surrounds the polarized light transmissive region, the polarized light transmissive region including end portions where the width of the polarized light transmissive region in a Y direction decreases toward the ends in an X direction, the polarizers being coupled with each other such that at least one end portion of each polarized light transmissive region is superimposed on an end portion of an adjacent polarized light transmissive region as viewed in the Y direction, wherein the X direction and the Y direction are perpendicular to each other in a plane parallel to the main surfaces of the pol
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer compound which can form a phase difference layer having high alignment and suppressed surface unevenness by being blended into a liquid crystal composition, and a liquid crystal composition, a phase difference layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device using the same. The polymer compound of the present invention includes a repeating unit represented by Formula (I), a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), and a repeating unit represented by Formula (III), in which an acid value is 115 mgKOH/g or more, and a hydroxyl value is 70 mgKOH/g or more.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 21, 2021
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventors:
Yuki Fukushima, Shunya Katoh, Koji Iijima, Shuhei Okuda
Abstract: A wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer and an anti-reflective layer. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the substrate. The anti-reflective layer is disposed on the wavelength conversion layer. The anti-reflective layer includes a first adhesive layer having a plurality of pores. A thickness of the anti-reflective layer is 500 nm to 3000 nm, a pore diameter of each of the plurality of pores is 100 nm to 2500 nm, and the thickness of the anti-reflective layer is greater than the pore diameter of the plurality of pores. A manufacturing method of the aforementioned wavelength conversion element is also provided, through which the wavelength conversion element has the anti-reflective effect.
Abstract: A liquid crystal cell in which antenna units are arranged includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The TFT substrate includes a first dielectric substrate, TFTs supported by the first dielectric substrate and patch electrodes electrically connected to the TFTs, and a first alignment film covering a groove part between the adjacent patch electrodes. The slot substrate includes a second dielectric substrate, a slot electrode including slots and supported by the second dielectric substrate, and a second alignment film covering the slot electrode. The liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material having a lower limit temperature of a nematic phase of the liquid crystal material of ?32° C. or lower and an upper limit temperature of the nematic phase of the liquid crystal material of 110° C. or higher.
Abstract: A compound has a strong HTP and a high temperature dependence of HTP. In addition, a liquid crystal composition, a cured substance, an optical anisotropic boy, and a reflection film the above-described compound. The compound is represented by General Formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 each independently represent —CH?CH—or C?C—.
Abstract: A display panel manufacturing method for solving the phenomenon of Newton's rings on a display screen is provided, including: conducting a roughening treatment to a bonding surface of a frame of a backlight module in order to improve a securing force of the frame to an adhesive layer and a film thereon; reducing a release force of a protective film from the film above the backlight module in order to reduce a pulling force to the film below the protective film and the adhesive layer below the film when peeling off the protective film from the film; and bonding the film to the frame of the backlight module with an extended bonding time in a bonding process in order to increase adhering strength between the film and the bonding surface of the frame of the backlight module.
Abstract: A liquid crystal mixture and a temperature-responsive infrared reflection device made by using the liquid crystal mixture containing potassium laurate. Infrared light can pass through the device within a non-working temperature range, and a chiral dopant enables potassium laurate to form a cholesteric phase within a working temperature range. The birefringence value of the potassium laurate gradually increases with the increase of temperature between 12.5° C. and 26° C., so that the infrared reflection bandwidth of the device constantly increases. The birefringence value of the potassium laurate gradually decreases with the increase of temperature between 26° C. and 54.5° C., so that the infrared reflection bandwidth of the device constantly decreases. The infrared reflection bandwidth of the infrared reflection device can vary with temperature by adjusting the proportions of the ingredients of the liquid crystal mixture containing potassium laurate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2018
Date of Patent:
November 9, 2021
Assignees:
South China Normal University, Shenzhen Guohua Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Academy of Shenzhen Guohua Optoelectronics