The wide view (WV) film for enhancing the field of view of LCDs

Author

Mori, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

Flat Panel Display Mater. Res. Labs., Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

1

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

179

Lastpage

186

Abstract

This paper reviews the technologies of the wide view (WV) film. The WV film is an optical compensation film, which remarkably enhances the field of view of twisted nematic (TN) thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs). We have recently developed a new WV film for the OCB mode, which promises a fast optical response speed and wide viewing angle LCD-TV. The WV film is made of a hybrid alignment polymerized discotic material (PDM) layer coated on a (tri-acetyl cellulose (TAC) substrate. The PDM layer alignment technology and the TAC retardation control technology give us the flexibility to develop a compensation film for any LCD mode and allow a cost effective roll-to-roll polarizer lamination process.

Keywords

compensation; discotic liquid crystals; liquid crystal displays; liquid crystal polymers; nematic liquid crystals; polymer films; thin film transistors; LCD-TV; OCB mode; TAC substrate; TFT-LCD; alignment technology; field of view enhancement; liquid crystal displays; optical compensation film; optical response speed; polarizer lamination process; polymerized discotic material; retardation control technology; tri-acetyl cellulose substrate; twisted nematic thin-film transistor; wide view film; wide viewing angle; Costs; Crystalline materials; Liquid crystal displays; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Polarization; Polymer films; Substrates; Thin film transistors; OCB; Optical compensation film; TN; polymerized discotic material; tri-acetyl cellulose (TAC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Display Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1551-319X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JDT.2005.858935

Filename

1545780