Generalized mixed-mode reflective LCDs with large cell gaps and high contrast ratios

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-133

  Kwok, H S ^a,b,c,d,e   Chen, J ^b   Yu, F H ^b,f   Huang, H C ^a,b,g  

^a SID   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d the State University of New York   (United States)

^e Center for Display Research   (Hong Kong)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DYNAMIC ALIGNED PHASE (DAP) DISPLAYS; ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED BIREFRINGENCE (ECB); HYBRID ALIGNED NEMATIC (HAN) DISPLAYS; HYBRID FIELD-EFFECT (HFE) MODE DISPLAYS; MIXED TWISTED NEMATIC MODE (MTN); OPTICALLY COMPENSATED BEND CELLS (OCB); REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS (LCD);

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0033285186     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1889/1.1985282     Document Type: Article

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