Comprehensive three-dimensional dynamic modeling of liquid crystal devices using finite element method

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-205

  Ge, Zhibing ^a,b   Wu, Thomas X ^a,b   Lu, Ruibo ^a,c   Zhu, Xinyu ^a,c   Hong, Qi ^a,b   Wu, Shin Tson ^a,c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Society for Infformation Display (SID)   (United States)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystal displays; Modeling

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR ITERATION EQUATION; RITZ'S APPROACH;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 29344438877     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2005.858885     Document Type: Article

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