Wide-view vertical field switching blue-phase LCD

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 627-633

  Cheng, Hui Chuan ^a   Yan, Jin ^a   Ishinabe, Takahiro ^b   Lin, Ching Huan ^c   Liu, Kang Hung ^c   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC); vertical field switching (VFS); wide viewing angle

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHASE; COMPENSATION FILM; CONTRAST RATIO; HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGES; VERTICAL FIELDS; VIEWING ANGLE; WIDE VIEWING ANGLE; WIRE GRID POLARIZERS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 84870509581     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2012.2209399     Document Type: Article

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