Article
  • Study on Electro-optic Characteristics of the Optically Compensated Bend Liquid Crystal Display Using UV Curable Monomer
  • Lim YJ, Jeon EJ, Kwon DW, Kim JH, Jeong KU, Lee MH, Lee SH
  • 광경화성 단분자를 이용한 광학 보상 휨 액정 디스플레이의 전기광학 특성연구
  • 임영진, 전은정, 권동원, 김정환, 정광운, 이명훈, 이승희
Abstract
Optically compensated bend liquid crystal display (OCB-LCD) has many application fields owing to its fast response time and wide viewing angle. However, in order to operate the OCB-LCD in bend state, this device needs quick transitions from the initial splay state to bend state. Unlike conventional approach using transient high voltage for the transition, the OCB-LCD with high surface tilt angle, which was achieved by polymerization of UV curable reactive mesogen monomer under certain voltage, was manufactured and the cell showed bend state initially. Electro-optic and electrical characteristics of the cell were analyzed. The cell shows a fast response time owing to high surface pretilt angle and very low residual DC less than 0.1 V although another polymer layer is formed above polymer alignment layers.

광학 보상 휨 액정디스플레이(OCB-LCD)는 빠른 응답속도와 광 시야각 특성 때문에 응용 분야가 많다. 하지만 OCB-LCD는 초기에 splay 상태로 배열되어 있고 계조 구동은 bend 상태에서 이루어지기 때문에 초기 splay 상태에서 bend 상태로의 빠른 전이가 필요하다. 기존에 순간적으로 고전압을 인가하는 방식과 달리 본 연구에서는 임계전압과 광경화성 반응성 단량체의 고분자화를 통한 표면 선경사각 형성으로 초기 상태부터 bend 상태를 갖는 OCBLCD를 제조하였다. 제조된 액정 셀의 전기 광학적 및 전기적 특성을 분석한 결과 본 연구에서 제조된 셀은 기존 OCB셀에 비해 고 선경사각으로 인한 고속응답 특성을 보여주었고 액정 단량체에 의해 형성된 배향막 위의 고분자 층 형성에 따른 잔류 DC 값은 0.1 V 보다 적었다.

Keywords: OCB-LCD; reactive mesogen; UV curable; pretilt angle

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
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    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
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This Article

  • 2009; 33(5): 496-500

    Published online Sep 25, 2009

  • Received on May 13, 2009
  • Accepted on Jun 13, 2009