The present invention relates to a field of technology of liquid crystal display and more particularly to a liquid crystal display and an optical compensation method therefor.
The quality requirement of the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is higher and higher with the growing popularity of the liquid crystal display panel. For example, with the increasing of the viewing angle of a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), the contrast and resolution of the screen thereof are gradually decreased. It is due to a result that a birefringence of the liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal layer is changed with the variation of the viewing angle. The dark-state light leakage can be effectively reduced by a wide viewing angle compensation film. A contrast of the screen can be considerably increased within a specific viewing angle.
The compensation principle of the compensation film is generally to correct the phase difference due to different viewing angles of the liquid crystal, so that the birefringence property of the liquid crystal molecule can be symmetrically compensated.
Different compensation films are used for different liquid crystal display modes, wherein the compensation film of a large-size LCD TV is used for a vertical alignment (VA) display mode, such as the N-TAC of Konica company used in early stage, the improved Zeonor of OPOTES company, the F-TAC of Fujitsu company, and the X-Plate of Nitto Denko company.
If the compensation values of the compensation films are different for the same optical path difference of the liquid crystal, the dark-state light leakage and the contrast of the large viewing angle are different. Referring to
As shown in
It is therefore tried to solve the problem, as described above.
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display and an optical compensation method therefor, which are used to solve the problem of using the compensation value of the traditional A-Plate and C-Plate to cause the serious light leakage when watching at a large viewing angle in a dark state, the contrast of the large viewing angle becomes poor and the range of the viewing angle is actual small.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display, wherein the liquid crystal display has a wavelength at 550 nm and a range of an optical path difference (LCΔND) of the liquid crystal is 342.8 nm≦LCΔND≦361.4 nm, the liquid crystal display comprising:
Y
1=−0.00083X3+0.22845X2−19.69X+747.33;
Y
2=0.00021X3−0.07615X2+7.41X+92.29;
wherein X is the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display, comprising:
Y
1=−0.00083X3+0.22845X2−19.69X+747.33;
Y
2=0.00021X3−0.07615X2+7.41X+92.29;
wherein X is the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an optical compensation method for a liquid crystal display, comprising steps of:
Y
1=−0.00083X3+0.22845X2−19.69X+747.33;
Y
2=0.00021X3−0.07615X2+7.41X+92.29;
wherein X is the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate; and the A-Plate and the C-Plate are disposed between a first substrate and a first polarizing film of the liquid crystal display or disposed between a second substrate and a second polarizing film of the liquid crystal display.
The present invention reduces the dark-state light leakage of a large viewing angle by adjusting the compensation values of the A-Plate and the C-Plate in the liquid crystal display. The implementation of the present invention can effectively increase the contract and resolution of the viewing angle (non-horizontal, large viewing angle of vertical pretwist angle).
To allow the contents of the present invention will become apparent, the preferred embodiments and the drawings are described, as follows:
The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings. Furthermore, directional terms described by the present invention, such as upper, lower, front, back, left, right, inner, outer, side, longitudinal/vertical, transverse/horizontal and etc., are only directions by referring to the accompanying drawings and thus the used directional terms are used to describe and understand the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
Referring now to
The liquid crystal display of the embodiment of the present invention is preferably a vertical alignment liquid crystal display (VA-LCD), the wavelength range of the liquid crystal display is a visible light range (308 nm to 760 nm), preferably is 550 nm; and a range of an optical path difference (LCΔND) of the liquid crystal at 550 nm of the liquid crystal display is 342.8 nm≦LCΔND≦361.4 nm, i.e. [342.8 nm, 361.4 nm]; a range of a pre-tilt angle of the liquid crystal is 85°≦Pre-tilt angle≦90°, i.e. [85°, 90°].
Referring to
In a specific implementation, the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate 37 are disposed respectively on two opposite sides of the liquid crystal layer, and are disposed between the first substrate 31 and the first polarizing film 34 or disposed between the second substrate 32 and the second polarizing film 35.
For example, referring to
Referring to
Otherwise, in other embodiments, the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate 37 are disposed respectively on the same side of the liquid crystal layer and are disposed between the first substrate 31 and the first polarizing film 34 or disposed between the second substrate 32 and the second polarizing film 35.
Referring to
Referring to
In the preferred embodiments of the liquid crystal display as above, an absorption axis of the first polarizing film 34 is 0°, and an absorption axis of the second polarizing film 35 is 90°; in other embodiments, when the absorption axis of the first polarizing film 34 is 90° and the absorption axis of the second polarizing film 35 is 0°, it also can be applied to the present invention only if a slow axis of the A-Plate 36 or a slow axis of the C-Plate 37 are perpendicular to an absorption axis of the polarizing film (first polarizing film 34 or second polarizing film 35) on the same side of the liquid crystal layer 33.
In the present invention, the dark-state light leakage is simulated by disposing different compensation values of the A-Plate and the C-Plate, and the range of the compensation value corresponding to the dark-state light leakage is obtained according to the simulation result.
During the simulation, an included angle of 90° is set between the slow axes of the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate 37 and the absorption axis of the first polarizing film for obtaining the best compensation effect; and the range of a pre-tilt angle of the liquid crystal is set in [85°, 90°]; A pretwist angle of the liquid crystal in the four quadrants is set to 45°; an optical path difference (LCΔND) of the liquid crystal is set in [342.8 nm, 361.4 nm]; the light of the simulation is a spectrum of Blu-ray YAG (Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) LED, wherein the central luminance is defined as 100 nit, the light distribution is Lambert distribution.
Referring to
The effect of the compensation values of the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate 37 for the dark-state light leakage is consistent by the above-mentioned simulation in different pre-tilt angles, i.e. the range of the compensation values corresponding to the minimum value of the dark-state light leakage is consistent in different pre-tilt angles. According to the simulation result, when the optical path difference (LCΔND) is [342.8 nm, 361.4 nm], the pre-tilt angle is [85°, 90°] and the dark-state light is less than 0.2 nit (i.e. a simulated dark-state light leakage when the pre-tilt angle is 89°, not actual measured value), a corresponding range of the retardation value of the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate is described, as follows:
a valuing range of an in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36 at 550 nm is 98 nm≦Ro≦172 nm, a valuing range of an out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) thereof is 49 nm≦Rth≦86 nm, a valuing range of a compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37 is Y1≦Rth≦Y2, and Y1 and Y2 satisfies the following functions (1) and (2):
Y
1=−0.00083X3+0.22845X2−19.69X+747.33 (1)
Y
2
=0.00021X3−0.07615X2+7.41X+92.29 (2)
wherein X is the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate.
The range of a compensation value is shown, as follows:
Specifically, the in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36 and the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate 36 are obtained by the following functions (3) and (4):
R
o=(Nx−Ny)×d1 (3)
R
th=[(Nx+Ny)/2−Nz]×d1 (4)
wherein Nx is a X-directional refractive index of a maximum refractive index inside the A-Plate 36, Ny is a Y-directional refractive index perpendicular to an in-plane direction X of the A-Plate 36, Nz is a refractive index of a thickness direction of the A-Plate 36, d1 is a thickness of the A-Plate, and Nx>Ny, Ny=Nz.
the range of the compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate is adjusted and obtained by the following function (5):
R
th=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]×d2 (5)
wherein Mx is a X-directional refractive index of a maximum refractive index inside the C-Plate, My is a Y-directional refractive index perpendicular to an in-plane direction X of the C-Plate, Mz is a refractive index of a thickness direction of the C-Plate, d2 is a thickness of the C-Plate, and Mx=My, My>Mz.
For example, the embodiments A, B and C are described below to explain how to adjust the A-Plate 36 and C-Plate 37 according to the functions (3), (4) and (5), as follows:
Embodiment A: when the values of the refractive indexes (Nx, Ny, Nz) of the A-Plate 36 are known, a thickness (d1) of the A-Plate 36 is adjusted, and the valuing range of the in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36 is adjusted to 98 nm≦Ro≦172 nm and the valuing range of the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) is adjusted to 49 nm≦Rth≦86 nm according to the functions (3) and (4).
When the values of the refractive indexes (Nx, Ny, Nz) of the C-Plate 37 are known, the thickness (d2) of the C-Plate 37 is adjusted, and the valuing range of the compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37 is adjusted to Y1≦Rth≦Y2 according to the function (5).
Embodiment B: when we the value of the thickness (d1) of the A-Plate 36 is known, the refractive indexes (Nx, Ny, Nz) of the A-Plate 36 are adjusted, and the valuing range of the in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36 is adjusted to 98 nm≦Ro≦172 nm and the valuing range of the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) is adjusted to 49 nm≦Rth≦86 nm according to the functions (3) and (4).
When the value of the thickness (d2) of the C-Plate 37 is known, the refractive indexes (Nx, Ny, Nz) of the C-Plate 37 are adjusted, and the valuing range of the compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37 is adjusted to Y1≦Rth≦Y2 according to the function (5).
Embodiment C: firstly, the thickness (d1) and the refractive indexes (Nx, Ny, Nz) of the A-Plate 36 are adjusted; then, the valuing range of the in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36 is adjusted to 98 nm≦Ro≦172 nm and the valuing range of the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) is adjusted to 49 nm≦Rth≦86 nm according to the functions (3) and (4). After this, the thickness (d2) and the refractive indexes (Nx, Ny, Nz) of the C-Plate 37 are adjusted, and the valuing range of the compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37 is adjusted to Y1≦Rth≦Y2 according to the function (5).
The technical effect of the present invention is described by the three specific embodiments, as follows:
Embodiment 1: the setting is an optical path difference (LCΔND)=352.1 nm, a pre-tilt angle=89°, a compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36=109 nm, a Rth thereof=55 nm, and a compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37=226 nm. As shown in
Embodiment 2: the setting is an optical path difference (LCΔND)=352.1 nm, a pre-tilt angle=89°, a compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36=109 nm, a Rth thereof=55 nm, and a compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37=266 nm. As shown in
Embodiment 3: the setting is an optical path difference (LCΔND)=352.1 nm, a pre-tilt angle=89°, a compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36=109 nm, a Rth thereof=55 nm, and a compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37=294 nm. As shown in
The isoluminance contour diagrams of the compensate the dark-state light leakage in
The equal contrast ratio contour diagrams of full viewing angle using the compensate values of the present invention in
The present invention also provides an optical compensation method for a liquid crystal display, which is applied to a VA liquid crystal display, wherein the liquid crystal display has a wavelength range at (380 nm, 760 nm), preferably is at 550 nm; a range of an optical path difference (LCΔND) of the liquid crystal at 550 nm is [342.8 nm, 361.4 nm]; and a range of the pre-tilt angle is [85°, 90°]. The liquid crystal display comprises an A-Plate 36 and a C-Plate 37, wherein the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate 37 are disposed respectively on two opposite sides of the liquid crystal layer 33, and are disposed between the first substrate 31 and the first polarizing film 34 or disposed between the second substrate 32 and the second polarizing film 35, as shown in
An optical compensation method for a liquid crystal display of the present invention comprising steps of:
1. adjusting a valuing range of an in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of a A-Plate 36 to 98 nm≦Ro≦172 nm;
2. adjusting a valuing range of an out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate to 49 nm≦Rth≦86 nm; and
3. adjusting a valuing range of a compensation value Rth of the C-Plate to Y1≦Rth≦Y2, wherein Y1 and Y2 satisfies the following functions:
Y
1=−0.00083X3+0.22845X2−19.69X+747.33;
Y
2=0.00021X3−0.07615X2+7.41X+92.29;
It should be noted that the above-mentioned steps 1, 2 and 3 has no particular orders.
In the embodiment, the valuing range of the in-plane optical path difference compensation value (Ro) of the A-Plate 36 is adjusted to 98 nm≦Ro≦172 nm and the valuing range of the out-of-plane optical path difference compensation value (Rth) of the A-Plate 36 is adjusted to 49 nm≦Rth≦86 nm according to the functions, as follows:
R
o=(Nx−Ny)×d1;
R
th=[(Nx−Ny)/2−Nz]×d1;
In the embodiment, the valuing range of the compensation value (Rth) of the C-Plate 37 is adjusted to Y1≦Rth≦Y2 according to the functions, as follows:
R
th=[(Mx+My)/2−Mz]×d2;
The specific process of adjusting the compensation value is described for the liquid crystal display hereinbefore, and thus not mentioned again herein.
The embodiments of the present invention is mainly applied to a liquid crystal display which has a wavelength at 550 nm, a range of an optical path difference (LCΔND) of the liquid crystal is [342.8 nm, 361.4 nm] and the pre-tilt angle is [85°, 90°], wherein the liquid crystal display has two types of the optical compensation film, i.e. the A-Plate 36 and the C-Plate 37, and the dark-state light leakage of large viewing angle thereof can be reduced by adjusting the compensation values of the two types of compensation films. Thus, the present invention can increase the contrast and definition of the large viewing angle (non-horizontal, a large viewing angle of vertical pretwist angle).
The present invention has been described with a preferred embodiment thereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications to the described embodiment can be carried out without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201310169112.5 | May 2013 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2013/077933 | 6/25/2013 | WO | 00 |