Optical compensation structure and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9011993-B2
Application number	US-201213702583-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2012
Priority date	Aug 23, 2012
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

An optical compensation structure and a display device are disclosed. The former comprises a front side polarizer and a rear side polarizer arranged at both sides of a VA liquid crystal unit; the front side polarizer includes a front side polarization unit and a first front side TAC film; the absorption axis of the front side polarization unit is perpendicular to the horizontal normal of the VA liquid crystal unit; the rear side polarizer includes a rear side polarization unit and a biaxial film; and the absorption axis of the rear side polarization unit is parallel to the horizontal normal. The region having serious dark-state light leakage can be transferred from a horizontal viewing angle to a vertical viewing angle, which improves the display effect. Meanwhile, there is no addition of the number of layers of the biaxial film which reduces the cost.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An optical compensation structure, characterized in that it comprises a front side polarizer and a rear side polarizer arranged at both sides of a VA mode liquid crystal unit; wherein:
the front side polarizer, arranged at a side in a light-exiting direction of the VA mode liquid crystal unit, includes a front side polarization unit as well as a first front side TAC film arranged between the front side polarization unit and the VA mode liquid crystal unit; an absorption axis of the front side polarization unit is perpendicular to a horizontal normal of the VA mode liquid crystal unit; and
the rear side polarizer includes a rear side polarization unit as well as a biaxial film arranged between the rear side polarization unit and the VA liquid crystal unit; and an absorption axis of the rear side polarization unit is parallel to the horizontal normal
a slow axis of the first front side TAC film is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the front side polarization unit;
the front side polarization unit includes a second front side TAC film as well as a front side PVA film arranged between the second front side TAC film and the first front side TAC film; wherein a slow axis of the second front side TAC film is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the front side PVA film, and parallel to the slow axis of the first front side TAC film;
a slow axis of the biaxial film is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the rear side polarization unit;
the rear side polarization unit includes a rear side TAC film as well as a rear side PVA film arranged between the rear side TAC film and the biaxial film; wherein a slow axis of the rear side TAC film is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the rear side PVA film, and parallel to the slow axis of the biaxial film;
the biaxial film has an in-plane delay Ro in a range of 50.4 to 80 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and a thickness direction delay Rth-b in a range of 168 to 280 nm at the wavelength of 550 nm;
the thickness direction delay Rth-t of the first front side TAC film at the wavelength of 550 nm has a lower limit Y1 and an upper limit Y2 that are respectively defined through the following formulas:
Y 1=0.00451 ×Rth - b 2− 2.7985 ×Rth - b +444.44,
Y 2=−0.0009256 ×Rth - b 2 −0.52686 ×Rth - b +256.02.

2. The optical compensation structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the in-plane delay Ro and the thickness direction delay Rth-b are regulated by changing thickness and/or refractive index of the biaxial film.

3. A display device, characterized in that it includes a VA mode liquid crystal display unit and an optical compensation structure ; wherein the optical compensation structure has a front side polarizer arranged at the side in the light-exiting direction of the VA mode liquid crystal unit, and a rear side polarizer arranged at the other side of the VA mode liquid crystal unit
a slow axis of the first front side TAC film is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the front side polarization unit;
the front side polarization unit includes a second front side TAC film as well as a front side PVA film arranged between the second front side TAC film and the first front side TAC film; wherein a slow axis of the second front side TAC film is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the front side PVA film, and parallel to the slow axis of the first front side TAC film;
a slow axis of the biaxial film is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the rear side polarization unit;
the rear side polarization unit includes a rear side TAC film as well as a rear side PVA film arranged between the rear side TAC film and the biaxial film; wherein a slow axis of the rear side TAC film is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the rear side PVA film, and parallel to the slow axis of the biaxial film;
the biaxial film has an in-plane delay Ro in a range of 50.4 to 80 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and a thickness direction delay Rth-b in a range of 168 to 280 nm at the wavelength of 550 nm;
the thickness direction delay Rth-t of the first front side TAC film at the wavelength of 550 nm has a lower limit Y1 and an upper limit Y2 that are respectively defined through the following formulas:
Y 1=0.00451 ×Rth - b 2 −2.7985 ×Rth - b +444.44,

Y 2=−0.0009256 ×Rth - b 2 −0.52686 ×Rth - b +256.02.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the VA mode liquid crystal unit is a multi-quadrant liquid crystal unit.

Assignees

• Kang Chih-Tsung
• Hai Bo
• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Kang Chih-Tsung
• Hai Bo

Classifications

• G02F1/133528 Primary

  Polarisers · CPC title

• B32B2457/202

  LCD, i.e. liquid crystal displays · CPC title

• Y10T428/105

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G02F2413/12

  Biaxial compensators · CPC title

• G02F1/133634

  the refractive index Nz perpendicular to the element surface being different from in-plane refractive indices Nx and Ny, e.g. biaxial or with normal optical axis · CPC title