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Liquid crystal display

US7425394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2005
Grant dateSep 16, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133788
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A main object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display using a ferroelectric liquid crystal, showing the mono-stability operation mode using a material showing the chiral smectic C phase via the smectic A phase in the temperature cooling process as the ferroelectric liquid crystal.The present invention achieves the above-mentioned object by providing a liquid crystal display with a ferroelectric liquid crystal sandwiched between two substrates, wherein an electrode and a photo alignment layer are formed successively each on the surfaces of the substrates facing with each other, with the constituent materials for the above-mentioned photo alignment layers having compositions different with each other with the above-mentioned ferroelectric liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween, and the above-mentioned ferroelectric liquid crystal shows the chiral smectic C phase via the smectic A phase in the temperature cooling process, and it shows the mono-stability in the above-mentioned chiral smectic C phase.

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