Zhibing Ge & Shin-Tson Wu 
Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays 

Sunlight readable transflective liquid crystal displays, used on
devices from cell phones and portable media players, to GPS and
even some desktop monitors, have become indispensable in our
day-to-day lives.

Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays is a methodical
examination of this display technology, providing a useful
reference to the fundamentals of the topic. Including
thorough descriptions of the essential physics of transflective LCD
technologies, the book also compares transflective LCD technology
with alternatives, such as OLED displays, to enable display
engineers to appropriately select the correct device for their
particular application.

* Includes detailed descriptions of both pure transmissive and
reflective LCDs, and the design considerations and performance of
combining these into small mobile displays.

* Focuses on fundamental elements, such as double cell gap
transflective LCDs, wide-viewing angle technology, light
polarization and wide-view linear and circular polarizers, video
rate display by colour sequential technologies, colour sciences and
engineering, and backlights.

* Describes the latest LCD technologies, such as
polymer-sustained surface alignment technology, and the possible
trends which could be applied to transflective LCDs in the
future.

Its focus on the fundamentals of transflective liquid crystal
displays makes this an ideal graduate text, while display
engineers, scientists, developers and technicians working with this
technology will also welcome this resource.

The Society for Information Display (SID) is an international
society, which has the aim of encouraging the development of all
aspects of the field of information display. Complementary to the
aims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explain
the latest developments in information display technology at a
professional level. The broad scope of the series addresses all
facets of information displays from technical aspects through
systems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics

Table of Content

Series Editor’s Foreword.

About the Authors.

Preface.

1. Device Concept of Transflective Liquid Crystal
Displays.

1.1 Overview.

1.2 Polarizers.

1.3 LC Alignment.

1.4 Compensation Films.

1.5 Reflectors.

1.6 Backlight.

1.7 Summary.

References.

2. Device Physics and Modeling.

2.1 Overview.

2.2 Modeling of LC Directors.

2.3 Modeling of LC Optics.

2.4 Device Physics of Transflective LCDs.

2.5 Summary.

Appendix 2.A.

References.

3. Light Polarization and Wide Viewing Angle.

3.1 Poincaré Sphere for Light Polarization in LCDs.

3.2 Compensation of Linear Polarizers.

3.3 Compensation of Circular Polarizers.

3.4 Summary.

References.

4. Wide-view Transflective LCDs.

4.1 Overview.

4.2 Transflective LCD using MVA Mode.

4.3 Transflective LCD using IPS Mode.

4.4 Summary.

References.

5. Color Sequential Mobile LCDs.

5.1 Overview.

5.2 Color Sequential Driving Schemes.

5.3 Fast-response LC Modes.

5.4 Fast-response Transflective LCDs.

5.5 Summary.

References.

6. Technological Perspective.

6.1 Unique Role of Transflective LCDs.

6.2 Emerging Touch Panel Technology.

6.3 Summary.

References.

Index.

About the author

Zhibing Ge, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, USA
Dr Ge joined the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida in 2008 as a research scientist. His research interests include liquid crystal displays and laser beam steering technologies. Dr. Ge is a member of the IEEE and SID. He is a recipient of the 2006 IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship Award, 2007 Otto Lehmann Award and 2007 UCF Outstanding Dissertation Award. Dr Ge serves as an associate editor for Journal of Society for Information Display (JSID) on the LCD division. He has published 1 book chapter, over 20 journal papers and has 12 issued or pending patents.

Shin-Tson Wu, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, USA
Currently PREP Professor of Optics at the University of Central Florida. Professor Wu is a Fellow of the IEEE, OSA, SID and SPIE. He is a recipient of the SPIE G. G. Stokes Award, SID Jan Rajchman Prize, UCF Distinguished Researcher Award, IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award, SID Special Recognition Award, ERSO (Taiwan) Special Achievement Award and Hughes team achievement award. From 2004-2008, Professor Wu served as the founding Editor-In-Chief of the IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology. He has co-authored 5 books (4 with Wiley, 1 with world scientific press), 6 book chapters, over 300 journal papers and has more than 75 issued and pending patents. Several of his patents have been implemented in display and photonic devices.