Kent State University

Polytronix, Inc.

Jianlin Li

Philip J Bos

Charles D Hoke

Ming Xu

Jianmin Chen

A flat panel display is disclosed. In one embodiment, display normal light that is parallel to a display normal of the flat panel is provided. Spaced light redirecting prisms receive the display normal light and redirect the display normal light to redirected light, which is non-parallel to the display normal. A flat surface portion is posteriorly coupled to the plurality of spaced light redirecting prisms such that the flat surface portion spans the spaces between the plurality of spaced light redirecting prisms. The flat surface portion receives the display normal light from the light guide and receives the redirected light from the plurality of spaced light redirecting prisms and propagates both to a display.

Flat panel displays with primary viewing envelopes away from displyay panel normal

A liquid crystal display device including a polyimide alignment layer, having a bistable liquid crystal material and a polymer stabilizer in an amount effective to stabilize the liquid crystal the liquid crystal preferably having a low or medium pretilt angle to eliminate undesired states and stripe tendency and to increase hysteresis. The device has a low driving voltage, low power consumption and fast switching.

Bistable liquid crystal display device using polymer stabilization

A liquid crystal display device including a polyimide alignment layer, having a bistable liquid crystal material and a polymer stabilizer in an amount effective to stabilize the liquid crystal, preferably about 2 weight percent, associated with the liquid crystal material, the liquid crystal having a low pretilt angle, to eliminate stripe tendency and to increase hysteresis. The device has a low driving voltage, low power consumption and fast switching.

A liquid crystalline light modulating pixel includes first and second cell wall structures and nematic liquid crystal within a UV cured polymer network disposed therebetween. The first and second cell wall structures cooperate with the liquid crystal to form four liquid crystal domains within the pixel. The liquid crystal in each of the domains exhibits a twisted nematic liquid crystal structure and the orientation of the liquid crystal director of the liquid crystal adjacent one of the cell wall structures in at least two domains is different. The polymer network stabilizes the four domain structure at both high field and zero field conditions.

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