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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Nlt Technologies, Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NLT Technologies, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133555 (2013.01); G02F 1/134363 (2013.01); G02F 1/133707 (2013.01); G02F 2001/134318 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transflective LCD unit includes a liquid crystal (LC) layer: first and second substrates sandwiching therebetween the LC layer to define an array of pixels each including a reflective area and a transmissive area; an electrode assembly for driving the LC layer such that the LC layer in the reflective area is driven in a longitudinal-electric-field mode and the LC layer in the transmissive area is driven in a lateral-electric-field mode; and a reverse-tilt control member for controlling a reverse tilt area in which a reverse tilt of LC molecules occurs near the boundary between the reflective area and the transmissive area.