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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

May. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Inventor:

Sejoon Oh, Yongin, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/139 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2013.01); G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G02F 1/1309 (2013.01); G01N 2021/214 (2013.01); G01N 2021/218 (2013.01); G02F 1/1337 (2013.01); G02F 1/1393 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133746 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133749 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133773 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for measuring a pretilt angle of a liquid crystal (LC) are disclosed. The method includes irradiating polarized light on an LC cell including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and an LC layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a minute branch electrode. Irradiated light is scanned within a predetermined angle range in a direction not parallel to the minute branch electrode, an intensity of light that is transmitted through the LC cell is detected, and a pretilt angle of the LC is obtained by using a light intensity detection signal corresponding to the transmitted light.


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