Liquid Crystal Displays. Ernst Lueder

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Series Page

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright Page

      5  Dedication Page

      6  Foreword

      7  Preface to the Third Edition

      8  Preface to the Second Edition

      9  Preface to the First Edition

      10  About the Authors

      11  1 Introduction

      12  2 Liquid Crystal Materials and Liquid Crystal Cells 2.1 Properties of Liquid Crystals 2.2 The Operation of a Twisted Nematic LCD References

      13  3 Electro-optic Effects in Untwisted Nematic Liquid Crystals 3.1 The Planar and Harmonic Wave of Light 3.2 Propagation of Polarized Light in Birefringent Untwisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cells References

      14  4 Electro-optic Effects in Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystals 4.1 The Propagation of Polarized Light in Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cells 4.2 The Various Types of TN Cells 4.3 Electronically Controlled Birefringence for the Generation of Colour References

      15  5 Descriptions of Polarization 5.1 The Characterizations of Polarization 5.2 A Differential Equation for the Propagation of Polarized Light through Anisotropic Media 5.3 Special Cases for Propagation of Light References

      16  6 Propagation of Light with an Arbitrary Incident Angle through Anisotropic Media 6.1 Basic Equations for the Propagation of Light 6.2 Enhancement of the Performance of LC Cells 6.3 Electro-optic Effects with Wide Viewing Angle 6.4 Multidomain VA Cells, Especially for TV 6.5 Polarizers with Increased Luminous Output 6.6 Two Non-birefringent Foils References

      17  7 Modified Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays 7.1 Polymer Dispersed LCDs (PDLCDs) 7.2 Guest-Host Displays References

      18  8 Bistable Liquid Crystal Displays 8.1 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Displays (FLCDs) 8.2 Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays 8.3 Bistable Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays References

      19  9 Continuously Light Modulating Ferroelectric Displays 9.1 Deformed Helix Ferroelectric Devices 9.2 Antiferroelectric LCDs References

      20  10 Addressing Schemes for Liquid Crystal Displays References

      21  11 Direct Addressing

      22  12 Passive Matrix Addressing of TN Displays 12.1 The Basic Addressing Scheme and the Law of Alt and Pleshko 12.2 Implementation of PM Addressing 12.3 Multiple Line Addressing 12.4 Two Frequency Driving of PMLCDs References

      23  13 Passive Matrix Addressing of Bistable Displays 13.1 Addressing of Ferroelectric LCDs 13.2 Addressing of Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays References

      24  14 Addressing of Liquid Crystal Displays with a-Si Thin Film Transistors (a-Si-TFTs) 14.1 Properties of a-Si Thin Film Transistors 14.2 Static Operation of