Transflective Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal Display for High-Efficiency Transmittance and Reflectance

Abstract

We propose an optical configuration of a transflective-antiferroelectric liquid crystal display (TR-AFLCD) in which an achromatic condition is employed using two AFLC cells. In both the reflective and the transmissive modes, the configuration provides excellent dark states as well as maximum transmittance and reflectance without color dispersion. This configuration shows wide-viewing-angle characteristics because our TR-AFLCD is operated in the in-plane switching mode.