用于LCD背光模块的LED光源转成线光源设计研究

将液晶显示器背光模块的导光板向前延伸5 mm,利用该区设计一扩光区使得LED点光源经过该区可获得两次的扩光效果,达到将点光源转成近似冷阴极管(CCFL)的线光源效果,并以3 in液晶显示器面板进行模拟,模拟结果表明导光板的出光均匀度可以达85%以上.     

一种新的用于直下式LCD背光源的LED

传统的薄膜晶体管液晶显示器作为一种被动发光器件,本身不会发光,必须依靠背光源提供照明。在背光照明用到的光源中,LED最具竞争力。在分析LED性能的基础上,设计了一种用于大尺寸直下式背光源的LED,新设计的LED结构简单,性能优良。通过设计26英寸背光源验证了新的LED。模拟结果表明,新的LED可以满足大尺寸LCD背光源对亮度均匀性和颜色均匀性的要求。     

Ultra slim and bendable backlight system with a unified component for liquid crystal display applications

Our research group has developed an ultra slim and bendable backlight system, which was manufactured by a continuous roll-to-roll process, with a unified component for liquid crystal display (LCD). This backlight system, which has a thickness of 0.26 mm, is simply composed of a light guide film and an optically patterned film made of photocurable resin with micro particles, consequently it does not require any additional optical films such as prism sheets or diffuser. In addition, we have developed a new light guide component which is composed of bundled optical fibers in order to collimate light from the light source to the light guide film. We found that the backlight system could be radiated uniformly across the LCD surface whether plane or curved, and we were able to realize an advanced LCD with good flexibility, high efficiency and high productivity.     

应用在大尺寸LCD背照明的LED元件设计

传统的薄膜晶体管液晶显示器(thin film transistor liquid crystal display,TFT-LCD)通常采用冷阴极荧光灯(cold cathode fluorescent lamps,CCFL)作为背光光源。相比较而言,由于发光二极管(LED)TFT-LCD背光源系统色彩还原性好、对比度高、亮度高,其色域是传统CCFL背光源的150%以上,最近几年,RGBLED背光源已经逐渐成为大尺寸背光源发展的主要方向。大尺寸LED背光系统结构主要采用直下式和侧式结构。直下式背光源具有结构简单、光利用率高的特点,是目前大尺寸液晶显示背光源的首选。以RGBLED作为光源,通过对LED光场分布的模拟分析,提出一种新的直下式背光源的光学设计。背光源模拟表明,该背光源亮度均匀性大于80%,色差小于0.01。     

Modeling and computer design of liquid crystal display backlight with light polarization film

The article is devoted to elaboration of the model of scattering polarization film like dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF). This model is used for computer design of backlighting system of liquid crystal display (LCD) where light polarization is important. The model elaboration required development of measurement methods and reconstruction of the parameters for the film polarization, development of the accurate computer model of the polarized light scattering on thin surface. The results of design of LCD backlight with polarization film are presented in the article as well. So it was demonstrated that design of backlight devices with DBEF is possible with help of elaborated software.     

基于LED背光源区域控制的LCD系统色域分析

介绍了液晶显示(LCD)系统普遍使用的色域计算方法。针对LCD系统的色域主要由背光源的光谱特性、彩膜的光谱透过率特性和液晶面板的特性三个方面的因素决定,采用LED作为背光源来提高系统整体的色彩表现能力,利用色度学的方法,通过对LED背光源光谱的分析计算,比较了有无区域控制的背光源经过彩膜后系统色域的大小,并分析了液晶面板对比度的变化分别对两种模式下背光源色域的影响情况。分析和计算结果表明：采用区域控制的LED背光源可以改善由于彩膜性能的不完善所引起的再现三基色色彩饱和度降低的现象,同时该模式下系统色域受液晶面板对比度变化的影响很小,即降低了系统色域对彩膜性能和液晶面板性能的要求,因此对于提高现有LCD系统的色域具有非常重要的意义。     

Modified wide radiating lenses of the power-chip light emitting diodes for a direct-lit backlight

Modified wide radiating lenses of the power-chip light emitting diodes (LEDs) for a direct-lit backlight unit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) are numerically investigated. To improve the optical properties of the backlight, the lens of the Golden DRAGON^® ARGUS^® LED, the cluster of LEDs, and the cluster arrangement for the 32-in bottom-lit backlight unit of a LCD are modified and verified by optical tracing simulation software. First, the central section shape is modified and analyzed to reduce the angular luminous intensity in the small angle range. The results show that the modifying lens method can effectively realize the aim. Then, several LEDs with the modified lenses are put in 32-in backlight. It is shown that the uniformity and efficiency of the new backlight are obviously better than the ones of the original type.     

大角度直下式LED背光透镜的设计

液晶显示领域不断提出缩减成本方案,对于液晶电视LED背光系统,提出了一种大角度背光透镜设计方案,即在目标接收屏面具有较大照度辐射角度的背光透镜设计。采用特定的双自由曲面设计,入光孔设置为类椭圆型结构面将光源出射的光通量进行等角度划分,根据接收屏面的理想照度分布与入光孔每一角度出射光通量对应关系计算出出光面自由曲线。借助底部微结构处理,再根据模具及产品成型要求补全外观结构,得到符合设计指标的方案,有效地解决了因增大角度引起的黄斑问题,并达到目标接受面均匀度的要求。针对32英寸（81 cm）的液晶电视背光模组,采用12颗最大正向电流为350 mA的LED灯珠,在模组高度为30 mm的系统中,设计的背光透镜模组达到了要求的亮度及均匀度。     

胆甾相和蓝相液晶的透射和反射特性

针对蓝相液晶显示器中的暗态漏光特性, 采用时域有限差分方法模拟计算了胆甾相液晶的平面态和焦锥态以及蓝相II态液晶的透射和反射特性, 得到了它们在正交和平行偏振片之间的漏光, 并提出了计算等效旋光能力的公式以比较它们的旋光能力. 通过对比焦锥态和蓝相液晶的旋光能力和漏光特性发现, 采用焦锥态替代蓝相液晶而得到良好的暗态特性是一种可行的方法. 通过研究它们的布拉格反射特性, 得知蓝相液晶的布拉格反射与平面态相似, 但反射强度小, 焦锥态无明显的布拉格反射特性.     

用于头盔显示液晶像源的透镜薄膜设计与制备

LED已经成为头盔液晶显示的主流背光光源,为了提升LED主视角亮度,减小背光模块的体积,对双自由曲面透镜进行了扁平化设计,形成透镜薄膜,仿真结果表明光线透过透镜薄膜后,存在中心亮度升高、光斑缩小的问题.采用反馈优化方法修改了双自由曲面透镜设计时的能量分布,并重新设计了透镜薄膜,仿真结果表明优化后的光斑尺寸从2.3 mm...     

消除自由立体显示串扰的定向背光源设计

定向背光柱透镜光栅式多视点自由立体显示器的串扰和亮度均匀性问题是影响其广泛应用的主要因素之一.本文通过分析串扰产生的原因,根据偏轴光线的成像光学原理,推导出液晶显示屏光开关板列单元与柱透镜组成的偏轴光学系统的参数计算式.提出一种液晶显示屏光开关蝶形单元结构,设计了采用该蝶形单元的定向背光自由立体显示背光源模组.模拟仿真结果表明:所设计的定向背光自由立体显示背光源可消除自由立体显示的串扰;在视点平面90%观看区域的串扰度小于0.5%,光束10%峰值宽度的串扰面积比γ=0,光束90%峰值宽度比普通液晶单元结构的增大37%,改善了不同位置观看图像亮度变化大的问题.     

Simple liquid crystal display backlight unit comprising only a single-sheet micropatterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) light-guide plate

A simple liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight unit (BLU) comprising only a single-sheet polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) light-guide plate (LGP) has been developed. The PDMS LGP, having micropatterns with an inverse-trapezoidal cross section, was fabricated by backside 3-D diffuser lithography followed by PDMS-to-PDMS replication. The fabricated BLU showed an average luminance of 2878 cd/m(2) with 73.3% uniformity when mounted in a 5.08 cm backlight module with four side view 0.85cd LEDs. The developed BLU can greatly reduce the cost and thickness of LCDs, and it can be applied to flexible displays as a flexible light source due to the flexible characteristic of the PDMS itself.     

A digital image-based measurement system for a LCD backlight module

A LCD light guide plate is an element of the LCD backlight module that is often used for the display of compact electronic devices. In this study, a vision system is proposed to detect the degree of uniformity of light reflection using a light guide plate before the diffuser has been attached. A new bright spot search and statistical software has been designed and the parameters for the LCD light guide plate can be adjusted before manufacture to provide greater economy and make the device user friendly. Since many different types of backlight modules had to be analyzed in this study, we used different methods to determine the nonuniform factors and the backlight module area for each type. A wrapping algorithm is presented in the searching and statistic process of bright spot. This algorithm can combine the procedures of segmentation process and nonlinear grey scale mapping. After revising carved depth of the poor brightness area, the diffuser was attached and the analysis performed again to verify the design procedure correction. When the source light density is adjusted, the lighting error for the on line inspection is retained to within 3%.     

Light radiation through a transparent cathode plate with single-walled carbon nanotube field emitters

In the conventional carbon nanotube backlight units (CNT-BLUs), light passes through the phosphor-coated anode glass plate, which thus faces closely the thin film transistor (TFT) backplate of a liquid crystal display panel. This configuration makes heat dissipation structurally difficult because light emission and heat generation occur simultaneously at the anode. We propose a novel configuration of a CNT-BLU where the cathode rather than the anode faces the TFT backplate by turning it upside down. In this design, light passes through the transparent cathode glass plate while heating occurs at the anode. We demonstrated a novel design of CNT-BLU by fabricating transparent single-walled CNT field emitters on the cathode and by coating a reflecting metal layer on the anode. This study hopefully provides a clue to solve the anode-heating problem which would be inevitably confronted for high-luminance and large-area CNT-BLUs.     

A polarized laser backlight using a zero-zero-birefringence polymer for liquid crystal displays

We have demonstrated a polarized laser backlight for liquid crystal displays and have investigated its basic polarization properties. To maintain the state of polarization of light propagating through the light-guide plate (LGP) of the backlight, we fabricated the LGP by injection molding of a zero-zero-birefringence polymer, poly(methyl methacrylate-co-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate-co-benzyl methacrylate) (52: 42: 6 by mass) that is free of both orientational and photoelastic birefringence. The degree of polarization of light from the resulting backlight (average: 92.4%) was much higher than that from a backlight with a polycarbonate LGP (average: 8.0%) in the defined effective range of the backlight. A laser speckle pattern was observed but the speckle contrast on the output surface of the backlight was reduced from 68 to 10% by vibrating a diffuser sheet situated in front of the output surface of the LGP. We also manufactured a white surface light source [chromaticity (value: x, y) = (0:310, 0:314)] by mixing the outputs from three primary-color-emitting lasers in the backlight.     

Optical simulation of in-plane-switching blue phase liquid crystal display using the finite-difference time-domain method

The finite-difference time-domain method is used to simulate the optical characteristics of an in-plane switching blue phase liquid crystal display.Compared with the matrix optic methods and the refractive method,the finite-difference timedomain method,which is used to directly solve Maxwell's equations,can consider the lateral variation of the refractive index and obtain an accurate convergence effect.The simulation results show that e-rays and o-rays bend in different directions when the in-plane switching blue phase liquid crystal display is driven by the operating voltage.The finitedifference time-domain method should be used when the distribution of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal display has a large lateral change.     

Curved Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Matrix Displays Driven by Field-Sequential-Color and Active-Matrix Techniques

This paper describes a curved field-sequential-color matrix display using fast-response ferroelectric liquid crystal. Black matrix and transparent electrode patterns were formed on a thin plastic substrate by a transfer method from a glass substrate. While a composite film of liquid crystal and micro-polymers of walls and fibers was formed between the flexible substrates by printing, laminating and curing processes of a solution of monomers and liquid crystal, the mechanical stability was enhanced by use of multi-functional monomers to form large display panels. The image pixels of the matrix panel were driven by an active matrix scheme using an external switch transistor array at a frequency of 180 Hz for intermittent three-primary-color backlight illumination. The flexible A4-paper-sized color display with 24 × 16 pixels and 60 Hz field frequency was demonstrated by illuminating it with sequential three-primary-color lights from light-emitting diodes of the backlight. Our display system is useful in various information displays because of its freedom of setting and location.     

Color gamut variation of LED-lit LCD at different module temperatures

In this paper, we have investigated the color gamut variation of a liquid crystal display (LCD) system with tri-chromatic (red, green and blue) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as the backlight source at different color and module temperatures. Since the transmission band of a color filter (CF) is broader than those of LEDs, light leakage from the CF results in changes in the color gamut with varying color temperatures. In our case, the color gamut increased and then saturated with increasing color temperatures. The color temperature increased monotonically with increasing module temperatures whereas the color gamut may increase, decrease, or assume an optimized value in different cases. The latter resulted from the temperature-dependent intensity and wavelength variation of the RGB-LEDs. Three sets of tri-chromatic LEDs with different emission wavelengths were used. We have shown that by using green and blue LEDs with longer and shorter emission wavelengths, respectively, crosstalk due to the light leakage could be effectively suppressed. A stably high LCD above 101% NTSC operating over a wide range of module temperatures from 5 to 70 °C was demonstrated, and an optimal color performance with color gamut 102.52% NTSC was obtained at a color temperature of 6500 K and a module temperature of 25 °C.     

Prism-pattern design of an LCD light guide plate using a neural-network optical model

This paper proposes a neural-network optical model for a backlight module of a liquid crystal display (LCD) to expedite the design of the light-scattering prism-pattern of its light guide plate (LGP). First, the prism surface of a light guide plate is divided into several equal regions. Then the neural-network optical model is implemented using a back-propagation neural network to establish the relationship between the distribution density of the prism pattern and the exiting-light luminance of the LGP at each region. The input–output patterns for the neural network training and verification are generated using orthogonal arrays and ASAP simulation. Then a for-loop computational algorithm is executed to search an approximately optimal distribution density of the prism pattern using the neural-network optical model such that high luminance uniformity is achieved. It is demonstrated by the case study of a 13 in. LCD backlight module that luminance uniformity could reach 93.1%. Thus it can be concluded that the developed neural-network optical model effectively expedites the LGP prism-pattern design.     

Printable flexible cholesteric capsule display with a fine resolution of RGB subpixels

We report a method for fabricating a cholesteric liquid crystal capsule display wherein the red, green, and blue capsules are separated in the subpixels with a width of 200 μm. The mixture of a photo-isomerizable chiral dopant and a nematic liquid crystal was encapsulated by an emulsification technique, and then directly printed onto a plastic substrate. A UV light with different amount of energy was exposed through a shadow photomask, and consequently, the red, green, and blue colors were separately induced in each subpixels zone.