Display system and method using the same

Abstract

A display panel, system, and method of display are disclosed that is switchable between a two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) mode. The display panel contains a negative vertical alignment (VA) liquid crystal layer and a lenticular lens array disposed on a substrate and facing the liquid crystal layer, the lenticular lens array are invariant along an optical axis having a slant angle relative to axes that parallel edges of the substrate. The liquid crystal molecules maintain a helical structure in response to application of at least a minimum voltage being applied to the liquid crystal layer in one of the 2D or 3D modes dependent on the shape of the lens of the array, and untwist and align perpendicular to the substrate in response to less than the minimum voltage being applied to the liquid crystal layer in the other of the 2D or 3D modes.

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