142 results about "OCB mode" patented technology

The present invention relates to a cryptographic apparatus for encrypting data stored in a memory. The cryptographic apparatus of the present invention operates in the ECB, CBC, CBC-MAC, counter and OCB modes using small and simple elements. The cryptographic apparatus minimizes data communication between CPU and the cryptographic apparatus to improve the performance of the communication system. On the other hand, the input buffer and output buffer of the cryptographic apparatus are configured to store at least two blocks respectively, so that the performance of the cryptographic apparatus is maximized. Furthermore, the cryptographic apparatus supports zero-padding, so that the process of the CPU is minimized.

An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized active matrix type liquid crystal display device that may achieve large-sized display, high precision, high resolution and multi-gray scales. According to the present invention, gray scale display is performed by combining time ratio gray scale and voltage gray scale in a liquid crystal display device which performs display in OCB mode. In doing so, one frame is divided into subframes corresponding to the number of bit for the time ratio gray scale. Initialize voltage is applied onto the liquid crystal upon display of a subframe.

A liquid crystal display device (LCD) which applies a high voltage for carrying out a bend transition of an optically compensated birefringence (OCB) liquid crystal as a reset voltage to a common electrode of the OCB liquid crystal in the LCD having an OCB mode, and a method of driving the same are provided. In the OCB mode LCD, a voltage of a DC-DC converter is applied to a common electrode to reset the OCB liquid crystal at an initial stage of every frame or before applying data to each pixel. In addition, when one frame is divided into red, green and blue fields, and sequentially driven, a voltage of the DC-DC converter is applied to the common electrode to reset the OCB liquid crystal before each field begins. The DC-DC converter applies a voltage of 15V to 30V to the common electrode. An optical transmittance of the liquid crystal at the time of reset becomes zero (black state). Accordingly, a blurring effect can be removed while a reset time can be decreased, thereby increasing the brightness.

The present invention is directed to a liquid crystal display device and a method for driving the same for a fast transition into a bend state at initial operation such as immediately after power is inputted in a liquid display device with an OCB mode. According to one feature of the present invention, as power is inputted, a timing controller controls to output at least one of a gate voltage for a scan signal, a data voltage for a picture signal, and a driving voltage for a backlight by outputting a first switching signal to a switching unit, and controls to output one of an external bias voltage and a common electrode voltage by outputting a second switching signal to the switching unit so that fast transition into bend state of liquid crystal arranged in a LCD panel is accomplished. As a result, by applying a voltage of less level than that of the typical common electrode voltage to the LCD panel, as DC voltage of at least 10 volt to 20 volt is applicable to a common electrode, time for transition into bend state can be reduced at initial operation of the liquid crystal display device using the LCD panel with OCB mode.

An active matrix type liquid crystal display composed of a liquid crystal cell 124 is described. In the liquid crystal cell 124, liquid crystals at the upper and lower interfaces of a liquid crystal layer 122 inserted between an array substrate 106 having pixel electrodes 128 and an opposed substrate 105 having an opposed electrode 127 have pretilt angles opposite to each other in a positive/negative sense and are aligned in parallel with each other, forming a spray alignment. This liquid crystal display performs displaying by bend-aligning such a liquid crystal cell 124. The pixel electrodes 128 are formed on a flattening film 100 for covering switching elements 123 or wiring electrodes flat. With this arrangement, a spray to bend alignment transition can be reliably, easily caused in a short time within the liquid crystal cell pixels, so that an OCB mode liquid crystal display free from alignment defects and having high picture quality can be achieved.

When a transition voltage, which is higher than a display voltage for image display, is applied to liquid crystal, the liquid crystal can transition to a bend alignment. Therefore, by applying a transition voltage to liquid crystal prior to image display period only for a transition time which depends on a transition voltage so as to cause a bend transition in the liquid crystal, an OCB mode LCD with a high speed response can be obtained. An interval d between pixel regions is set to be less than, for example, a transition distance of 5 μm, so that a bend transition expands over inter-pixel regions to thereby achieve a bend transition all over the display region. In an active matrix type LCD, a electrical field is caused to be generated between a common electrode and data lines or gate lines disposed between pixel electrodes due to application of a transition voltage to the common electrode, thereby obtaining a bent transition over the entire surface of the display screen. Further, a pretilt angle set by an alignment film is determined to be 1.2° or more, such that a great number of transition sources for causing a bend transition are generated to thereby secure a high speed bend transition. Also, the pretilt angle is set to be 3° or less for accelerating a response time in a bend alignment.

A liquid-crystal-panel drive, driving method and its program, and a medium capable of preventing unevenness on a display face from occurring after turning off a power supply in a liquid crystal display apparatus using OCB mode liquid crystal. A liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal layer using OCB mode liquid crystal, a driver applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, a liquid-crystal driving power supply supplying power to the driver, and a switch outputting an on/off signal to the driver. When the switch outputs an off signal, the driver applies a predetermined voltage that can be applied to each pixel of the liquid crystal layer for a predetermined time, and after the elapse of the predetermined time, stops the supply of power to the driver from the liquid-crystal driving power supply.

A liquid crystal display device (LCD) and method of fabricating the same are provided, in which in an OCB mode LCD, an edge portion of a first electrode is formed with a taper angle of not less than approximately 25° and less than 90°, thus an electric field in the edge portion of the first electrode becomes nonuniform so that a transitional nucleus is easily created and liquid crystals are readily transitioned to a bend phase at a low transition voltage. As a result, the phase transition of the liquid crystals can be easily controlled.

A liquid crystal display device having a reflective part and a transmissive part in each of a plurality of pixels which are arrayed in a matrix, includes a liquid crystal display panel which is configured such that a liquid crystal layer is held between a pair of substrates, and to which an OCB mode is applied, and a pair of optical elements which are disposed on outer surfaces of the liquid crystal display panel, respectively, and optically compensate a retardation of the liquid crystal layer in a predetermined display state in which a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the optical element is configured to include a circular polarization element including a polarizer and a first retardation plate which is disposed between the polarizer and the liquid crystal display panel and imparts a retardation of 1/4 wavelength, and a second retardation plate which is disposed between the circular polarization element and the liquid crystal layer, and has refractive index anisotropy with a major axis being inclined to a normal line, and the optical element has a retardation in a thickness direction thereof.

To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of generating the transition of a liquid crystal layer from a splay alignment state to a bend alignment state quickly and stably without applying a high driving voltage.The liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal panel 2 having: a pair of substrates 3, 4 , which are arranged oppositely to each other and in which electrodes 19, 25 and alignment layers 21, 26 are formed on respective counter surfaces thereof; an OCB mode liquid crystal layer 5 in which a nematic liquid crystal sealed in between the pair of substrates 3, 4 is splay aligned with the alignment layers 21, 26 and the splay aligned nematic liquid crystal is subjected to the transition to the bend aligned state with the driving voltage applied between the electrodes 19, 25; and spacers 6 arranged inside the liquid crystal layer 5 and retaining a gap between the pair of mutually opposing substrates 3, 4 uniform. The spacers 6 are subjected to a surface treatment for accelerating the transition of the liquid crystal layer 5 from the splay aligned state to the bend aligned state.

An OCB mode liquid crystal display device is provided. The OCB mode liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely to each other. The device further comprises a first pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and spaced apart from the first pixel electrode by a distance. The first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode are alternately arranged. The device further comprises a first alignment layer disposed on the first substrate to cover the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate covering the common electrode.

A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer for a display in an OCB mode, a heating unit which heats the liquid crystal display panel, a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the liquid crystal display panel, a time measuring unit which measures a heating time that the heating unit has operated, and a transfer drive circuit which applies a transfer drive voltage to the liquid crystal layer to transfer the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules from a splay alignment to a bend alignment in advance. The transfer drive circuit is configured to determine a transfer time as an application period of the transfer drive voltage on the basis of a relationship between the heating time and temperature which are obtained from the time measuring unit and temperature detecting unit at a desired timing.

Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) wherein driving stability is secured. The LCD includes Optically Compensated Birefringence (OCB) mode liquid crystal cells formed where a data line and a scan line cross over within a display region of an LCD panel, a panel driver for driving the data and the scan lines, and OCB mode dummy liquid crystal cells formed within a non-display region of the LCD panel to surround the liquid crystal cells. Liquid crystal in each of the dummy liquid crystal cells sustains a bend state when the liquid crystal cells in the display region are driven corresponding to a data signal applied from the data line.

A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a first and a second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of reflective electrodes and transparent electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and the second substrates and functions in an OCB mode. The reflective electrode and the transparent electrode in one picture element are spaced apart from each other to produce a transverse electric field when a voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer.

A liquid crystal display device comprises an OCB-mode liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer in which the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules is transitioned in advance from a splay alignment to a bend alignment, and a display control section which applies a liquid crystal drive voltage to the liquid crystal layer according to a video signal. The display control section is configured to detect the application environment of the liquid crystal display panel and determine a minimum value of the liquid crystal drive voltage based on a phase-transition threshold voltage which causes energy of the splay alignment and energy of the bend alignment to be balanced with each other in the detected application environment.

A liquid crystal display device of an OCB mode includes a liquid crystal layer held between an array substrate and a counter-substrate, and a display section composed of display pixels arrayed in a matrix. The array substrate includes pixel electrodes which are disposed in association with the display pixels. The counter-substrate includes a counter-electrode opposed to the pixel electrodes. The substrates include a pair of alignment films which are disposed on the pixel electrodes and the counter-electrode, respectively, and are subjected to rubbing treatment to control an alignment state of liquid crystal molecules included in the layer. A transition-nucleus formation section, which generates an electric field for transitioning the alignment state of the liquid crystal molecules included in the layer from a non-display state to a display state, is provided on a terminal-end side of a rubbing direction of each of the alignment films in each of the display pixels.