A dual-cell-gap transflective liquid-crystal display with identical response time in transmissive and reflective regions

A dual-cell-gap transflective liquid-crystal display (TR-LCD) with identical response time in both the transmissive and reflective regions is demonstrated. In the transmissive region, strong anchoring energy is used to decrease the response time, while in the reflective region, weak anchoring energy is used to increase the response time. And overdrive voltage technology is adopted to make the response time identical in both the transmissive and reflective regions. The device structure and operating principle of the TR-LCD was analyzed, the anchoring energy in the transmissive and reflective regions was designed, and the response time and electro-optic characteristics of the TR-LCD was calculated. The simulated dual-cell-gap TR-LCD demonstrated good performances.