Liquid Crystal Display Panels For Commercial Airplanes: Shirahata Haruo ITAGAKI Michihisa Kousaka Fusao ISHIDA Takashi
Liquid Crystal Display Panels For Commercial Airplanes: Shirahata Haruo ITAGAKI Michihisa Kousaka Fusao ISHIDA Takashi
Liquid Crystal Display Panels For Commercial Airplanes: Shirahata Haruo ITAGAKI Michihisa Kousaka Fusao ISHIDA Takashi
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An example of the configuration of an LCD panel module is make up liquid crystal cells, including chromaticity errors in
shown in Figure 4. The LCD panel module consists of an LCD color filters, and have analyzed the effects of cell-gap
panel, the front glass, and the driving circuit, and it is illuminated variations on the chromaticity, etc. These studies have
by a backlight module from the back of the panel. allowed us to develop LCD panels with small changes in the
chromaticity at wide viewing angles.
LCD Panel (4) Low Reflectivity
The advantages of the currently developed LCD panels are as In order to reduce the reflection coefficient within the liquid
follows. crystal cells, we have made improvements in terms of
(1) High Aperture Ratio materials such as using black matrix masks with a low-
In order to alleviate loads on the backlight, LCD panels are reflection multi-layer Cr coating to achieve low reflectivity.
required to have a high aperture ratio. For this, thin-film (5) Liquid Crystal Materials
transistors (TFT) were employed and wiring patterns were Generally, there are few liquid crystal materials that satisfy
optimally designed to reduce the electrode areas thus operation requirements at both high and low temperatures. In
achieving a high aperture ratio. our current development, we have adopted new liquid crystal
(2) Wide Viewing Angle materials to meet the requirements of the LCD panels for
The LCD panels use an optical compensation film to address aircraft and have achieved a wide operating temperature
the challenge of wide viewing angles. We have analyzed the range.
characteristics of optical compensation films and also the
optimum design conditions achievable by a combination of Front Glass
the films with the LCD panels. This allows the LCDs to Unlike general LCD panels, LCD panels for cockpits have a
achieve high contrast at the required wide viewing angle, with layer of front glass on the front face of an LCD panel to protect
±60 degrees or more horizontal angle. the LCD. This prevents the LCD panels from being damaged by
(3) Chromaticity Change direct contact or from spillage of liquids such as coffee, etc.
We have conducted spectral analyses on the materials that However, when the reduction of the reflection coefficient is
considered, the LCD panels must be optimally designed to
Front glass minimize the reflection from the front glass in addition to that of
LCD panel the LCD panel.
Driving circuit Figure 5-1 shows the factors responsible for reflection.
Backlight Reflection occurs at an interface between media of different
module density. For LCD panels with front glass, both faces of the front
glass and the surface of the polarizing plate on an LCD panel will
be the major factors responsible for the reflection coefficient. We
have newly developed LCD panels based on the following
measures to achieve the characteristics necessary to meet the non-
reflective requirements.
(1) Surface Treatment for Low Reflection (see Figure 5-2)
Figure 4 Configuration of an LCD Panel Module Generally, anti-glare (AG) and anti-reflection (AR) coatings