Active matrix type liquid crystal display and liquid crystal material
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsYasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
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Abstract
An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
Claims7
An active matrix liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a pair of substrates;
- a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by said pair of substrates;
- orientation films defining an orientation direction of a liquid crystal molecule of said liquid crystal layer, said orientation films being arranged between said pair of substrates and said liquid crystal layer;
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- a pixel electrode and a counter electrode applying a voltage to said liquid crystal layer,
- wherein dopant contained in said liquid crystal layer has a dissociative group only in a shorter axis direction of a molecule and has an alkyl group or an alkoxy group on both ends of said shorter axis direction of a molecule, and is contained in said liquid crystal layer in a range of from 100 ppm to 1000 ppm.
An active matrix liquid crystal display device as claimed in claimed 1, wherein said dopant is a compound represented by the general formula (II):
- Wherein Y1 represents ant one of —COOH, —CONH2, —OH, —NH2, —NHR or NR2;
- Y2 represents any one of hydrogen, —F, —CN, —COOH, —CONH2, —NH2 or —OH;
- X1 represents any one of a single bond, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —COCH2—, —CH2—CO—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CH2—CH2— or —CH═CH;
- X2 represents any one of a single bond, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —COCH2—, —CH2—CO—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CH2CH2— or —CH═CH;
- A1 represents ant one of a single bond, a phenylene group or a cyclohexylene group;
- A2 represents any one of a single bond, phenylene group or a cyclohexylene group;
- R1 represents any one of an alkyl group or an alkoxy group;
- and R2 represents any one of an alkyl group or an alkoxy group.
A liquid crystal composition comprising from 100 ppm to 1,000 ppm of a dopant having a dissociative group only in a shorter axis direction of a molecule and having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group on both ends of said shorter axis direction of a molecule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.