Liquid crystal display device
AssigneeChi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
InventorChung-Kuang Wei
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device has a first side and a second side in parallel with the first side. The LCD device includes a front light source positioned on the first side of the LCD device for generating light beams, and a transflective liquid crystal panel. The transflective liquid crystal panel includes a first glass substrate located between the front light source and the second side of the LCD device, a second glass substrate located between the first glass substrate and the second side of LCD device, and a transflective layer located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate for reflecting and transmitting the light beams generated by the front light source. The LCD devices can display images both through the first side and through the second side.
Claims22
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device having a first side and a second side parallel with the first side;
- the LCD device comprising:
- a front light source positioned on the first side of the LCD device for generating light beams;
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- a transflective liquid crystal panel comprising:
- a first glass substrate located between the front light source and the second side of the LCD device;
- a second glass substrate located between the first glass substrate and the second side of LCD device;
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- a transflective layer located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate for reflecting and transmitting the light beams generated by the front light source;
- wherein when the light beams generated by the front light source are reflected by the transflective layer and then are emitted to the first side of the LCD device, the LCD device displays images through the first side in a reflective mode, and when the light beams generated by the front light source are transmitted by the transflective layer and then are emitted to the second side of the LCD device, the LCD device displays images through the second side in a transmissive mode.
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device of a mobile phone having a first side and a second side parallel with the first side;
- the LCD device comprising:
- a front light source positioned on the first side of the LCD device for generating light beams;
- a transflective liquid crystal panel comprising:
- a first glass substrate located between the front light source and the second side of the LCD device;
- a second glass substrate located between the first glass substrate and the second side of LCD device;
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- a transflective layer located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate for reflecting and transmitting the light beams generated by the front light source;
- wherein when the light beams generated by the front light source are reflected by the transflective layer and then are emitted to the first side of the LCD device, the LCD device displays images through the first side in a reflective mode, and when the light beams generated by the front light source are transmitted by the transflective layer and then are emitted to the second side of the LCD device, the LCD device displays images through the second side in a transmissive mode;
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- a switching element for switching between reflective and transmissive modes of the LCD device.
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