WO1996035976A1 - Procede de commande d'affichage a cristaux liquides antiferroelectriques et appareil afferent - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for driving an antiferroelectric liquid crystal element having a matrix-shaped pixel using an antiferroelectric liquid crystal as a liquid crystal eyebrow, and more particularly to a gray scale of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element.
- the present invention relates to a display method and an apparatus. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
- the present invention can be widely used for a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal light shutter array, and the like. Background art
- a liquid crystal in which dipoles have a spontaneous polarization that aligns spontaneously due to interaction between each other and that reverses the direction of the spontaneous polarization when an external electric field is applied is called a ferroelectric liquid crystal.
- a liquid crystal exhibiting an antiferroelectric state is called an antiferroelectric liquid crystal in which dipoles of molecules in adjacent liquid crystal layers are arranged in an anti-parallel manner so as to cancel spontaneous polarization.
- the present invention relates to the latter method of driving a display element using an antiferroelectric liquid crystal. According to the present invention, in particular, the price of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element can be suppressed and the power consumption can be reduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gradation display method and apparatus. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to improve the gradation display method of a liquid crystal display screen in a method of driving a display element using an antiferroelectric liquid crystal, to reduce the price of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element, and to reduce consumption.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a driving method capable of reducing power, in particular, a gradation display method and apparatus.
- a method for driving an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device in which an antiferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates having pixels in a matrix, wherein the antiferroelectric liquid crystal comprises: A first ferroelectric state, a second ferroelectric state that exhibits a ferroelectric state when a voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the first ferroelectric state is applied, and an antiferroelectric state.
- writing to the pixel is performed in at least two consecutive scanning periods, and each of the scanning periods is constituted by a plurality of frame periods. Furthermore, the average value of the amount of transmitted light in each of the plurality of frame periods is set to be the amount of transmitted light of the pixel. In addition, the same scanning is performed during both the frame period when the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the first ferroelectric state and the frame period when the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the second ferroelectric state. Set it not to exist within the period.
- one scanning period is set to a frame period in the first ferroelectric state and a frame period in the anti-ferroelectric state, or a frame period in the second ferroelectric state. Set the frame period and the frame period of the antiferroelectric state.
- the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the antiferroelectric state during the frame period. From the first ferroelectric state or the second ferroelectric state to the frame period, or from the first ferroelectric state or the second ferroelectric state to the antiferroelectric state The number of switching points during the same frame period is set so as to be at most one within the same scanning period. Further, according to the present invention, pixels having a matrix shape are provided.
- a method of driving an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device in which an antiferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates each having a plurality of scanning electrodes and signal electrodes, wherein the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is a first ferroelectric liquid crystal. There are three orientation states: a dielectric state, a second ferroelectric state that exhibits a ferroelectric state when a voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the first ferroelectric state is applied, and an antiferroelectric state. Have.
- each of the scanning periods is constituted by a plurality of frame periods.
- the average value of the transmitted light amount in each of the plurality of frame periods is set to be the transmitted light amount of the pixel.
- each of the plurality of frame periods includes a selection period that determines at least one of the three alignment states of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal and an alignment period determined by the selection period of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal. And a non-selection period in which the state is maintained, and the polarities of the voltages applied to the scan electrodes during the non-selection period in the same scanning period are set to be the same.
- the alignment state of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal during the non-selection period differs between the preceding and succeeding frame periods so that there is at most one position within the same scanning period. Furthermore, the polarities of the voltages in the preceding and following scanning periods are set so as to be symmetric with respect to 0 (V).
- the driving of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element in which an antiferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates having pixels in a matrix A device for generating display data, a unit for driving a scanning-side electrode, a unit for driving a signal-side electrode, a power supply unit for supplying a predetermined voltage to a pixel, and receiving and displaying the display data.
- Control means for creating a signal timing and a voltage value adapted to the data, and supplying the signal timing to the scanning-side electrode driving means and the signal-side electrode driving means;
- the control means writes into the pixel in at least two consecutive scanning periods, and each of the scanning periods is composed of a plurality of frame periods, and the amount of transmitted light in each of the plurality of frame periods is controlled.
- the average value is set to be the amount of transmitted light of the pixel.
- a frame period in which the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the first ferroelectric state, and the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the second ferroelectric state. are set so that they do not exist within the same scanning period.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an entire drive voltage waveform according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a detailed drive voltage waveform in the first frame period and the second frame period in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the entire drive voltage waveform according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a device embodying the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram ⁇ of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell and a polarizing plate to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a hysteresis curve showing characteristics of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a scanning electrode and a signal electrode to which the present invention is applied.
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are explanatory diagrams (part 1) of the conventional driving method, and
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram (part 2) of the conventional driving method.
- FIG. 6 Before describing the gradation display method of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, the configuration and light transmittance of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7 and 8. The problems of the conventional driving method will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
- FIG. 9 Before describing the gradation display method of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, the configuration and light transmittance of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7 and 8. The problems of the conventional driving method will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
- FIG. 9 Before describing the gradation display method of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, the configuration and light transmittance of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7 and 8. The problems of the conventional driving method will be described with reference to FIG
- the liquid crystal molecules of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal move along the side of the cone due to an external electric field change.
- This cone is called a liquid crystal cone.
- the liquid crystal cone is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the substrate of the liquid crystal cell to form a layer structure in the liquid crystal cell.
- the liquid crystal molecules of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal have spontaneous polarization, but in the same liquid crystal layer, the direction of the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules is arranged in the same direction, and the spontaneous polarization of each liquid is also upward or They are arranged downward in the same direction.
- the long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules is the position where the liquid crystal cone is rotated by 180 ° with the long axis direction of the adjacent layer
- the direction of polarization also shows a direction different from 180 ° in the adjacent layer. In other words, if the spontaneous polarization of one layer is upward, the spontaneous polarization of both adjacent layers is downward.
- an electric field is applied to the antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell from the outside perpendicular to the substrate surface, all the liquid crystal molecules align their spontaneous polarization in the direction to cancel the external electric field. Move on the side. Also, the direction of spontaneous polarization is uniform in all layers, either upward or downward.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram of the structure of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display cell and the polarizing plate to which the present invention is applied.
- the polarizers 61a and 61b with the polarization axes (arrows a and b) aligned with the cross Nicol the polarization axis of one of the polarizers (polarization axis b in the figure) and the no-electric field
- the liquid crystal cell 62 is arranged so that the average long axis direction (c) of the molecules at that time is almost parallel so that black can be displayed when no voltage is applied and white when voltage is applied. I have.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a hysteresis curve showing a light transmittance-applied voltage characteristic of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device to which the present invention is applied.
- the change in light transmittance is plotted on a graph.
- the horizontal axis is the applied voltage (V)
- the vertical axis is the light transmittance (or transmitted light amount, T).
- V1 the voltage at which the light transmittance starts to change
- V2 the voltage at which the change in light transmittance is saturated
- V 2 the voltage is decreased from the saturation voltage V2.
- V 5 be the voltage at which the light transmittance begins to decrease as it moves.
- the voltage at which the light transmittance starts to change is V3
- the voltage at which the change in light transmittance is saturated is V4, and vice versa.
- the voltage at which the light transmittance starts to change when the absolute value of the voltage is reduced from the saturation voltage V4 is V6.
- the applied voltage and the light transmittance form a hysteresis curve, and when a predetermined voltage is applied to the antiferroelectric liquid crystal molecules, if the applied voltage is above a certain threshold, By changing the direction of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal molecules, selecting the first ferroelectric state, and reversing the polarity of the applied voltage, the antiferroelectric liquid crystal molecules change their directions in the opposite direction. 2 ferroelectric states, and antiferroelectric if the applied voltage (absolute value) for these ferroelectric states is below a certain threshold. Select a state.
- FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a scanning electrode and a signal electrode to which the present invention is applied, and shows an example of an arrangement of each electrode when a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of signal electrodes are provided.
- the scanning electrodes are X1, X2,..., Xn, X480, and the signal electrodes are Yl, Y2,..., ⁇ , Y640.
- the shaded area where the electrodes intersect is the pixel (A111-Anm).
- a voltage is applied to the scanning electrode (X n) and the signal electrode (Ym), and the combined voltage waveform drives the pixel (A nm).
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are explanatory diagrams (part 1) of a conventional driving method, and show a gradation display method using a conventional antiferroelectric liquid crystal.
- (A) is an explanatory diagram when the applied voltage is changed according to the gradation display
- (B) is a diagram showing a change in the light transmittance (T) when the applied voltage is changed.
- the first ferroelectric state, the second ferroelectric state, or the antiferroelectric state is selected during the selection period (Se), and the state is changed to the next state.
- the non-selection period (NS e) before the selection period is maintained, and the transmitted light amount selected during the selection period is maintained during the subsequent non-selection period to perform gradation display.
- the voltage applied during the selection period is changed according to a desired gradation display state (see V1 to V5) as shown in FIG.
- the amount of transmitted light (T1 to T5) corresponding to the gradation display is obtained.
- the voltage applied during the selection period (S e) is changed according to the desired gradation display state. For example, as shown in the figure, when the voltage V5 is applied during the selection period, selection is performed. In the selection period (NS e), the transmitted light amount T5 is displayed, and when the voltage V4 is applied, the transmitted light amount T4 is displayed. If the voltages V 3, V 2, and V 1 are sequentially applied, the amount of transmitted light changes accordingly to T 3, T 2, and T 1, and a gradation display can be obtained.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram (part 2) of the conventional driving method.
- the voltage Va is a voltage value for black display
- Vb is a voltage value for white display.
- As another conventional gray scale display method there is a gray scale display method using a TN (twisted nematic) liquid crystal having no ferroelectric state or an STN (super twisted nematic) liquid crystal.
- the former method of gradation display shown in Fig. 9 that is, the method of changing the voltage applied during the selection period using antiferroelectric liquid crystal according to the gradation display, corresponds to the number of gradation display levels.
- an IC for realizing this is complicated and the cost becomes high.
- the driving principle of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element is different from that of the TN liquid crystal and the STN liquid crystal, as shown in Fig. 10.
- the cost of the liquid crystal display element increases due to the complexity of the IC in the former method, and the polarity inversion in each frame period is performed in the latter method. There was a problem that power consumption would increase.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a gradation display method and apparatus which can reduce the cost of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element and reduce power consumption.
- anti-ferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates having pixels in a matrix, and writing to pixels is performed by at least two scans.
- the scanning period has a plurality of frame periods (sometimes simply referred to as “frames”), and the average value of the amount of transmitted light in each frame is equal to the amount of transmitted light of the pixel.
- a method of driving a dielectric liquid crystal display element wherein an antiferroelectric liquid crystal changes a ferroelectric state when a first ferroelectric state is applied and a voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the first ferroelectric state is applied. And a frame in which the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the first ferroelectric state and a frame in which the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the second ferroelectric state. Are not present in the same scanning period.
- the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is composed of a frame in the first ferroelectric state and a frame in the antiferroelectric state during the scanning period shown in the driving method of (1) above.
- the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is composed of a frame in a second ferroelectric state and a frame in an antiferroelectric state.
- the first ferroelectric state or the second ferroelectric state is obtained from a frame in which the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the antiferroelectric state. At least one point in the same scanning period, or from a frame in the first ferroelectric state or the second ferroelectric state to a frame in the antiferroelectric state. Only.
- an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device having a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of signal electrodes on the opposing surface and having pixels in a matrix
- writing to pixels is performed for at least two scanning periods.
- Each scanning period has a plurality of frames
- gradation is displayed by the average value of the amount of transmitted light in each frame
- each frame has at least a selection period and a non-selection period, and the same scanning
- the polarity of the voltage applied to the scan electrode during the non-selection period within the period is made the same.
- writing to a pixel is composed of at least two scanning periods, each scanning period is a period necessary to obtain a predetermined gradation display, and this scanning period is a plurality of scanning periods. Since the speed of writing one screen is sufficiently fast, the average value of the transmitted light amount in each frame is the transmitted light amount that can be recognized by the human eye during the scanning period. A slight difference in the values of the values realizes the gradation display. At this time, even when the transmitted light amount in each frame is not an intermediate transmitted light amount and only a binary display of white or black is performed, the average transmission amount in one scanning period can be obtained by using this method. Overlight can take not only two values but also multiple values, and as a result, it is possible for humans to recognize multiple gradation displays.
- the applied voltage value does not change in several ways, and the number of output levels required for the driving IC may be small. Therefore, it is possible to use an IC having a simple structure, so that it is possible to reduce the cost as a liquid crystal display element and obtain a good gradation display.
- the first ferroelectric state is changed from the first ferroelectric state to the second ferroelectric state for each frame. State, or from the second ferroelectric liquid crystal state to the first ferroelectric liquid crystal state, a large amount of polarization reversal current flows through the liquid crystal cell, and the entire liquid crystal display element Power consumption has increased.
- two scan periods are provided without performing the AC conversion in a frame within one scan period, the AC is performed between the respective scan periods, and the AC is not performed for each frame.
- the number of exchanges can be reduced to the minimum necessary.
- the voltage waveform applied in each frame in one scanning period is not symmetrical with respect to 0 V, but the voltage waveform in the frame in another scanning period is Make it symmetrical with respect to 0 V as shown in Fig.1.
- the driving is controlled so that the antiferroelectric liquid crystal does not change from the ferroelectric liquid crystal state to the other ferroelectric liquid crystal state within the same scanning period. Therefore, in the present invention, the power consumption does not increase unlike the conventional frame gray scale display method described with reference to FIG.
- the average value of the transmitted light amount in each frame is the transmitted light amount in the scanning period
- the number of frames in one scanning period is set to 8, and in case of gray display in the middle, 4 frames for black display and 4 frames for white display are required, but the combination Even if the first four consecutive frames are set to all white display and the second four consecutive frames are set to black display, the white display frame and the black display frame alternate. Even with this setting, the same gray color is recognized in human vision.
- the antiferroelectric liquid crystal transitions from the ferroelectric state to the antiferroelectric state or from the antiferroelectric state to the ferroelectric state when shifting from the white display to the black display and from the black display to the white display frame. Since the state changes to the dielectric state, the orientation state of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal changes from white display to white display (change between the same ferroelectric state) or black display to black display (antiferroelectric state). (The anti-ferroelectric state). Therefore, at that time (that is, white display ⁇ black display or black display ⁇ white display), a polarization inversion current also flows.
- the configuration of the liquid crystal panel used in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Real truth
- the liquid crystal panel used in the embodiment is composed of a pair of glass substrates 53a and 53b having an antiferroelectric liquid crystal layer 56 having a thickness of about 2Z. Electrodes 54a and 54b are formed on the opposite surface of each glass substrate, and polymer alignment films 55a and 55b are applied thereon, and these surfaces are subjected to a well-known rubbing treatment. It has been done.
- a first polarizing plate 51a is provided outside one of the glass substrates 53a so that the polarization axis of the polarizing plate and the rubbing axis are parallel to each other, and the other glass substrate 53b is provided. Outside the first polarizing plate 51a is the polarization axis of 90a. Differently (cross Nicol), a second polarizing plate 51b is provided.
- 52a and 52b are sealing materials for fixing the upper and lower glass substrates.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the entire drive voltage waveform of the present invention.
- the threshold at which the antiferroelectric liquid crystal used in the present invention changes to the first ferroelectric state is 20 V (V 2 described in FIG. 7), and the threshold at which the antiferroelectric liquid crystal changes to the second ferroelectric state was 20 V (V 4 described in FIG. 7).
- the composite voltage waveform was composed of two scanning periods to perform one write, and each scanning period was composed of eight frame periods.
- the composite voltage waveform in one frame has a selection period (S e) and a non-selection period (N Se) that determine the state of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal.
- the voltage value in the selection period is Vb (20 V), and the antiferroelectric liquid crystal shows the first ferroelectric state and is displayed in white. Perform the following.
- the voltage value during the selection period was V a, indicating an antiferroelectric state, and black display was performed.
- the second scanning period also includes eight frames. Of these, four frames have a voltage value of —Vb ( ⁇ 20 V) during the selection period, and the antiferroelectric liquid crystal has the second frame. The ferroelectric state is indicated and white display is performed. On the other hand, in the other four frames, the voltage value during the selection period was 1 Va, black display was performed in the antiferroelectric state, and gray was recognized in the second scanning period as in the first scanning period.
- Vb ⁇ 20 V
- the combined voltage waveforms applied during the first scanning period and the second scanning period were symmetric at 0 V, and alternating current was performed around 0 V.
- the transmittance can be controlled in eight ways and eight gradations are possible.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing in detail the first and second frames of the drive waveform in the first scanning period and the first and second frames of the second scanning period in the embodiment shown in FIG. It is.
- Each of the above frames was composed of a selection period (S e) and a non-selection period (N Se).
- the selection period was composed of two phases, and the pulse width of one phase was set to 25 Z s.
- the time of the non-selection period is about 25 ms, which is significantly longer than the selection period, and a holding voltage of 4 V (14 V in the second scanning period) was applied to the scanning-side voltage waveform during the non-selection period.
- the absolute value of the peak value of the pulse applied during the selection period of the scanning electrode was 16 V (116 V in the second scanning period), and the absolute value of the voltage waveform applied to the signal electrode was 4 V. .
- the first scan period shows a positive polarity in both white display and black display, and there is no change during the scan period.
- the polarity is negative in the second scanning period, and is the same during the scanning period.
- there is only one chance of a large domain inversion current flowing in one write so that the increase in current consumption as an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element could be sufficiently suppressed.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the entire driving voltage waveform according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the same antiferroelectric liquid crystal as the drive voltage waveform shown in Fig. 1 it consists of two scanning periods in the same way, and each scanning period Consisted of eight frames.
- the voltage value in the selection period is Vb (20 V)
- the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is in the first scanning period.
- the white display is performed by indicating the ferroelectric state of.
- the voltage value during the selection period is V a, indicating the antiferroelectric state, and black display is performed. Were set to be consecutive.
- the drive having a plurality of scan electrodes and signal electrodes has been described.
- the voltage waveform applied to the pixel is With the combined voltage waveform as in the embodiment, sufficiently the same effect can be obtained.o
- the driving IC used was an IC having a simple structure capable of outputting only two types of voltage waveforms, ie, an ON waveform and an OFF waveform. As a result, 9 gray levels could be displayed.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an apparatus for implementing the present invention.
- reference numeral 41 denotes a display data source for generating data displayed on the liquid crystal panel 46.
- Reference numeral 42 denotes a control circuit, which controls the driving waveforms in the first and second scanning periods based on the display data from the display data source 41, and controls the scanning-side electrode driving circuit 45, Further, the signal side electrode drive circuit 4 4 is controlled.
- the control circuit 42 is connected to each electrode from the power circuit 43. Controls the timing of power supply to the system.
- display data is input to the control circuit 42, and the control circuit 42 applies signal timing and voltage magnitude information adapted to the display data, that is, adapted to the waveforms of FIGS.
- the signal is generated and input to the scanning-side electrode driving circuit 45 and the signal-side electrode driving circuit 44.
- the timing and magnitude of the signal based on the control circuit 42 are output to the antiferroelectric liquid crystal panel 46 from the output pins of the respective drive circuits.
- the driving method of the present invention particularly, the gradation display method, it is not necessary to set a plurality of applied voltages, and the cost is low and the current consumption is increased. Therefore, gradation display of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display element is possible. In addition, since the response speed of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is sufficiently fast, there is no problem in display characteristics such as “flickering” of a screen, and the display is excellent.
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