A liquid crystal panel includes pixels arranged in first and second directions and having a pixel region and including: first and second electrodes; and an alignment film having an alignment direction, wherein the first electrode has: a plurality of electrode branches each having first and second ends in the first direction; a slit between adjacent two branches; a first connection connecting the first ends; a second connection connecting the second ends; and a contact hole adjacent to second connection, wherein the first electrode has areas including: a main portion; and a bent portion that is adjacent to the contact hole and that includes the second end, the bent portion being bent relative to main portion at an angle not less than 7 degrees with respect to alignment direction, wherein an area ratio of the bent portion relative to entire area of the pixel region is not more than 50%.

A display panel, a display device, and a method for manufacturing a display panel are provided. The display panel includes first and second substrates, first and second alignment films and a liquid crystal layer extending along a first direction and a second direction and sequentially along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The liquid crystal layer includes a column of liquid crystal molecules along the third direction, and includes a first liquid crystal molecule closest to the first alignment film and a second liquid crystal molecule closest to the second alignment film. The first liquid crystal molecule and the second liquid crystal molecule have different tilting tendencies with respect to the plane defined by the first direction and the second direction, and form a twist angle.

An optical structure, a display device and an operating method thereof are provided. The optical structure includes: first electrode and second electrode arranged opposite to each other; first alignment layer; second alignment layer; liquid crystal molecules arranged between first alignment layer and second alignment layer; and insulative protrusions arranged at a side of first alignment layer facing second alignment layer. The insulative protrusions are spaced apart from and arranged parallel to each other, and the protrusion has a same refractive index as the liquid crystal molecules in energized or de-energized state. Through controlling electric signals applied to first electrode and second electrode, it is able to switch the optical structure between first state where the optical structure does not change propagation direction of light entering the optical structure and second state where the optical structure is capable of changing propagation direction of light entering the optical structure.

Liquid crystal lenses of different apertures with suppressed chromatic aberration utilizing twisted vertical alignment configuration are demonstrated. A plurality of substrates are provided with electrodes, including a patterned electrode to generate a lens effect. The liquid crystal material is homeotropically aligned, such as via alignment layers. Setting the ratio between cell thickness and chiral pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystals provides correction of axial chromatic aberrations of electrically-tunable focal lengths in the device.

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) of the polymer stabilized ultra fast (PS-UF) twisted nematic (TN) mode, to an LCD obtained by this method and to an LC medium used therein.

There are provided a phase difference control component, which can realize a liquid crystal display device having a wide angle of visibility, has excellent phase difference symmetry and can realize optical compensation, and a process for producing the same. The phase difference control component comprises a base material; and a phase difference control layer formed of a fixed liquid crystal material provided on the base material through an aligning film and is characterized in that the angle of liquid crystal molecules, present at the interface of the aligning film and the phase difference control layer, to the base material being substantially 0 (zero) degree.

The present application relates to a transmittance variable film, a method for producing the same, and a use thereof. The transmittance variable film of the present application can solve the drive unevenness phenomenon by adjusting the pre-tilt of the opposite alignment film of the alignment film to which the ball spacer is fixed to minimize the reverse tilt occurring upon on-off driving. The transmittance variable film of the present application can be used as sunroofs.

A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate on which a plurality of thin film transistors are arranged, a counter substrate arranged to face the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, and a liquid crystal panel of a transverse field system in which liquid crystal is driven by an electric field generated in a direction parallel to the array substrate and the counter substrate. The liquid crystal panel includes a first alignment film provided on the array substrate side, and a second alignment film provided on the counter substrate side. The first and second alignment films have photo-alignment properties. At least one of the first and second alignment films has a surface on which weak rubbing treatment is performed, of which pushing amount of the rubbing roller in the rubbing treatment is in the range of 0.01 to 0.30 mm.

A pixel structure includes a first, second and third electrode layers and a switch element. The second electrode layer is disposed above the first electrode layer and includes a first and second main body portions and a first and second branch portions. The first main body portion and the first branch portion extend in a first direction. The first branch portion protrudes from the first to second main body portion. The second branch portion protrudes from the second to first main body portion. The third electrode layer is disposed above the second electrode layer and includes a third and fourth main body portion and a third branch portion. The third and fourth main body portions extend in the first direction. The third branch portion connects the third to fourth main body portion. The switch element is electrically connected to the first or third electrode layer.

A liquid crystal display panel includes a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a liquid crystal layer including first liquid crystal molecules, a first optical compensation layer between the liquid crystal layer and any of the first polarizer and the second polarizer, a second optical compensation layer on a same side of the liquid crystal layer as the first optical compensation layer. In a non-powered state of the liquid crystal display panel orthographic projections of optical axes of the first liquid crystal molecules on the first polarizer, which are perpendicular to an orthographic projection of an optical axis of the first optical compensation layer on the first polarizer, are parallel to any of transmission axes of the first polarizer and the second polarizer that are perpendicular to each other. An optical axis of the second optical compensation layer is perpendicular to a plane where the second optical compensation layer is located.