A liquid crystal cell including at least two substrates transparent to visible part of light spectrum, a liquid crystal layer encased between the substrates, and a stack of functional layers formed over the substrates and enclosed between a given substrate and the liquid crystal layer. In a direction from the given substrate towards the liquid crystal layer, said stack comprises a first dielectric layer, a transparent electrode layer, and a second dielectric layer. A refractive index of the first dielectric layer lies in a range between a refractive index of the given substrate and a refractive index of the transparent electrode layer. A refractive index of the second dielectric layer lies in a range between the refractive index of the transparent electrode layer and a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer corresponding to a homeotropic alignment of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer.

A display device is provided. The display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a first polarizing layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including first line grid patterns, a light scattering layer disposed between the first polarizing layer and the second substrate, and color filter layers disposed between the light scattering layer and the second substrate.

A light transmitting panel assembly includes a first panel, a second panel, a frame, a gap between the first panel and the second panel, and a first active component located between the first panel and the second panel.

Provided is a curved display device capable of preventing or reducing local light leakage while achieving a certain contrast ratio. The curved display device includes a liquid crystal panel in a normally black mode. The liquid crystal panel includes a first polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in a stated order from a viewing surface side. The liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate including a transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate including a transparent substrate in a stated order from the viewing surface side. At least one of the first substrate or the second substrate is provided with a third polarizer on a surface of the transparent substrate closer to the liquid crystal layer.

The present invention describes a liquid crystal composite tuneable device for fast polarisation-independent modulation of an incident light beam comprising: (a) two supporting and functional panels, at least one of them coated with a transparent conductive electrode layer and with optionally at least one additional layer selected from an alignment layer, antireflective coating layer, thermochromic or electrochromic layer, photoconductive or photosensitive layer, and (b) a composite structure sandwiched between said two panels and made of a liquid crystal and porous microparticles infiltrated with said liquid crystal. The porous microparticles have an average refractive index approximately equals to one of the liquid crystal principal refractive indices, matching that of the liquid crystal at one orientational state (for example, parallel n.sub.∥), and exhibiting large mismatch at another orientational state (for example, perpendicular n.sub.⊥). This refractive index mismatch between said microparticles and said liquid crystal is tuned by applying an external electric or magnetic field, thermally or optically.

The present disclosure relates to a display device and a preparation method of the display device, and relates to the field of display technology. The display device includes a lower polarizing plate and an upper polarizing plate arranged oppositely, and an embedded polarizing layer located between the lower polarizing plate and the upper polarizing plate. The embedded polarizing layer is located between the lower polarizing plate and the upper polarizing plate, and includes a first orientation layer, a second orientation layer, and a polarizing material layer. The polarizing material layer includes a liquid crystal material. The material layer is arranged between the first orientation layer and the second orientation layer, and is in contact with both the first orientation layer and the second orientation layer. The present disclosure can enhance the contrast of the display device and improve the display effect of the display device.

An opposing substrate as a substrate for an electro-optical device includes a transparent base member and a light shielding portion disposed on a region between pixels on the base member. The light shielding portion includes a first reflective film and a second reflective film that is disposed to overlap the first reflective film and has a reflection rate lower than that of the first reflective film, and a first protective film that covers the first reflective film is provided between the first reflective film and the second reflective film.

The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes sub-pixels with multiple colors and upper polarizing units with various structures. The upper polarizing units with the various structures are disposed one-to-one correspondence with the sub-pixels with the multiple colors to increase transmittance of transmitted light of each color through the upper polarizing units corresponding to the sub-pixels whose color is the same as the color of the upper polarizing units.

The disclosure provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The array substrate includes a substrate, a driving circuit layer, a pixel electrode layer, and an astigmatism layer, which are stacked. The pixel electrode layer includes a plurality of pixel electrodes which are independent from each other. The astigmatism layer includes a plurality of astigmatism components which are connected to each other and correspond to the pixel electrodes. An area of a light-emitting surface of the astigmatism components away from the pixel electrodes is greater than an area of an electrode surface of the pixel electrodes away from the substrate. The disclosure improves viewing angles.

An optical device (3) comprising a light transmitting electrode layer (2) provided onto a light transmitting carrier (15), wherein a conductive layer (6) is provided on the first electrode layer (2), the conductive layer establishing a connecting area (4), the conductive layer having a thickness being significantly larger than the thickness of the electrode layer (2), and wherein the electrode layer (2) and carrier (15) show a perforation in the connecting area, the perforation being at least partially filled with a conductive material (7) which is further connected to a conductive element (1) thereby establishing an electrical connection between the electrode layer (2) and the conductive element (1) via the conductive layer (6) and the conductive material.