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Patent US6292296 - Large scale polarizer and polarizer system employing it - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA large scale polarizer comprises one or more quartz substrate parts formed as a rectangle, a triangle, or a parallelogram, and a polarizer holder supporting the quartz substrate part. The polarizer holder may be in a lattice structure holding a plurality of quartz substrate parts. A polarizer system...http://www.google.com/patents/US6292296?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6292296 - Large scale polarizer and polarizer system employing itAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6292296 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/084,583Publication dateSep 18, 2001Filing dateMay 27, 1998Priority dateMay 28, 1997Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS6639720, US7016112, US7016113, US7911696, US20020141059, US20020145799, US20020176168Publication number084583, 09084583, US 6292296 B1, US 6292296B1, US-B1-6292296, US6292296 B1, US6292296B1InventorsJae Beom Choi, Byung Duck Song, Ki Hyuk YoonOriginal AssigneeLg. Philips Lcd Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (94), Non-Patent Citations (35), Referenced by (12), Classifications (8), Legal Events (7) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetLarge scale polarizer and polarizer system employing it
US 6292296 B1Abstract
A large scale polarizer comprises one or more quartz substrate parts formed as a rectangle, a triangle, or a parallelogram, and a polarizer holder supporting the quartz substrate part. The polarizer holder may be in a lattice structure holding a plurality of quartz substrate parts. A polarizer system employing the large scale polarizer comprises a, lens making an incident light to a parallel light, the large scale polarizer, and a moving control part coupled to and moving the large scale polarizer.
What is claimed is: 1. A polarizer comprising:
a plurality of quartz substrate parts, each quartz substrate part including one or more quartz substrates; and a polarizer holder supporting said plurality of quartz substrate parts, wherein the polarizer holder has a lattice-like structure. 2. A polarizer system comprising:
a light source for generating a light; a plurality of quartz substrate parts, each quartz substrate part including one or more quartz substrates; a polarizer holder supporting said plurality of quartz substrate parts; and means for directing said light onto said plurality of quartz substrate parts, wherein the polarizer holder has a lattice-like structure. 3. A polarizer system, comprising:
a light source for generating a light; a plurality of quartz substrate parts, each quartz substrate part having one or more quartz substrates; a polarizer holder supporting said plurality of quartz substrate parts; means for directing said light onto said plurality of quartz substrate parts; a movement control part coupled to and moving the polarizer holder to uniformly irradiate an area underneath said plurality of quartz substrate parts and said polarizer holder. 4. The polarizer system according to claim 3,
wherein the movement control part includes means for oscillating the polarizer holder. 5. The polarizer system according to claim 3,
wherein the movement control part includes: a first movement control part moving the polarizer holder in a first direction parallel to the surface of the polarizer holder; and a second moving control part movement the large scale polarizer in a second direction parallel to the surface of the polarizer holder and perpendicular to the first direction. 6. A polarizer system, comprising:
a light source for generating a light; a lens including a fly eye lens; at least a first polarizer including a quartz substrate adjacent the lens, the first polarizer being positioned between the fly eye lens and the light source; and a support member supporting an alignment layer, the polarizer being positioned between the light source and the support member. 7. The polarizer system according to claim 6, further comprising a second polarizer, the lens being positioned between the first and second polarizers.
8. The polarizer system according to claim 7, further comprising a second lens and a third polarizer, the second lens and the third polarizer being positioned between the second polarizer and the support member, respectively.
9. The polarizer system according to claim 8, wherein the second lens includes a collimating lens.
10. The polarizer system according to claim 8, the third polarizer includes a quartz substrate.
11. The polarizer system according to claim 8, the third polarizer includes a plurality of quartz substrates.
12. The polarizer system according to claim 7, the second polarizer includes a quartz substrate.
13. The polarizer system according to claim 7, the second polarizer includes a plurality of quartz substrates.
14. The polarizer system according to claim 6, wherein the lens includes a collimating lens and the collimating lens being positioned between the first polarizer and the light source.
15. The polarizer system according to claim 14, further comprising a second polarizer and a second lens, the second polarizer and the second lens being positioned between the light source and the first polarizer.
16. A polarizer system comprising
a polarizer system, comprising: a light source for generating a light; a lens; at least a first polarizer including a quartz substrate adjacent the lens; and a support member supporting an alignment layer, the polarizer being positioned between the light source and the support member, wherein the lens includes a fly eye lens positioned between the first polarizer and the light source. 17. The polarizer system according to claim 16, further comprising a second lens and a second polarizer, the second lens and the second polarizer being positioned between the first polarizer and the support member, respectively.
18. A method of forming a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates comprising:
forming a photo-alignment layer on the first substrate; irradiating the photo-alignment layer with a ultraviolet light through a polarizer system including a quartz substrate unit; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the polarizer system includes: an ultraviolet light source; a first lens unit adjacent the light source; and a second lens unit adjacent the first lens unit. 19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the quartz substrate unit includes a plurality of substrates.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the plurality of quartz substrates has a size corresponding to a liquid crystal display panel.
21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the polarizer system further includes:
a first mirror adjacent the light source; and a second mirror adjacent the first lens. 22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the first lens unit includes a lens and a polarizer.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the first lens unit further includes a second polarizer.
24. The method according to claim 18, wherein the step of irradiating the photo-alignment layer includes directing the collimated light to the photo-alignment layer through a polarizer.
25. A method of forming a liquid crystal display device having first and second susbtrates comprising:
forming a photo-alignment layer on the first substrate; irradiating the photo-alignment layer with ultraviolet light through a polarizer system including a first polarizer and a first lens unit; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the polarizer system further includes: an ultraviolet light source; a second lens unit receiving light from the first polarizer and first lens unit; and a second polarizer receiving light from the second lens unit. 26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the first polarizer partially polarizes the ultraviolet light.
27. The method according to claim 25, wherein the second polarizer partially polarizes the ultraviolet light.
The present invention relates to a polarizer and a polarizer system, and more particularly, to a large scale polarizer and a polarizer system employing the large scale polarizer.
Generally, a liquid crystal display device (LCD) comprises upper and lower substrates placed to face each other with a specific interval farmed by a spacer, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer formed between the upper and lower substrates. The upper and lower substrates respectively have electrodes with specific patterns on their faced sides. And an alignment layer is formed over the electrodes to impart a pretilt angle on the LC.
For aligning the alignment layer, methods such as a rubbing method and a photo-alignment method have been proposed.
On the other hand, the photo-alignment method imparts the pretilt on the LC by irradiating an ultraviolet light over a substrate having a photo-alignment layer. Compared with the rubbing method, there is no electrostatic discharge or dust particles, and thus the low yield problem is obviated. Moreover, it could control simultaneously the pretilt throughout the alignment layer, and this uniformly arranges the LC molecules. Therefore, there are several advantages, including preventing the random phase distortion or the light scattering from defects generated by the microgrooves.
At this time, to obtain a linearly or a partially polarized ultraviolet light, a polarizer polarizing an incident light from a light source is used. Particularly, the polarizer used in the photo-alignment process require that it be possible to apply in large scale, to use in the ultraviolet light range, and to have high endurance, heat resistance and light-transmittance.
In the conventional polarizer, however, because it is small, it is difficult to apply the polarizer to the photo-alignment process of a large scale LCD. In the case of the polarizer having an absorption mode on which polymers are deposited, the endurance and heat resistance properties are poor, and the wavelength of incident light is limited.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a large scale polarizer with uniformity of the illuminance thereof, for use in a photo-alignment process during fabrication of a large scale LCD.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a polarizer system employing the large scale polarizer having a simplified process and driving system of the polarizer.
FIG. 5B is a graph showing polarization characteristics of the polarizer system shown in FIG. 5A.
FIG. 7 is a plan view of a large scale polarizer according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
Generally, a light used in a photo-alignment process is an ultraviolet light, and more particularly, a light used as a polarized light is an ultraviolet light having a wavelength approximately between 280 nm and 320 nm. FIG. 1 is a graph showing a light transmittance characteristic of quartz and glass. As shown in the figure, from the light transmittance characteristics point of view, a quartz is more preferable than a glass.
As shown in FIG. 2A, in the region irradiated by an unpolarized parallel light, a quartz substrate 1 is placed at the Brewster's angle θB with the incident light (that is, the normal of quartz substrate 1 and the incident light are at the Brewster's angle θB). The light transmitted by quartz substrate 1 is a partially polarized light and the light reflected by quartz substrate 1 is a linearly polarized light. In FIG. 2A, the sign ⊙ indicates an S wave, that is, an S polarized light. IS represent the intensity of the S wave. The sign represents a P wave, that is, a P polarized light. In FIGS. 2B and 2C, θ is the angle between a normal line of quartz substrate 1 and the incident light.
The Brewster's angle θB is described as follows. If the unpolarized light is incident on the surface of quartz substrate 1 at the Brewster's angle, the reflected light is made linearly polarized with the electric vector transverse to the plane of incidence. The transmitted light is partially polarized.
As shown in FIG. 2B, the light transmitted by quartz substrate 1 is a partially polarized light in which a P polarized light IP is greater than IS at the Brewster's angle θB. Further, as shown in FIG. 2C, the light reflected by quartz substrate 1 is a linearly polarized light in which only an S polarized light IS exists at the Brewster's angle θB.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3A, in the region irradiated by an unpolarized parallel light, a layered quartz substrate 11, comprising one or more layers of quartz substrates, is placed to have the Brewster's angle θB. All of the light transmitted and reflected by the layered quartz substrate 11 become linearly polarized. In FIG. 3A, the sign represents a P wave, that is, a P polarized light, and IP is the intensity of the P wave.
The sign ⊙ represents an S polarized light IS and θ is the an angle between a normal to the layered quartz substrate 11 and the incident light.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the light transmitted through layered quartz substrate 11 is a linearly polarized light in which only the P polarized light IP exists at the Brewster's angle θB. Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, the light reflected by layered quartz substrate 11 is a linearly polarized light in which only the S polarized light IS exists at the Brewster's angle θB.
As previously mentioned, when the number of the quartz substrates is over a specific number, the transmitted light becomes a linearly polarized light. Hence, it is possible to obtain a linearly or a partially polarized light easily by controlling the number of the quartz substrates.
Each quartz substrate part 15 comprises one or more layers of quartz substrates, polarizes an incident light, and is positioned at the Brewster's angle against the incident light. Polarizer holder 13 includes an optically absorptive material. The marks a and b represent the interval between adjacent polarizer holders 13 in each X axis and Y axis.
As shown in FIG. 4B, quartz substrate part 15 is formed between each polarizer holder 13 to have a Brewster's angle θB against the unpolarized incident parallel light. Thus, the incident light is normal to the surface of polarizer holder 13 and hence, quartz substrate part 15 forms the Brewster's angle relative to the normal to the surface of polarizer holder 13.
Among the unpolarized incident parallel lights of incidence, the light reflected by quartz substrate part 15 is absorbed by polarizer holder 13, and the light transmitted by quartz substrate part 15 is irradiated over an alignment layer 50 (see FIG. 5A). At this time, polarizer holder 13 includes an optically absorptive material, and preferably includes a material whose optical absorptivity is almost 100%.
In large scale polarizer 10, the polarization degree needed is obtained by controlling the number of layers of the quartz substrates in quartz substrate part 15. Therefore, if it is desired to obtain a linearly polarized light according to a characteristic of the photo-alignment, the quartz substrate part is formed by using layers of quartz substrate having over a specific number of quartz substrates. And, to obtain a partially polarized light, the quartz substrate part is formed of one or any appropriate number of quartz substrates.
A light from a lamp 7 is reflected by a cold mirror 61 onto a small scale polarizer 20, focused by a fly eye lens (homogenizer) 31, and transmitted by another small scale polarizer 40. The light is reflected again by a reflective mirror 63 onto a collimation lens 30, the light recollimated and focused becomes an unpolarized parallel light. The unpolarized parallel light is incident at the Brewster's angle θB on the quartz substrate part of large scale polarizer 10. A part of the light is reflected, while another part of the light is transmitted and irradiated over an alignment layer 50 on a substrate 70 supported on a stage 75 after passing through a mask 80. Moreover, the polarizer system further comprises a first movement control part 90 a that moves the large scale polarizer in the X axis direction and a second movement control part 90 b that moves the large scale polarizer in the Y axis direction in FIG. 4A during the photo-alignment stage. Although only one configuration and one set of components are described hereinabove (such as cold mirror and fly eye lens), many other configurations and components may be substituted, as needed.
To obtain the uniformity of the illuminance of the light irradiated on alignment layer 50, it is preferable to place that large scale polarizer 10 is placed having a specific interval from alignment layer 50. This is because the polarizer holder makes the illuminance of the light reaching the alignment layer uneven depending on the position as shown in FIG. 4B.
When the first movement control part 90 a makes the large scale polarizer 10 move in a specific direction (for example, along the X axis in FIG. 4A) at a specific distance during the photo-alignment stage, as shown in FIG. 5B, the illuminance of alignment layer 50 is made uniform in the whole position along the X axis. In FIG. 5B, the curved line represents an illuminance at a specific point during the photo-alignment process, and the dotted line represents an average illuminance over the whole photo-alignment process. Label a is a distance between the adjacent polarizer holders on the X axis.
Therefore, in connection with performing the photo-alignment process using the polarizer system employing the large scale polarizer, when the distance between the adjacent polarizer holders along the X axis is a, first movement control part 90 a oscillates large scale polarizer 10 for a distance of a�δ(δ<<a) one or more times along the X axis during the photo-alignment stage. In the same manner, when the distance between the adjacent polarizer holders along the Y axis is b, second moving control part 90 b oscillates large scale polarizer 10 to move in one way for a distance of b�δ (δ<<b) one or more times along the Y axis during the photo-alignment stage.
With the above parallelogram configuration, large scale polarizer 110 obtains a uniform illuminance by moving only along the X axis. For example, although it scans in lengths of L along the X axis, the whole area irradiated is given equally the effects of the boundary line between the quartz substrate parts (an area of width of W in the figure), and the non-irradiated area by the polarizer holder is covered evenly. Moreover, compared with quartz substrate part 105 in FIG. 6, this quartz substrate parts 115 of the parallelogram are assembled more easily.
A light from a lamp 7 is reflected by a cold mirror 61 onto a small scale polarizer 20, focused by a fly eye lens (homogenizer) 31, and transmitted through another small scale polarizer 40. The light is reflected again by a reflective mirror 63 onto a collimation lens 30, the light recollimated and focused becomes an unpolarized parallel light. The unpolarized parallel light is incident at the Brewster's angle θB on the quartz substrate part of large scale polarizer 100 (or 110) (see the FIGS. 6 and 7). And a part of the light is reflected, and another part of the light is transmitted and irradiated over an alignment layer 50 on a substrate 70 supported on a stage 75 after passing through a mask 80. And, a movement control part 90 is connected with and moves the large scale polarizer.
A part of the light is reflected, and another part of the light is transmitted and irradiated over alignment layer 50. Movement control part 90 makes the large scale polarizer move in the X axis direction during the irradiation of the photo-alignment layer (refer to FIGS. 6 and 7).
In the above polarizer system of FIG. 6 or 7, because the structure of the quartz substrate used is a triangle or a parallelogram, a uniform illuminance could be obtained by moving in only one direction along either the X or Y direction, the direction being perpendicular to the polarizer holder. Therefore, one-directional movement reduces the number of processes, and as a result, the number of the movement control parts needed is fewer, which reduces the cost of manufacture.
Moreover, although the polarizer systems shown in FIGS. 5A and 8 have one large scale polarizer and two small scale polarizers in front and rear of the fly eye lens, it is possible to use one, two or all of them depending on the situation. The number and position of the polarizers are flexible. For example, in the case of using one polarizer, the polarizer may be placed at 10(100), 20 or 40 in FIGS. 5A and 8. In the case of using two polarizers, the polarizers may be placed at 10(100) and 20, 20 and 40, or 10(100) and 40 in FIGS. 5A and 8. When three polarizers are used, polarizers may be placed at 10(100), 20 and 40 in FIGS. 5A and 8.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the polarizer and polarizer system of the present invention and in construction thereof without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. As an example, while the embodiments discussed above place the polarizer at the Brewster's angle, it need not be at the Brewster's angle. Moreover, the movement of the polarizer is not limited to the particular X and Y directions described above�it may be moved in any fashion as long as the alignment layer is uniformly irradiated, as needed.
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