Reflective GH-LCDs using a Bistable Swiching mode

Abstract

Reflective liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are attractive for their light weight and low power consumption. Highly-twisted nametic LC cells have a hysteresis in the EO performace. A bistable-LCD, which was reported by Berreman et al., utilize this hysteresis effect. It has an advantage of low cost driving without using active elements. In this paper, we study theoretically and experimentally the bistable reflective GH LCDs.