LCD application area

LCMO technology in LCD panel production
Unlike conventional alignment layers, which are either mechanically rubbed or modified in multi-stage lithographic processes, the light-induced alignment created with LCMO technology involves no physical contact. This has the direct effect of boosting both reproducibility and production output.
LCMO technology offers additional advantages for LCDs in which the direction of alignment is not uniform throughout a given LCD pixel. This is the case, for example, in the vertically aligned (VA) LCDs frequently used in today's flatscreen televisions, in which every pixel is subdivided into four sections, each with a different alignment, in the interests of maximizing the viewing angle. LCMO technology not only reduces the number of process steps compared with the manufacture of conventional VA LCDs, but because of the well-defined alignment characteristics it results in shorter switching times, higher contrast and greater LCD transmission and brightness.
Thanks to these improved characteristics, introducing Rolic® LCMO-LCD into LCD mass production reduces the average power consumption of LCD TVs by around 30%.