Field
The technology described herein relates generally to a liquid crystal display (LCD), and more particularly, to an LCD including a plurality of pixels displaying a color image.
Discussion of the Background
A typical liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a liquid crystal (LC) layer including liquid crystal molecules configured to be tilted by an electric field that is generated by the pixel and common electrodes, and a backlight unit configured to emit light to the LC layer.
Such an LCD device displays a desired image by controlling intensity of the electric field generated by the pixel and common electrodes and then adjusting the transmittance of light that is emitted from the backlight unit to be transmitted through the LC layer.
The LC layer included in the LCD may have a phase delay characteristic that is intrinsic to the liquid crystals themselves, and accordingly, in the LCD, maximum transmittance of light transmitted through the LC layer has a characteristic according to each wavelength.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only to enhancement of understanding of the background of the inventive concept, and, therefore, it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known to a person of ordinary skill in the art.