50.1: Comparison of Numerical Methods for Analysis of Liquid Crystal Cell: In‐Plane Switching

In this paper, we present the comparison of numerical methods, the finite element method (FEM) and the finite difference method (FDM), for the analysis of liquid crystal cell. In this work, In-plane switching (IPS) mode is chosen as a test vehicle. The electrical and optical characteristics of the cell structure are simulated by two type of the numerical solver which is using each numerical scheme. Especially, we report our work in the view of CPU time and the result of simulation. Furthermore, we report the adaptability to other applications having non-rectangular structure, such as chevron-type patterned vertical alignment (PVA) mode.