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Electro-optical display device

US4017156A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 1975
Grant dateApr 12, 1977
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/34
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electro-optical display device which has linear polarizer, a 1/4-spectrum plate, a twisted nematic electro-optical cell disposed between the polarizer and the 1/4-spectrum plate, and a power source for applying an electric field to the cell. This device is for control, electrically, of the rotational direction of circular polarization and for electro-optical display of colors.

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