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Liquid crystal display apparatus

US4106858A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 1977
Grant dateAug 15, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 18, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/13306
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An analog liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a liquid crystal film band inserted between a first conductive electrode and a second resistive electrode; a first voltage source is connected between said first and second electrodes; a second power supply is connected between the two ends of the resistive electrode; the liquid crystal presents a first optical state on a first part of the band and a second optical state on the remainder of the band. The liquid crystal is of the type having a critical relaxation frequency which is either a load relaxation frequency or a dielectric relaxation frequency, the first power supply supplying a voltage at a first frequency and the second power supply supplying a voltage at a second frequency, said two frequencies being on either side of said critical frequency; one of the voltage is then a display voltage and the other is a voltage which inhibits the display.

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