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Method of control for an electrolytic display cell and especially a cell of the metal halide type and a circuit for the application of said method

US4255238A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 1979
Grant dateMar 10, 1981
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Expiry dateJun 13, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/163
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The electrolytic display cell comprises a plurality of electrodes having suitable shapes for character display, a counter-electrode and an electrolyte. A negative voltage is applied to one of the electrodes for writing on said electrode and a positive voltage is applied for erasure. On completion of erasure, the voltage between electrode and counter-electrode has a tendency to rise to a threshold value corresponding to a parasitic reaction. The end of the erasure pulses is determined by the instant at which the electrode--counter-electrode voltage rises to the threshold voltage corresponding to the production of a parasitic reaction.

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