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Method for the manufacture of a set of passive electro-optic display cells

US4255848A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1979
Grant dateMar 17, 1981
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Expiry dateOct 30, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49002
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A set of passive display cells are manufactured by providing two superimposed glass plates on which there has been deposited groups of conductive layers in a matrix configuration. A peripheral closed belt of thermoplastic material is provided between the two plates and a set of open belts of thermoplastic material having openings is provided surrounding the groups of conductive layers. The closed belt is sealed so as to realize a closed space between the two plates. In a vessel where there is a higher pressure, the softening of the closed and open belts is produced. The two plates are then brought closer to each other under the effect of the overpressure up to a distance determined by spacing elements contained in the material of the open belts which material then is hardened. A side of the outer belt is eliminated and the cells are filled with a liquid crystal under vacuum. The cells then are separated from each other still under vacuum, and the openings of the open belts are closed.

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