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Electro-optical display device

US4270846A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1978
Grant dateJun 2, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 21, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G9/0035
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electro-optical display device comprises electro-optical material sandwiched between a pair of substrates each having formed thereon electrodes. The electrodes on one substrate comprise a segment display electrode part comprised of a plurality of seven-segment electrodes, and a dot matrix display electrode part comprised of a plurality of parallel linear electrodes. The electrodes on the other substrate comprise a complementary counter electrode part corresponding to the segment display electrode part, and a complementary counter electrode part comprised of a plurality of parallel linear electrodes perpendicularly intersecting the linear electrodes formed on the other substrate. The electrode leads which are connected to some of the seven-segment electrodes also comprise some of the linear electrodes of the dot matrix display thereby reducing the overall number of separate electrodes and enabling construction of a more simple display device.

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