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Display device with deformable reflective medium

US4403248A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateMar 4, 1981
Grant dateSep 6, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/21
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A display device having a transparent supporting plate which is provided with transflective regions. At a short distance from the first supporting plate resilient electrodes are connected which are manufactured from a partially reflective material. By varying the distance between the resilient electrodes and the transflective regions, the reflection of incident light can be controlled from zero to maximum intensity as a result of the occurring interference. Both monocolor and multicolor pictures can be displayed by means of such a display device. Such a display device is particularly suitable for use in a projection television device.

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