Liquid crystal matrix display device
US4447812A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 1982 |
| Grant date | May 8, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2310/0297
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A liquid crystal matrix display device has a plurality of display elements arranged in an X-Y matrix pattern. Vertical transmitting lines are connected to all of the display elements of each column, and horizontal transmitting lines are connected to each of the display elements of each row. Each of the vertical lines is connected through an input switching element to an input circuit to receive a video input signal and a horizontal pulse generator provides sequential pulse signals to control terminals of the input switching elements. In order to improve the resolution without sacrifice of contrast, the vertical transmitting lines are arranged into groups of a predetermined number of such lines, and the input switching elements associated with the lines of each such group have their control electrodes coupled together to a respective output of the horizontal scanning pulse generator. The input circuit includes time-demultiplexing circuitry, for example, formed of sample/hold circuits, to present respective sampled versions of the input signal, staggered with respect to one another, to input electrodes of respective ones of the input switching devices of each of the groups.
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