Liquid crystal device with a positive display
US4624531A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 1980 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/1337
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A display device for effecting a display of a colored image against a colorless background which has a mixture of a liquid crystal having, disposed between a pair of glass substrates, a positive dielectric anisotropy to serve as a host material and a dichroic dye to serve as a guest material, each of which substrates having a transparent electrode of a required pattern adherently formed on its inner surface, characterized in that at least a portion of said pattern of the transparent electrode on each substrate is subjected to a treatment for causing orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal in a direction parallel to the plane of the substrate when no voltage is applied, and the remaining portions of said pattern and the inner surface of said substrate to be in contact with the liquid crystal are subjected to a treatment for causing orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate when no voltage is applied.
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