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Ferroelectric liquid crystal display device having a single polarizer

US4799776A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1987
Grant dateJan 24, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The liquid crystal display according to this invention comprises a liquid crystal cell having a pair of substrates with faced insides which are provided with electrodes, ferroelectric liquid crystal with a chiral smectic C phase in between said substrates and a polarizing plate on the light incidence side. One of said electrodes is a relfective electrode. The display is utilized with microcomputers, word processors, television or so on, and wherein, due to a small number of parts, the absorption loss of light is small and a reflective plate is prevented from being oxided and therefore degraded in reflection index, since it is not exposed to air.

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