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Liquid crystal display device having improved electrodes for a multi-tone image

US4850677A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1988
Grant dateJul 25, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/134345
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed liquid crystal display device is composed of a transparent substrate and a plurality of pixels formed on the substrate, each pixel having a vertical electrode, a plurality of horizontal electrodes and liquid crystal interposed between the vertical and horizontal electrodes, and the horizontal electrodes in each pixel having different areas from each other. Ferroelectric liquid crystal is favorably used for the interposed liquid crystal.

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