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TFT LCD with optical interference color filters

US5058997A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateAug 11, 1989
Grant dateOct 22, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1368
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is an improvement in a liquid crystal display device of the type having spaced front and rear glass panels, a transparent electrode layer, and an array of individually addressable pel electrodes separated from the transparent electrode layer by a cavity filled with liquid crystal material. The improvement comprises a color filter layer in the form of a decal pattern. The decal pattern is formed using interference film techniques which form an inorganic color filter. The decal is placed on one of the glass panels using known decal transfer methods. The inorganic nature of the color filter layer and the decal transfer methods allow for enhanced optical density of the color liquid crystal display.

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