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Gray scale display

US5091722A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1988
Grant dateFeb 25, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/066
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A gray scale display, which is provided with a liquid crystal panel consisting of switching elements and a liquid crystal layer superposed thereon; a digital-time function transforming device for transforming digital signals including gray scale information into time function signals; and a time function-gray scale transforming device for sampling a brightness reference signal varying with respect to time, responding to the time function signals and generating gray scale signals corresponding to the signal voltage applied to the switching elements. The time function-gray scale transforming device, in which the brightness reference signal is inputted, samples the signal, responding to time function signals such as a pulse phase signal, a pulse width signal, etc., to obtain a signal voltage. In this way it is possible to reduce the size of a signal voltage generating circuit and to lower signal speed of the operation of the circuit.

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