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Pixel-gap controlled ferroelectric liquid crystal display device and its driving method

US5151803A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 3, 1990
Grant dateSep 29, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0209
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device and its driving method of the present invention have a voltage application scheme to control a stable condition of a gap between pixels, by applying a voltage to a liquid crystal panel in which ferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between substrates each having a plurality of electrodes. It is possible to implement the black matrix conditions with a simple configuration without a light shielding layer by controlling the stable condition of the gap, to display a grey tone with a combination of pixels and a gap, or to raise the opening ratio by making the condition between adjacent pixels and a gap the same condition.

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