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Color liquid crystal display device

US5216414A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 15, 1990
Grant dateJun 1, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1396
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A color liquid crystal display device in which a color filter is provided over the entire surface of the glass substrate. In a first embodiment, display electrodes extend over a plurality of color filter sectors to form segment electrodes. In a second embodiment, the transmissivity of light passing through the liquid crystal layer can be varied in levels by making the display electrodes in two-layer, operating voltage on each of the electrodes independently, and varying in levels the amplitude of voltage applied on the liquid crystal layer by the display electrodes. In a third embodiment, the amount of light transmitted in the display area of a color filter sector is controlled by two or more display electrodes which divide up the display area.

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