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Diffusing matrix liquid crystal display screen

US5617231A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateJun 16, 1995
Grant dateApr 1, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133512
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal display screen which includes a first transparent plate covered with an electrode array and a second transparent plate covered with a counter-electrode. A liquid crystal film is inserted between the first and second plates. Further, either of the first or second transparent plates is covered with a material coating which diffuses ambient light with a brightness which exceeds a brightness of the liquid crystal film in the absence of excitation. This coating may take the form of a metal, a white mineral pigment or a polymer film which contains surface microcracks. Such a liquid crystal display screen as in the present invention may find particular applications to terminals, computers, pocket calculators, etc.

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