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Driving power unit for driving liquid crystal display element and liquid crystal light-modulating device

US5712692A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1995
Grant dateJan 27, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1334
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A driving power unit for a liquid crystal display element, which charges an electrostatic charge on the surface of the liquid crystal display element having at least a conductive layer and a liquid crystal-dispersed polymer layer in which a liquid crystal is finely dispersed into a polymer matrix, has a blocking oscillator circuit for boosting a low voltage generated by a low-voltage DC power source, a rectifier diode for rectifying the voltage boosted by the blocking oscillator circuit, a smoothing capacitor for being charged by application of the rectified voltage and smoothing an output voltage, and a resistance interconnected between the smoothing capacitor and an output terminal to control an output current value to 5 mA or less. A liquid crystal light-modulating device has a driving power unit and a liquid crystal light-modulating panel including a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and a liquid crystal-dispersed polymer layer sandwiched between the electrodes.

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