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Display device

US5760851A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 1996
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/13336
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transparency viewing device including a faceplate adapted for mounting at least one transparency thereon, a passive Matrix LCD array comprising a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes separated by liquid crystal material, one of said plurality of electrodes having N electrodes and the other of said plurality of electrodes having M electrodes whereby the intersections of the row and column electrodes define a matrix of M.times.N pixel elements arranged in rows and columns, which pixels are excited by an RMS voltage difference between the two electrodes intersecting a pixel and a driver which electrifies the row and column electrodes such that at least one of a plurality n of the N electrodes or a plurality m of the M electrodes are identically electrified, wherein n.ltoreq.N and m.ltoreq.M.

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