Liquid crystal display device having bistable nematic liquid crystal and method of driving the same
US6057817A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2320/0247
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A liquid crystal cell includes scanning and signal electrodes, and a bistable nematic liquid crystal material sealed therein. The material has liquid crystal molecules alignable in first and second metastable aligned states by selective application of twist select voltages smaller than a reset voltage after application of the reset voltage. A tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules is controlled in the first and second metastable aligned states in accordance with an effective value of a voltage applied between the opposing electrodes. A row driver, in accordance with display data, supplies a reset potential for applying the reset voltage between the electrodes, and a write-period voltage for designating a period for applying a voltage with an effective value according to the display data between the electrodes, to scanning electrodes. A data driver, in accordance with the display data, supplies a metastable-aligned-state selecting voltage for selectively applying a first metastable-aligned-state selecting voltage and a second metastable-aligned-state selecting voltage between the electrodes, and a write voltage corresponding to the voltage with the effective value according to t…
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