CA1010136A - Liquid crystal cell having controllable optical activity - Google Patents

Liquid crystal cell having controllable optical activity

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CA1010136A
CA1010136A CA127,762A CA127762A CA1010136A CA 1010136 A CA1010136 A CA 1010136A CA 127762 A CA127762 A CA 127762A CA 1010136 A CA1010136 A CA 1010136A
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Prior art keywords
liquid crystal
crystal cell
optical activity
controllable optical
controllable
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CA127,762A
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CA127762S (en
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Wolfgang Helfrich
Martin Schadt
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BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
F Hoffmann La Roche AG
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BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
F Hoffmann La Roche AG
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Priority claimed from CH1793770A external-priority patent/CH532261A/de
Priority claimed from CH526071A external-priority patent/CH564207A5/de
Application filed by BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland, F Hoffmann La Roche AG filed Critical BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/137—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
    • G02F1/139—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent
    • G02F1/1396—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent the liquid crystal being selectively controlled between a twisted state and a non-twisted state, e.g. TN-LC cell

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal Substances (AREA)
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CA127,762A 1970-12-04 1971-11-16 Liquid crystal cell having controllable optical activity Expired CA1010136A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH1793770A CH532261A (de) 1970-12-04 1970-12-04 Lichtsteuerzelle
CH526071A CH564207A5 (it) 1971-04-13 1971-04-13

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CA1010136A true CA1010136A (en) 1977-05-10

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CA127,762A Expired CA1010136A (en) 1970-12-04 1971-11-16 Liquid crystal cell having controllable optical activity

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BE (1) BE776192A (it)
CA (1) CA1010136A (it)
DD (1) DD97070A5 (it)
DE (1) DE2158563B2 (it)
DK (1) DK133714B (it)
ES (1) ES397630A1 (it)
FR (1) FR2117358A5 (it)
GB (1) GB1372868A (it)
IT (1) IT946051B (it)
NL (1) NL150579B (it)
SE (1) SE374965B (it)

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US5594464A (en) * 1992-05-07 1997-01-14 Seiko Epson Corporation Liquid crystal display device having two metastable states and driving method therefor
US5900852A (en) * 1992-05-07 1999-05-04 Seiko Epson Corporation Liquid crystal display device having two metastable states and driving method therefor
US5488499A (en) * 1992-07-16 1996-01-30 Seiko Epson Corporation Liquid crystal display device utilizing a chiral nematic liquid crystal medium operative relative to two metastable states
US6072558A (en) * 1992-07-16 2000-06-06 Seiko Epson Corporation Electrooptical element switchable between a plurality of metabstable states
US6252571B1 (en) 1995-05-17 2001-06-26 Seiko Epson Corporation Liquid crystal display device and its drive method and the drive circuit and power supply circuit device used therein

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IT946051B (it) 1973-05-21
DE2158563B2 (de) 1975-10-23
DE2158563A1 (de) 1972-06-29
NL7115838A (it) 1972-06-06
SE374965B (sv) 1975-03-24
BE776192A (fr) 1972-06-05
GB1372868A (en) 1974-11-06
ES397630A1 (es) 1975-03-16
FR2117358A5 (it) 1972-07-21
DK133714C (it) 1988-05-02
NL150579B (nl) 1976-08-16
DD97070A5 (it) 1973-04-12
DK133714B (da) 1976-07-05

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