CA1068423A - Liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Liquid crystal display device

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Publication number
CA1068423A
CA1068423A CA258,646A CA258646A CA1068423A CA 1068423 A CA1068423 A CA 1068423A CA 258646 A CA258646 A CA 258646A CA 1068423 A CA1068423 A CA 1068423A
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Prior art keywords
cells
liquid crystal
signals
cell
source
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CA258,646A
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French (fr)
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Peter D. Ngo
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AT&T Inc
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Western Electric Co Inc
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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
    • G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
    • G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
    • G02F1/133345—Insulating layers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/34—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source
    • G09G3/36—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
    • G09G3/3611—Control of matrices with row and column drivers
    • G09G3/3622—Control of matrices with row and column drivers using a passive matrix
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/34—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source
    • G09G3/36—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
    • G09G3/3611—Control of matrices with row and column drivers
    • G09G3/3674—Details of drivers for scan electrodes
    • G09G3/3681—Details of drivers for scan electrodes suitable for passive matrices only
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/34—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source
    • G09G3/36—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
    • G09G3/3611—Control of matrices with row and column drivers
    • G09G3/3685—Details of drivers for data electrodes
    • G09G3/3692—Details of drivers for data electrodes suitable for passive matrices only
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/21—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements
    • G11C11/34—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices
    • G11C11/40—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors
    • G11C11/401—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells
    • G11C11/403—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells with charge regeneration common to a multiplicity of memory cells, i.e. external refresh

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal Display Device Control (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
CA258,646A 1975-09-15 1976-08-06 Liquid crystal display device Expired CA1068423A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US05/613,220 US4028692A (en) 1975-09-15 1975-09-15 Liquid crystal display device

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CA1068423A true CA1068423A (en) 1979-12-18

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US (1) US4028692A (OSRAM)
JP (1) JPS5235999A (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1068423A (OSRAM)
CH (1) CH597673A5 (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE2641003A1 (OSRAM)
FR (1) FR2324091A1 (OSRAM)
GB (1) GB1544511A (OSRAM)
NL (1) NL7610196A (OSRAM)

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JPS53129965U (OSRAM) * 1977-03-24 1978-10-16
DE2849221C2 (de) * 1978-11-13 1983-01-27 Günter Dipl.-Phys. 3303 Vechelde Kramer Anzeigeeinrichtung mit Flüssigkristallelementen
US4233603A (en) * 1978-11-16 1980-11-11 General Electric Company Multiplexed varistor-controlled liquid crystal display
US4223308A (en) * 1979-07-25 1980-09-16 Northern Telecom Limited LCDs (Liquid crystal displays) controlled by thin film diode switches
US4295137A (en) * 1980-01-07 1981-10-13 Gte Laboratories Incorporated Electroluminescent display driver system for thin-film electroluminescent devices requiring electric field reversal
US4462027A (en) * 1980-02-15 1984-07-24 Texas Instruments Incorporated System and method for improving the multiplexing capability of a liquid crystal display and providing temperature compensation therefor
JPS5758190A (en) 1980-09-25 1982-04-07 Suwa Seikosha Kk Active matric type liquid crystal indicator driving system
US5105285A (en) * 1982-03-19 1992-04-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Image transmission system
JPS5961818A (ja) * 1982-10-01 1984-04-09 Seiko Epson Corp 液晶表示装置
GB2131590A (en) * 1982-11-18 1984-06-20 Meldisc Investments Pty Ltd Controlled visual display device
CH666560A5 (de) * 1983-03-01 1988-07-29 Tadeusz Bobak Anzeigevorrichtung.
TWI440926B (zh) 2010-12-31 2014-06-11 Hongda Liu 液晶顯示裝置

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US3824003A (en) * 1973-05-07 1974-07-16 Hughes Aircraft Co Liquid crystal display panel
US3895373A (en) * 1974-06-07 1975-07-15 Ibm Method and apparatus for selectively exciting a matrix of voltage responsive devices

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NL7610196A (nl) 1977-03-17
US4028692A (en) 1977-06-07
CH597673A5 (OSRAM) 1978-04-14
FR2324091B1 (OSRAM) 1982-03-05
DE2641003A1 (de) 1977-03-31
FR2324091A1 (fr) 1977-04-08
JPS5235999A (en) 1977-03-18
GB1544511A (en) 1979-04-19

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