EP1053503A1 - Flüssigkristallichtmodulator - Google Patents

Flüssigkristallichtmodulator

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Publication number
EP1053503A1
EP1053503A1 EP99905023A EP99905023A EP1053503A1 EP 1053503 A1 EP1053503 A1 EP 1053503A1 EP 99905023 A EP99905023 A EP 99905023A EP 99905023 A EP99905023 A EP 99905023A EP 1053503 A1 EP1053503 A1 EP 1053503A1
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Prior art keywords
liquid crystal
cell according
light
cell
electrodes
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EP99905023A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Timothy Andrew Large
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Technology Partnership PLC
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Technology Partnership PLC
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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
    • 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
    • G02F1/29—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 position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/292—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 position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection by controlled diffraction or phased-array beam steering
    • 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
    • G02F2203/00—Function characteristic
    • G02F2203/02—Function characteristic reflective
EP99905023A 1998-02-13 1999-02-12 Flüssigkristallichtmodulator Withdrawn EP1053503A1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9803157 1998-02-13
GBGB9803157.8A GB9803157D0 (en) 1998-02-13 1998-02-13 Liquid crystal light modulator
PCT/GB1999/000436 WO1999041639A1 (en) 1998-02-13 1999-02-12 Liquid crystal light modulator

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EP1053503A1 true EP1053503A1 (de) 2000-11-22

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EP (1) EP1053503A1 (de)
AU (1) AU2533099A (de)
GB (1) GB9803157D0 (de)
WO (1) WO1999041639A1 (de)

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WO1999041639A1 (en) 1999-08-19
GB9803157D0 (en) 1998-04-08

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