JPH0346808B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPH0346808B2
JPH0346808B2 JP59190791A JP19079184A JPH0346808B2 JP H0346808 B2 JPH0346808 B2 JP H0346808B2 JP 59190791 A JP59190791 A JP 59190791A JP 19079184 A JP19079184 A JP 19079184A JP H0346808 B2 JPH0346808 B2 JP H0346808B2
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Prior art keywords
axis
liquid crystal
polarizer
substrate surface
analyzer
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Expired - Lifetime
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JP59190791A
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Japanese (ja)
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JPS6167832A (ja
Inventor
Junichiro Kanbe
Shinjiro Okada
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Application filed by Canon Inc filed Critical Canon Inc
Priority to JP59190791A priority Critical patent/JPS6167832A/ja
Priority to US06/773,221 priority patent/US4709994A/en
Publication of JPS6167832A publication Critical patent/JPS6167832A/ja
Publication of JPH0346808B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0346808B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • G02F1/141—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 using ferroelectric liquid crystals
    • 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
    • G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
    • G02F1/133528—Polarisers
    • G02F1/133531—Polarisers characterised by the arrangement of polariser or analyser axes

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
JP59190791A 1984-09-12 1984-09-12 液晶素子 Granted JPS6167832A (ja)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP59190791A JPS6167832A (ja) 1984-09-12 1984-09-12 液晶素子
US06/773,221 US4709994A (en) 1984-09-12 1985-09-06 Liquid crystal device using ferroelectric liquid crystal twisted in two stable states

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP59190791A JPS6167832A (ja) 1984-09-12 1984-09-12 液晶素子

Related Child Applications (1)

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JP60184594A Division JPS6183522A (ja) 1985-08-22 1985-08-22 光量制御法

Publications (2)

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JPS6167832A JPS6167832A (ja) 1986-04-08
JPH0346808B2 true JPH0346808B2 (en:Method) 1991-07-17

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JP59190791A Granted JPS6167832A (ja) 1984-09-12 1984-09-12 液晶素子

Country Status (2)

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US (1) US4709994A (en:Method)
JP (1) JPS6167832A (en:Method)

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US5082352A (en) * 1988-09-29 1992-01-21 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ferroelectric liquid crystal apparatus
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US5061044A (en) * 1989-05-23 1991-10-29 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Ferroelectric liquid crystal display having opposingly inclined alignment films wherein the liquid crystal has one twisted and two aligned states which coexist and a driving method to produce gray scale
JP2835787B2 (ja) * 1991-03-22 1998-12-14 キヤノン株式会社 強誘電性液晶素子
JP2737032B2 (ja) * 1991-03-28 1998-04-08 キヤノン株式会社 液晶セル
JP2847331B2 (ja) * 1991-04-23 1999-01-20 キヤノン株式会社 液晶表示装置
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GB2266966B (en) * 1992-05-15 1995-10-25 Marconi Gec Ltd Display devices
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JPH0629919B2 (ja) * 1982-04-16 1994-04-20 株式会社日立製作所 液晶素子の駆動方法
JPS59129837A (ja) * 1983-01-14 1984-07-26 Canon Inc 時分割電圧印加方法及び装置
JPS59187324A (ja) * 1983-04-08 1984-10-24 Hitachi Ltd 光学装置
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US4709994A (en) 1987-12-01

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