TW200612375A - Driving cholesteric liquid crystal material into the focal conic state - Google Patents

Driving cholesteric liquid crystal material into the focal conic state

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TW200612375A
TW200612375A TW094119697A TW94119697A TW200612375A TW 200612375 A TW200612375 A TW 200612375A TW 094119697 A TW094119697 A TW 094119697A TW 94119697 A TW94119697 A TW 94119697A TW 200612375 A TW200612375 A TW 200612375A
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liquid crystal
cholesteric liquid
crystal material
focal conic
conic state
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TW094119697A
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Chinese (zh)
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David Coates
Shalom Amir Ben
Shlomit Engel
Christopher John Hughes
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Magink Display Technologies
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    • G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
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    • 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
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    • 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
    • G02F1/13718—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 a change of the texture state of a cholesteric liquid crystal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G09G2300/0469—Details of the physics of pixel operation
    • G09G2300/0478—Details of the physics of pixel operation related to liquid crystal pixels
    • G09G2300/0482—Use of memory effects in nematic liquid crystals
    • G09G2300/0486—Cholesteric liquid crystals, including chiral-nematic liquid crystals, with transitions between focal conic, planar, and homeotropic states
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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
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  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
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IL16249104A IL162491A0 (en) 2004-06-14 2004-06-14 Robust high-contrast sct display driving

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KR (1) KR20070056037A (enExample)
CN (1) CN100561558C (enExample)
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US20090161034A1 (en) 2009-06-25
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