公开(公告)号：US06061045A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-09

申请号：US665947

申请日：1996-06-19

申请人： Yutaka Inaba

发明人： Yutaka Inaba

IPC分类号： G09G3/36

CPC分类号： G09G3/364

摘要： A liquid crystal display apparatus is constituted from a display panel including scanning electrodes and data electrodes intersecting the scanning electrodes so as to form a matrix of pixels each comprising at least two sub-pixels at an intersection of the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes; a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes and capable of assuming an antiferroelectric first stable state under application of no voltage and a ferroelectric second stable state and a ferroelectric third stable state under application of voltages corresponding to polarities of the applied voltages; polarizing means for discriminating the first stable state of the liquid crystal as a dark state, and the second and third stable states of the liquid crystal as bright states; and drive means for applying voltages to the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes so as to place the liquid crystal in the second stable state at a sub-pixel of the sub-pixels and in the third stable state at another sub-pixel of the sub-pixels when a pixel concerned is placed in bright state or drive means for sequentially selecting the scanning electrodes with skipping of N electrodes apart (N: positive integer) by applying selection voltages of polarities alternating for each selection to successively selected scanning electrodes. The drive means is effective in minimizing differences in transmittance and hue when viewed in an oblique direction to alleviate flickering.

摘要翻译： 液晶显示装置由包括扫描电极和与扫描电极相交的数据电极的显示面板构成，以形成每个像素矩阵，每个像素的矩阵在扫描电极和数据电极的交点处包括至少两个子像素; 设置在扫描电极和数据电极之间的铁电液晶，并且在施加与施加的电压的极性相对应的电压的情况下，能够在施加无电压和铁电第二稳定状态和铁电第三稳定状态时呈现反铁电第一稳定状态 ; 用于将液晶的第一稳定状态识别为暗态的偏振装置，以及液晶的第二和第三稳定状态为亮状态; 以及用于向扫描电极和数据电极施加电压以将液晶处于第二稳定状态的子像素的子像素并且处于第三稳定状态的子驱动装置，在子像素的另一子像素处 当相关像素置于亮状态时的像素，或者通过对连续选择的扫描电极施加每个选择交替的极性选择电压，通过分开N个电极（N：正整数）来顺序地选择扫描电极的驱动装置。 驱动装置有效地使倾斜方向上的透光率和色调的差异最小化以减轻闪烁。

公开(公告)号：US5703614A

公开(公告)日：1997-12-30

申请号：US422576

申请日：1995-04-14

申请人： Akihiro Mouri ,  Tsutomu Toyono ,  Shuzo Kaneko ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Junichiro Kanbe

发明人： Akihiro Mouri ,  Tsutomu Toyono ,  Shuzo Kaneko ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Junichiro Kanbe

IPC分类号： G09G3/36 ,  H01L31/18 ,  G02F1/133

CPC分类号： G09G3/3629 ,  H01L31/1884 ,  G09G2310/06 ,  G09G2310/061 ,  G09G2310/063 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： An optical modulation device comprises scanning electrodes and signal electrodes disposed opposite to and intersecting with the signal electrodes, and an optical modulation material disposed between the electrodes, a pixel being formed at each intersection of the electrodes and showing a contrast depending on the polarity of a voltage applied thereto. The device is driven by a method comprising, in a writing period for writing in all or prescribed pixels among the pixels on a selected scanning electrode, a first phase for applying a voltage of one polarity having an amplitude exceeding a first threshold voltage of the optical modulation material to the all or prescribed pixels, and a second phase for applying a voltage of the other polarity having an amplitude exceeding a second threshold voltage of the optical modulation material to a selected pixel and applying a voltage not exceeding the threshold voltages of the optical modulation material to the other pixels, respectively among the all or prescribed pixels. The duration of a continually applied voltage of the same polarity applied to a pixel on a scanning electrode is 2.5 times the duration of the first phase in the writing period at the maximum.

摘要翻译： 光调制装置包括扫描电极和与信号电极相对并相交的信号电极，以及设置在电极之间的光调制材料，形成在电极的每个交叉处并且显示与 施加电压。 该装置由一种方法驱动，该方法包括在用于在所选择的扫描电极上的像素中的全部或规定像素中写入的写入周期中，施加具有超过光学器件的第一阈值电压的一个极性的电压的第一相位 调制材料到全部或规定像素，以及第二相，用于将具有超过光调制材料的第二阈值电压的振幅的另一极性的电压施加到所选择的像素，并施加不超过光学阈值电压的电压 分别在全部或规定的像素之间调制材料到其他像素。 施加到扫描电极上的像素的相同极性的持续施加电压的持续时间是写入周期中最大值的第一阶段的持续时间的2.​​5倍。

公开(公告)号：US5684613A

公开(公告)日：1997-11-04

申请号：US406483

申请日：1995-03-20

申请人： Osamu Taniguchi ,  Shinjiro Okada ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Hitoshi Shindo ,  Hirofumi Shibata

发明人： Osamu Taniguchi ,  Shinjiro Okada ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Hitoshi Shindo ,  Hirofumi Shibata

IPC分类号： G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G02F1/141 ,  G09F9/35 ,  G02F1/15

CPC分类号： G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/141 ,  G02F1/133784 ,  G02F1/13394 ,  G02F1/134336

摘要： A liquid crystal device comprising a pair of parallel base plates and a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between the base plates. One of the pair of parallel base plates is provided with a plurality of stepwise elevations disposed in the form of stripes, and has been implemented with a uniaxial orientation treatment in a direction parallel to the edges of the stepwise elevations. The stepwise elevation may be formed by a transparent electrode alone or in combination with an alignment control film disposed thereon. Because of the above features, alignment defects liable to develop from the edges of the elevations are removed.

摘要翻译： 一种液晶装置，包括一对平行基板和设置在基板之间的铁电液晶。 一对平行基板中的一个设置有以条纹形式设置的多个逐步升降，并且已经在平行于阶梯高度的边缘的方向上以单轴取向处理来实现。 可以通过单独的透明电极或与其上配置的取向控制膜组合来形成逐步升高。 由于上述特征，从高度边缘容易产生的对准缺陷被去除。

公开(公告)号：US5661532A

公开(公告)日：1997-08-26

申请号：US186104

申请日：1994-01-25

申请人： Shinjiro Okada ,  Osamu Taniguchi ,  Hironobu Mizuno ,  Yutaka Inaba

发明人： Shinjiro Okada ,  Osamu Taniguchi ,  Hironobu Mizuno ,  Yutaka Inaba

IPC分类号： G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/141 ,  G09G3/36

CPC分类号： G02F1/141 ,  G09G3/3629 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133719 ,  G02F2001/133738 ,  G02F2001/133742 ,  G02F2001/133761 ,  G09G2310/061 ,  G09G2310/065

摘要： A liquid crystal device having a first substrate on which a first group of belt-shaped electrodes are formed, a second substrate on which a second group of belt-shaped electrodes are formed so as to cross the first group of belt-shaped electrodes, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal arranged between the first and second substrates, wherein a first orientation film formed on the first group of belt-shaped electrodes and second orientation films formed in spaces among the belt-shaped electrodes are different.

摘要翻译： 一种具有形成有第一组带状电极的第一基板的液晶装置，形成有第二组带状电极的第二组带状电极穿过第一组带状电极的第二基板，以及 布置在第一和第二基板之间的手性近晶液晶，其中形成在第一组带状电极上的第一取向膜和形成在带状电极之间的空间中的第二取向膜是不同的。

公开(公告)号：US5615027A

公开(公告)日：1997-03-25

申请号：US375181

申请日：1995-01-18

申请人： Masaki Kuribayashi ,  Yukiko Futami ,  Hiroshi Inoue ,  Akira Tsuboyama ,  Yutaka Inaba

发明人： Masaki Kuribayashi ,  Yukiko Futami ,  Hiroshi Inoue ,  Akira Tsuboyama ,  Yutaka Inaba

IPC分类号： G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC分类号： G09G3/3629 ,  G09G3/3607 ,  G09G3/364 ,  G09G3/3674 ,  G09G2310/0227 ,  G09G2310/06 ,  G09G2310/065 ,  G09G2320/041 ,  G09G3/2018 ,  G09G3/2074

摘要： A liquid crystal apparatus, includes: a) a liquid crystal device comprising an electrode matrix composed of scanning electrodes and data electrodes, and a ferroelectric liquid crystal showing a first and a second orientation state; and b) a driving means including: a first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to the scanning electrodes two or more scanning electrodes apart in one vertical scanning so as to effect one picture scanning in plural times of vertical scanning, said scanning selection signal having a voltage of one polarity and a voltage of the other polarity with respect to the voltage level of a nonselected scanning electrode, and a second drive means for applying to a selected data electrode a voltage signal which provides a voltage causing the first orientation state of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in combination with the voltage of one polarity of the scanning selection signal, and applying to another data electrode a voltage signal which provides a voltage causing the second orientation state of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in combination with the voltage of the other polarity of the scanning selection signal.

摘要翻译： 一种液晶装置，包括：a）液晶装置，包括由扫描电极和数据电极组成的电极矩阵和表示第一和第二取向状态的铁电液晶; 以及b）驱动装置，包括：第一驱动装置，用于在一个垂直扫描中向扫描电极施加扫描电极两个或更多个扫描电极，以便在多次垂直扫描中进行一次扫描，所述扫描选择信号 具有一个极性的电压和相对于非选择的扫描电极的电压电平的另一极性的电压;以及第二驱动装置，用于将选择的数据电极提供导致第一取向状态的电压的电压信号 铁电液晶与扫描选择信号的一个极性的电压组合，并且向另一个数据电极施加电压信号，该电压信号提供导致铁电液晶的第二取向状态的电压与另一极性的电压 的扫描选择信号。

公开(公告)号：US5440412A

公开(公告)日：1995-08-08

申请号：US034401

申请日：1993-03-19

申请人： Akihiro Mouri ,  Tsutomu Toyono ,  Shuzo Kaneko ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Junichiro Kanbe

发明人： Akihiro Mouri ,  Tsutomu Toyono ,  Shuzo Kaneko ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Junichiro Kanbe

IPC分类号： G09G3/36 ,  H01L31/18 ,  G02F1/13

CPC分类号： G09G3/3629 ,  H01L31/1884 ,  G09G2310/06 ,  G09G2310/061 ,  G09G2310/063 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： An optical modulation device includes scanning electrodes and signal electrodes disposed opposite to and intersecting with the signal electrodes, and an optical modulation material disposed between the electrodes, a pixel being formed at each intersection of the electrodes and showing a contrast depending on the polarity of a voltage applied thereto. The device is driven by a method including in a writing period for writing in all or prescribed pixels among the pixels on a selected scanning electrode, a first phase for applying a voltage of one polarity having an amplitude exceeding a first threshold voltage of the optical modulation material to the all or prescribed pixels, and a second phase for applying a voltage of the other polarity having an amplitude exceeding a second threshold voltage of the optical modulation material to a selected pixel and applying a voltage not exceeding the threshold voltages of the optical modulation material to the other pixels, respectively among the all or prescribed pixels. The maximum duration of a continually applied voltage of the same polarity applied to a pixel on a scanning electrode is 2.5 times the duration of the first phase in the writing period.

摘要翻译： 光调制装置包括扫描电极和与信号电极相对并相交的信号电极，以及设置在电极之间的光调制材料，像素形成在电极的每个交叉点处，并且显示出与 施加电压。 该装置由包括写入周期的方法驱动，该写入周期用于在所选择的扫描电极上的像素中的全部或规定的像素中进行写入，用于施加具有超过光调制的第一阈值电压的一个极性的电压的第一相 以及第二相，其将具有超过光调制材料的第二阈值电压的振幅超过另一极性的电压施加到所选择的像素，并施加不超过光调制阈值电压的电压 分别在全部或规定像素之间的其他像素的材料。 施加到扫描电极上的像素的相同极性的连续施加电压的最大持续时间是写入周期中第一阶段的持续时间的2.​​5倍。

公开(公告)号：US5227900A

公开(公告)日：1993-07-13

申请号：US671449

申请日：1991-03-19

申请人： Yutaka Inaba ,  Katsumi Kurematsu ,  Shuzo Kaneko

发明人： Yutaka Inaba ,  Katsumi Kurematsu ,  Shuzo Kaneko

IPC分类号： G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36

CPC分类号： G09G3/3651 ,  G09G3/367 ,  G09G2310/0251 ,  G09G2310/061 ,  G09G3/2011 ,  G09G3/207 ,  G09G3/3614

摘要： A method of driving a liquid crystal display element in which a switching element is provided for each of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix manner and a ferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between the pixel electrodes and a counter electrode includes the steps of applying a reset voltage for resetting the entire pixel to a first stable state of the ferroelectric liquid crystal across the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, partially transiting the pixel to a second stable state by a tone signal voltage having a pole opposite to that of the reset voltage, and reversing the pole of the reset voltage every predetermined period. Assuming that a state reverse ratio of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is T(V)% when the tone signal voltage is V, a tone signal voltage V.sub.1 after negative resetting and a corresponding tone signal voltage -V.sub.2 after positive resetting satisfy the following relation:T(V.sub.1)+T(V.sub.2)=100

摘要翻译： 一种液晶显示元件的驱动方法，其中，对于以矩阵方式布置的每个像素电极和设置有用于形成像素电极和对电极的铁电液晶的开关元件，包括以下步骤： 将整个像素复位到跨越像素电极和对电极的铁电液晶的第一稳定状态，通过具有与复位电压相反的极点的音调信号电压部分地将像素转移到第二稳定状态，并且反转 每个预定周期的复位电压的极点。 假设当音调信号电压为V时铁电液晶的状态反向比为T（V）％，负复位后的音调信号电压V1和正复位之后的对应音调信号电压-V2满足以下关系：T （V1）+ T（V2）= 100

公开(公告)号：US5212575A

公开(公告)日：1993-05-18

申请号：US398989

申请日：1989-08-28

申请人： Makoto Kojima ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Tatsuo Murata ,  Hideaki Takao

发明人： Makoto Kojima ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Tatsuo Murata ,  Hideaki Takao

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC分类号： G02F1/133516 ,  G02F1/134336 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/13439 ,  Y10T428/24901

摘要： A functional substrate for controlling pixels, comprising;a) a substrate;b) an insulating film provided on said substrate;c) a stripe-shaped transparent conductive film provided in plurality on said insulating film;d) an opaque conductive film covered with said insulating film, arranged in parallel to said stripe-shaped transparent conductive film, and disposed between two stripe-shaped transparent conductive films adjacent to each other; ande) a contact area at which one of said two stripe-shaped transparent conductive films adjacent to each other and said opaque conductive film are electrically connected.

摘要翻译： 一种用于控制像素的功能基板，包括： a）基材; b）设置在所述基板上的绝缘膜; c）在所述绝缘膜上多个设置的条状透明导电膜; d）与所述条形透明导电膜并联布置的覆盖有绝缘膜的不透明导电膜，并且设置在彼此相邻的两个条状透明导电膜之间; 和e）彼此相邻的所述两个条状透明导电膜之一和所述不透明导电膜电连接的接触区域。

公开(公告)号：US5204766A

公开(公告)日：1993-04-20

申请号：US858338

申请日：1992-03-26

申请人： Osamu Taniguchi ,  Shinjiro Okada ,  Hironobu Mizuno ,  Yutaka Inaba

发明人： Osamu Taniguchi ,  Shinjiro Okada ,  Hironobu Mizuno ,  Yutaka Inaba

IPC分类号： G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/141

CPC分类号： G02F1/13392 ,  G02F1/141

摘要： A liquid crystal cell is constituted a pair of substrates each having an electrode thereon and disposed with their faces having the electrode opposite to each other, a spacer and a particulate adhesive disposed to leave a spacing between the substrates, and a liquid crystal disposed to fill the spacing between the substrates. The particulate adhesive is dispersed at a higher density in a region close to a side of the cell than in a central region of the cell, particularly in a direction of unidirectional alignment axis provided to the substrates. By such uneven distribution of the particulate adhesive, undesirable local thickening of the cell side due to movement of liquid crystal molecules during drive can be suppressed.

摘要翻译： 液晶单元由一对基板构成，每个基板上具有电极，并且其表面具有彼此相对的电极，间隔物和设置成在基板之间留有间隔的颗粒状粘合剂，以及设置成填充的液晶 基板之间的间距。 颗粒状粘合剂在比电池的中心区域更接近于电池侧的区域以较高的密度分散，特别是在设置于基板的单向取向轴的方向上。 通过颗粒状粘合剂的这种不均匀分布，可以抑制由于驱动期间液晶分子的移动导致的电池侧的不期望的局部增厚。

公开(公告)号：US5165076A

公开(公告)日：1992-11-17

申请号：US415971

申请日：1989-10-02

申请人： Akira Tsuboyama ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Akio Yoshida ,  Yukio Hanyu ,  Toshiharu Uchimi ,  Masataka Yamashita

发明人： Akira Tsuboyama ,  Yutaka Inaba ,  Akio Yoshida ,  Yukio Hanyu ,  Toshiharu Uchimi ,  Masataka Yamashita

IPC分类号： C09K19/12 ,  C09K19/20 ,  C09K19/22 ,  C09K19/28 ,  C09K19/30 ,  C09K19/32 ,  C09K19/34 ,  C09K19/46 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/141

CPC分类号： C09K19/20 ,  C09K19/126 ,  C09K19/2021 ,  C09K19/22 ,  C09K19/28 ,  C09K19/3001 ,  C09K19/322 ,  C09K19/3441 ,  C09K19/46 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/141

摘要： A ferroelectric liquid crystal device comprises a pair of opposite electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between the electrodes. At least one of the opposite electrodes is coated with a primer layer and an alignment layer on the primer layer. The alignment layer has a thickness d.sub.2 and is made of a material having a dielectric constant .epsilon..sub.2, and the primer layer has a thickness d.sub.1 and is made of a material having a dielectric constant .epsilon..sub.1 which are greater than d.sub.2 and .epsilon..sub.2, respectively. The ferroelectric liquid crystal is at least one mesomorphic compound represented by the formula R.sub.1 --A.sub.1 --X--A.sub.2 --R.sub.2 wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 respectively denote a 6-membered ring-containing divalent group; X denotes a single bond or a divalent chain group; and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 respectively denote a branch or linear chain group, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 being the same or different.

摘要翻译： 铁电液晶器件包括一对相对电极和设置在电极之间的铁电液晶。 至少一个相对电极在底漆层上涂覆有底漆层和取向层。 取向层的厚度为d2，由介电常数ε2的材料制成，底漆层的厚度为d1，由介电常数ε1分别大于d2和ε2的材料制成 。 铁电液晶是至少一种由式R1-A1-X-A2-R2表示的介晶化合物，其中A1和A2分别表示含有6元环的二价基团; X表示单键或二价链基团; R1和R2分别表示分支或直链的基团，R1和R2相同或不同。