Light modulator
    1.
    发明授权
    Light modulator 失效
    光调制器

    公开(公告)号:US06646710B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-11

    申请号:US09842252

    申请日:2001-04-26

    IPC分类号: G02F11336

    摘要: A bright, and contrasty reflective display can be performed without using polarizer films, and display switching can be performed fast. A ferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between substrates, and electrodes are formed face to face with each other in a direction parallel to the substrates. The ferroelectric liquid crystal, when no electric field is applied to it, goes into a planer state in which a helical axis becomes perpendicular to or almost perpendicular to the substrates, selectively reflecting light of specific wavelengths in a visible region. A driving circuit applies an electric field between the electrodes in a direction perpendicular to or almost perpendicular to the helical axis of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in the planer state. When an electric field equal to or greater than a threshold value is applied, the ferroelectric liquid crystal changes from a planer state due to a low electric field to a homeotropic state in which a helical structure disappears, going into a transparent state, wherein, in the homeotropic state, a cyclic change of refractive index disappears and liquid crystal molecules are arranged in the direction of the electric field. The change in this case is performed fast because the ferroelectric liquid crystal has spontaneous polarization. The ferroelectric liquid crystal may be filled between a pair of transparent substrates each having a transparent electrode formed thereon to apply electric fields in a direction parallel to or almost parallel to the helical axes.

    摘要翻译: 可以在不使用偏振片的情况下执行明亮且对比的反射显示,并且可以快速执行显示切换。 铁电液晶夹在基板之间,并且电极在平行于基板的方向上彼此面对。 当不施加电场时,铁电液晶进入平面状态,其中螺旋轴垂直于或几乎垂直于基板,选择性地反射可见光区域中特定波长的光。 驱动电路在平面状态下沿与铁电液晶的螺旋轴垂直或几乎垂直的方向在电极之间施加电场。 当施加等于或大于阈值的电场时,铁电液晶由于低电场而从平面状态变为螺旋结构消失的垂面状态,进入透明状态,其中,在 垂直状态,折射率的循环变化消失,液晶分子沿电场方向排列。 这种情况的变化是快速进行的,因为铁电液晶具有自发极化。 铁电液晶可以填充在其上形成有透明电极的一对透明基板之间,以沿与螺旋轴平行或几乎平行的方向施加电场。

    Light control element and method of manufacturing the same
    2.
    发明授权
    Light control element and method of manufacturing the same 失效
    光控元件及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US5929953A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-27

    申请号:US133410

    申请日:1998-08-13

    CPC分类号: G02F1/13342 G02F1/13471

    摘要: In a light control element whose reflection factor or transmission factor varies in response to an external stimulus such as voltage by having layer structure in which the refractive index varies periodically, design is made such that the difference in refractive index between adjacent layers in a reflected state becomes sufficiently great and the half-amplitude level of reflection spectrum becomes sufficiently high. A light control layer is interposed between supporting plates, and the light control layer is obtained by alternately laminating a nonsensitive layer and a sensitive layer in the Z-axis direction.In the nonsensitive layer, the oriented direction of the liquid crystal is fixed in the X-axis direction, while in the sensitive layer, the liquid crystal is oriented in the X-axis direction. On the supporting plate, a pair of electrodes and facing to each other in the Y-direction are so formed as to extend in a striped shape in the X-axis direction respectively. When voltage is applied between electrodes, the oriented direction of the liquid crystal in the sensitive layer changes into the Y-axis direction.

    摘要翻译: 在其反射因子或透射因子通过使折射率周期性变化的层结构通过诸如电压的外部刺激而变化的光控制元件中,使反射状态下相邻层之间的折射率差异 变得足够大,反射光谱的半幅度水平变得足够高。 光控制层插入在支撑板之间,并且通过在Z轴方向交替层叠非感光层和敏感层来获得光控制层。 在非感光层中,液晶的取向方向在X轴方向固定,而在敏感层中,液晶在X轴方向上取向。 在支撑板上,在Y方向上彼此面对的一对电极分别形成为在X轴方向上呈条纹状延伸。 当在电极之间施加电压时,敏感层中液晶的取向方向变为Y轴方向。

    Light control element method of manufacturing the same
    3.
    发明授权
    Light control element method of manufacturing the same 失效
    光控元件制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US5872609A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-16

    申请号:US900774

    申请日:1997-07-25

    CPC分类号: G02F1/13342 G02F1/13471

    摘要: In a light control element whose reflection factor or transmission factor varies in response to an external stimulus such as voltage by having layer structure in which the refractive index varies periodically, design is made such that the difference in refractive index between adjacent layers in a reflected state becomes sufficiently great and the halfamplitude level of reflection spectrum becomes sufficiently high. A light control layer is interposed between supporting plates, and the light control layer is obtained by alternately laminating a nonsensitive layer and a sensitive layer in the Z-axis direction. In the nonsensitive layer, the oriented direction of the liquid crystal is fixed in the X-axis direction, while in the sensitive layer, the liquid crystal is oriented in the X-axis direction. On the supporting plate, a pair of electrodes and facing to each other in the Y-direction are so formed as to extend in a striped shape in the X-axis direction respectively. When voltage is applied between electrodes, the oriented direction of the liquid crystal in the sensitive layer changes into the Y-axis direction.

    摘要翻译: 在其反射因子或透射因子通过使折射率周期性变化的层结构通过诸如电压的外部刺激而变化的光控制元件中,使反射状态下相邻层之间的折射率差异 变得足够大,反射光谱的半幅度水平变得足够高。 光控制层插入在支撑板之间,并且通过在Z轴方向交替层叠非感光层和敏感层来获得光控制层。 在非感光层中,液晶的取向方向在X轴方向固定,而在敏感层中,液晶在X轴方向上取向。 在支撑板上,在Y方向上彼此面对的一对电极分别形成为在X轴方向上呈条纹状延伸。 当在电极之间施加电压时,敏感层中液晶的取向方向变为Y轴方向。

    Cholesteric liquid crystal display
    4.
    发明授权
    Cholesteric liquid crystal display 有权
    胆固醇液晶显示

    公开(公告)号:US06744418B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-01

    申请号:US09912294

    申请日:2001-07-26

    IPC分类号: G09G336

    CPC分类号: G09G3/3625 G09G2310/0208

    摘要: A cholesteric liquid crystal display capable of rewriting at a high speed is provided, which includes a cholesteric liquid crystal display element forming pixels at intersection portions of scan-electrodes of a scan-electrode group and data-electrodes of a data-electrode group, in which L-lines (L: integer lager than 2) of the scan-electrodes each of the scan-electrode group form a block. The drive circuit sequentially selects one block during one selection time, simultaneously applies coded drive voltages each corresponding to the L-lines of the scan-electrodes in the selected block, and applies coded data-voltages each corresponding to data-electrodes of the data-electrode group synchronously with the drive voltages.

    摘要翻译: 提供能够高速重写的胆甾型液晶显示器,其包括在扫描电极组的扫描电极和数据电极组的数据电极的交叉部分处形成像素的胆甾醇型液晶显示元件, 每个扫描电极组的扫描电极的L线(L:大于2的整数)形成一个块。 驱动电路在一个选择时间期间顺序地选择一个块,同时将与扫描电极的L行对应的编码驱动电压同时施加在所选择的块中,并且对每个对应于所选择的块的扫描电极的数据电极施加编码的数据电压, 电极组与驱动电压同步。

    Multi-color display device
    5.
    发明授权
    Multi-color display device 有权
    多色显示设备

    公开(公告)号:US06580482B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-17

    申请号:US09436227

    申请日:1999-11-09

    IPC分类号: G02F11336

    摘要: A reflective-type multi-color display device is capable of obtaining a vivid and bright multi-color display with less display layers, and therefore, with a state where a parallax is decreased and a cost of the device can be reduced. Specifically, the display device of the present invention includes a cell 51 having a display layer 31 comprising a right-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects blue, a cell 53 having a display layer 33 comprising a left-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects green, a cell 57 having a display layer 37 comprising a right-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects yellow and a cell 55 having a display layer 35 comprising a left-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects red, these layers being laminated in this order from the observation side. A color filter 43 which transmits red and absorbs the other color light is provided between the cell 57 and the cell 55. A black light-absorbing layer 41 is formed at the back side of the cell 55.

    摘要翻译: 反射型多色显示装置能够获得具有较少显示层的生动明亮的多色显示装置,并且因此具有视差减小的状态,并且可以降低装置的成本。 具体而言,本发明的显示装置具有具有显示层31的单元51,该显示层31包括选择并反射蓝色的右旋胆甾醇型液晶,具有显示层33的单元53,显示层33包括左旋胆甾型液晶, 并且反射绿色,具有显示层37的单元57具有选择和反射黄色的右旋胆甾醇型液晶,以及具有显示层35的单元55,该显示层35包括选择并反射红色的左旋胆甾型液晶,这些层 从观察侧依次层叠。 在单元57和单元55之间设置透过红色并吸收其它色光的滤色器43.在单元55的背面形成有黑色的光吸收层41。

    Multi-color display device
    9.
    发明授权
    Multi-color display device 有权
    多色显示设备

    公开(公告)号:US06750928B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-15

    申请号:US10434228

    申请日:2003-05-09

    IPC分类号: G02F113

    摘要: A reflective-type multi-color display device is capable of obtaining a vivid and bright multi-color display with less display layers, and therefore, with a state where a parallax is decreased and a cost of the device can be reduced. Specifically, the display device of the present invention includes a cell 51 having a display layer 31 comprising a right-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects blue, a cell 53 having a display layer 33 comprising a left-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects green, a cell 57 having a display layer 37 comprising a right-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects yellow and a cell 55 having a display layer 35 comprising a left-handed cholesteric liquid crystal which selects and reflects red, these layers being laminated in this order from the observation side. A color filter 43 which transmits red and absorbs the other color light is provided between the cell 57 and the cell 55. A black light-absorbing layer 41 is formed at the back side of the cell 55.

    摘要翻译: 反射型多色显示装置能够获得具有较少显示层的生动明亮的多色显示装置,并且因此具有视差减小的状态,并且可以降低装置的成本。 具体而言,本发明的显示装置具有具有显示层31的单元51,该显示层31包括选择并反射蓝色的右旋胆甾醇型液晶,具有显示层33的单元53,显示层33包括左旋胆甾型液晶, 并且反射绿色,具有显示层37的单元57具有选择和反射黄色的右旋胆甾醇型液晶,以及具有显示层35的单元55,该显示层35包括选择并反射红色的左旋胆甾型液晶,这些层 从观察侧依次层叠。 在单元57和单元55之间设置透过红色并吸收其它色光的滤色器43.在单元55的背面形成有黑色的光吸收层41。