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:
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:
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:
A liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of oppositely disposed substrates respectively having thereon a group of stripe-shaped scanning electrodes and a group of stripe-shaped data electrodes disposed to intersect the scanning electrodes and a liquid crystal disposed between the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes so as to form a pixel at each intersection of the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes. The liquid crystal device is driven by applying a scanning selection signal sequentially to the scanning electrodes, and applying data signals to the data electrodes while phase modulating the data signals depending on given gradation data. One unit period of data signal is divided into plural sections, the data signals in each section are phase-modulated in one direction in accordance with an increase in gradation data, and the data signals in mutually adjacent sections are phase-modulated in mutually opposite directions in accordance with an increase in gradation data.
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:
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:
A liquid crystal device, comprises: a pair of opposite electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal showing a first and a second alignment state depending on the direction of an electric field applied thereto and disposed between the opposite electrodes. The ferroelectric liquid crystal is placed in a stated of causing a relaxation such that, when a voltage pulse equal to the threshold is applied between the opposite electrodes, the ferroelectric liquid crystal causes a change in its molecular alignment state from one molecular alignment state toward the other molecular alignment state and continues the change in its molecular alignment state even after the removal of the voltage pulse until the change reaches a saturation in a certain period.
摘要:
A ferroelectric liquid crystal element with plural surface stabilization states is driven by applying, during a transition inhibition period, an alternating voltage to generate an electric field in the liquid crystal portion in which no transition of a surface stabilization state occurs. The value of the alternating voltage is set not to be greater than that which generates in the liquid crystal a shear stress based on the drive force that is equal to the static frictional force at the interfaces between the surfaces of the electrode substrates and the liquid crystal molecules.
摘要:
A liquid crystal cell is constituted by a pair of substrates respectively provided with scanning electrodes or data electrodes and uniaxial alignment axes which are substantially parallel with each other and substantially in the same direction, and a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between the substrates. At least one of the substrates is provided with ridges having a height at least one third of the spacing between the substrates or stripe transparent electrodes having thereon a stripe conductor film extending in the longitudinal direction of an associated one of the stripe transparent electrodes.
摘要:
In a ferroelectric liquid crystal element, which is constituted by holding a chiral smectic liquid crystal exhibiting ferroelectricity between electrode substrates, and in which the liquid crystal presents a plurality of surface stabilization states according to an electric field applied through the electrode substrates, and an alternating electric field having a strength equal to or higher than a constant value is applied during a period for inhibiting transition of the surface stabilization state, and to a corresponding liquid crystal portion, within a range causing no transition, the strength of the alternating electric field to be applied during the period for inhibiting transition of the surface stabilization state, and to the corresponding liquid crystal portion is set to be equal to or lower than a predetermined value which does not cause the liquid crystal to flow.