Transflective liquid crystal display
First Claim
1. A transflective liquid crystal display capable of producing observable indicia responsive to substantially unpolarized light entering from the front or the rear of the display, comprises:
- a liquid crystal cell switchable between first and second light transmissive conditions, the first transmissive condition causing substantial absorption of light having a polarization vector in a first direction, the second condition allowing transmission of light through said cell with substantially no attenuation thereof;
a first quarter-wave plate adjacent the rear of said cell and having an optical axis positioned substantially at a 45°
angle with respect to said first direction;
a transflective member arranged adjacent said first quarter wave-plate and opposite said cell;
a second quarter-wave plate arranged upon the opposite side of said transflective member from said first quarter-wave plate, said second quarter-wave plate having an optical axis disposed essentially parallel to the optical axis of said first quarter-wave plate; and
means positioned adjacent said second quarter-wave plate opposite said transflective member for polarizing substantially unpolarized light in said first direction.
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Abstract
A transflective liquid crystal display capable of presenting viewable indicia to an observer stationed to the front thereof, responsive to either reflection of incident ambient light entering into display from the front thereof or transmission of light from a source behind the display, utilizes a reflective display of the type having a twisted nematic liquid crystal host-guest dichroic dye cell backed by a quarter-wave plate and a partially-reflective, partially-transmissive transflector member, in conjunction with a linear polarizer and a second quarter-wave plate arranged between the back-lighting source and the partially-transmissive member.
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1. A transflective liquid crystal display capable of producing observable indicia responsive to substantially unpolarized light entering from the front or the rear of the display, comprises:
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a liquid crystal cell switchable between first and second light transmissive conditions, the first transmissive condition causing substantial absorption of light having a polarization vector in a first direction, the second condition allowing transmission of light through said cell with substantially no attenuation thereof; a first quarter-wave plate adjacent the rear of said cell and having an optical axis positioned substantially at a 45°
angle with respect to said first direction;a transflective member arranged adjacent said first quarter wave-plate and opposite said cell; a second quarter-wave plate arranged upon the opposite side of said transflective member from said first quarter-wave plate, said second quarter-wave plate having an optical axis disposed essentially parallel to the optical axis of said first quarter-wave plate; and means positioned adjacent said second quarter-wave plate opposite said transflective member for polarizing substantially unpolarized light in said first direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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