Time-sharing driving method for ferroelectric liquid crystal display
First Claim
1. In a time-sharing driving method for a device comprising an electrode matrix which comprises a pair of electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, said pair of electrode groups intersecting with each other to form matrix intersecting points, one electrode group being assigned to serve as scanning electrodes,a scanning electrode being addressed and subject to application of voltage in a time-sharing manner,the improvement whereinthe direction of the voltage applied to a selected matrix intersecting point in the scanning electrode addressed at a time is opposite to that of the voltage applied to the other matrix intersecting points.
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Abstract
In a time-sharing driving method for a device comprising electrode matrix wherein the electrode matrix comprises two electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, the two electrode groups being arranged so as to intersect with each other to form matrix intersecting points, one electrode group being assigned to serve as a row electrode while the other electrode group is assigned to serve as a signal electrode, voltage being applied to each row electrode in a time-sharing manner, the time-sharing driving method is characterized in that voltage applied to a selected point in an addressed row electrode is in a direction opposite to that of voltage applied to the other matrix intersecting points.
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1. In a time-sharing driving method for a device comprising an electrode matrix which comprises a pair of electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, said pair of electrode groups intersecting with each other to form matrix intersecting points, one electrode group being assigned to serve as scanning electrodes,
a scanning electrode being addressed and subject to application of voltage in a time-sharing manner, the improvement wherein the direction of the voltage applied to a selected matrix intersecting point in the scanning electrode addressed at a time is opposite to that of the voltage applied to the other matrix intersecting points.
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4. In a time-sharing driving method for a device comprising an electrode matrix comprising a pair of electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, said pair of electrode groups intersecting with each other to form matrix intersecting points, one electrode group being assigned to serve as scanning electrodes while the other electrode group is assigned to serve as signal electrodes, a scanning electrode being addressed and subject to application of voltage in a time-sharing manner, the improvement wherein the voltages applied to said scanning electrodes and said signal electrodes are in such amounts that the polarity of voltage value D2 -D4 is different from that of the other voltage values D2 -D3, D1 -D4 and D1 -D3,
wherein D4 is a voltage applied to an addressed scanning electrode, D3 is a voltage applied to a non-addressed scanning electrode, D2 is a voltage applied to a signal electrode selected from the plurality of signal electrodes, and D1 is a voltage applied to the other signal electrodes.
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7. In a time-sharing method for a device comprising an electrode matrix which comprises a pair of electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, said pair of electrode groups intersecting with each other to form matrix intersecting points, one electrode group being assigned to serve as scanning electrodes while the other electrode group is assigned to serve as signal electrodes, a scanning electrode being addressed and subject to application of voltage in a time-sharing manner, the improvement wherein the voltages applied to said scanning electrodes and said signal electrodes are in such amounts that the following conditions are satisfied:
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space="preserve" listing-type="equation">b.sub.3 <
b.sub.2 <
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b.sub.1wherein b4 is a voltage applied to an addressed scanning electrode, b3 is a voltage applied to a non-addressed scanning electrode, b2 is a voltage applied to a signal electrode selected from the plurality of signal electrodes and b1 is a voltage applied to the other signal electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. In a time-sharing method for a matrix electrode array wherein the matrix electrode array comprises two electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, said two electrode groups being arranged so as to intersect with each other, one electrode group being assigned to serve as scanning electrodes while the other electrode group is assigned to serve as signal electrodes,
a scanning electrode being addressed and subject to application of voltage in a time-sharing manner, the voltages applied to said scanning electrodes and said signal electrodes are in such amounts that the following conditions are satisfied: -
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">B.sub.3 >
B.sub.2 >
B.sub.4 >
B.sub.1wherein B4 is a voltage applied to an addressed scanning electrode, B3 is a voltage applied to a non-addressed scanning electrode, B2 is a voltage applied to a signal electrode selected from the plurality of signal electrodes and B1 is a voltage applied to the other signal electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. In a time-sharing driving method for a device comprising an electrode matrix which comprises a pair of electrode groups oppositely spaced from each other, each comprising a plurality of electrodes, said pair of electrode groups intersecting with each other to form matrix intersecting points, one electrode group being assigned to serve as scanning electrodes while the other electrode group is assigned to serve as signal electrodes, a scanning electrode being addressed and subject to application of voltage in a time-sharing manner,
the improvement wherein a. the direction of the voltage applied to a selected intersecting point in the scanning electrode addressed at a time is opposite to that of the voltage applied to the other matrix intersecting points, and b. there is provided a time interval for applying an OFF signal within an addressing time interval.
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26. A time-sharing driving method for a liquid crystal device comprising shutters arranged in a plurality of rows, each shutter comprising a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed therebetween, comprising:
addressing and subjecting said plurality of rows of shutters to application of voltage row by row in a time sharing manner, wherein a first voltage signal is applied to a shutter in an addressed row of shutters, and a second voltage signal is applied to another shutter in the addressed row of shutters, said first and second voltage signals having opposite directions with each other. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A time-sharing driving method for a liquid crystal device comprising shutters arranged in a plurality of rows, each shutter comprising a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed therebetween having a first and a second stable orientation, comprising addressing and subjecting said plurality of rows of shutters to application of voltage row by row in a time-sharing manner, wherein a first voltage signal causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said first stable orientation is applied to a shutter in an addressed row of shutters and a second voltage signal causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said second stable orientation is applied to another shutter in the addressed row of shutters, said first and second voltage signals having opposite directions with each other, and
a voltage signal causing the ferroelectric crystal to take said first stable orientation is applied to the shutters in the non-addressed rows of shutters.
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34. A time-sharing driving method for a liquid crystal device comprising shutters arranged in a plurality of rows and in a staggered relationship between the rows, each shutter comprising a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed therebetween having a first and a second stable orientation, comprising:
addressing and subjecting said plurality of rows of shutters to application of voltage row by row in a time-sharing manner, wherein a first voltage signal causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said first stable orientation is applied to a shutter in an addressed row of shutters, and a second voltage signal causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said second stable orientation is applied to another shutter in the addressed row of shutters, said first and second voltage signals having opposite directions with each other. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
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a light source and a liquid crystal device disposed adjacent to the light source, said liquid crystal device comprising; shutters arranged in a plurality of rows, each shutter comprising a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed therebetween having a first stable orientation forming a light-transmissive state and a second stable orientation forming a light-interrupting state, and means for addressing and applying voltage signals to said plurality of rows of shutters row by row in a time-sharing manner, said voltage signals comprising a first voltage signal for causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said first stable orientation and a second voltage signal for causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said second stable orientation, said first and second voltage signals having opposite directions with each other. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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43. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
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a light source and a liquid crystal device disposed adjacent to the light source, said liquid crystal device comprising; shutters arranged in a plurality of rows and in a staggered relationship between the rows, each shutter comprising a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed therebetween having a first stable orientation forming a light-interrupting state and a second stable orientation forming a light-transmissive state, and means for addressing and applying voltage signals to said plurality of rows of shutters row by row in a time-sharing manner; said means for addressing and applying voltage signals further including means for applying to a shutter in the addressed row a first voltage signal for causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said first stable orientation, applying to another shutter in the addressed row a second voltage signal for causing the ferroelectric liquid crystal to take said second stable orientation having an opposite direction to that of the first voltage signal, and applying a voltage signal having the same direction as that of the first voltage signal to the shutters in the non-addressed rows of shutters. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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