PLZT multi-shutter color electrode pattern
First Claim
1. An improved, electronic shutter arrangement having an electrode pattern for controlling a plurality of light paths passing through an electro-optic substrate and forming a plurality of sequentially positioned unit cells, comprising in combination:
- electro-optic substrate means responsive to an electric field established between a set of electrodes mounted thereon;
a first set of electrodes having a first active and a first common lead for establishing a first electric field;
a second set of electrodes having a second active and a second common lead for establishing a second electric field, with said second set interleaved with said first set; and
a third set of electrodes having two parts formed by a third active lead interposed in serpentine fashion between said first and second sets of electrodes for establishing a third electric field and interdigitated with said first and second common leads thereof,said first, second, and third sets of electrodes cooperating to form unit cells in positional sequence and wherein each unit cell provides selectively controlled individual light paths having sets of electrodes positionally related to one another without surface-mounted crossovers.
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Abstract
An electro-optic display having either variable-color or selectable-color capability is disclosed, with each having particularly efficient electrode patterns for achieving color control. Each implements a passive display utilizing an electro-optic material such as PLZT having one of these types of electrode patterns and aligned with an appropriate multi-colored filter. By applying D.C. control voltages to these sets of electrodes, which are sufficiently small to form unit cells, variable or selectable color is perceived. The patterns may be arranged in a sequence of any length or width, with the three-shutter pattern featuring no surface-mounted crossovers.
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12 Claims
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1. An improved, electronic shutter arrangement having an electrode pattern for controlling a plurality of light paths passing through an electro-optic substrate and forming a plurality of sequentially positioned unit cells, comprising in combination:
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electro-optic substrate means responsive to an electric field established between a set of electrodes mounted thereon; a first set of electrodes having a first active and a first common lead for establishing a first electric field; a second set of electrodes having a second active and a second common lead for establishing a second electric field, with said second set interleaved with said first set; and a third set of electrodes having two parts formed by a third active lead interposed in serpentine fashion between said first and second sets of electrodes for establishing a third electric field and interdigitated with said first and second common leads thereof, said first, second, and third sets of electrodes cooperating to form unit cells in positional sequence and wherein each unit cell provides selectively controlled individual light paths having sets of electrodes positionally related to one another without surface-mounted crossovers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An improved, color display apparatus having an electrode pattern for controlling a plurality of triple color light beams formed by an aligned, triple-colored filter and passing through an electro-optic substrate for forming a plurality of sequentially positioned unit cells, comprising in combination:
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an electro-optic material such as lead, lanthanum, zirconium titanate (PLZT) responsive to an electric field establishec between a set of electrodes mounted thereon; a first set of electrodes having a first active and a first common lead for establishing a first electric field; a second set of electrodes having a second active and a second common lead for establishing a second electric field, said second set interleaved with said first set; and a third set of electrodes having two parts formed by a third active lead interposed in serpentine fashion between said first and second set of electrodes for establishing a third electric field and interdigitated with said first and second common leads thereof, said first, second, and third sets of electrodes cooperating to form unit cells in positional sequence wherein each unit cell provides selectively controlled individual light paths having sets of electrodes positionally related to one another without surface-mounted crossovers, and wherein said unit cell is sufficiently small so that a blending of any combination of said three primary colors effects the display of any desired, continuously variable, potentially saturated color.
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12. An improved, color display apparatus having an electrode pattern for controlling a plurality of triple color light beams formed by an aligned, triple-colored filter and passing through an electro-optic substrate for forming a plurality of sequentially positioned unit cells, comprising in combination:
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an electro-optic material such as lead, lanthanum, zirconium titanate (PLZT) responsive to an electric field established between a set of planar interdigitated electrodes mounted thereon; a first set of interdigitated electrodes having a first active and a first common lead for establishing a first electric field; a second set of interdigitated electrodes having a second active and a second common lead for establishing a second electric field, said second set interleaved with said first set; and a third set of interdigitated electrodes having two parts formed by a third active lead interposed in serpentine fashion between said first and second set of electrodes for establishing a third electric field and interdigitated with said first and second common leads thereof, said first, second, and third set of interdigitated electrodes cooperating to form unit cells in positional sequence wherein each unit cell provides selectively controlled individual light paths having sets of interdigitated electrodes positionally related to one another without surface-mounted crossovers, and wherein said unit cell is sufficiently small so that a blending of any combination of said three primary colors effects the display of any desired, continously variable, potentially saturated color.
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