Method and apparatus for driving optical modulation device
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of scanning electrodes;
a plurality of signal electrodes intersecting the scanning electrodes;
a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between the scanning electrodes and signal electrodes and having at least two orientation states depending on the electric field applied thereto; and
driving means for driving said plurality of scanning electrodes and said plurality of signal electrodes, said driving means including;
means for dividing the plurality of scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks, each block comprising a plurality of signal electrodes and a plurality of scanning electrodes, wherein the number of scanning electrodes in each block is smaller than the total number of scanning electrodes; and
voltage application means for sequentially selecting a block from the plurality of blocks, applying a voltage to said apparatus to orient the forroelectric liquid crystal at the intersections of the plurality of signal electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes in the selected block in a first orientation state, sequentially applying a scanning selection signal to said apparatus for selecting a scanning electrode from the plurality of scanning electrodes in the selected block, and applying a voltage to said apparatus to orient the ferroelectric liquid crystal at the intersection of a selected signal electrode from the plurality of signal electrodes and the selected scanning electrode to a second orientation state.
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Abstract
An improvement in a driving method for an optical modulation device having a plurality of picture elements arranged in N lines, each picture element including a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes, and an optical modulation material disposed therebetween and showing at least two stable states with respect to an electric field. A writing operation is carried out respectively for a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality (n) of lines, the writing operation including: (a) a first step of applying such a voltage signal to picture elements arranged on the n lines as to provide the picture elements with a display state based on a first stable state of the optical modulation material, and (b) a second step of applying such a voltage signal to selected picture elements on the n lines line-by-line as to provide the selected picture elements with a display state based on a second stable state of the optical modulation material; wherein N and n are integers satisfying the relation of N>n.
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13 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of scanning electrodes; a plurality of signal electrodes intersecting the scanning electrodes; a ferroelectric liquid crystal disposed between the scanning electrodes and signal electrodes and having at least two orientation states depending on the electric field applied thereto; and driving means for driving said plurality of scanning electrodes and said plurality of signal electrodes, said driving means including; means for dividing the plurality of scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks, each block comprising a plurality of signal electrodes and a plurality of scanning electrodes, wherein the number of scanning electrodes in each block is smaller than the total number of scanning electrodes; and voltage application means for sequentially selecting a block from the plurality of blocks, applying a voltage to said apparatus to orient the forroelectric liquid crystal at the intersections of the plurality of signal electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes in the selected block in a first orientation state, sequentially applying a scanning selection signal to said apparatus for selecting a scanning electrode from the plurality of scanning electrodes in the selected block, and applying a voltage to said apparatus to orient the ferroelectric liquid crystal at the intersection of a selected signal electrode from the plurality of signal electrodes and the selected scanning electrode to a second orientation state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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