Driving method for liquid crystal device
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1. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
- a ferroelectric liquid crystal device having;
a group of scanning electrodes;
a group of signal electrodes disposed to intersect the scanning electrodes; and
a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold voltage of one and another polarity, respectively, disposed between the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes so as to form a picture element at each intersection; and
voltage signal application means for;
(a) applying to a selected scanning electrode a scanning selection signal comprising;
a voltage of one polarity or another polarity with respect to the voltage level of a non-selected scanning electrode; and
a same level voltage which is at the same voltage level as that of the non-selected scanning electrode;
(b) applying to a selected electrode an information signal comprising;
a first voltage signal providing a voltage exceeding the first or second threshold voltage in synchronism with said voltage of one polarity or another polarity; and
an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the first voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage; and
(c) applying to another signal electrode an information signal comprising;
a second voltage signal providing a voltage not exceeding the first or second threshold voltage of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in synchronism with said voltage of one polarity or the another polarity; and
an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the second voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage.
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Abstract
A driving method for a liquid crystal device of the type comprising a matrix electrode structure having scanning lines and data lines, and a ferroelectric liquid crystal. In the driving method, (a) in a first period, a scanning selection signal is applied to a scanning line and applying an information signal is applied to a data line in synchronism with the scanning selection signal, and (b) in a second period, an alternating auxiliary signal is applied to the data line.
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1. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
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a ferroelectric liquid crystal device having; a group of scanning electrodes; a group of signal electrodes disposed to intersect the scanning electrodes; and a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold voltage of one and another polarity, respectively, disposed between the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes so as to form a picture element at each intersection; and voltage signal application means for; (a) applying to a selected scanning electrode a scanning selection signal comprising; a voltage of one polarity or another polarity with respect to the voltage level of a non-selected scanning electrode; and a same level voltage which is at the same voltage level as that of the non-selected scanning electrode; (b) applying to a selected electrode an information signal comprising; a first voltage signal providing a voltage exceeding the first or second threshold voltage in synchronism with said voltage of one polarity or another polarity; and an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the first voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage; and (c) applying to another signal electrode an information signal comprising; a second voltage signal providing a voltage not exceeding the first or second threshold voltage of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in synchronism with said voltage of one polarity or the another polarity; and an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the second voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
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a ferroelectric liquid crystal device comprising; a group of scanning electrodes; a group of signal electrodes disposed to intersect the scanning electrodes; and a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold voltage of one and another polarity, respectively, disposed between the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes so as to form a picture element at each intersection; and voltage signal application means for; (a) applying to a selected scanning electrode a scanning selection signal comprising; a voltage of one polarity and a voltage of another polarity, respectively, with respect to the voltage level of a non-selected scanning electrode; and a same level voltage at the same voltage level as that of the non-selected scanning electrode; (b) applying to a selected signal electrode an information signal comprising; a first voltage signal providing a voltage exceeding the first threshold voltage in synchronism with said voltage of one polarity; and an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the first voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage; and (c) applying to another signal electrode an information signal comprising; a second voltage signal providing a voltage exceeding the second threshold voltage of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in synchronism with said voltage of another polarity; and an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the second voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
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a ferroelectric liquid crystal device comprising; a group of scanning electrodes; a group of signal electrodes disposed to intersect the scanning electrodes; and a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold voltage of one and another polarity, respectively, disposed between the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes so as to form a picture element at each intersection; and voltage signal application means for; (a) applying to a selected scanning electrode a scanning selection signal comprising; a voltage of one polarity and a voltage of another polarity with respect to the voltage level of a non-selected scanning electrode; and a same level voltage which is at the same voltage level as that of the non-selected scanning electrode; (b) applying to all or a prescribed number of the signal electrodes a first voltage signal providing a voltage exceeding the first threshold voltage of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in synchronism with said voltage of one polarity; and (c) applying to a selected signal electrode an information signal comprising; a second voltage signal providing a voltage not exceeding the second threshold voltage of the ferroelectric liquid crystal in synchronism with said voltage of the another polarity; and an alternating voltage signal commencing with a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the second voltage signal with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected scanning electrode in the application period of said same level voltage. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A driving method for a liquid crystal device of the type comprising a matrix electrode structure having a first group of stripe electrodes and a second group of stripe electrodes disposed opposite to and intersecting the first group of stripe electrodes, and a ferroelectric liquid crystal displaying a first state and a second state and disposed between the first and second groups of stripe electrodes so as to form a picture element at each intersection of the stripe electrodes, said driving method comprising the steps of:
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applying a first voltage signal to a plurality of said picture elements for orienting the ferroelectric liquid crystal in the first state in a first phase for a duration Δ
T, and applying a second voltage signal to said plurality of picture elements for orienting the ferroelectric liquid crystal in the second state in a second phase for a duration Δ
T, whereby writing is effected in the first and second phases; andapplying to the remaining picture elements an alternating voltage signal such that the maximum duration during which any voltage of one polarity of the alternating voltage is applied to the remaining picture elements is 3Δ
T. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A driving method for a liquid crystal device of the type comprising a matrix electrode structure having a plurality of first stripe electrodes and a plurality of second stripe electrodes disposed opposite to and intersecting said first stripe electrodes, and a ferroelectric liquid crystal displaying a first state and a second state and disposed between the first and second stripe electrodes so as to form a picture element at each intersection of the stripe electrodes;
- said driving method comprising the steps of;
in a first phase, applying a voltage signal for orienting the ferroelectric liquid crystal in the first stage simultaneously to the intersections of all or a prescribed part of the first strips electrodes and all or a prescribed part of the second stripe electrodes; in a second phase, applying to a selected first stripe electrode a scanning selection signal comprising; a voltage with a duration Δ
T of one or another polarity with respect to the voltage level of the non-selected first stripe electrode; anda same level voltage which is at the same voltage level as that of the non-selected first stripe electrode; and applying an information signal comprising an alternating voltage in synchronism with the scanning selection signal; and applying to the intersections of the second stripe electrodes and a non-selected first stripe electrode an alternating voltage signal such that the maximum duration during which any voltage of one polarity of the alternating voltage is applied to said intersections is 3 Δ
T. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- said driving method comprising the steps of;
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