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Liquid crystal display device capable of displaying changeable symbols using two substrates

  • US 5,513,027 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1994
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A display device comprising:

  • a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart and facing each other,a liquid crystal film switchable being two states which are optically perceptible, said film being enclosed in the space delimited by said first and second substrates,at least a first display electrode formed on the face of said first substrate which faces said second substrate,a set of elongated display electrodes formed on the face of said first substrate facing said second substrate, anda set of elongated counter-electrodes formed on the face of said second substrate facing said first substrate, said counter-electrodes being superposed with said elongated display electrodes so as to be capable of displaying therewith symbols which are changeable by selective application of a switching voltage therebetween, said elongated display electrodes being juxtaposed in a first general direction across substantially the entire length of said first substrate, said counter-electrodes being juxtaposed across substantially the entire width of said second substrate and substantially their whole length in a second general direction perpendicular to said first general direction so as to create a matrix of display elements for forming said changeable display symbols, said counter-electrodes being also superposed with said first display electrode so as to create therewith a fixed display symbol when a switching voltage is applied therebetween, and the distance separating each adjacent counter-electrode being substantially less than the width of said first display electrode.

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