Liquid crystal display device
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1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a substrate;
a reflecting plate formed above said substrate; and
a liquid crystal cell including a plurality of liquid crystal layers and a plurality of transparent electrode layers, said liquid crystal layers and said transparent electrode layers being alternately disposed to form a stacking structure above said reflecting plate,wherein active elements for controlling a potential information given to all the transparent electrode layers are formed on said substrate, and each transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to said active elements.
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Abstract
This invention is a liquid crystal display device including a reflecting plate formed above a substrate, and a liquid crystal cell formed by alternately, repeatedly stacking a liquid crystal layer and a transparent electrode layer at least once on the reflecting plate, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a thin film constituted by a microcapsulated guest-host liquid crystal containing dye molecules and liquid crystal molecules.
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39 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a substrate; a reflecting plate formed above said substrate; and a liquid crystal cell including a plurality of liquid crystal layers and a plurality of transparent electrode layers, said liquid crystal layers and said transparent electrode layers being alternately disposed to form a stacking structure above said reflecting plate, wherein active elements for controlling a potential information given to all the transparent electrode layers are formed on said substrate, and each transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to said active elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a substrate; a reflecting plate formed above said substrate; a liquid crystal cell formed by stacking at least one liquid crystal layer and at least one transparent electrode layer on said reflecting plate; and active elements formed on said substrate and electrically connected to the reflecting layer and to the at least one transparent electrode layer for supplying voltage potentials to the reflecting layer and to the at least one transparent electrode layer, wherein said at least one liquid crystal layer includes a thin film having a microcapsulated guest-host liquid crystal containing dye molecules and liquid crystal molecules. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a substrate; a reflecting plate formed above said substrate; a liquid crystal cell formed by stacking at least one liquid crystal layer and at least one transparent electrode layer on said reflecting plate; wherein said at least one liquid crystal layer includes a thin film comprised of a microcapsulated guest-host liquid crystal containing dye molecules and liquid crystal molecules; and a shield electrode formed between said substrate and said reflecting plate, said shield electrode being provided with a fixed potential from a source of fixed potential. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a substrate; a reflecting plate electrode formed above said substrate; a liquid crystal cell formed by stacking at least one liquid crystal layer and at least one transparent electrode layer on said reflecting plate electrode; wherein said at least one liquid crystal layer includes a thin film comprised of a microcapsulated guest-host liquid crystal containing dye molecules and liquid crystal molecules; and wherein said reflecting plate electrode serves as a shield electrode which is provided with a fixed potential from a source of fixed potential. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of driving a liquid crystal display device, said device comprising a substrate, a reflecting plate formed above said substrate, a liquid crystal cell including a plurality of liquid crystal layers and a plurality of transparent electrode layers, said liquid crystal layers and said transparent electrode layers being alternately disposed to form a stacked structure above the reflecting plate, and substrate supported active elements mounted below the reflecting plate and electrically connected to the reflecting plate and the transparent electrode layers, comprising the steps of:
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applying at least two different alternating voltage levels to said reflecting plate; and applying said at least two different alternating voltages to said transparent electrode layers, wherein the order in which the two different voltages are applied to the reflecting electrode and the transparent electrode layers is different to create different display effects. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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