Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Satoshi Imoto

Heihachiro Ebihara

Katsuo Matsuyama

Kohsei Miyabe

An antiferroelectric liquid crystal display apparatus free from burn-in and achieving high display quality is provided by providing means for preventing pixel brightness from varying between pixels continuously held in an ON (bright) state and pixels continuously held in an OFF (dark) state. Aging processing is performed to saturate the brightness level of pixels into a stable state and thereby prevent the occurrence of a white brightening phenomenon. For this purpose, the brightness at a no voltage condition (base brightness) is set to a normalized level for all pixels in the liquid crystal panel that are required to exhibit uniform display performance. Further, temperature variations in the liquid crystal panel are eliminated to stabilize the brightness level and thereby prevent the occurrence of a white darkening phenomenon. Means is also provided for repeatedly performing normalization processes automatically or manually.

Electro-optical apparatus having antiferrodielectric liquid crystal panel with normalization to prevent white brightening

An antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device provided with means for preventing optical transmittance or the mean value of the optical transmittance from changing in a holding period tk. Thereby, the black display state thereof is stabilized. Further, the control of a gray shades display is facilitated. Moreover, linear gray scale characteristics and high contrast are provided. Thus, in the antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device having a selection period tw and the holding period tk, the optimum holding voltage (Vh), by which the optical transmittance little changes in the holding period tk, is applied to liquid crystals.

Liquid crystal display device

Antiferroelectric liquid crystal with polarizing axes oriented between a

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Tanashi, Japan

Satoshi Imoto