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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1976
Dennis F Dungan, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
Adolph L Micheli, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A reflective mode liquid crystal cell having an integral self-actuating heater for maintaining a liquid crystal material in the cell above a temperature at which it solidifies. In this cell, the liquid crystal material is disposed between a transparent member, and a member having a nontransparent barium titanate portion. The barium titanate positive temperature coefficient of electrical resistance has a preselected Curie temperature above the temperature at which the liquid crystal material solidifies. A single power source can be used for electro-optic display, and heat generated by current flow through the barium titanate.