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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuo Kato, Kodaira, JP;
Akio Kumada, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350150 ;
Abstract
In an electro-optical light shutter device using a solid-solution ceramic material for alternate transmission and interception of light, a first voltage is applied to the solid-solution ceramic material in the operating (open) position of the shutter, and a second voltage of polarity opposite to that of the first voltage and having an absolute value smaller than that of the first voltage is applied to the solid-solution ceramic material in the non-operating (closed) position of the shutter. The solid-solution ceramic material has a composition in which a ferroelectric phase and a non-ferroelectric phase adjoin each other through a morphotropic phase boundary.