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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
May. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340765 ; 340713 ; 340805 ;
Abstract
Drive signals are applied to the segment and digit electrodes of a liquid crystal display device in a time-multiplexed manner by means of a control circuit adapted to control first and second gates the output of one of which is selected as a segment signal by selection means, and further adapted to control a digit signal generating circuit for producing a digit signal that cooperates with the segment signal to drive the display. The effective application of drive signals allows a reduction in the number of segment electrodes and in the quantity of associated wiring so that the degree of integration on an IC chip can be increased.