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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1985
Minoru Yazaki, Suwa, JP;
Yuzuru Sato, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and circuits for multiplex driving of a multielement liquid crystal display device having a ferroelectric liquid crystal therein. The method includes the step of applying at least one selecting electric field pulse having an amplitude which exceeds a threshold value of optical response of the ferroelectric liquid crystal to each element during a selecting term. It further includes the step of applying at least one non-selecting electric field pulse having an amplitude which is no greater than threshold value to each element at a time other than the selecting term. The optical response of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is determined in accordance with waveforms of the selecting and non-selecting pulses. According to the invention the duration of the non-selecting pulses is much smaller than the time between selecting terms. The width of the non-selecting pulses is minimized.