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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1990
Masakazu Sakata, Hirakata, JP;
Kenichi Shibata, Hirakata, JP;
Kousuke Takeuchi, Hirakata, JP;
Toshiharu Tanaka, Higashiosaka, JP;
Hiroshi Okano, Hirakata, JP;
Toshikazu Tsujino, Sakai, JP;
Kazuhiko Kuroki, Uji, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal chopper comprising a pair of electrically conductive substrates, a spacer keeping the substrates so as to define a space between the substrates, and a liquid crystal of DSM type which is enclosed in the space, with a dielectric anisotropy of -0.5 or more and not exceeding 0. An infrared sensor using the liquid crystal chopper in the above construction as a chopper mechanism to intermittently interrupt infrared rays incident upon the pyroelectric element. The infrared sensor has a short response time at the liquid crystal chopper and consumes less power.