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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Wiley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul S Drzaic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Taliq Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 51 ; 359 70 ; 359 98 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal apparatus (30) comprising a containment medium (56), a birefringent liquid crystal material (38) and a pleochroic dye (54) contained in the liquid crystal material The difference between the ordinary and extraordinary indices of refraction of the liquid crystal material is between about 0.23 and 0.30. The liquid crystal material is dispersed in plural volumes in the containment medium. A pleochroic dye may be present in the liquid crystal material in a concentration of about 0.5% to 3.0%. The apparatus has enhanced backscattering in the field-off state and enhanced light transmission in the field-on state.