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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1994
Junya Kobayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Junichi Kita, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a liquid crystal thick cell light modulator using ferroelectric liquid crystal, a series of voltage pulses with an asymmetrical duty ratio (that is, duty ratio of 55-85%) is applied between a pair of electrode plates containing the ferroelectric liquid crystal. In another liquid crystal thick cell light modulator using ferroelectric liquid crystal, a DC bias voltage is added to the voltage pulses, where the magnitude of the DC bias voltage is 20-50% of the half amplitude of the voltage pulses. In still another liquid crystal thick cell light modulator, the gap length between the electrode plates is larger than 50 .mu.m, and the helical pitch in smectic C phase of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is 0.7 to 0.95 times the gap length.