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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacobus H Neijzen, Eindhoven, NL;
Hugo J Cornelissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349113 ; 349114 ; 349 86 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a reflective flat-panel display device (1) comprising a display panel (3) which is suitable for modulating an illumination beam with image information. The display panel (3) comprises a diffusing liquid crystalline material (5) and a first and a second substrate (7, 9) enclosing the liquid crystalline material (5) and reflecting means which reflect light incident at an angle which is larger than a given angle of incidence .theta..sub.c. The device further includes an absorbing element (10) which absorbs light passed by the reflecting means.