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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Masaki Kuribayashi, Inagi, JP;
Osamu Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Katakura, Atsugi, JP;
Hironao Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal apparatus includes (a) a liquid crystal panel including: a pair of substrates having thereon a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes, respectively, and provided with mutually different alignment characteristics, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal disposed between the substrates so as to form a pixel at each intersection of the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes, and (b) drive means for: sequentially applying a scanning selection signal to the scanning electrodes to select at least one scanning electrode, and applying a data signal having at least three peak values to the data electrodes in synchronism with the scanning selection signal. A DC bias voltage may be applied between the scanning electrodes and the data electrodes, and the polarity of the DC voltage may be switched for each prescribed period. The above system is suitable for obviating or suppressing the 'sticking' phenomenon of a chiral smectic liquid crystal.