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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Peter Raynes, Oxford, GB;
Paul Bonnett, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345 97 ; 345 89 ; 345 95 ;
Abstract
A ferroelectric liquid crystal cell is controlled by applying a strobe pulse and a data pulse to the cell, the magnitude of the data pulse being modulated in order to control the resultant pulse applied to the cell. The resultant pulse includes a pre-pulse on one polarity and a main pulse of the opposite polarity. When applied to a liquid crystal cell of stepped thickness, the application of data pulses of different magnitudes switches regions of different thicknesses of the cell so as to provide grey level capability.