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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Jacob Bruinink, Eindhoven, NL;
Frans Leenhouts, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A plasma-addressed liquid crystal color display device comprising a layer of liquid crystal material, data electrodes coupled to the liquid crystal layer and adapted to receive data voltages for activating pixels of the liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of ionizable-gas-filled plasma channels extending generally transverse to the data electrodes for selectively switching on said liquid crystal pixels. The plasma channels are sealed off by a thin dielectric sheet. To reduce the magnitude of the data voltages needed to activate the device, the LC layers are given compositions such that a much higher fraction of the applied data voltages appears across the liquid crystal layer thereby allowing a smaller data voltage to be used to obtain the same effect on the liquid crystal pixels.