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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ricardo Barberi, Arcavacata di Rende, IT;
Ivan Dozov, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR;
Georges Durand, Orsay, FR;
Philippe Martinot-Lagarde, Marcoussis, FR;
Maurizio Nobili, Pessac, FR;
Eric Polossat, Montpellier, FR;
Ioannis Lelidis, Lausanne, CH;
Michele Giocondo, Arcavacata di Rende, IT;
Assignee:
Nemoptic S.A., , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/902 ;
Abstract
A display device including two parallel transparent plates (,) having transparent electrodes on the inner surfaces thereof and containing a liquid crystal material (,). The device includes means defining a monostable anchoring for each plate (,), means (,) controllable to break at least one of the anchorings, and means for thereafter inducing volume bistability.