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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2002
John William Lumley, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a detachable display , in particular to a detachable liquid crystal display for an electronic device. The display has a first plate , a second plate parallel to the first plate , and a layer of liquid crystal material between the first plate and the second plates . So that the liquid crystal material can be addressed, a plurality of X address lines are provided on the first plate , and a plurality of Y address lines are provided on the second plate . The X address lines and the Y address lines are each respectively connected to X contacts and Y contacts, the X contacts and Y contacts being positioned along a single connecting edge of the display, so that the display can be connected/disconnected to/from a matching connector by simply sliding connecting edge of the display into/out of the connector.