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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2004
Dmitry Voloschenko, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Zili LI, Barrington, IL (US);
Huinan J. Yu, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Dmitry Voloschenko, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Zili Li, Barrington, IL (US);
Huinan J. Yu, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A color display and solar cell device (), and methods for fabricating and operating the device. The device () includes a transparent light source () located behind a liquid crystal display () that includes a switchable transflector layer (). In a first embodiment, the liquid crystal display () also includes a tri-color pixelized filter (), the switchable transflector () is a switchable broadband transflector, and the transparent light source () is a white light source. In a second embodiment, the switchable transflector layer () is a tri-color selectable transflector and the transparent light source () is a tri-color selectable light source. In a third embodiment, the switchable transflector layer is a switchable broadband transflector and the transparent light source is a tri-color selectable light source. In a fourth embodiment, the switchable transflector layer () is a switchable pixelized tri-color transflector and the transparent light source () is a tri-color selectable light source.