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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Terry Victor Clapp, Hertfordshire, GB;
Fumito Nishida, Midland, MI (US);
Jonathan Paul Hannington, Midland, MI (US);
Russell Keith King, Midland, MI (US);
Omar Farooq, Saginaw, MI (US);
William Alden Crossland, Essex, GB;
Joo-nyung Jang, Yongin, KR;
Huan Xu, Cambridge, GB;
Anthony Bernard Davey, Cambridge, GB;
Terry Victor Clapp, Hertfordshire, GB;
Fumito Nishida, Midland, MI (US);
Jonathan Paul Hannington, Midland, MI (US);
Russell Keith King, Midland, MI (US);
Omar Farooq, Saginaw, MI (US);
William Alden Crossland, Essex, GB;
Joo-Nyung Jang, Yongin, KR;
Huan Xu, Cambridge, GB;
Anthony Bernard Davey, Cambridge, GB;
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Cambridge Enterprise Ltd., Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A liquid crystal electro-optic device. The liquid crystal electro-optic device comprises at least one liquid crystal cell comprising: a pair of substrates having a gap therebetween; a pair of electrodes, the pair of electrodes positioned on one of the substrates or one electrode positioned on each substrate; and a ferroelectric, oligosiloxane liquid crystal material disposed in the gap between the pair of substrates, the ferroelectric, oligosiloxane liquid crystal material exhibiting an I-♦ SmC* phase sequence wherein the liquid crystal electro-optic device is bistable in operation. The invention also involves a method for making a liquid crystal electro-optic device.