Title:
【発明の名称】三安定液晶ディスプレイ装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002522623
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A tristable liquid crystal display device comprises (a) first and second opposed substrates, at least one bearing an alignment coating and each bearing at least one electrode so as to define one or a plurality of pixels; (b) a tilted smectic or induced tilted smectic liquid crystal composition disposed between the substrates; and (c) a pair of orthogonally disposed polarizers, each having a polarization axis, one polarization axis being aligned with the zero field optical axis of a tilted smectic or induced tilted smectic mesophase of the liquid crystal composition; wherein the substrates are disposed so as to provide an alignment of the liquid crystal composition, which comprises (i) at least one chiral liquid crystal compound; and (ii) at least one achiral liquid crystal compound that can be represented by the following formula:R-M-N-(P)a-OCH2Rf(I)where R, M, N, P, a and Rf are describe herein; wherein the liquid crystal composition exhibits tristable switching.
Inventors:
Takashi Amano
Michael pee keys
Stephen jay martin
Mark Di Radcliffe
Patricia M. Sub
Daniel Sea Snastad
Michael pee keys
Stephen jay martin
Mark Di Radcliffe
Patricia M. Sub
Daniel Sea Snastad
Application Number:
JP2000565065A
Publication Date:
July 23, 2002
Filing Date:
February 19, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
International Classes:
G02F1/141; C09K19/02; C09K19/10; C09K19/30; C09K19/32; C09K19/34; C09K19/42; G02F1/13; (IPC1-7): C09K19/42; C09K19/02; C09K19/10; C09K19/30; C09K19/32; C09K19/34; G02F1/13; G02F1/141
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Ryo (1 person outside)