申请人:Philips Electronics N.V.
公开号:EP0036678A1
公开(公告)日:1981-09-30
In a matrix display device having a cholesteric liquid crystal the bistability effect is used which some cholesteric liquid crystals show. The liquid crystal shows a frequency-dependent relaxation of a positive to a negative dielectric anisotropy. After writing the information the light-scattering picture elements have a focal-conical texture (B) and the transparent elements have a homeotropic-nematic texture (C, D). The information can be stored for a longer period of time by causing the homeotropic-nematic texture of the transparent elements to change into the substantially transparent planar-conical texture (A). This is produced rapidly by applying across all picture elements a voltage of a frequency at which the liquid crystal has a negative dielectric anisotropy. The focal-conical texture of the light-scattering elements is substantially not disturbed by said voltage. During the presence of said voltage the written information is continuously visible.
在具有胆甾液晶的矩阵显示设备中,使用了某些胆甾液晶所显示的双稳态效应。液晶显示出从正介电各向异性到负介电各向异性的频率弛豫。写入信息后,光散射图像元件具有焦锥纹理 (B),而透明元件则具有各向同性-向列性纹理 (C、D)。通过使透明元件的各向同性-向列性纹理转变为基本透明的平面-锥形纹理(A),可以将信息存储更长时间。这可以通过在所有图像元件上施加一个频率为液晶具有负介电各向异性的电压来快速实现。光散射元件的焦锥形纹理基本上不受上述电压的干扰。在上述电压存在期间,所书写的信息是持续可见的。