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EP0152827A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Liquid crystal color display apparatus

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1985-01-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-01-30
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Abstract

Abstract in a color liquid crystal display apparatus of twisted nematic type, thicknesses of the liquid crystal layer is made different for different color picture elements, thereby optical rotatory dispersion which has been the cause of undesirable light transmittance at 0 voltage input is minimized, so that contrast, range of reproduced color, view angle dependency, etc. are improved, and a color liquid crystal display apparatus capable of displaying splended picture quality is provided.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsu Ogawa
  • 👤 Seiichi Nagata
  • 👤 Sadayoshi Hotta

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 14:14
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/137; G02F1/139; G02F1/1396; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/133371; G02F1/1335; G02F1/133509; G02F1/133514

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim 108 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a cell having two substrates forming a closed space therebetween, at least one of said two sheets being transparent, said closed space having many minute parts of different gaps, a plural of color filters of different spectral transmittance characteristics corresponding to said many minute parts of different gaps, formed on at least one of said two substrates, electrodes formed on said substrate for selective impressing of potentials across gaps of said cell, and a liquid crystal layer confined in said closed space thereby having different thicknesses corresponding to different kinds of said color filters. (FIGs. 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 108 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a cell having two substrates forming a closed space therebetween, at least one of said two sheets being transparent, said closed space having many minute parts of different gaps, a plural of color filters of different spectral transmittance characteristics corresponding to said many minute parts of different gaps, formed on at least one of said two substrates, electrodes formed on said substrate for selective impressing of potentials across gaps of said cell, and a liquid crystal layer confined in said closed space thereby having different thicknesses corresponding to different kinds of said color filters. (FIGs. 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 37 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said color filters comprise three kind ones respectively consisting of spectral transmittance characteristics for mainly passing red light, green light and blue light. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 49 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein thicknesses of the liquid crystal layer are largest for the parts corresponding to the color filters to pass red light, medium for those to pass green light and smallest for those to pass blue light. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 31 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said color filters are provided on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 32 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said electrodes are transparent and provide on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 29 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 2 or 3, wherein said color filters have different thicknesses respectively for said three different kind ones. (FIG. 15)
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 39 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of said substrate has terraced surface having minute surfaces of different levels on the surface disposed at a predetermined pattern. (FIGs. 16, 17, 18)
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 37 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 7, wherein said color filters comprise three kind ones respectively consisting of spectral transmittance characteristics for mainly passing red light, green light and blue light. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 49 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 8, wherein thicknesses of the liquid crystal layer are largest for the parts corresponding to the color filters to pass red light, medium for those to pass green light and smallest for those to pass blue light. (FIG. 16)
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 30 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 8 or 9, wherein said color filters are provided on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIG. do.)
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 32 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 7, 8 or 9, wherein said electrodes are transparent and provide on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIG. do.)
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 33 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 8 or 9, wherein said terraced surfaces comprise red, green and blue color filters for respective levels of surfaces. (FIGs. 16, 17, 18)
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 28 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 12, wherein levels of said surfaces for red, green and blue are different from each other. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 34 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein a transparent film is provided in a superposed relation with at least one kind of color filters. (FIGs. 19, 20, 21, 22)
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 37 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 14, wherein said color filters comprise three kind ones respectively consisting of spectral transmittance characteristics for mainly passing red light, green light and blue light. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 28 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 15, wherein said color filters are provided on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 28 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 16, wherein said color filters are provided on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 33 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 14, 15, 16 or 17, wherein said electrodes are transparent and provide on the inner surface of one of said substrate. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 56 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 15, 16, 17 or 18, wherein said transparent film is provided on first color filters for mainly passing green-light and on second color filters for mainly passing blue light, and thicknesses of said first color filters and second color filters are different each other. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 47 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 15, 16, 17 or 18, wherein said transparent film is provided on color filters for mainly passing red light, those for green light and those for blue light, with different thicknesses for different color filters. (FIGs. do.)
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 48 words
A color liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with claim 2, 8, 13, 19 or 20, wherein said apparatus is illuminated by a white light source having a spectral radiation characteristic, which is analogous to line spectrum characteristic in the lights of red, green and blue. (FIG. 7)

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