Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A liquid crystal display device of the dot matrix type, comprising a liquid crystal layer (3) sandwiched between a pair of spaced transparent substrates (1,2), a non-linear resistive layer (6;8,9;11) mounted between the liquid crystal and a driving electrode (4) on one of the two substrates, characterised in that the non-linear resistive layer (6;8,9;11) is composed of silicon oxide or nitride, the atomic composition ratio being in the case of oxide not less than 0.2 and not more than 1.9, or, in the case of nitride, not less than 0.2 and not more than 1.3.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A liquid crystal display device of the dot matrix type, comprising a liquid crystal layer (3) sandwiched between a pair of spaced transparent substrates (1,2), a non-linear resistive layer (6;8,9;11) mounted between the liquid crystal and a driving electrode (4) on one of the two substrates, characterised in that the non-linear resistive layer (6;8,9;11) is composed of silicon oxide or nitride, the atomic composition ratio being in the case of oxide not less than 0.2 and not more than 1.9, or, in the case of nitride, not less than 0.2 and not more than 1.3.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
A liquid crystal display device of the dot matrix type, comprising a liquid crystal layer (3) sandwiched between a pair of spaced transparent substrates (1,2), a non-linear resistive layer (6;8,9;11) between the liquid crystal (3) and a driving electrode (4) on one of the two substrates, characterised in that the non-linear resistive layer is of an off-stoichiometric semiconductor insulator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
A liquid crystal display device of the dot matrix type, comprising a liquid crystal layer (3) sandwiched between a pair of spaced transparent substrates (1,2), a non-linear resistive layer (6;8,9;11) between the liquid crystal (3) and a driving electrode (4) on one of the two substrates, characterised in that the non-linear resistive layer is of an off-stoichiometric semiconductor insulator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A device according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the non-linear resistive layer (8,9;11) between the liquid crystal (3) and the driving electrodes (4) extends over substantially the whole surface of the display panel of the transparent substrate (2).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A device according to claim 1, 2 and 3, wherein the non-linear resistive layer (8,9) between the liquid crystal (3) and the driving electrode (4) is composed of a plurality of layers which have different atomic composition ratios.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the non-linear resistive layer (11) has mounted thereon a transparent conductive layer (12) at each driving electrode intersection.