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EP0559321A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Active matrix liquid crystal light valve with driver circuit

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1993-01-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-01-27
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Abstract

Abstract A technology is disclosed in which the voltage of a drive signal pulse to be supplied to a switch, which transfers a signal to be supplied to a liquid crystal cell, is raised. A plurality of lines for the signals to be supplied to a switch array which transfers the signal to be supplied to the liquid crystal cell is provided so as to supply drive signal pulses for operating switches which correspond to a plurality of the lines while time sequentially overlapping the drive signal pulses.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsunobu C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Kouchi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 05:15
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3685; G09G3/3688; G09G3/3648; G09G2310/00; G09G2310/02; G09G2310/0202; G09G2310/0205; G09G2310/0243; G09G2310/0251; G09G2310/0264; G09G2310/0289; G09G2310/06; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/0204; G09G2330/00; G09G2330/02; G09G3/2007; G09G3/2011; G09G3/3614; G09G3/3674; G09G3/3677

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim 62 words
An active matrix liquid crystal light valve having a plurality of cells each including liquid crystal and an active element, said active matrix liquid crystal light valve comprising: a circuit which operates a switch for transferring signals to be respectively supplied to said cells and which has a shift register and voltage raising means for raising the voltage of said shift register.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 122 words
An active matrix liquid crystal light valve according to claim 1, wherein said voltage raising means has a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor, the gate and the source of said first MOS transistor are connected to a first output of said shift register, a first electrode of the capacitor is connected to a second output of said shift register, the gate of said second MOS transistor is connected to a third output of said shift register, the source of the same is connected to a resetting power supply line individually provided, and the drain of said first MOS transistor, a second electrode of said first capacitor and the drain of said second MOS transistor are connected to one another.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 162 words
An active matrix liquid crystal light valve according to claim 1, wherein said voltage raising means has a fourth MOS transistor a fifth MOS transistor, a sixth MOS transistor, and a second capacitor, the source of said fourth MOS transistor is connected to a power supply line, the gate of the same is connected to a first output terminal of said shift register, the drain of said fourth MOS transistor, the source and the gate of said fifth MOS transistor, and the first electrode of said second capacitor are connected to each other, a second electrode of a second capacitor is connected to a second output terminal of said shift register, the source of said sixth MOS transistor is connected to a resetting power supply line, the gate of the same is connected to a third output terminal of said shift register, and the drain of said fifth MOS transistor and that of said sixth MOS transistor are connected to each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 100 words
A liquid crystal display comprising liquid crystal display means, in which a plurality of cells each having liquid crystal and an active element are disposed in a matrix manner, and a drive circuit for operating said display means, wherein said drive circuit includes a switch for transferring signals to be supplied to a plurality of said cells, a shift register for generating a shift pulse, a voltage raising circuit for raising the voltage of said shift pulse of said shift register, and the output from said voltage raising circuit is supplied to said switch, so that said switch is operated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 128 words
An image information processing apparatus comprising: liquid crystal display including liquid crystal display means, in which a plurality of cells each having liquid crystal and an active element are disposed in a matrix manner, and a drive circuit for operating said display means, wherein said drive circuit includes a switch for transferring image signals to be supplied to a plurality of said cells, a shift register for generating a shift pulse, a voltage raising circuit for raising the voltage of said shift pulse of said shift register, and the output from said voltage raising circuit is supplied to said switch, so that said switch is operated, and individual image signal supply means for supplying said image signal so as to be received by said liquid crystal display means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
An image information processing apparatus according to claim 5 further comprising an image sensor for generating information which is the base of said image signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 26 words
An image information processing apparatus according to claim 6 further comprising recording means for recording information, which corresponds to said image signal, to a recording medium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 112 words
A liquid crystal display comprising liquid crystal display means, in which a plurality of cells each having liquid crystal and an active element are disposed in a matrix manner, and a drive circuit for operating said display means, wherein said drive circuit includes a switch array for transferring image signals to be supplied to a plurality of said cells, and a pulse generating circuit for generating time sequential pulses for sequentially operating said switch array, and a plurality of signal lines are provided which supply said signals to said switch array so that said time sequential pulses are supplied to said switch array while at least partially overlapping said time sequential pulses.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
A liquid crystal display according to claim 8, wherein said signals are a plurality of color decomposition signals.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 42 words
A liquid crystal display according to claim 8, wherein said pulse generating circuit includes a shift register for generating shift pulses and a voltage raising circuit for raising the voltage of said shift pulse so as to form said time sequential pulse.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 140 words
An image information processing apparatus comprising liquid crystal display means, in which a plurality of cells each having liquid crystal and an active element are disposed in a matrix manner, and a drive circuit for operating said display means, wherein said drive circuit includes a switch array for transferring image signals to be supplied to a plurality of said cells, and a shift register for generating shift pulses for sequentially operating said switch array, a plurality of signal lines are provided which supply said signals to said switch array, and said image information apparatus has liquid crystal display means for supplying said shift pulse to said switch array while at least partially time sequentially overlapping said shift pulses and individual image signal supply means for applying said image signal so as to be received by said liquid crystal display means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 25 words
An image information processing apparatus according to claim 11 further comprising an image sensor for generating information which is the base of said image signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 28 words
An image information processing apparatus according to claim 11 or 12 further comprising recording means for recording information, which corresponds to said image signal, to a recording medium.

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