Patents Assigned to Sharp Laboratories of Europe Limited
  • Liquid crystal device and display
    Patent number: 6774977
    Abstract: A surface mode liquid crystal device, for example of the pi-cell type, comprises a layer nematic liquid crystal (10) disposed between alignment layers (4,9) and an electrode arrangement (3,8). The nematic liquid crystal has viscosity coefficients &eegr;1, &eegr;2 and &ggr;1, such that (&eegr;1-&eegr;2)/&ggr;1≧1.15 or (&eegr;1-&eegr;2)/&ggr;1≦0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of Europe Limited
    Inventors: Harry Garth Walton, Michael John Towler