Abstract: A technique comprising: providing an assembly temporarily adhered on opposite sides to respective carriers by respective adhesive elements, the assembly including at least one plastic support sheet; heating the assembly while mechanically compressing the assembly between the carriers, wherein the strength of adhesion of one of said adhesive elements to the respective carrier and/or to the assembly is partially reduced during said heating of the assembly under mechanical compression; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the said adhesive element to the carrier and/or to the assembly is further reducible by further heating the said adhesive element after partially or completely relaxing the pressure at which the assembly is mechanically compressed between the two carriers.

Abstract: A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a cell assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between (i) a polariser component comprising an active film and no more than one support film, and (ii) a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between the polariser component of the assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.

Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) device comprising a stack of at least first and second LC cells in optical series, each of the first and second LC cells comprising two half-cells and LC material contained in a space at least partially defined by spacer structures forming an integral part of one or both half-cells; wherein the arrangement within an active area of the device of the spacer structures in one of the first and second LC cells is different to the arrangement within the active area of the device of the spacer structures in the other of the first and second LC cells; and wherein the difference between the two arrangements comprises an ordered aspect.

Abstract: A technique, comprising: removing a protective film from one side of a polarisation filter component to expose a dichroic doped polymer active film or a layer formed in situ on the dichroic doped polymer active film; and thereafter forming in situ on the side of the polarisation filter component one or more functional layers of a liquid crystal device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystal material contained between two plastics film components, wherein the liquid crystal material is interspersed with spacers, wherein (a) the area occupied by spacers is between about 0.25% and about 0.5% of the sum of (a) the area occupied by spacers and (b) the area occupied by the liquid crystal material.

Abstract: A device, comprising: a liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystal material; a stack of layers, including one or more organic polymer semiconductor layers, for electrically controlling one or more optical properties of the liquid crystal material; first and second air species barriers between which both said liquid crystal material and said one or more organic polymer semiconductor layers are located; and a third air species barrier between said liquid crystal material and said one or more organic polymer semiconductor layers; wherein the first and second air species barriers exhibit substantially different transmission rates under the same conditions for at least one air species.

Abstract: A technique, comprising: removing a protective film from one side of a polarisation filter component to expose a dichroic doped polymer active film or a layer formed in situ on the dichroic doped polymer active film; and thereafter forming in situ on the side of the polarisation filter component one or more functional layers of a liquid crystal device.

Abstract: A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a cell assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between (i) a polariser component comprising an active film and no more than one support film, and (ii) a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between the polariser component of the assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.

Abstract: A technique, comprising: assembling together two liquid crystal half-cells; wherein at least one of the two half-cells comprises a support film and an array of spacer structures formed in situ on the support film; and wherein the assembling comprises pressing together the two half-cells with pre-prepared spacer elements dispensed onto at least one of the two half-cells over at least an area shared with the array of spacer structures; wherein the spacer elements provide primary control of the size of a cell gap between the two half-cells, and the spacer structures function to resist compression of the spacer elements.

Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) device comprising a stack of at least first and second LC cells in optical series, each of the first and second LC cells comprising two half-cells and LC material contained in a space at least partially defined by spacer structures forming an integral part of one or both half-cells; wherein the arrangement within an active area of the device of the spacer structures in one of the first and second LC cells is different to the arrangement within the active area of the device of the spacer structures in the other of the first and second LC cells; and wherein the difference between the two arrangements comprises an ordered aspect.

Abstract: A display device for conformal mounting on a curved surface inclined at an oblique angle relative to a horizontal plane, the display device comprising: a plurality of pixels, a first set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a second set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels, wherein the first set of conductive lines and the second set of conductive lines are arranged to define a shape of each of the plurality of pixels such that the pixels appear, to a viewer, to extend at least one of horizontally or vertically across the display device when the display device is mounted on the curved surface.

Abstract: A technique comprising: providing an assembly temporarily adhered on opposite sides to respective carriers by respective adhesive elements, the assembly including at least one plastic support sheet; heating the assembly while mechanically compressing the assembly between the carriers, wherein the strength of adhesion of one of said adhesive elements to the respective carrier and/or to the assembly is partially reduced during said heating of the assembly under mechanical compression; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the said adhesive element to the carrier and/or to the assembly is further reducible by further heating the said adhesive element after partially or completely relaxing the pressure at which the assembly is mechanically compressed between the two carriers.

Abstract: A technique comprising: providing an assembly temporarily adhered on opposite sides to respective carriers by respective adhesive elements, the assembly including at least one plastic support sheet; heating the assembly while mechanically compressing the assembly between the carriers, wherein the strength of adhesion of one of said adhesive elements to the respective carrier and/or to the assembly is partially reduced during said heating of the assembly under mechanical compression; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the said adhesive element to the carrier and/or to the assembly is further reducible by further heating the said adhesive element after partially or completely relaxing the pressure at which the assembly is mechanically compressed between the two carriers.

Abstract: A display device for conformal mounting on a curved surface inclined at an oblique angle relative to a horizontal plane, the display device comprising: a plurality of pixels, a first set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a second set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels, wherein the first set of conductive lines and the second set of conductive lines are arranged to define a shape of each of the plurality of pixels such that the pixels appear, to a viewer, to extend at least one of horizontally or vertically across the display device when the display device is mounted on the curved surface.

Abstract: A technique comprising: providing an assembly temporarily adhered on opposite sides to respective carriers by respective adhesive elements, the assembly including at least one plastic support sheet; heating the assembly while mechanically compressing the assembly between the carriers, wherein the strength of adhesion of one of said adhesive elements to the respective carrier and/or to the assembly is partially reduced during said heating of the assembly under mechanical compression; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the said adhesive element to the carrier and/or to the assembly is further reducible by further heating the said adhesive element after partially or completely relaxing the pressure at which the assembly is mechanically compressed between the two carriers.

Abstract: A method for producing electronic devices or components therefor comprising providing first and second components for laminating together the first and second components to define active areas. Then, applying adhesive to the first and/or second components, and successively laminating increasingly distal portions of said second component to the first component in a lamination direction. At least a part of the adhesive applied to the first and/or second components in an area downstream of active areas in the lamination direction defines an array of pairs of line sections of adhesive, each pair of line sections converging to a respective meeting point in a direction opposite to said lamination direction. The array of pairs of line sections extends continuously across substantially the whole lateral width of said one or more active areas, without any spaces or lateral line sections between each pair of lines sections in the array.

Abstract: A technique for forming a plurality of liquid cells for a plurality of electronic devices, comprising: providing first and second components for laminating together to contain a liquid material; wherein at least one of the first and second components comprises spacing structures for maintaining a separation distance between the first and second components in at least two active area regions for two electronic devices; providing liquid material on at least one of the first and second components, wherein a sufficient amount of said liquid material for the whole of each active area region is provided in a respective starting area upstream of the respective active area region in the lamination direction; and successively laminating increasingly distal portions of the second component to the first component in a lamination direction, according to a technique by which said liquid material is spread out from said starting areas at least over said at least two active area regions; wherein said at least two active are

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device comprises: providing a base comprising circuit elements; forming a double bank well-defining structure over the base, comprising a first layer of insulating material and a second layer of insulating material thereover; and depositing a solution of organic material in the well defined by the double bank structure. The double bank well-defining structure is formed by removing material from the first and second layers in a single processing step to form the well. The first layer is made of a material which is removed at a faster rate than material of the second layer to form an overhanging step structure in which the second layer protrudes out over an edge of the first layer.