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Optical displays

CA 1106479 A · Owner: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · Inventors: Schauer, Alois; Greubel, Waldemar; Kruger, Hans

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Disclosed is an arrangement for representing images comprising a light valve, in particular a liquid crystal cell and a fluorescent body, made from a material having a refractive index greater than 1 which contains fluorescent particles and has in switchable zones of the medium coordinated, light outlet windows. A drive circuit is provided for switching the light valve. The light vale in its state of rest permits at least the passage of light for exciting the fluorescent particles as well as the light emitted by these particles (fluorescent light). The light valve in its switched-on state is impermeable to the fluorescent light and the drive circuit is arranged so that in the operative …

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  • Granted August 4, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 4, 1998.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1978
GrantedAugust 4, 1981
Term endedAugust 4, 1998
Patent numberCA 1106479 A
Classification (IPC)H01L49/00 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedFeb 14, 1978Patent grantedAug 4, 1981Term endedAug 4, 1998

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