Patent ID: 6259497
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A large area liquid crystal display comprising:a layer of liquid crystal material encapsulating polymer material is disposed between cell walls,one cell wall comprised of an optically transparent material includes an optically transparent common sheet electrode,the other wall being provided on one surface with a series of m data electrodes and a series of n gate electrodes arranged to form an m.times.n matrix of electrode intersections with a pixel shaped electrode at each intersection and a non linear element associated with each pixel electrode, the non linear element being connected between an adjacent data and gate electrode and to the pixel electrode,and data and gate electrode driver circuits for applying addressing voltages to each pixel, whereinthe second wall is formed by a plurality of separate optically transparent addressing tiles electrically connected together to form a large single addressing cell wall, each tile comprising a substrate carrying data, gate, and pixel electrodes with an associated non linear element arranged in an m.times.n matrix, andmeans for electrically joining the data and gate electrodes on adjacent tiles.