Fast transition polymer dispersed liquid crystal shutter for display screen and method of manufacture therefor

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PATENT NO 5784138
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08700916

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For use in the display screen of a teleconferencing system, a shutter capable of assuming alternative transparent and scattering states and a method of manufacture therefor. In one embodiment, the shutter includes a film of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) composition of a polymer and a liquid crystal material wherein the liquid crystal material makes up about 78% by weight of the film. The film is cured at a temperature ranging from about 32.degree. C. to about 38.degree. C., thereby decreasing the time it takes for the film to switch between the transparent and scattering states. The shutter further includes first and second layers of a transparent conductor for containing the film therebetween and driver circuitry, coupled to the film, for causing the film to have a response time equal to or less than 8 ms.

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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AS COLLATERAL AGENTP O BOX 2558 HOUSTON TX 77252

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kollarits, Richard V Colts Neck, NJ 6 374
LeGrange, Jane D Princeton, NJ 12 101
Miller, Timothy M East Brunswick, NJ 23 403

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