Convertible analog-digital mode display device

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350331R, 340765, G02F 1133

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050338242

ABSTRACT:
A display element that can be used in either an analog or a digital liquid crystal display device includes an electrically insulating substrate having a surface with a display region and at least one elongated connection region outside the display region. The one connection region includes a longitudinally extending digital connection section and a longitudinally extending analog connection section. Discrete display-generating electrically conductive electrodes are disposed in the display region of the substrate in spaced-apart relation in a predetermined pattern, and an equal number of electrically conductive connector strips are disposed on the substrate in both the analog and digital connection sections, each one of the connector strips being uniquely connected to a respective one of the display-generating electrodes, and all of the connector strips being formed with edges that extend only transversely to the longitudinal dimension of the connection region in the digital connection section, and selected pairs of adjacent connector strips being formed with portions that are aligned in the transverse direction of the connection region in the analog connection section such that a transverse line will intersect portions of both connector strips of each pair in the analog connection section. Conventional laminated elastomeric connector elements can be used to connect individual display-generating electrodes to separate outside circuits via the respective connector strips in the digital connection section to create a digital type of display or, alternatively, to connect the selected adjacent pairs of connector strips together to form a continuous resistive electrode of predetermined pattern for creating an analog type of display.

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