30th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220236555 | LOUPES HAVING FEATURES ADAPTED FOR VARIOUS PROCEDURES - Lenses are adapted to be attached to existing eyewear or provided as a separate pair of loupes. In an embodiment, different types of lenses are adapted to have zoom features. In an embodiment, prisms are provided that are non-symmetrical Schmidt roof prisms adapted to increase the deflection degree. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236556 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A light deflector includes a mirror part, a pair of torsion bars, inside piezoelectric actuators, and a movable frame part. The crystal orientation in the axial direction of the torsion bars is set to < | 2022-07-28 |
20220236557 | POSITIONAL ERROR COMPENSATION IN ASSEMBLY OF DISCRETE COMPONENTS BY ADJUSTMENT OF OPTICAL SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS - A method includes determining an alignment error between a discrete component of a discrete component assembly mounted in a laser-assisted transfer system and a target position on a target substrate, the discrete component assembly including the discrete component adhered to a support by a dynamic release layer; based on the alignment error, determining a beam offset characteristic; and providing a signal indicative of the beam offset characteristic to an optical element of the laser-assisted transfer system, the optical element being configured to adjust a position of a beam pattern relative to the discrete component according to the beam offset characteristic. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236558 | OPTICAL UNIT - An optical unit includes: a base which includes a main surface; a mirror device which includes a movable mirror portion and is disposed on the base; a frame member that is provided on the main surface so as to surround the mirror device; and a window member that is bonded to the frame member and has a flat plate shape. The frame member includes a first wall portion which is provided on the main surface and includes a first top surface on the side opposite to the main surface, a second wall portion which is provided on the main surface so as to face the first wall portion and includes a second top surface on the side opposite to the main surface. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236559 | Stereoscopic Head-Up Display with Symmetrical Optical Paths - A projection module, time-divisionally projecting a first image light and a second image light, a beam splitter, reflecting the first image light and allowing the second image light to pass through, a reflector module comprising two reflectors symmetrically at opposite ends of the beam splitter reflecting the first image light and the second image light individually, then projecting the first image light and the second image light to a reflective diffuser, the reflective diffuser projecting the first image light and the second image light to a receiving area of a first eye and a second eye. The optical paths are symmetrical between the beam splitter and the reflective diffuser, thereby maintaining the same optical paths length of the first eye and the second eye, the image on the reflective diffuser being clear, projecting a clear stereoscopic image in a longer virtual image distance or in a greater image magnification application. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236560 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY - Provided is a head-up display having improved properties for heat insulation against external light, without increasing the number of components. Disclosed is a head-up display comprising: a lighting device; a display that is illuminated by the lighting device to emit a display light; and a reflector that reflects the display light. The reflector comprises: a reflective layer formed by layering a plurality of resin films having different refractive indices; an adhesive layer; and a base material to which the reflective layer is bonded via the adhesive layer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236561 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A display device having a viewing window on a viewing plane is described. The display device comprises a picture generating unit, a first waveguide pupil expander and a second waveguide pupil expander. The picture generating unit is arranged to display a picture on a display plane. The picture is a holographic reconstruction formed from a hologram of the picture. The first waveguide pupil expander comprises an input port arranged to receive light of the picture and to expand a first exit pupil thereof in a first dimension. The second waveguide pupil expander comprises an input port arranged to receive light of the picture and to expand a second exit pupil thereof in the first dimension. The first dimension corresponds to a dimension of the viewing window. A method of expanding a viewing window of a display device is also described. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236562 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A display device having a viewing window on a viewing plane is described. The display device comprises a picture generating unit, a first waveguide pupil expander and a second waveguide pupil expander. The picture generating unit is arranged to display a picture on a display plane. The picture is a holographic reconstruction formed from a hologram of the picture. The first waveguide pupil expander comprises an input port arranged to receive light of the picture and to expand a first exit pupil thereof in a first dimension. The second waveguide pupil expander comprises an input port arranged to receive light of the picture and to expand a second exit pupil thereof in the first dimension. The first dimension corresponds to a dimension of the viewing window. A method of expanding a viewing window of a display device is also described. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236563 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY, AND OPTOMETRIC APPARATUS - An optical device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a projector configured to project scanning light that is light in a predetermined polarized state. The projector included in the optical device includes an optical member configured to selectively reflect the light in the predetermined polarized state. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236564 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH BACKREFLECTION SUPPRESSION COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND BIREFRINGENT LAYERS AND A REFLECTIVITY LAYER - Ghost image formation due to reflections of image light by a display panel to an ocular lens may be suppressed by ensuring that the image light reflected by the lens does not get reflected by the display panel back towards the lens. To that end, the display panel may include a quarter-wave birefringent layer between the top polarizer of the display panel and a layer inside the display panel that the image light reflects from, such as a black grid layer or an active matrix layer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236565 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING VISION CORRECTION LENS - Provided is a display apparatus including a vision correction lens. The display apparatus may include: an image forming device configured to form a virtual image; a vision correction lens configured to correct eyesight of a viewer; a combiner configured to mix the virtual image with light containing an outside landscape and having passed through the vision correction lens and provide the viewer with the virtual image and the light that are mixed with each other; and a virtual image positioner configured to adjust, according to a state of eyes of the viewer, a depth of a virtual image plane at which the virtual image is viewed, wherein the combiner may be arranged between the vision correction lens and the eyes of the viewer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236566 | WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable device includes: a lens; a frame including a rim surrounding the lens and a temple extending from the rim; a reflection member altering a path of light incident from a side in front of the lens toward the lens; an image sensor collecting light reflected from the reflection member; and at least one camera lens disposed on a path of the light collected by the image sensor. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236567 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes an image forming apparatus | 2022-07-28 |
20220236568 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - Optical systems for displaying an image are described. The optical systems include a first and second optical lenses separated by air. A partial reflector is disposed on and conforms to a major surface of the first optical lens where the major surface can have a best-fit spherical radius of curvature in a range from 20 mm to 200 mm. A reflective polarizer is disposed on and conforms to a major surface of the first optical lens where the major surface can have a best-fit spherical radius of curvature greater than about 500 mm. A retarder layer is disposed between the reflective polarizer and the partial reflector. The first optical lens can have an optical birefringence of less than 15 nm/cm and the second optical lens can have an optical birefringence of greater than 15 nm/cm. A method of fabricating an optical assembly is described. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236569 | Composite Device - An electronic device with reduced power consumption is provided. A multifunction electronic device that is easily reduced in weight or size is provided. A composite device includes a sensor device and a display device. The sensor device includes a first communication portion and a sensor portion and can be worn on a human body. The display device includes a display portion, a second communication portion, and a control portion. The first communication portion has a function of transmitting a signal including information obtained by the sensor portion. The second communication portion has a function of receiving the signal. The control portion has a function of returning from a resting state in accordance with the signal. The control portion has a function of generating first image data on the basis of the information and outputting the first image data to the display portion. The display portion has a function of displaying an image on the basis of the first image data. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236570 | INPUT COUPLER COMPONENT, OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONICS APPARATUS - An input coupler component, optical display system and electronics apparatus are disclosed. The input coupler component, comprisesing: an input polarization volume grating, which is disposed to deflect an. input polarized electromagnetic wave into a waveguide in a total internal reflection manner and an input polarization management layer, which. adjusts the polarization. of the deflected electromagnetic wave to a polarization state different from that of electromagnetic wave to be deflected by the input polarization volume grating, | 2022-07-28 |
20220236571 | Holographic Waveguide Eye Tracker - An eye tracker having a first waveguide for propagating illumination light along a first waveguide path and propagating image light reflected from at least one surface of an eye along a second waveguide path. At least one grating lamina for deflecting the illumination light out of the first waveguide path towards the eye and deflecting the image light into the second waveguide path towards a detector is disposed adjacent an optical surface of the waveguide. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236572 | FREE-FORM PRISM-LENS GROUP AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A free-form prism-lens group includes: a primary prism, a first auxiliary lens and a second auxiliary lens, the primary prism includes three optical surfaces, the first auxiliary lens is arranged adjacent to the primary prism and is not used for imaging the image light entering the first auxiliary lens; the second auxiliary lens is arranged adjacent to the primary prism and a gap with a predetermined thickness is arranged between the second auxiliary lens and the primary prism, the second auxiliary lens extends in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to cover an effective aperture of the image light entering the second auxiliary lens from the primary prism. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236573 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMPACT HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is provided an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two parallel major surfaces, edges and an output aperture, an optical element for coupling light waves into the substrate to effect total internal reflection, a plurality of redirecting elements positioned outside of the substrate comprising at least two spaced-apart redirecting elements having a selectable laterally displaceable reflection-transmission ratio, and at least one reflecting surface having at least one active side located between the two major surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate for coupling light waves out of the substrate, wherein light waves trapped inside the substrate are coupled out from the substrate through the output aperture substantially inclined in relation to the normal to the substrate major surfaces, and are reflected from the redirecting elements into a viewer's eye, and wherein at least one of the redirecting elements is lateral displaceable in relation to another redirecting element. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236574 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMPACT HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is provided an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces and edges, a display source based on a time-sequential color imaging, characterized by a frame time, three different primary colors, and coupled-in brightness, an optical element for coupling light waves from the display source into the substrate to effect total internal reflection, at least one flat reflecting surface located between the two major surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate for coupling light waves out of the substrate, and a dynamic partially reflecting element for re-directing the coupled-out light waves into a viewer's eye, wherein the transmittance and the reflectance of the dynamic partially reflecting element is dynamically controllable to yield high reflection in each one of the three primary colors, while simultaneously having high transmittance of two other colors of the three primary colors. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236575 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMPACT HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is provided an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate, having at least two parallel major surfaces, edges and an output aperture, an optical element for coupling light waves into the substrate to effect total internal reflection, at least one redirecting element positioned outside of the substrate, and at least one reflecting surface having at least one active side located between the two major surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate for coupling light waves out of the substrate, wherein light waves trapped inside the substrate are coupled out from the substrate through the output aperture substantially inclined in relation to the normal to the substrate major surfaces and are reflected from the redirecting element into a viewer's eye, and wherein the redirecting element is a single flat reflecting surface parallel to the major surfaces of the substrate. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236576 | Augmented Reality Eyewear with "Ghost Buster" Technology - This invention is augmented reality eyewear with a radial, honeycomb, or nested-ring array of selectively-movable reflective elements. These reflective elements can each be moved from a first configuration which is parallel to a line of sight from an eye to a second configuration which is perpendicular to this line of sight. The second configuration reflects light displaying a virtual image to the eye and blocks environmental light in the area of the virtual image. Since light from the environment does not shine through the virtual object, the virtual object appears solid instead of “ghost like.” | 2022-07-28 |
20220236577 | ATHLETIC EYEGLASSES SYSTEM AND METHOD - An athletic eyeglasses system and method for monitoring and displaying to an athlete relevant information such as elapsed time and heart rate, in real time, without diversion of attention from the view ahead and without extraneous movement of hands or arms, providing an eyeglasses frame, two frame arms, two display glass units having data displays, a controller unit, a battery, a covered port for charging the battery, input buttons, a timer starter, and a sensor to sense physiological conditions such as heart rate and peripheral oxygen saturation. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236578 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display unit including an optical system configured to emit imaging light toward a pupil position, and a frame configured to support the optical system, an exterior member configured to accommodate the optical system of the display unit in an internal space and partially exposes the frame, and a sheet-shaped sealing member having flexibility configured to seal the internal space of the exterior member are included, wherein the sealing member includes an outer first sealing portion configured to perform sealing between the sealing member and the exterior member, and an inner second sealing portion configured to perform sealing between the sealing member and the frame. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236579 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a first display unit including a first frame and a first optical system, a second display unit including a second frame and a second optical system, and a fixing member configured to fix the first display unit and the second display unit relative to each other, wherein the fixing member has a shape configured to rotate the first optical system and the second optical system in rotational directions around two or more axes when the first display unit and the second display unit are aligned prior to fixing. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236580 | Forming a Homogenized Illumination Line Which Can Be Imaged As A Low-Speckle Line - A system for forming a homogenized illumination line which can be imaged as a low-speckle line is disclosed. The system includes a laser configured to emit a collimated laser beam; and an illumination-fan generator that includes one or more linear diffusers. The illumination-fan generator is arranged and configured to (i) receive the collimated laser beam, (ii) output a planar fan of diffused light, such that the planar fan emanates from a light line formed on the distal-most one of the one or more linear diffusers, and (iii) cause formation of an illumination line at an intersection of the planar fan and an object. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236581 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING MODULE APPLYING THE SAME - A lens barrel, including a barrel wall and a sleeve, is provided. The barrel wall extends from an object side to an image side around an optical axis, and has a lens barrel inner surface facing the optical axis and a lens barrel outer surface facing away from the lens barrel inner surface. The lens barrel outer surface includes a lens barrel object-side surface facing the object side. The sleeve is fixed on the lens barrel outer surface and partially embedded in the barrel wall. The sleeve has an object-side end closest to the object side and an image-side end closest to the image side. The object-side end does not extend beyond the lens barrel object-side surface not covered by the sleeve and closest to the object-side end in a direction parallel to the optical axis. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236582 | Optical Unit - An optical unit is provided which enables performing shake correction of a moving element in the optical axis direction and the direction around the optical axis with a simple configuration and which takes into account ease of assembly. Specifically, this optical unit is provided with: a moving element ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236583 | ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - An actuator assembly ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236584 | Device of Generating 3D Light-Field Image - A device is provided to generate a three-dimensional (3D) real image. A display panel is divided into several sub-areas for emitting scenes. Through a projecting lens-array unit, the scenes enter a fusion lens unit to form a real image of light field at a position beyond common barrier. Through an eyepiece unit, the image is emitted to human eye. Thus, the present invention provides a device for near-eye viewing, which reduces existing human-eye vergence accommodation conflict (VAC) in most augmented reality and mixed reality devices. Therein, the display of near-eye light field is a process of light-field reproduction, which merges the scenes and reduces aberration. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236585 | GRATING, GRATING DRIVING METHOD AND 3D DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a grating including: a first substrate including stacked first and second electrode layers each including strip-shaped electrodes with an identical width, strip-shaped electrodes in the first and second electrode layers arranged alternately; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; driving modules for driving the strip-shaped electrodes to form light shading parts and light transmission parts, one light shading part and one adjacent light transmission part defining a grating unit, at least one grating unit defining a grating part, the driving modules arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the grating parts; and a control module for generating driving signals in one-to-one correspondence with the driving modules according to a distance between the human eyes and the grating, thereby changing a width of the grating unit corresponding to a crosstalk position. A 3D display device and a grating driving method are provided. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236586 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image includes abase; a driving mechanism disposed on the base; a support element movably mounted to the base and controllably driven by the driving mechanism; and a light source set disposed on the support element and configured to controllably form a predetermined pattern of light emission; wherein the driving mechanism is configured to move the support element in a predetermined pattern of movement, a plural-ity of light emission patterns formed by the light source set during the movement of the support element collectively constituting a three-di-mensional image perceptible by a human eye. A method for displaying a three-dimensional image is also disclosed. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236587 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is an image display apparatus that has a small overall apparatus volume and can be miniaturized. The image display apparatus includes an image display element; a light guide plate on which light emitted by the image display element is incident and which internally and totally reflects the light satisfying a total reflection condition to guide the light; and a retroreflective element that is provided on a surface of the light guide plate and retroreflects the light guided in the light guide plate. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236588 | EYEGLASSES ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE - An eyeglasses assembly structure is revealed. A pivot member which is pivotally connected to a first assembly portion of a frame is inserted and mounted in a switch member. A first rib and a second rib are opposite to each other and disposed on a second assembly portion at a front side of a temple. The first rib is mounted into a first mounting groove at one end of the pivot member. A positioning flange is formed on the second rib and inserted through an opening of the switch member to be mounted in a second mounting groove on the other end of the pivot member. When the switch member is rotated an angle to be staggered or aligned with respect to the positioning flange of the second rib, the temple is firmly fixed to or separated from the frame. Thereby parts are assembled and replaced easily and conveniently. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236589 | ACTIVE LENS ADAPTED FOR CORRECTING AN ABNORMAL REFRACTION OF AN EYE OF A WEARER - An ophthalmic lens intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having a first optical function based on a prescription of the wearer for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the wearer and comprising at least one activable optical element, wherein in a first state the at least one activable optical element contributes with the rest of the lens to focus the image of an object at distance on the retina, and in a second state the at least one activable optical element has a second optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye | 2022-07-28 |
20220236590 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING SPECTACLE LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTACLE LENS, AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING SPECTACLE LENS - Provided is a technology that makes a change in the amount of aberration that is a combination of aberration in an eye and aberration in a spectacle lens robust with respect to rotation. Provided are a method for designing a spectacle lens and related technologies in which, when rotational asymmetry of an aberration distribution of an eye of a wearer about an optical axis is strong, a spectacle lens that has an aberration distribution of which rotational asymmetry is weak in a region having a predetermined width and a center at any point on a main meridian of the spectacle lens is obtained as a design solution, and when rotational asymmetry of the aberration distribution of the eye of the wearer about the optical axis is weak, a spectacle lens of which rotational asymmetry is strong in the region is obtained as a design solution. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236591 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING SPECTACLE LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTACLE LENS, AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING SPECTACLE LENS - A technology that makes a change in the amount of aberration in a spectacle lens worn by wearer relative to a change in at least one of the aberration in the eye or spectacle lens. A method for designing a spectacle lens wherein, when a degree of change caused by a physical feature of wearer in at least one of an aberration distribution of an eye of wearer and an aberration distribution of a spectacle lens worn by the wearer is large, a spectacle lens that has an aberration distribution of which rotational asymmetry is weak in a region having a predetermined width and a center at any point on a main meridian of the spectacle lens is obtained as a design solution, and when the degree of the change is small, a spectacle lens of which rotational asymmetry is strong in the region is obtained as a design solution. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236592 | Hinge Feed Antenna of Eyewear - Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a hinge feed antenna of eyewear, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a front frame, a temple arm, and a hinge rotatably connecting the front frame and the temple arm. For an embodiment, the temple arm includes a circuit assembly including at least a radio. For an embodiment, the front frame includes one or more antennas traces, wherein the hinge conductively connects the circuit assembly to the one or more antenna traces. The apparatus further includes an antenna tuner located between the circuit assembly and the hinge, wherein a rotation position of the temple arm is sensed, wherein the rotation position is dependent on an orientation of the front frame relative to the temple arm; and wherein the antenna tuner includes an impedance tuner for adaptively adjusting an input impedance of the impedance tuner based on the sensed rotation position of temple arm. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236593 | MAGNETO-OPTICAL MODULATOR-BASED SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING QUANTUM INFORMATION - Magneto-optical modulator-based systems and devices for transferring quantum information are described. Such systems can be used for many applications, including as part of quantum computers. An example system includes a quantum information system configured to provide a signal corresponding to at least one qubit. The system further includes a magneto-optical driver configured to receive the signal corresponding to the at least one qubit and process the signal to generate a current based on the signal corresponding to the at least one qubit. The system further includes a magneto-optical modulator configured to receive the current from the magneto-optical driver and provide a modulated light output by modulating a received light input based on the current. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236594 | DOUBLE-PASS FIBRE-OPTIC AMPLIFER AND OPTICAL-DEVICE ARCHITECTURES - An optical device including an acousto-optic modulator (AOM), a laser, an upstream optical fibre extending between the laser and the AOM, a downstream optical fibre located downstream of the AOM and a reflector connected to the fibre downstream of the AOM. The optical device including the upstream fibre is a polarisation-maintaining optical fibre, and/or the downstream fibre is arranged so that a transit time of the optical beam through said downstream fibre from the AOM to the reflecting means is nonzero and shorter than or equal to half an open duration of the AOM, and/or the AOM includes a crystal in which the entrance/exit faces are planar and are at a nonzero angle to each other, and/or at least one of the two entrance/exit faces is at a nonzero angle to a direction of propagation of the acoustic wave in the crystal. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236595 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BACKLIGHT SOURCE, AND AUTOMOBILE - Provided are a display device, a backlight source, and an automobile. The display device includes a view angle control panel; in a sharing mode phase, a same voltage is provided for the first electrode and the second electrode; in a privacy mode phase, a first voltage is provided for the first electrode, and an alternating voltage signal is provided for the second electrode, where a high voltage of the alternating voltage signal is greater than the first voltage, and a low voltage of the alternating voltage signal is less than the first voltage; in a transition phase, the first voltage is provided for the first electrode, and a voltage signal with gradually changing duty cycles is provided for the second electrode; where the transition phase is located between the sharing mode phase and the privacy mode phase. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236596 | PRIVACY-MODE BACKLIGHT, PRIVACY DISPLAY, AND METHOD - A privacy-mode backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light having a predetermined collimation factor orthogonal to a length of the light guide and a plurality of scattering line elements arranged along the light guide length. Scattering line elements of the scattering line element plurality are configured to scatter out through an emission surface of the light guide a portion of the guided light as emitted light having an illumination beamwidth in the orthogonal direction determined by the collimation factor. The privacy-mode backlight further includes a directional optical diffuser configured to provide directional diffusion of the emitted light in a direction corresponding to the light guide length. The directional diffusion may provide uniform illumination in the light guide length direction. A privacy display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate the emitted light to provide a private image. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236597 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, and a polarizer opposed to the first display panel and having a transmission axis for transmitting linearly polarized light. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a first liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and including streak-like polymers and liquid crystal molecules. An extension direction of the polymers is substantially orthogonal to the transmission axis. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236598 | POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a polymer dispersed liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrates including an electrode on at least one substrate; and a composite layer disposed between the pair of substrates. The composite layer includes a liquid crystal component and a polymer network constituted by a cured product of a photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound, and is in a transparent state when no voltage is applied and in a scattering state when a voltage is applied, and the polymer network has a helical structure with a number of turns of from one to less than eight in the composite layer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236599 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT MODULATION PANEL, LIGHT MODULATION PANEL AND LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a light modulation panel, a light modulation panel and a light modulation device. The light modulation panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in align with each other, a liquid crystal filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, and spacer structures located between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured to maintain a cell gap of the liquid crystal; wherein the spacer structures comprise a first post spacer and a second post spacer arranged in a cascaded manner, the first post spacer is arranged on a side of the first substrate close to the second substrate, the second post spacer is arranged on a side of the second substrate close to the first substrate, | 2022-07-28 |
20220236600 | Display Substrate and Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Display Panel - Provided is a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a display region and a bonding region located at a side of the display region on the base substrate, wherein the bonding region includes a first protective layer and a bonding electrode disposed on the base substrate; the first protective layer is provided with a groove; the bonding electrode is at least partially disposed in the groove; in a direction parallel to the base substrate, the groove, the bonding electrode and the first protective layer extend to an edge of the bonding region in a direction away from the display region; and a material of the first protective layer is less hard than a material of the bonding electrode. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236601 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An array substrate is provided. One of a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer in the array substrate includes at least one slit electrode. The slit electrode is disposed between two adjacent data leads in the array substrate, and includes an electrode connecting portion and a plurality of first strip-shaped sub-electrodes. The electrode connecting portion includes a first connecting section parallel to and adjacent to the data lead, and a distance between two adjacent first strip-shaped sub-electrodes in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the first connecting section gradually increases along a direction going away from the first connecting section. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236602 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a display device having high reliability, even if being a narrow framing type, and a method for manufacturing thereof, having a display panel, being made up with a first substrate | 2022-07-28 |
20220236603 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236604 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes: a display panel, including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; a back plate, arranged opposite to the display panel, where the back plate comprises a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall to one side of the display panel; a backlight source, arranged between the display panel and the back plate, where the backlight source comprises a light source arranged on the bottom wall of the back plate and a diffusion plate arranged on a light emitting side of the light source; and a middle frame, where the middle frame comprises a first support part, and a second support part connected with one side, deviating from the display panel, of the first support part. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236605 | DISPLAY COVER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application provides a display cover, a manufacturing method of the display cover, and a display device. The display cover includes: a substrate; a light shielding layer; and an optical adhesive layer. The substrate includes a visible region and a non-visible region, and the non-visible region is provided with at least one notch. The light shielding layer is disposed in the notch in the non-visible region. The optical adhesive layer covers the light shielding layer and the visible region of the substrate. By arranging the light shielding layer in the notch, the present application eliminates an ink level difference caused by coating the light shielding layer in conventional techniques, so that the optical adhesive layer is completely attached to the substrate to avoid generating air bubbles and improve production yields of the display cover. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236606 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND POLARIZING PLATES HAVING ENDS LOCATED INSIDE AN END OF A SECOND SUBSTRATE AND AN AIR GAP BETWEEN A RESIN LATER AND A SECOND ORGANIC INSULATING FILM - A first organic insulating film is arranged on a first substrate in a circumference area outside an active area. A mounting portion is located in the circumference area for mounting a signal source. A second organic insulating film is formed on a second substrate in the circumference area so as to face the first substrate. The second substrate exposes the mounting portion. A seal material is arranged between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. A resin layer is arranged between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film in the circumference area, and formed in a rectangular frame shape including four linear ends. An end along the mounting portion is formed broadly than other ends. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236607 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first area including a display portion, a second area adjacent to the first area, and an organic film. The second substrate has a substrate end along a boundary between the first area and the second area, and overlaps the first area. The first substrate includes an alignment film located in the display portion, terminals located in the second area and connected to a signal source, and a first groove formed in the organic film and located between the substrate end of the second substrate and the terminals in the second area. The terminals are arranged in a first direction. The first groove extends in the first direction along the terminals. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236608 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus including a first display panel, a second display panel, and at least one light-absorbing layer. The first display panel has a first splicing surface. The second display panel has a second splicing surface opposite to the first splicing surface. The at least one light-absorbing layer is disposed on at least one of the first splicing surface and the second splicing surface. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236609 | Mura-Compensable Direct-Lit Mini-LED Backlight Module - The disclosure provides a mura-compensable direct-lit Mini-LED backlight module, including a PCB substrate, a reflective cover, and an optical diaphragm group which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The optical diaphragm group includes at least one diffusion diaphragm, and a plurality of microlens structures are arranged on a light emission side and/or a light incidence side of the diffusion diaphragm to form a microlens structure surface. In the backlight module provided by the disclosure, light is subjected to multiple reflections between the reflective cover and the diffusion diaphragm, thus improving the light emitting uniformity along the diffusion diaphragm. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236610 | DISPLAY MODULE, METHOD OF DRIVING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display module is provided. In the display module, a liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of display subareas. A color backlight module has a plurality of backlight subareas in a one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of display subareas. A driving apparatus may sequentially drive liquid crystal molecules in the display subareas to turn over, and after driving the liquid crystal molecules in each display subarea to turn over, drive a light-emitting element of one color included in each backlight source in one corresponding backlight subarea to emit light. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236611 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight assembly including a light source; and an optical film group including: a functional material layer; wherein: the light source is configured to emit a white light; and the functional material layer is configured to absorb light in at least one of a range of 480 nm-520 nm or a range of 575 nm-600 nm to thereby reshape the white light to have blue, red, and green peaks; and the display apparatus further includes a polarizer (POL) including one or more polarizer sub-layers, wherein the functional material layer and one of the one or more polarizer sub-layers are configured as one same layer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236612 | LCOS DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display device and an electronic device are disclosed. The LCOS display device includes a wafer substrate and a pixel electrode layer over the wafer substrate. The pixel electrode layer comprises a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a reflector stack or at least a stack comprised of, stacked vertically downward, a first high refractive index insulating layer and a first low refractive index insulating layer is arranged between every adjacent two pixel electrodes. By arranging the reflector stacks or stacked layers (in the gaps) between adjacent pixel electrodes, the gaps exhibit higher reflectivity and produce less diffraction noise. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236613 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes: a base substrate, and a first electrode and a second electrode located in a region defined by intersection of two adjacent data lines, a gate line and a common electrode signal line, where the second electrode is located on a side of the first electrode facing away from the base substrate,; the first electrode is in a block shape; the second electrode has a symmetry axis perpendicular to the gate line and passing through the center of the second electrode; the second electrode includes: a frame with an opening in a side; an opening side of the frame faces a first type of signal lines; the first type of signal lines are other signal lines than the data lines and signal lines parallel to the data lines. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236614 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An array substrate is provided. One of a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer in the array substrate includes at least one slit electrode. The slit electrode is disposed between two adjacent data leads in the array substrate, and includes an electrode connecting portion and a plurality of first strip-shaped sub-electrodes. The electrode connecting portion includes a first connecting section parallel to and adjacent to the data lead. A width of the first strip-shaped sub-electrode gradually decreases along a direction going away from the first strip-shaped sub-electrode, and a distance between two adjacent first strip-shaped sub-electrodes in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the first connecting section gradually increases along the direction going away from the first connecting section. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236615 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DRIVING METHOD OF ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate includes pixel electrodes arranged in an array, a plurality of scan lines extending along the row direction of the array and arranged along the column direction of the array and a plurality of data lines extending along the column direction and arranged along the row direction. One group of data lines includes a first data line and a second data line. The loaded drive voltage of the first data line and the loaded drive voltage of the second data line are different in the same frame. The driving process of one frame includes a reset stage and a display stage. At the reset stage, the first data line is connected to the second data line. At the display stage, the first data line is disconnected from the second data line. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236616 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a display substrate, a fabrication method for the display substrate, and a display device. By arranging a flat layer with a flat surface facing the second metal layer between a first metal layer and a second metal layer, the second metal layer deposited on the flat layer is also relatively flat, so that the second metal wirings with the same width and spacing as that of first metal wirings can be formed. The etching resolutions of the metal wirings in the fanout region corresponding to the first metal layer and the second metal layer in the solutions of the present disclosure can be the same. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236617 | LIGHT RAY DIRECTION CONTROL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light ray direction control element includes a first light transmitting substrate, a second light transmitting substrate facing the first light transmitting substrate, a first light transmitting region provided on a first main surface of the first light transmitting substrate, a second light transmitting region provided on a first main surface of the second light transmitting substrate, first light absorbing regions positioned among the first light transmitting region, and second light absorbing regions positioned among the second light transmitting region. The light ray direction control element further includes a light transmitting dispersion medium enclosed in the first light absorbing regions and the second light absorbing regions, and charged electrophoretic particles dispersed in the light transmitting dispersion medium. When viewing a cross-section perpendicular to the first main surface of the first light transmitting substrate, the shape or the angle of inclination, with respect to the first main surface of the first light transmitting substrate, of the first light transmitting region and the second light transmitting region differs. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236618 | HETEROGENEOUSLY INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a heterogeneously integrated optical modulator and a manufacturing method thereof. The modulator includes a substrate having a trench, an input waveguide disposed at one side of the trench, an output waveguide disposed at the other side of the trench, a first Mach-Zehnder interferometer including first branch waveguides disposed between the input waveguide and the output waveguide and a heater disposed on one of the first branch waveguides, and second Mach-Zehnder interferometers connected to each of the first branch waveguides. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236619 | Integrated plasmonic modulator - An optoelectronic device ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236620 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULATOR, TESTING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIGHT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing an optical modulator is disclosed. The optical modulator includes a Mach-Zehnder modulator, the Mach-Zehnder modulator including an electrode and an arm waveguide, the electrode being provided on the arm waveguide. The method includes a step of preparing the Mach-Zehnder modulator, a step of acquiring a relationship between a voltage applied to the electrode and a phase change amount of light propagating through the arm waveguide based on a light transmittance in the arm waveguide, a step of acquiring a voltage in which a range of a phase change amount of light in the Mach-Zehnder modulator has a predetermined range based on the relationship, and a step of storing the voltage in a storage unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236621 | Wavelength Conversion Optical Element - A wavelength conversion optical element using a nonlinear optical effect of a device structure in which wavelength conversion efficiency rises as targeted when the length of a waveguide is increased is provided. The element adopts a waveguide structure using lithium niobate of a second-order nonlinear optical material. Wavelength conversion regions are formed to correspond to two linear waveguides extending in parallel to each other on a plane of the planar structure and correspond to the lengths of the two linear waveguides. One end side of the linear waveguide is an incident side of excitation light and one end side of the linear waveguide is an emission side of wavelength converted light. The linear waveguides excluding the incident side and the emission side are joined by a bent waveguide. Second-order nonlinear optical media forming the linear waveguides have polarization inversion structures in which directions of spontaneous polarization are periodically inverted with respect to a propagation direction of light. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236622 | Optical Signal Processing Circuit - An optical signal processing device includes: a light source which generates a fundamental wave light; an optical modulator which modulates the fundamental wave light, and generates a fundamental wave light having a plurality of carriers synchronized in phase; an optical filter which passes through required components among the plurality of carriers; a first second-order nonlinear optical element on which a light which passes through the optical filter is incident, and which generates a second harmonic of the fundamental wave light; and a second second-order nonlinear optical element on which a signal light and the second harmonic are incident, the second second-order nonlinear optical element performing nondegenerate parametric amplification, wherein the second second-order nonlinear optical element has an output unit for picking up a wavelength converted light corresponding to difference in frequency between the signal light and the second harmonic or an amplified light of the signal light. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236623 | SUPERCONDUCTING OPTICAL-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A system and method to convert a wideband optical signal to a multi-bit digital electrical signal using a superconducting integrated circuit. In a preferred embodiment, the optical signal modulates the phase (i.e., adjusts the timing) of a sequence of single-flux-quantum voltage pulses. The optoelectronic modulator may comprise an optically tunable Josephson junction, superconducting inductor, or bolometric detector, with switching speeds approaching 100 ps or less. The optical signal may comprise a plurality of optical signals such as a wavelength-division multiplexed signal. The optical-to-digital converter may be applied to high-speed digital communication switches, broadband digital input/output for superconducting or quantum computing, and control/readout of detector arrays. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236624 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device includes: at least one imaging unit configured to be rotatable with a driving mechanism and movable in a circumferential direction; an illumination; a cover configured to cover the imaging unit and the illumination; and a light-shielding member of which at least a part is disposed between the imaging unit and the illumination and is disposed in contact with the cover. The light-shielding member is able to be retracted away from the cover through driving of the driving mechanism. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236625 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SETTING PARAMETERS VALUES OF A VIDEO SOURCE DEVICE - A method for setting parameters values of a video source device comprising obtaining a value of an image characteristic for a current image generated by the video source device set with initial parameters values; determining a satisfaction level for the image characteristic of the current image based on the obtained value, the satisfaction level representing a probability to fulfil a task; obtaining a set of candidates, a candidate being defined as a set of parameters values; for each candidate, predicting an evolution of the satisfaction level for the image characteristic relatively to the satisfaction level determined while the video source device is set with the initial parameters values; selecting a candidate based on its predicted evolution of the satisfaction level; setting the parameters values of the video source device using the set of parameters values of the selected candidate. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236626 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOVABLE LENS SHUTTING MODULE THEREOF - A portable electronic device and a movable lens-shutting module thereof are provided. The lens-shutting module includes a first magnetic assembly, a second magnetic assembly and a movable shielding assembly. The first magnetic assembly includes a fixed magnetic field generator and a movable magnetic structure including a matching portion. The second magnetic assembly includes a fixed magnetic structure, a flexible structure and a movable magnetic field generator including a limiting portion. The movable shielding assembly includes a lens shielding portion corresponding to a lens module, a matching opening matching with the matching portion, and a limiting opening corresponding to the limiting portion. Therefore, the movable magnetic structure is movable horizontally between a first and a second horizontal position relative to the fixed magnetic field generator, and the movable magnetic field generator is movable vertically between a first and a second vertical position relative to the fixed magnetic structure. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236627 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS GROUP - An optical imaging lens group, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, sequentially includes: an autofocus component, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and at least one subsequent lens. A radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the autofocus component is variable; and there is an interval between each two adjacent lenses among the first lens to the at least one subsequent lens. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236628 | CAMERA, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS, ADAPTER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A camera includes a lens-camera communication controller and an adapter-camera communication controller. The camera-lens communication channel includes a first data communication channel used during a data communication and a first notification channel used for a notification of a timing of a communication via the first data communication channel. The camera-adapter communication channel includes a second data communication channel used during the data communication and a second notification channel used for a notification of a timing of a communication via the second data communication channel. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236629 | CAMERA MOUNT SYSTEM - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described which provide a camera mount system. A camera mount is in communication with a positioning device. The positioning device has a compass, gyroscope, and emits an infrared light beam. The camera mount has a sensor that receives reflected and/or scattered infrared light from a moving target. The camera mount changes its orientation based on information from its sensor, and gyroscope and compass information from the positioning device. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236630 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR AND LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMIZATION METHOD - A light source device for generating laser light that is incident on a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses arranged in two directions orthogonal to each other includes a plurality of light sources that emits laser light. The light source image of the light source on the irradiated surface of the microlens array is elliptical, the long axis direction of the light source image intersects with both the two directions. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236631 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an excitation light source that outputs excitation light, a ceramic phosphor that has a first surface and a second surface, converts in terms of wavelength part of the excitation light outputted from the excitation light source and incident via the first surface to generate fluorescence, and causes the fluorescence to exit via the second surface, and a substrate that supports the first surface of the ceramic phosphor. The excitation light outputted from the excitation light source is incident on an exposed portion of the first surface of the ceramic phosphor that is the portion exposed via the substrate. The distance in the exposed portion from an irradiated region irradiated with the excitation light to the substrate is 0.34 mm or greater. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236632 | LIGHT UNIFORMING COMPONENT, LIGHTING MODULE, AND PROJECTOR - A light uniforming component including a light uniforming element and a frame is provided. The light uniforming element has a first side surface. The frame includes a side wall and a first elastic piece. The first elastic piece includes a first section and a second section. One end of the first section is bent and connected to the side wall. The second section is bent and connected to another end of the first section. The light uniforming element is disposed in the frame. A first fold line between the first section and the second section of the first elastic piece contacts the first side surface. A second fold line between the first section and the side wall is not perpendicular to an orthographic projection of an optical axis of the light uniforming element on the side wall. A lighting module and a projector including the light uniforming component are mentioned. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236633 | BEAM MODULATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - Provided include a beam modulation apparatus for modulating an input light field and a projection system containing the apparatus. The input light field has a first light field and a second light field, having a difference of 90° in their polarization states. The apparatus includes a PBS prism, a first LCOS panel and a second LCOS panel. The first and the second LCOS panel are respectively over a side surface of the PBS prism opposing to an optical incident surface and an optical exit surface. Each LCOS panel comprises a plurality of pixels over a reflective surface thereof, with each pixel controllably switched on or off such that a polarity state of a light beam reflected by a portion of the reflective surface corresponding thereto is changed or remains unchanged. This beam modulation apparatus can be applied in a projection system, such as a laser TV projection system. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236634 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK ABSORBER MATERIALS - Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate; a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate; a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers; and an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer comprising an alloy of molybdenum (Mo) and antimony (Sb). | 2022-07-28 |
20220236635 | PHASE SHIFT BLANKMASK AND PHOTOMASK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - A blankmask for EUV lithography includes a substrate, a reflective layer, a capping layer, and a phase shift layer. The phase shift layer is made of a material containing ruthenium (Ru) and chromium (Cr), and a total content of ruthenium (Ru) and chromium (Cr) is 50 to 100 at %. The phase shift layer may further contain boron (B) or nitrogen (N). The phase shift layer of the present invention has a high relative reflectance (relative reflectance with respect to a reflectance of the reflective layer under the phase shift layer) with respect to a tantalum (Ta)-based phase shift layer and has a phase shift amount of 170 to 230°. It is possible to obtain excellent resolution when finally manufacturing a pattern of 7 nm or less by using a photomask manufactured using such a blankmask. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236636 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE MASK - A reflective mask blank includes a substrate and, on or above the substrate in order, a reflective layer for reflecting EUV light, a protective layer for protecting the reflective layer, and an absorbent layer for absorbing EUV light. The absorbent layer has a reflectance for a wavelength of 13.53 nm of from 2.5% to 10%. A film thickness d of the absorbent layer satisfies a relationship of: | 2022-07-28 |
20220236637 | EUV PHOTOMASK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A photomask and a method of manufacturing a photomask are provided. According to an embodiment, a method includes: providing a substrate; depositing a reflective layer over the substrate; depositing a capping layer over the reflective layer; depositing an absorption layer over the capping layer; and treating the reflective layer by a laser beam to form a border region. The borderer region has a reflectivity less than about 0.1%. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236638 | PHASE SHIFT MASK BLANK, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND PHASE SHIFT MASK - Provided is a phase shift mask blank including a substrate, and a phase shift film thereon, the phase shift film composed of a material containing silicon and nitrogen and free of a transition metal, exposure light being KrF excimer laser, the phase shift film consisting of a single layer or a plurality of layers, the single layer or each of the plurality of layers having a refractive index n of at least 2.5 and an extinction coefficient k of 0.4 to 1, with respect to the exposure light, and the phase shift film having a phase shift of 170 to 190° and a transmittance of 4 to 8%, with respect to the exposure light, and a thickness of up to 85 nm. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236639 | DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY - A method for forming a device includes blending, in a mixer within a fabrication facility, a first liquid including a first block copolymer with a second liquid including a second block copolymer to form a first mixture. The first block copolymer includes a first homopolymer and a second homopolymer, where the first homopolymer has a first mole fraction in the first liquid. The second block copolymer includes the first homopolymer and the second homopolymer, the first homopolymer having a second mole fraction in the second liquid, the first mole fraction being different from the second mole fraction. The method includes placing a substrate over a substrate holder of a processing chamber within the fabrication facility; and coating the substrate with the first mixture within the processing chamber. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236640 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ORGANIC IONIC COMPOUND - A photocurable composition can comprise a polymerizable material, an organic ionic compound and a photoinitiator, wherein an amount of the organic ionic compound may be not greater than 1.5 wt %, the organic ionic compound comprises an organic cation, and a conductivity of the photocurable composition can be at least 20 μS/cm. The photocurable composition can have an improved drop spreading and merging of drops in comparison to the same composition but not including the organic ionic compound. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236641 | ELECTROCHEMICAL POLYMER PEN LITHOGRAPHY - Disclosed herein is a massively parallel patterning tool for the deposition of single metals or metal alloys with size and composition control. Methods of the disclosure use a hydrogel array of pyramidal pen tips as a medium for localized electrodeposition, in conjunction with a scanning probe lithography platform and a three-electrode cell. This versatile technique can be used for high-throughput 3D printing, biomolecule patterning, or screening of catalyst nanoparticles or thin films. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236642 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE BLANK, AND TEMPLATE SUBSTRATE FOR IMPRINTING, PRODUCTION METHOD OF TEMPLATE FOR IMPRINTING, AND TEMPLATE - A template and a template blank are used for imprint lithography transferring a transfer pattern in a concave and convex structure to a resin on a transfer substrate, in which a first step structure is formed on a main surface of a base, a second step structure is formed on the first step structure, and an outside region of the second step structure on an upper surface of the first step structure is covered with a light shielding film to solve the above problem. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236643 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A resist composition containing: (A) a resin containing a repeating unit having an acid-labile group and further containing at least one repeating unit having an aromatic substituent; (B) a photo-acid generator shown by a general formula (B-1); and (C) a solvent, where W | 2022-07-28 |
20220236644 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRY FILM, LAYERED PRODUCT, AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD - Provided is a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a polymer including a silicone skeleton and (B) photo-acid generators, wherein the photo-acid generators (B) comprise (B1) a photo-acid generator which is an onium salt and (B2) a photo-acid generator which is not an onium salt. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236645 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING - A method for reducing M3D effects on imaging is described. The method includes identifying points within a source plane of the photolithography system that are associated with pattern shifts resulting from diffraction of light off a photomask under an angle of incidence between an imaging beam of radiation and the mask normal, determining pattern shifts associated with the identified source plane points, and modifying the source to reduce the determined pattern shifts. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236646 | IMMERSION EXPOSURE TOOL - A bottom lens for an immersion exposure tool includes a hydrophobic coating on the sidewalls of the bottom lens. A bottom portion of the bottom lens is not coated with the hydrophobic coating to maintain the optical performance of the bottom lens and to not distort a pattern that is to be transferred to a substrate. The hydrophobic coating may reduce the thermal instability of the bottom lens. This may reduce overlay variation during operation of the immersion exposure tool, which may increase manufacturing yield, decrease device failures, and/or decrease rework and repairs. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236647 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A method of controlling a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method including: obtaining first metrology data based on measurements performed after a first process step; obtaining second metrology data based on measurements performed after the first process step and at least one additional process step; estimating a contribution to the process of: a) a control action which is at least partially based on the second metrology data and/or b) the at least one additional process step by using at least partially the second metrology data; and determining a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) or a correction for the first process step using the first metrology data and the estimated contribution. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236648 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A REFLECTIVITY OF AN OBJECT FOR MEASUREMENT LIGHT AND METROLOGY SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - When measuring a reflectivity of an object for measurement light, initially the object and a reflectivity measurement apparatus are provided. The latter includes a measurement light source, an object holder for holding the object and a spatially resolving detector for capturing measurement light reflected by the object. A measurement light beam impinges on a section of the object within a field of view of the measurement apparatus. The reflected measurement light coming from the impinged-upon section of the object is captured. A surface area of the captured section is at most 50 μm×50 μm. The measurement is performed by the detector. Next, at least one reflectivity parameter of the object is determined on the basis of an intensity of the captured measurement light. The result is a measurement method and a metrology system operating therewith, whereby reflectivities in particular of very finely structured objects, such as lithography masks, can be measured with sufficient precision. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236649 | SPLIT DOUBLE SIDED WAFER AND RETICLE CLAMPS - An electrostatic clamp and a method for fabricating the same. The electrostatic clamp includes a first stack and a second stack, wherein the first stack is joined with the second stack. Each of the first and second stacks includes a clamp body, one or more electrodes disposed on the clamp body, a dielectric plate disposed on the electrodes, and a plurality of channels inside the clamp body. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236650 | DETECTION APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A detection apparatus that detects a position deviation between an original and a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a first diffraction grating arranged on the original and a second diffraction grating arranged on the substrate, and a detection optical system configured to detect interference light formed by diffracted light diffracted by the first diffraction grating and diffracted light diffracted by the second diffraction grating. The illumination optical system performs dipole illumination by light including two poles in a pupil plane of the illumination optical system, and polarization directions of light beams emitted from the two poles, respectively, and incident on the substrate are orthogonal to each other. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236651 | THERMO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR - Disclosed is a thermo-mechanical actuator ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236652 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - The disclosure provides an optical system, having a first optical control loop, which is set up to regulate a position and/or spatial orientation of a first optical element relative to a first module sensor frame, and a first module control loop, which is set up to regulate a position and/or spatial orientation of the first module sensor frame relative to a base sensor frame. Related components and methods are also provided | 2022-07-28 |
20220236653 | TONER - A toner that is excellent in low-temperature fixability at the time of high-speed printing, achieves both hot offset resistance and winding resistance, and has such satisfactory durability as not to be liable to cause an image failure even at the time of long-term endurance. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin including a first resin and a second resin, wherein the first resin is a crystalline resin, wherein the second resin is an amorphous resin, wherein, the toner has a domain-matrix structure formed of: a matrix containing the first resin; and domains each containing the second resin, wherein, an endothermic quantity ΔH (J/g) derived from the first resin satisfies a relationship of ΔH≥3, and wherein, in flow tester measurement of the toner, the following relationships are satisfied: T10≥65; T1−T10≤10. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236654 | FINE PARTICLE, EXTERNAL ADDITIVE FOR TONER, TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER - A fine particle of a silicon polymer having a siloxane group and a silanol group, wherein a moisture adsorption amount of the fine particle at a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH is from 1.0 mg/g to 22.0 mg/g, an amount of the silanol group of the fine particle measured by a titration method using KOH is from 0.012 mmol/g to 0.120 mmol/g, and a number average particle diameter of primary particle of the fine particle is from 0.05 μm to 0.30 μm. | 2022-07-28 |