38th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220299793 | Special eyeglass frame leveling device - A device that easily attaches to temples or frames of eyeglasses and can adjust the height from the ear to either left or right side to balance glasses; the device easily hides behind ear and is comfortable to wear for a long period of time and is universal to fit a wide variety of temple sizes; and includes an ear rest portion, a connection to the eyeglass templates and an optional manner to adjust the space between the ear and the templates. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299794 | HYPEREXTENDING HINGE HAVING FPC SERVICE LOOPS FOR EYEWEAR - Eyewear having a frame, a hinge, and a hyperextendable temple having a flexible printed circuit (FPC) including service loops. An extender is coupled to the hinge and the temple, and the extender extends with respect to the hinge allowing hyperextension of the temple with respect to the frame. A first service loop allows extension of the FPC when the temple rotates about the hinge, and a second service loop allows the temple to be radially extended away from the hinge. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299795 | OPTICAL DESIGNS OF ELECTRONIC CONTACT LENS TO DECREASE MYOPIA PROGRESSION - A soft contact lens comprises a plurality of light sources coupled to a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of light sources and the plurality of optical elements are embedded in a soft contact lens material. Each of said plurality of optical elements generates an image focused in front of a peripheral retina of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the images is focused at a distance in front of the peripheral retina at a location, and each of the images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The depth of focus can be less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the peripheral retina at the location. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299796 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONTACT LENSES WITH DURABLE LUBRICIOUS COATINGS THEREON - The invention is related to a method for producing soft contact lenses comprises a silicone hydrogel lens body and a composite coating thereon. The composite coating comprises: a plasma base coating which is chemically-attached directly onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens and functions as a fail-proof measure for ensuring the hydrophobic silicone hydrogel lens material to be shielded from any exposure to ocular environments even after at least 30 days of daily uses including daily waring and daily cleaning/disinfecting; and a relatively-durable lubricious hydrogel top coating for ensuring wearing comfort. A method of the invention comprises forming a plasma-reactive hydrophilic polymer hybrid base coating having reactive functional groups on a silicone hydrogel contact lens and heating the silicone hydrogel contact lens with the hybrid base coating in an aqueous solution of a water-soluble and thermally crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material to form a stable lubricious hydrogel coating thereon. This method has a minimized adverse impact on the mechanical properties of silicone hydrogel lens body. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299797 | IQ MATCHING CIRCUIT FOR CONTACT LENS RADIO RECEIVER - An electronic contact lens. In some embodiments, the electronic contact lens includes a radio antenna and radio receiver contained within the contact lens, the receiver comprising antenna impedance matching and in-phase and quadrature signal generation such that signals from the antenna are projected into in-phase and quadrature components before mixing with a local oscillator signal in the receiver. The electronic contact lens may further include electronic circuits contained within the contact lens, the electronic circuits receiving data from the radio receiver. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299798 | PINHOLE GLASSES - Proposed are pinhole glasses, which include a spectacle frame; spectacle lenses coupled to the frame; and temple bars hinged to both sides of the frames to be attached to the ears, wherein the pinhole part in which a plurality of pinholes are formed is detachably coupled to the frame inside the spectacle lenses. The pinhole glasses can be worn in everyday life. Smartphone, computer monitor, or fine print can be clearly seen through the glasses. In addition, the speaker formed on the temple bar of the glasses can replace earphones, so that it is possible to listen to various acoustic sounds by interlocking with a smartphone. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299799 | DIMMING GLASS CONTROL DEVICE AND DIMMING CONTROL SYSTEM - A dimming glass control device for a dimming glass including dimming films arranged in different regions of a window glass for a vehicle, wherein the dimming films have transmittances of light which are changed depending on application of an AC voltage, the dimming glass control device comprising: a voltage applying section for changing the transmittances by application and non-application of the AC voltage to each of the dimming films; and a control section configured to, upon designation of one dimming pattern of dimming patterns, control the voltage applying section so as to apply the AC voltage to one or more of the dimming films associated with the one dimming pattern which has been designated, wherein the dimming patterns differ from each other in a number of dimming films and/or a position of a dimming film in the dimming glass to which the AC voltage is applied. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299800 | BIAS CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - A bias control method of a nested optical modulator includes detecting a frequency component that has a frequency equal to a frequency of a dither signal and that is included in an output of the optical modulator, with changing a voltage value of a first bias, to measure a first error-detection value, obtaining a first error-detection curve representing a relationship between the first error-detection value and the voltage of the first bias, obtaining a first correction value based on the first error-detection curve, and obtaining the first error-detection value obtained when the first bias voltage value is equal to a voltage value obtained by adding the first correction value to the first bias voltage value at a zero-crossing point of the first error-detection curve, as a first error control value. The first bias is controlled so that the first error-detection value is the first error control value. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299801 | Low Non-Linear Loss Silicon Waveguides with Sweep-Out Diodes - An optical waveguide includes a core region extending substantially along a lengthwise centerline of the optical waveguide, a first cladding region formed along a first side of the core region, and a second cladding region formed along a second side of the core region. The optical waveguide includes a first diode segment and a second diode segment that each include respective portions of the core region, the first cladding region, and the second cladding region. The second diode segment is contiguous with the first diode segment. The first diode segment forms a first diode across the optical waveguide such that a first intrinsic electric field extends across the first diode segment in a first direction, and the second diode segment forms a second diode across the optical waveguide such that a second intrinsic electric field extends across the second diode segment in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299802 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL INTENSITY MODULATION APPARATUS, CHIP AND SYSTEM - An electro-optical intensity modulation apparatus has a non-linear optical substrate and electrodes. The non-linear optical substrate is provided with a first branch waveguide, a second branch waveguide, a first channel waveguide and a second channel waveguide thereon. The first channel waveguide and the second channel waveguide are disposed between the first branch waveguide and the second branch waveguide, and the first channel waveguide and the second channel waveguide are branched from the first branch waveguide and converged at the second branch waveguide. The electrodes are disposed on an area between the first branch waveguide and the second branch waveguide to make the first channel waveguide, the second channel waveguide and the electrodes form a radio frequency conversion push-pull electro-optic phase modulation unit, a push-pull electro-optic bias control unit, two sets of independent polarization rotation control units and a dual-channel relative light intensity ratio adjustment unit, which are sequentially connected. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299803 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes an optical waveguide that is a projected section and that is disposed at a predetermined portion on a thin film substrate, a buffer layer that is formed on the thin film substrate and the optical waveguide, and an electrode that is formed on the buffer layer and that applies a voltage to the optical waveguide. The electrode covers a step portion of the buffer layer formed on side walls of the optical waveguide. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299804 | LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE - A driver circuit applies a voltage such that clarity of a light control sheet is 83% or less to bring the light control sheet into a first state, and applies a voltage such that haze of the light control sheet according to JIS K 7136 is 15% or less to bring the light control sheet into a second state. The clarity is calculated from the following Formula (1): | 2022-09-22 |
20220299805 | SWITCHABLE GLASS PANEL, METHOD OF FORMING SWITCHABLE GLASS PANEL AND METHOD OF FORMING SWITCHABLE GLASS - A switchable glass panel, a method of forming switchable glass panel and a method of forming switchable glass are provided. The method includes: forming a first electrode layer and a first alignment layer sequentially on a first substrate, and forming a second electrode layer and a second alignment layer sequentially on a second substrate; forming first sealants distributed along a first direction, second sealants distributed along a second direction and an edge sealant at the edge of the first alignment layer on the first alignment layer, where the first sealants and the second sealants form a grid with a plurality of openings; forming a plurality of liquid crystal layers corresponding to the plurality of openings on the second alignment layer; and oppositely arranging the first substrate and the second substrate to form a cell, and curing the first sealants and the second sealants. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299806 | Display Substrate and Manufacturing Method Thereof and Display Apparatus - A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a sealant on the base substrate; and a contact layer between the base substrate and the sealant, the contact layer being in contact with the sealant. In the display substrate, a contact layer surface of the contact layer, which is away from the base substrate, is not flat at a contact position where the contact layer is in contact with the sealant. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299807 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes: an array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes; a counter substrate comprising a common electrode in a position at least overlapping the pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and a light source disposed so as to emit light into a side surface of the array substrate or a side surface of the counter substrate. The array substrate includes, in a display region: a plurality of signal lines arranged in a first direction with spaces between the signal lines; a plurality of scanning lines arranged in a second direction with spaces between the scanning lines; and common potential wiring provided outside the display region. The counter substrate comprises light-blocking coupling wiring that couples the common electrode to a conductive first power feeding portion. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299808 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) layer, and a cutting protection layer. The first substrate includes a cutting region, the second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate, and the TFT layer is disposed on the second substrate. The TFT layer includes a cutting protection region corresponding to the cutting region, and the cutting protection layer is disposed on the TFT layer and located in the cutting protection region. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299809 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY PANEL - The disclosure provides a display substrate and a method of fabricating the same, and a display panel. The display substrate includes: a substrate; a transistor structure on the substrate; a flexible circuit board having one end coupled to the transistor structure, and the other end capable of being bent to a side of the substrate away from the transistor structure; and a blocking conductive layer on the flexible circuit board and configured to block an interference electric field in an external environment from affecting the display substrate. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299810 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present application provide an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel units arranged in an array, each sub-pixel unit includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode, the common electrode is on a side of the base substrate, the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode are between the base substrate and the common electrode, the thin film transistor includes a control terminal, a first electrode and a second electrode, the pixel electrode is connected to the second electrode, and the control terminal is in a continuous sheet shape, an orthographic projection of a boundary of the control terminal on the base substrate is within an orthographic projection of the common electrode on the base substrate. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299811 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first conductive layer including horizontal scan lines, and island-type electrodes, which are spaced apart from the horizontal scan lines; a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer, the second conductive layer including data lines, and a plurality of vertical scan lines; a second insulating layer disposed on the second conductive layer; and a third conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer and including first shield electrodes, which cover first edges of the vertical scan lines, and second shield electrodes, which are spaced apart from the first shield electrodes, and cover second edges of the vertical scan lines, wherein the vertical scan lines are electrically connected to the island-type electrodes via contact holes that extend through the first insulating layer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299812 | DISPLAY MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display module. The display module includes a first display panel including a first edge sealing region; a second display panel including a second edge sealing region, wherein the second display panel and the first display panel are disposed in a same layer and spliced with each other, and the second edge sealing region is abutted against the first edge sealing region; and a third display panel disposed on backlight sides of the first display panel and the second display panel, wherein both an orthographic projection of the first edge sealing region onto the third display panel and an orthographic projection of the second edge sealing region onto the third display panel fall within a display region of the third display panel; wherein the first display panel, the second display panel and the third display panel are all liquid-crystal display panels. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299813 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a base, a sensor and a sensor circuit. The sensor is interposed between the base and the liquid crystal layer in a display area including pixels. The sensor outputs a sensing signal corresponding to light incident from alongside the liquid crystal layer. The sensor circuit includes a plurality of switching elements. The pixels include first to third sub-pixels. At least some of elements of the switching elements are arranged in each of areas where the first to third sub-pixels are arranged. A signal line for the sensor, which outputs the sensing signal, is placed on a same layer as a feeding line connected to the sensor. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299814 | DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a detection device includes a substrate and a plurality of sensor electrodes provided on the substrate, extending along a first direction and arranged to be spaced apart from each other along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The sensor electrodes form a plurality of detection areas extending in the first direction and a plurality of non-detection areas adjacent to the plurality of detection areas along the second direction, and a boundary between each of the detection areas and each respective one of the non-detection areas is not linear. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299815 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display panel and a display apparatus are described. In an embodiment, the display panel includes a display area and a bezel area; a first support structure located in the display area, the first support structure including a plurality of first support portions; an encapsulation adhesive located in the bezel area; a second support structure located in the bezel area. In an embodiment, at different positions of the bezel area, the second support structure and the encapsulation adhesive are at an equal distance from each other within a preset error range; the second support structure includes at least one second support portion; and in a direction perpendicular to a plane in which the display panel is located, at least some of the second support portions each has orthographic projection area larger than orthographic projection area of the first support portion. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299816 | PROCESSING METHOD OF BACKPLANE, BACKPLANE AND DISPLAY MODULE - Disclosed are a processing method of a backplane, a backplane and a display module, where the processing method of the backplane includes: placing a plate on a mold for embossing and stretching; blanking the plate to remove an embossed part to form a body and an upper part, a lower part, a left part and a right part respectively connected to a periphery of the body; and consecutively bending a part of the upper part, a part of the left part, and a part of the right part towards a same side of the body three times to form a plane structure parallel to the body, where the plane structure is configured to support a screen and cooperate with the body to define an installation cavity for placing an optical assembly. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299817 | IMAGE FORMING PANEL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - An image forming panel device according to the present disclosure includes a panel unit including a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface and including a panel configured to emit image light, a first metal frame disposed around an image forming region on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the panel unit and having thermal conductivity, and a first planar heat generating body provided on a surface on the opposite side of a side where the panel unit is provided in the first metal frame and including a first heat generating wire for supplying heat to the entire periphery of the first metal frame. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299818 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, alight shielding portion, a lens being arranged between the light shielding portion and the pixel electrode and overlapping with the pixel electrode in plan view, and a phase difference compensation member arranged on an incident side of the light with respect to the liquid crystal layer and compensating a phase difference of the light in the liquid crystal layer. In a display region, a light shielding member having a light shielding property is provided between the liquid crystal layer and the phase difference compensation member. The lens includes a first layer arranged on a side of the light shielding portion and a second layer being arranged on a side of the pixel electrode and having a refractive index different from that of the first layer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299819 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first area, a second area, a boundary including a linear first boundary parallel and a curved second boundary and surrounding the first area, and a light-shielding layer including a first light-shielding portion located in the second area. An end portion of the first light-shielding portion on the first area side includes a linear first end portion located on the first boundary, a curved second end portion located on the second boundary in a first round area, and a stepwise third end portion which extends such that the third end portion is bent in a second round area. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299820 | OPTICAL SHEET, LIGHT CONTROLLING MEMBER, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE SOURCE UNIT, AND DISPLAY - To provide an optical sheet that makes it possible to efficiently control a light exiting angle as desired, an optical functional layer has a plurality of light transmissive portions extending in one direction, the light transmissive portions being arranged at intervals in a direction different from the one direction, and a light absorbing portion that is arranged between respective adjacent light transmissive portions, and the optical element layer extends so as to be offset from the one direction at an angle of 0° to 45° in a front view of the optical sheet, the optical element layer having a plurality of unit optical elements that are ridges aligned in a direction different from a direction in which the optical element layer extends. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299821 | POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - A polarizing plate and an optical display device comprising same are provided. The polarizing plate comprises: a polarizer; and a pattern layer disposed on the upper surface of the polarizer. The pattern layer includes a first resin layer, wherein the first resin layer has one or more intaglio patterns formed on the lower surface thereof. The intaglio pattern has side surfaces, and a first surface and a second surface having different base angles with respect to the maximum width of the intaglio pattern are continuously formed on the side surfaces. The first and second surfaces satisfy Equation 1, and when h1 is a height projected on the first surface and h2 is a height projected on the second surface, among the maximum heights of the intaglio pattern, h1 and h2 satisfy Equation 2. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299822 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR USE IN LOCAL DIMMING - According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light source module, and a reflector opposed to the light source module. The reflector includes a plurality of incidence openings on which light from the light source module is made incident, a plurality of emission openings opposed to the incidence openings, a plurality of reflective surfaces extending from the incidence openings to the emission openings, respectively, and reflective films formed on the reflective surfaces. The reflector includes a plurality of blocks, and the blocks are bonded to each other to form the reflector. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299823 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module includes: a back plate, a micro light emitting diode light board, and a diffusing plate bracket. The micro light emitting diode light board includes a plurality of through holes, the diffusing plate bracket is arranged in the through holes and fixed on the back plate via the through holes. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299824 | DEVICE FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present disclosure generally pertains to a device for a liquid crystal display, including:
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20220299825 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal element includes a transparent substrate including a first main surface, a plurality of structures disposed on the first main surface and arranged along one direction, an alignment film disposed on a surface of each of the structures and a liquid crystal layer containing a cholesteric liquid crystal and in contact with the alignment film, and the helical axis of the cholesteric liquid crystal is inclined with respect to the first main surface, each of the plurality of structures includes a first surface inclined with respect to the first main surface, in the plurality of structures, the first surfaces are parallel to each other, and the alignment film is interposed between the first surface and the liquid crystal layer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299826 | LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a light control device includes a first substrate including first to third electrodes formed in an annular shape and a fourth electrode, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged in a first direction. The first electrode and the third electrode are arranged in a direction different from the first direction. The fourth electrode is adjacent to the first to third electrodes. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299827 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a black matrix disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel areas arranged in a matrix. The first substrate further includes a plurality of scan lines extending along a first direction. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The black matrix includes a plurality of first parts and a second part. One of the plurality of first parts extends along the first direction and corresponds to one of the plurality of the scan lines. The second part is connected to the one of the plurality of first parts and extends along a second direction. A thickness of the second part is varied along the second direction. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299828 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel is provided. A data line is divided into first and second sub data lines. Each sub-pixel meets a condition that any two adjacent sub-pixels are respectively electrically connected to the first and second sub data lines, so that connections of the two adjacent sub-pixels and the sub data lines are opposite. A display device is also provided. The display panel can solve problems of capacitance changes caused by poor alignment accuracy. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299829 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array; gate line light shielding parts extending in a row direction are arranged on horizontal non-display areas between every two adjacent rows of sub-pixels; vertical non-display areas are arranged between every two sub-pixels adjacent in a row direction; at least one of the vertical non-display areas is provided with a vertical light shielding part, and the vertical light shielding part is configured to prevent two sub-pixels on two sides, in the row direction, of the vertical light shielding part from light leakage at a junction; and a gap is formed between the vertical light shielding part and each of two gate line light shielding parts adjacent to the vertical light shielding part. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299830 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device including a first substrate including a first insulating film and a second insulating film that includes a band-shaped first thick film portion, an island-shaped second thick film portion, a first contact hole penetrating the first thick film portion, and a second contact hole penetrating the second thick film portion, a first thickness of the first thick film portion and a second thickness of the second thick film portion are larger than a film thickness of the second insulating film between the first and second thick film portions, and a second substrate comprises a spacer overlapping the first thick film portion. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299831 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus in which a high voltage can be supplied to a display device is provided. The display apparatus includes a data generation circuit, a source driver circuit, and a pixel. The source driver circuit is electrically connected to the pixel through first and second wirings functioning as signal lines. The pixel includes a display device that is a liquid crystal device, a potential of one electrode of the display device can be a potential of the first wiring, and a potential of the other electrode of the display device can be a potential of the second wiring. The image data generation circuit has a function of generating digital image data including first and second data. In the case where image data corresponding to the digital image data is supplied to the pixel, one of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to first data, and the other of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to the first data. The potential of the first wiring and the potential of the second wiring are interchanged so that frame inversion driving or the like can be performed. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for remote monitoring and controlling of electrochromic glass are described. In some embodiments, a device monitoring and control system can receive messages via a communication hub from a plurality of remote installation sites for electrochromic glass units. The messages include telemetry data associated with the electrochromic glass units. The system can stream the telemetry data to a data analytics engine that can perform analytics functions on the telemetry data. The system provides results of the analytics functions to remote destinations via a data analytics interface. The system can also receive, via a control interface, control instructions from remote sources to control one or more of the electrochromic glass units. The system can transmit control messages to the installation sites to implement the control instructions. The system can also establish a connection for a requestor to an installation site using a site's specific connection protocol. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299833 | DIMMING GLASS CONTROL DEVICE AND DIMMING CONTROL SYSTEM - A dimming glass control device includes a voltage applying section for changing the transmittance by application and non-application of the AC voltage to the dimming film of a dimming glass as a rear glass for a vehicle; a status detecting section for detecting a brightness/darkness status outside the vehicle, a weather status, a status of switching-on instruction for a headlight, a status of operation instruction for a rear wiper, and a movement status of the vehicle; and a control section for causing the voltage applying section to reduce the transmittance of the dimming film and to prohibit reduction of the transmittance, upon a detection result of the status detecting section indicating a dark state outside the vehicle; a rain state; a light on-state of the headlight; a wiper on-state of the rear wiper; and a backward moving state of the vehicle. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299834 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device including a cover plate, a display panel, a first circuit board, and a rear housing, wherein the cover plate is connected to the rear housing to form an accommodation space, the display panel is assembled with the first circuit board and is disposed in the accommodation space, and the first circuit board includes a first extension portion and a second extension portion, wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion are connected, the first extension portion extends in a first direction and is attached to the display panel, and the second extension portion extends in a second direction and is attached to the display panel, the first direction being intersected with the second direction. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299835 | RF CHIRP REDUCTION IN MZ MODULATOR - A waveguide structure for use in a balanced push-pull Mach Zehnder modulator. The waveguide structure comprises a plurality of layers. The layers comprise, in order: an insulating or semi-insulating substrate; an lower cladding layer; an waveguide core layer; and an upper cladding layer. The lower cladding layer, waveguide core layer, and upper cladding layer are etched to form: a signal waveguide and a ground waveguide, which are connected via the lower cladding layer; and a signal line and a ground line, each located adjacent to the respective waveguide, and each connected to the respective waveguide via one or more respective resistive structures connected in the plane of the lower cladding layer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299836 | LINEARIZED MODULATOR - An electro-optical modulator. The electro-optical modulator comprising: an input waveguide, configured to guide light into a modulation region of the electro-optical modulator; a plurality of sub-modulators, within the modulation region, each sub-modulator having a transfer function between an applied voltage and an optical phase shift; and an output waveguide, configured to guide light out of the modulation region. The combination of the transfer functions of each sub-modulator is such that a total transfer function between an applied voltage and an optical phase shift of the modulation region is substantially linear over a range of operating voltages. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299837 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND AUGMENTED REALITY PROVIDING DEVICE - An augmented reality providing device includes a lens including a reflective mirror, a display module on at least one side surface of the lens and configured to display an image, and a dynamic prism module between the display module and the lens and configured to receive the image. The dynamic prism module is configured to be dynamically turned on or off to provide the received image to different positions of the reflective mirror. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299838 | HYBRID MATERIAL OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER - An apparatus includes a plurality of front-end nonlinear optical crystals and a plurality of back-end nonlinear optical crystals. The front-end nonlinear optical crystals are arranged in a chain and are configured to amplify a received signal. The back-end nonlinear optical crystals are arranged in the chain after the front-end nonlinear optical crystals and are configured to further amplify the received signal and generate an amplified signal. The back-end nonlinear optical crystals are made from a different nonlinear optical crystal than the front-end nonlinear optical crystals. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299839 | CHALCOGENIDE OPTICAL RING RESONATORS FOR GENERATING QUANTUM-CORRELATED PHOTON PAIRS - An optical ring resonator that includes a closed loop core, a cladding layer, and one or more bus waveguides. The closed loop core is disposed in the cladding layer and is As | 2022-09-22 |
20220299840 | METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF RIDGE WAVEGUIDES - A method for fabricating an optical waveguide comprises: providing a sample of lithium niobate doped with magnesium oxide and having at least one grating of periodic domain inversion defined therein; applying a layer of metallic zinc to a surface of the sample over the at least one grating using sputter deposition; heating the sample in an atmosphere of pure oxygen to cause the zinc to indiffuse into the lithium niobate to form a waveguiding layer of increased refractive index under the surface of the sample; and using a dicing blade to cut two substantially parallel channels along a length direction of the at least one grating, to define a ridge waveguide between the two channels. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299841 | DEVICE FOR CAPTURING A LONG EXPOSURE IMAGE - The invention relates to a field of capturing images requiring a long exposure, e.g., when photographing faint objects. The device comprises an image formation unit, an image capture unit, a primary shutter and a secondary shutter connected to at least one disturbance detector via a control unit. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299842 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING FILTER DATA ON A MATTE BOX - A matte box for a camera includes a frame, a filter tray holder having at least one stage configured to receive a filter, and at least one filter tray configured to support the filter. The at least one filter tray is removably coupled to the filter tray holder at the at least one stage so that the filter is positioned in front of a lens of the camera. The matte box also includes a filter information system that has an identification tag coupled to the at least one filter tray and/or the filter. The identification tag includes informational data regarding the filter. A reader device supported on the frame and configured to receive the informational data from the identification tag. The filter information system records the informational data of the filter received in the filter tray holder. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299843 | Protective Lens Cover - A lens protector for an electronic device such as a laptop computer, desktop computer, mobile phone or tablet is provided. The lens blocker includes a decorative head portion, an arm extending below the head portion that includes a lens blocker that can be moved between a first position covering the lens and a second position exposing the lens, and a sectioned mounting body extending below the head portion and behind the arm and lens blocker. The sectioned mounting body can be manipulated to varying shapes so that the lens protector can be mounted and used on electronic deices having different sizes and thicknesses. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299844 | MOBILE STUDIO - A mobile studio for producing video and audio content includes a vehicle having a body mounted on a chassis. The body includes a studio chamber enclosure formed by a floor, a ceiling, spaced opposite outer side walls and spaced outer front and rear walls, and the floor includes a stage area. The mobile studio further includes at least one LED lighting assembly located in the studio chamber enclosure that is suitable for providing sufficient illumination for image capture such that a captured image is suitable for projection as a Pepper's Ghost image, at least one camera to capture an image of a subject on the stage area and generate the captured image, and a communications device to transmit the captured image. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299845 | VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS - A system and method are provided for determining surface defects of an object under study. A photographic tool is employed to produce real-time blending of a series of images of a static object where each of the individual images are illuminated under a different lighting condition with respect to the static object. The achieved effect is similar to what is experienced when looking at a painted surface from different perspectives in order to see if there are any imperfections. For example, in the case of automotive photography, paint problems, sheen differences, scratches, dents, and small dings may only be visible when the vehicle is lit from a specific or correct angle. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299846 | DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES - An image capture device is disclosed that includes a body defining a peripheral cavity and a removable door assembly that is configured to close and seal the peripheral cavity. The door assembly includes a door body; a locking mechanism; and a biasing member that is configured for engagement with the locking mechanism to resist unlocking of the locking mechanism until a threshold force is applied, at which time, the biasing member is moved from a normal position, in which the biasing member extends at a first angle in relation to the locking mechanism, to a deflected position, in which the biasing member extends at a second angle in relation to the locking mechanism. When locked, the door assembly is rotationally fixed in relation to the body of the image capture device, and when unlocked, the door assembly is rotatable in relation to the body of the image capture device. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299847 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes a tripod mount, a cylindrical member supported rotatably around an optical axis on the tripod mount, a roller housed in the tripod mount and including a rolling bearing and a shaft member engaged with the rolling bearing, a roller holding member configured to rotatably hold the roller, and a biasing member configured to bias the roller against the cylindrical member via the roller holding member. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299848 | PROJECTOR - A projector according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an optical path changer that is provided between an image formation unit and an projection optical unit and changes the optical path of image light from the image formation unit, a linkage frame that links the image formation unit and the projection optical unit to each other, and a vibration absorbing member that absorbs vibration generated by the optical path changer. The optical path changer includes a base member, an optical member, and a swing frame that supports the optical member and is swingably supported relative to the base member. The vibration absorbing member has vibration absorbing surfaces that are in contact with the base member of the optical path changer, and the vibration absorbing surfaces are in contact with support surfaces of the linkage frame to cause the support surfaces to support the optical path changer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299849 | PROJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION METHOD - A projection control apparatus includes at least one processor or a control processing unit, and a communication unit. The control processing unit obtains a first captured image captured at a first point and a second captured image captured at a second point differing from the first point via the communication unit, obtains first correction data from the first captured image and second correction data from the second captured image, obtains first position data at the first position, second position data at the second point, and third position data at a third point differing from the first and second points, determines third correction data corresponding to the third point using the first correction data, the second correction data, the first position data, the second position data, and the third position data, and corrects a projected image to be projected by a projector based on the third correction data. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299850 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes a light emitting element configured to emit light, a substrate on which the light emitting element is disposed, a first heat radiating member thermally connected to the substrate, a base supporting the first heat radiating member, a frame fixed to the base and surrounding the light emitting element and the substrate, and a pressing member fixed to the frame and configured to press the substrate toward the first heat radiating member. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299851 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A wavelength conversion device includes a rotating device, a substrate rotated by the rotating device, a wavelength conversion element, and a first cooling device including, on an inside, a space in which working fluid is encapsulated, the first cooling device cooling the wavelength conversion element. The first cooling device is disposed in a position corresponding to the wavelength conversion element. The space extends from an outer edge side of the substrate to a rotation axis side. The first cooling device includes an evaporator and a condenser which are provided in the space. The evaporator includes a liquid retaining part configured to retain the working fluid in a liquid phase. The liquid retaining part is provided at the outer edge side in the space and disposed in the position corresponding to the wavelength conversion element. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299852 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source device includes: a first light source to emit first color light; a second light source to emit second color light; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least a portion of the first color light into a third color light; a light incident element to which the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light enter; a first filter to reflect the first color light toward the wavelength conversion unit; and a second filter to reflect the second color tight toward the light incident element. The first filter and the second filter are separately disposed on an optical path of the third color light between the wavelength conversion unit and the light incident element. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299853 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus includes a light source configured to emit first light, a wavelength converter configured to convert the first light into second light, an optical element disposed in an optical path of the first light to be incident on the wavelength converter, a light collector configured to collect the first light emitted from the optical element toward the wavelength converter, and a driver configured to rotate the optical element and the light collector around a rotation axis parallel to a first optical axis of the first light. The optical element has a first surface on which the first light is incident and a second surface via which the first light exits. The first light emitted from the light collector is incident on the wavelength converter along the second optical axis. The first optical axis and the second optical axis are shifted from each other. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299854 | ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR - An illuminator includes a light source that outputs first light, a wavelength converter that converts the first light into second light, an optical element that reflects the first light toward the wavelength converter and transmits the second light, and an illumination system which is disposed on the opposite side of the optical element from the wavelength converter. The wavelength converter includes a substrate, a reflection layer facing a first surface of the substrate, a wavelength conversion layer having a second surface and facing the reflection layer, and a structural element facing the second surface and having a plurality of protrusions that reflect part of the first light. The plurality of protrusions each have an inclining surface that inclines with respect to the second surface, and at least part of the first light and reflected off the inclining surface enters the illumination system without traveling via the optical element. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299855 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, reflection layer on the substrate, wavelength conversion layer in the reflection layer and converting a light in a first wavelength range into a light in a second wavelength range, structure in the wavelength conversion layer and scattering a part of the light in the first wavelength range, and optical layer in the structure, reflecting a part of the light in the first wavelength range, transmitting another part of the light in the first wavelength range, and transmitting the light in the second wavelength range. The structure includes a first structure portion, second structure portion, and planar portion between the first and second structure portions, the optical layers in the first and second structure portions have first reflectance for the light in the first wavelength range, and the optical layer in the planar portion has second reflectance. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299856 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source that outputs excitation light, a wavelength converter including a reflection layer and a wavelength conversion layer that is provided on the light incident side of the reflection layer and converts the excitation light in terms of wavelength into wavelength converted light having a wavelength band different from that of the excitation light, a first optical element that causes the excitation light from the light source to be incident on the wavelength converter, and a second optical element that is disposed in the optical path between the light source and the wavelength converter and causes at least part of reflected light of the excitation light reflected off the wavelength converter to exit toward the wavelength converter. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299857 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a white light generator that uses a blue laser as a light source to generate blue light and yellow light based on the blue laser and generates white light including the generated blue light and yellow light; and an optical system that modulates light based on the white light generated by the white light generator with an image display element and projects the modulated light, wherein the white light generator includes: a dichroic mirror that is irradiated with the blue light from the blue laser as the light source; a first condenser lens that focuses blue light being reflected by or passing through the dichroic mirror; a diffusion plate that diffuses the blue light focused by the first condenser lens; a second condenser lens that focuses the blue light passing through or being reflected by the dichroic mirror; and a phosphor that emits yellow light. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299858 | LAMP PROJECTING STARRY SKY AND NEBULA GENERATION METHOD THEREOF - A lamp projecting a starry sky is provided. The lamp projecting the starry sky includes at least one beam generator, a reflecting member with uneven and irregular reflecting surface, a first motor, and at least one first lens. The first motor is connected to the reflecting member through a connecting shaft, the reflecting member is driven to rotate when the first motor rotates, a light beam generated by the beam generator irradiates onto a first side of the reflecting member along an incident light path, and a light beam emitted from the reflecting member forms a moving and layering nebula projection after passing through the at least one first lens. In the lamp, after passing from the reflecting member, the light beam is magnified by the lens, so that the generated starry sky will not be too bright and dazzling, which effectively enhances the layering sense of the starry sky. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299859 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - The light source device includes a first solid-state light source array emitting a first color light, a second solid-state light source array emitting a second color light, a third solid-state light source array emitting a third color light, and a light combiner for combining the first to third color lights respectively from the first to third solid-state light source arrays into a combined color light, and emitting a light flux of the combined color light in the same direction. The third solid-state light source array requiring the lowest target cooling temperature among the first to third solid-state light source arrays is disposed on a first side, and the first and second solid-state light source arrays are disposed on a second side, with an optical axis of the light flux emitted from the light combiner, as a boundary. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299860 | EXTENSIVIEW AND ADAPTIVE LKA FOR ADAS AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - A system and method for assisted driving include an extensive view sensor and an adaptive lane keeping assistant to detect traffic information in front of a leading vehicle based upon sensors mounted on sides of a host vehicle. The sensors may be cameras, radars, or LiDAR units. The sensors are side placed so that they can minimize the blocked view area. In order to achieve better view of the traffic in front of the leading vehicle, aLKA is also presented to adjust the lateral position of the host vehicle relative to the leading vehicle. Based on the detected information, the host vehicle can predict the traffic changes and prepare ahead of time. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299861 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING SAME - In one embodiment, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an objective lens adjusting focus positions of multiple beams, an astigmatism correction element correcting astigmatism of the multiple beams, an inspection aperture allowing one of the multiple beams to pass therethrough, a deflector deflecting the multiple beams and causing the multiple beams to scan over the inspection aperture, a current detector detecting beam currents of the individual multiple beams after passing through the inspection aperture, a beam image formation unit forming a beam image based on the detected beam currents, a feature amount calculation unit generating a first waveform and a second waveform by adding brightnesses of the beam image in a first direction and in a second direction, and calculating a first and a second feature amounts from the first and the second waveforms, and a parameter calculation unit calculating an exciting parameter that is to be set for the astigmatism correction element based on the first feature amount and the second feature amount. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299862 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY, REFLECTIVE MASK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MASK BLANK AND MASK - A reflective mask blank for EUV lithography includes, in the following order, a substrate, a multilayer reflective film for reflecting EUV light, a phase shift film for shifting a phase of EUV light, and an etching mask film. The phase shift film is constituted of a ruthenium-based material containing ruthenium as a main component. The phase shift film has a film thickness of 20 nm or larger. The etching mask film is removable with a cleaning liquid comprising an acid or a base. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299863 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING PHOTOMASKS - Systems and methods for designing a photomask are disclosed. In an example, a designed pattern is provided. A virtual photomask having a simulated pattern corresponding to the designed pattern is created by at least one processor. The simulated pattern is optimized so that a final pattern to be produced onto a semiconductor substrate converges with the designed pattern. The optimization further includes correcting, by the at least one processor, one or more contours of the simulated pattern so that a geometric difference between the final pattern and the designed pattern meets a predetermined criterion. The correction is based, at least in part, on a model trained from a plurality of training samples. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299864 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR DISPOSING OF EXCESS MATERIAL OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC MASK - The present application relates to a method for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) enlarging a surface of the excess material; (b) displacing the enlarged excess material on the photolithographic mask using at least one first probe of a scanning probe microscope; and (c) removing the displaced enlarged excess material from the photolithographic mask. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299865 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AND SERVICING A PHOTOMASK - A method includes placing a photomask having a contamination on a surface thereof in a plasma processing chamber. The contaminated photomask is plasma processed in the plasma processing chamber to remove the contamination from the surface. The plasma includes oxygen plasma or hydrogen plasma. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299866 | METHODS AND MEDIA FOR RECORDING HOLOGRAMS - A method of recording multiple holograms into a holographic recording medium includes exposing the medium to a first light to cause changes in a first refractive index of at least a portion of a first layer of the medium to write a first hologram in the first layer without changing a second refractive index of a second layer of the recording medium. The method also includes exposing the medium to a second light to cause changes in a second refractive index of at least a portion of the second layer to write a second hologram in the second layer. The first layer may include a first photo-polymerizable composition polymerizable by the first light, and the second layer may include a second photo-polymerizable composition polymerizable by the second light and not polymerizable by the first light. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299867 | RECORDING A LATENT HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING AND AMPLIFICATION OF ITS DYNAMIC RANGE - Methods of recording volume Bragg gratings are provided. A recording medium includes matrix polymer precursor, inimer comprising a polymerizable functional group and a controlled radical reactive group, photoinitiator more reactive with the polymerizable functional group than the controlled radical reactive group in the presence of an excitation source, and a photoredux catalyst. The medium is cured to form a support matrix. The medium is exposed to the excitation source, forming a latent grating having bright fringes and dark fringes. Polymerized inimer is more concentrated in the bright fringes than in the dark fringes. A high refractive index monomer reactive with the controlled radical reactive group is diffused into the medium and exposed to light to cause controlled radical polymerization between the high refractive index monomer and the controlled radical reactive group of the polymerized inimer, driving up a refractive index of the bright fringes relative to the dark fringes. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299868 | RECORDING A LATENT HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING AND AMPLIFICATION OF ITS DYNAMIC RANGE - Recording a volume Bragg grating is effectuated by a recording medium formed from a matrix polymer precursor including a controlled radical reactive group, a photoactive base monomer, and a photoinitiator system more reactive with the photoactive base monomer than the controlled radical reactive group in the presence of an excitation source, and a photoredox catalyst. The medium is cured thereby forming a support matrix from the matrix polymer precursor. Exposure to the excitation source through a pattern causes the photoinitiator to polymerize the base monomer, forming a latent grating of the Bragg grating. The latent grating has bright and dark fringes determined by the pattern. The concentration of polymerized base polymer is higher in the bright fringes than in the dark fringes. The exposing causes a portion of the matrix to diffuse into the dark fringes. The support matrix has a lower refractive index than the polymerized photoactive base monomer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299869 | IMPRINT METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An imprint method includes acquiring information of a target shot out of a plurality of shots that corresponds to an imprint process and a non-target shot out of the plurality of shots that does not correspond to the imprint process. Based on the information, the imprint method includes determining to perform a first process and a second process for the target shot and the non-target shot, respectively. The first process includes: pressing a template against a resin formed over the substrate; curing the resin by irradiating the resin with light; and releasing the template from the resin. The second process includes irradiating the resin with the light in a state where the template is not pressed against the resin. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299870 | TEMPLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TEMPLATE - A template according to the present embodiment is a template used in a lithography process of a semiconductor manufacturing process. A first substrate includes a first face, a second face protruded from a portion of the first face, and a lateral face being a lateral face positioned between the second face and the first face and inclined with respect to the second face at a connection portion to the second face. A first material film is provided at least on the lateral face. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299871 | COLORING COMPOSITION, FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a coloring composition including a colorant, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, in which the colorant includes a green pigment, a content of the green pigment in a total solid content of the coloring composition is 25% by mass or more, and the green pigment includes a compound which is a compound represented by Formula (1) and has a maximal absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 620 to 730 nm; a film formed of the coloring composition; a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299872 | TRANSFER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE - A transfer film has a temporary support and a photosensitive composition layer, in which the photosensitive composition layer includes a photopolymerization initiator, an alkali-soluble resin, and a polymerizable compound, the photopolymerization initiator includes a first photopolymerization initiator and a second photopolymerization initiator, a molar absorption coefficient ε1 of the first photopolymerization initiator at a wavelength of 365 nm is 500 L/mol·cm or more, and a ratio of a molar absorption coefficient ε2 of the second photopolymerization initiator at a wavelength of 365 nm to a molar absorption coefficient ε3 of the second photopolymerization initiator at a wavelength of 313 nm is 0.200 or less. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299873 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN, POLYMER, AND COMPOUND - A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a first polymer including a structural unit including an acid-labile group; a second polymer including a structural unit represented by formula (1); and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. In the formula (1), A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; a sum of m and n is 2 or 3, wherein m is 1 or 2, and n is 1 or 2; X represents a single bond or a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R | 2022-09-22 |
20220299874 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including forming a photoresist material layer on a lower film, the photoresist material layer including a crosslinking molecule having a molecular weight of about 1,000 to about 4,000; exposing a partial region of the photoresist material layer; removing an unexposed portion of the photoresist material layer to form a photoresist pattern; and processing the lower film using the photoresist pattern, wherein the crosslinking molecule includes a perfluoro alkyl moiety, the perfluoro alkyl moiety including a carbon-fluorine bond that dissociates in response to the exposing of the partial region of the photoresist material layer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299875 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN - A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a resin including a structural unit represented by formula (1); and a solvent containing propylene glycol monomethyl ether and alkyl lactate. The solvent does not contain propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate or contains propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate in a content of 5% by mass or less in the solvent. The radiation-sensitive resin composition further includes a radiation-sensitive acid generator, or the resin further includes a structural unit having a radiation-sensitive acid generating structure. In the formula (1), R | 2022-09-22 |
20220299876 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVELOPER TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A developer tool described herein includes a dispenser that includes a greater quantity of nozzles in a central portion relative to a perimeter portion such that the developer tool is capable of more effectively removing material from a photoresist layer near a center of a substrate (which tends to be thicker near the center of the substrate relative to the edge or perimeter of the substrate). In this way, the developer tool may reduce the amount of photoresist residue or scum remaining on the substrate near the center of the substrate after a development operation, which may enable defect removal and/or prevention, may increase semiconductor processing yield, and/or may increase semiconductor processing quality. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299877 | POSITIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT OF CVD EUV RESIST FILMS - The present disclosure relates to post-application treatment of a radiation-sensitive film to provide a hardened resist film. In some instances, such films can be used to form a pattern by a positive tone wet development process. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299878 | ORGANOTIN OXIDE HYDROXIDE PATTERNING COMPOSITIONS, PRECURSORS, AND PATTERNING - Organometallic precursors are described for the formation of high resolution lithography patterning coatings based on metal oxide hydroxide chemistry. The precursor compositions generally comprise ligands readily hydrolysable by water vapor or other OH source composition under modest conditions. The organometallic precursors generally comprise a radiation sensitive organo ligand to tin that can result in a coating that can be effective for high resolution patterning at relatively low radiation doses and is particularly useful for EUV patterning. The precursors compositions are readily processable under commercially suitable conditions. Solution phase processing with in situ hydrolysis or vapor based deposition can be used to form the coatings. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299879 | LITHOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING DEFECTS - A lithography method is described. The method includes forming a resist layer over a substrate, performing a treatment on the resist layer to form an upper portion of the resist layer having a first molecular weight and a lower portion of the resist layer having a second molecular weight less than the first molecular weight, performing an exposure process on the resist layer, and performing a developing process on the resist layer to form a patterned resist layer. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299880 | METHOD FOR REMOVING RESISTOR LAYER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR - A method for removing a resist layer including the following steps is provided. A patterned resist layer on a material layer is formed. A stripping solution is applied to the patterned resist layer to dissolve the patterned resist layer without dissolving the material layer, wherein the stripping solution comprises a non-dimethyl sulfoxide solvent and an alkaline compound, the non-dimethyl sulfoxide solvent comprises an aprotic solvent and a protic solvent. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299881 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING PROCESS BASED CONTOUR INFORMATION OF STRUCTURE IN IMAGE - A method for generating modified contours and/or generating metrology gauges based on the modified contours. A method of generating metrology gauges for measuring a physical characteristic of a structure on a substrate includes obtaining (i) measured data associated with the physical characteristic of the structure printed on the substrate, and (ii) at least portion of a simulated contour of the structure, the at least a portion of the simulated contour being associated with the measured data; modifying, based on the measured data, the at least a portion of the simulated contour of the structure; and generating the metrology gauges on or adjacent to the modified at least a portion of the simulated contour, the metrology gauges being placed to measure the physical characteristic of the simulated contour of the structure. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN EUV MASK WITHIN A SCANNER - An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography system includes a scanner. Photolithography system performs EUV photolithography processes with a reticle in the scanner. The scanner includes a reticle storage chamber, a reticle backside inspection chamber, and a reticle cleaning chamber. The reticle cleaning chamber cleans debris from the backside of the reticle within the scanner. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEBRIS IN A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography system detects debris travelling from an EUV generation chamber to a scanner. The photolithography system includes a detection light source and a sensor. The detection light source outputs a detection light across a path of travel of debris particles from the EUV generation chamber. The sensor senses debris particles by detecting interaction of the debris particles with the detection light. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299884 | OPTIMIZED MASK STITCHING - A method of manufacturing a photo mask includes determining an enhancement region, in a simulation zone, of a layout pattern of a photo mask. The method includes determining a stitching mobility zone inside the simulation zone, determining an optimization mobility zone inside the stitching mobility zone, and performing an inverse lithographic transformation (ILT) operation of the layout pattern in the simulation zone to generate an ILT adjusted layout pattern in the simulation zone. The method includes combining a weighted sum of the ILT adjusted layout pattern and the layout pattern in the simulation zone to generate an enhanced layout pattern of the photo mask in the simulation zone using a first weighting function inside enhancement region, a second weighting function between boundaries of the enhancement region and the optimization mobility zone, and a third weighting function between boundaries of the optimization mobility zone and the stitching mobility zone. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299885 | Sub-Resolution Imaging Target - An optical inspection apparatus includes an illumination assembly, configured to direct optical radiation to illuminate a semiconductor wafer on which first and second patterned layers have been deposited in succession, including a first target feature in the first patterned layer and a second target feature in the second patterned layer, such that at least one of the first and second target features has at least one dimension in the plane of the wafer that is less than an optical diffraction limit of the apparatus. An imaging assembly is configured to capture at least one image of the wafer, and a controller is configured to process the at least one image in order to identify respective locations of the first and second target features in the at least one image and to measure an overlay error between the first and second patterned layers responsively to a displacement between the respective locations. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299886 | METROLOGY METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A COMPLEX-VALUED FIELD - Disclosed is a method of measuring a structure, and associated metrology device and computer program. The method comprises obtaining an amplitude profile of scattered radiation relating to a measurement of a first structure on a first substrate and obtaining a reference phase profile relating to a reference measurement of at least one reference structure on a reference substrate. The at least one reference structure is not the same structure as said first structure but is nominally identical in terms of at least a plurality of key parameters. The method further comprises determining a complex-valued field to describe the first structure from the amplitude profile and reference phase profile. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299887 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a scribe lane surrounding the cell region, a first overlay pattern structure, which is on the scribe lane and includes first sub-patterns extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, second sub-patterns extending in a second direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, a first outer fence surrounding the first sub-patterns and the second sub-patterns in a plan view and defining a first overlay pattern region, and a first inner fence in the first overlay pattern region and between the first sub-patterns and the second sub-patterns, and a lower structure in the cell region and on the scribe lane and between the first sub-patterns, the second sub-patterns, the first outer fence, and the first inner fence. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299888 | METROLOGY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OF DETERMINING A COMPLEX-VALUED FIELD - Disclosed is a method of determining a complex-valued field relating to a sample measured using an imaging system. The method comprises obtaining image data relating to a series of images of the sample, imaged at an image plane of the imaging system, and for which at least two different modulation functions are imposed in a Fourier plane of the imaging system; and determining the complex-valued field from the imaging data based on the imposed modulation functions. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299889 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POSITION OF A FIRST OBJECT RELATIVE TO A SECOND OBJECT, CONTROL UNIT, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND APPARATUS - A method of determining a desired relative position between a first object of a lithographic apparatus and a second object of the lithographic apparatus. Generating a measurement signal representing a position of the first object relative to the second object, at an initial relative position. Determining a gradient associated with the initial relative position, based on the measurement signal. Determining a position set point based on the gradient and wherein the position set point comprises a three-dimensional dither signal. Controlling the position of the first object relative to the second object to a further relative position, based on the position set point. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299890 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A semiconductor manufacturing system includes a semiconductor processing apparatus. The semiconductor processing apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to perform a semiconductor process on a semiconductor wafer, and a transferring module configured to transfer the semiconductor wafer into and out of the processing chamber. The semiconductor manufacturing system also includes a particle attracting member. The semiconductor manufacturing system also includes a monitoring device configured to control the transferring module to load the particle attracting member into the processing chamber in a cleaning cycle while the semiconductor wafer is not in the processing chamber, and control the transferring module to load the particle attracting member out of the processing chamber after the cleaning cycle. In the cleaning cycle, particles in the processing chamber are attracted to the surface of a coating layer of the particle attracting member due to the potential difference between the coating layer and the particles. | 2022-09-22 |
20220299891 | MODULE VESSEL WITH SCRUBBER GUTTERS SIZED TO PREVENT OVERFLOW - An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source includes a module vessel and a scrubber system. The scrubber system may include a plurality of gutters in the module vessel. The plurality of gutters may include a first gutter and a second gutter. The second gutter may be lower than the first gutter in the module vessel. A unit volume of the second gutter is larger than a unit volume of the first gutter. | 2022-09-22 |
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