121 |
High power optical isolator |
US12260680 |
2008-10-29 |
US07715664B1 |
2010-05-11 |
Yuanxin Shou; Qingdon Guo; Jing Zhao |
A high power optical isolator is able to transfer excess heat to a heat sink, reduce the effect of scattered and reflected light, and be coupled to standard thin optical fibers. |
122 |
ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL |
US12512268 |
2009-07-30 |
US20100033660A1 |
2010-02-11 |
Tetsuyuki Yamada; Kiyoshi Shohara; Takashi Doi; Ryuichi Arai |
An array substrate includes scanning lines, signal lines, switching elements, an insulating film, a reception pattern which has a first frame, and a second frame, in which a groove is formed between the first frame and second frame, a projection which is formed in a part of the groove adjacent to the first frame, extended in a first coating direction, and controls the flow of light-shielding material, and a frame-like light-shielding pattern, which includes a first light-shielding part formed by coating the groove with the light-shielding material in the first coating direction by using an ink-jet method or a dispenser method, and is formed by coating the groove several times with the light-shielding material by using an ink-jet method or a dispenser method. |
123 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus |
US12385972 |
2009-04-24 |
US20090273728A1 |
2009-11-05 |
Young-Woo Song; Jong-Hyuk Lee; Kyu-Hwan Hwang; Jong-Seok Oh; Joon-Gu Lee; Jae-Heung Ha; Chul-Woo Park |
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a backlight unit, a second polarization layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the backlight unit and the second polarization layer, a first polarization layer disposed between the backlight unit and the liquid crystal layer. In an embodiment, a surface of the first polarization layer facing the backlight unit includes a reflective surface and a surface of the first polarization layer facing the backlight unit includes an absorbent surface. In another embodiment, the first polarization layer includes grids, which include a metal, and absorbing members, which include dielectric materials. In another embodiment, the first polarization layer includes grids, each of which includes a first component including a dielectric material and a second component including a metal. |
124 |
Color Liquid Crystal Display and Compensation Panel |
US12426329 |
2009-04-20 |
US20090268136A1 |
2009-10-29 |
Serguei Palto |
In one aspect of the present invention there is provided an optically anisotropic compensation panel with spectrally controllable dispersion of refractive indices. The compensation panel comprises at least one optically anisotropic layer based on an ordered guest-host system. The guest-host system comprises an anisotropic host matrix including an organic compound transparent to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectral range, and guest component having guest particles. In another aspect the present invention provides a method of producing an optically anisotropic compensation panel disclosed. And in yet another embodiment the present invention provides a liquid crystal display with the compensation panel disclosed. |
125 |
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, POLARIZING PLATE AND BACKLIGHT SOURCE |
US12420233 |
2009-04-08 |
US20090256995A1 |
2009-10-15 |
Toyokazu Ogasawara; Tsuyoshi Maeda |
A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel which has a liquid crystal cell including a predetermined liquid crystal layer and polarizing plates for holding the liquid crystal cell, a backlight source which is arranged on the rear side of the liquid crystal panel, for irradiating the liquid crystal panel with white light, and an absorbing layer which is arranged between the backlight source and the liquid crystal cell, for absorbing only the light of the wavelength band corresponding to a changed color of the white light while passing through the liquid crystal panel in the oblique direction with respect to the normal direction of the liquid crystal panel. |
126 |
BACKLIGHT SYSTEM WITH IR ABSORPTION PROPERTIES |
US12269192 |
2008-11-12 |
US20090109654A1 |
2009-04-30 |
Joerg Hinrich Fechner; Brigitte Hueber; Franz Ott; Hrabanus Hack |
A backlight system for background illumination of displays or screens includes at least one light source with a glass envelope, whereby the glass composition of the glass envelope is doped with one or more doping oxides which absorb the IR-radiation, and/or whereby the glass envelope has an outside and/or inside coating which absorbs the IR-radiation, and/or whereby the backlight system has a coating on components other than the glass envelope, absorbing the IR-radiation. |
127 |
Cholesteric liquid crystal display system |
US10725241 |
2003-12-01 |
US07522141B2 |
2009-04-21 |
Xiang-Dong Mi; Joshua M. Silbermann; Jorge I. Rangel; Stanley W. Stephenson |
A method of writing an image on a liquid crystal display of the type having a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material disposed between a pair of unpatterned conductors and a light absorbing layer for forming an image wise thermal pattern in response to an image wise pattern of light, including applying a first voltage to the conductors; applying a second voltage different from the first voltage to the conductors after applying the first voltage, wherein the first and second voltages are non-zero; and exposing the liquid crystal display to the image wise pattern of light. |
128 |
Polarized-light splitting device, display including the same, method of manufacturing the same, and apparatus for manufacturing the same |
US11819415 |
2007-06-27 |
US20080002554A1 |
2008-01-03 |
Yoshihide Nagata; Atsushi Sato; Hitomu Watanabe; Ji Woo Kim |
A polarized-light splitting device includes a transmissive base member having a base portion and pattern of ridges on the base portion, and a non-transmissive layer on the ridges, wherein the non-transmissive layer includes a light reflecting portion, and a light absorbing portion. |
129 |
Optical modulator |
US10525903 |
2003-08-29 |
US07310453B2 |
2007-12-18 |
Junichiro Ichikawa; Masayuki Ichioka; Tokutaka Hara; Yuji Yamane |
An optical modulator restricted in a photorefractive phenomenon caused by a stray light in an optical modulator, and improved in the quenching ratio characteristics of a signal light. The optical modulator comprises a substrate consisting of a material having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode for allowing an electric field to work on the optical waveguide and changing the phase of light passing through the optical waveguide, characterized in that stray light removing means are provided on the surface of the substrate. |
130 |
Contrast enhancement films for direct-view displays and fabrication methods therefor |
US11364423 |
2006-02-28 |
US20070127098A1 |
2007-06-07 |
Robert Wood |
Contrast enhancement films for a direct-view display include a substrate having first and second opposing sides, an array of optical microstructures on the first side, and an optically blocking film including an array of apertures on the second side. The contrast enhancement film is configured to mount between a direct-view display panel and an outer panel of the direct-view display. |
131 |
Optical modulator |
US10525903 |
2003-08-29 |
US20060110089A1 |
2006-05-25 |
Junichiro Ichikawa; Masayuki Ichioka; Tokutaka Hara; Yuji Yamane |
An optical modulator restricted in a photorefractive phenomenon caused by a stray light in an optical modulator, and improved in the quenching ratio characteristics of a signal light. The optical modulator comprises a substrate consisting of a material having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode for allowing an electric field to work on the optical waveguide and changing the phase of light passing through the optical waveguide, characterized in that stray light removing means are provided on the surface of the substrate. |
132 |
Mixed absorber layer for displays |
US10851566 |
2004-05-21 |
US20050259300A1 |
2005-11-24 |
Mitchell Burberry; Charles Rankin |
The present invention relates to a display and a method for making the display comprising a substrate, an electrically modulated imaging layer, a first transparent conductive layer, and a dark light absorbing layer comprising a binder and a blend of nonconductive colorants and conductive colorants, wherein the conductive colorant is present in an amount less than 25% by weight. |
133 |
Cholesteric liquid crystal display system |
US10725241 |
2003-12-01 |
US20050116908A1 |
2005-06-02 |
Xiang-Dong Mi; Joshua Silbermann; Jorge Rangel; Stanley Stephenson |
A method of writing an image on a liquid crystal display of the type having a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material disposed between a pair of unpatterned conductors and a light absorbing layer for forming an image wise thermal pattern in response to an image wise pattern of light, including applying a first voltage to the conductors; applying a second voltage different from the first voltage to the conductors after applying the first voltage, wherein the first and second voltages are non-zero; and exposing the liquid crystal display to the image wise pattern of light. |
134 |
Reflective liquid crystal display using cholesteric polymers |
US09883021 |
2001-06-15 |
US06833891B2 |
2004-12-21 |
Yingqiu Jiang; Aharon Hochbaum |
A reflective liquid crystal display (LCD) including a cholesteric liquid crystal polarizing device and a liquid crystal cell superimposed with one another. In various embodiments, the reflective LCD may be a normally white mode or normally black mode device. In another variation, the liquid crystal cell may include a 90° twisted nematic liquid crystal. |
135 |
Pigment layer for polymer-dispersed liquid crystal displays |
US10222396 |
2002-08-16 |
US06788362B2 |
2004-09-07 |
Stanley W. Stephenson; Mary C. Brick |
A display having polymer dispersed liquid crystals, which display comprises a transparent substrate; a layer comprising polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal disposed over the substrate, which layer has more than one stable optical state in the absence of an electrical field. The display further comprises a first transparent conductor disposed between the state changing layer and the transparent support, a second conductor on the other side of the state changing layer so that when a field is applied between the first and second conductors, the liquid crystals change state. It has been found advantageous to have a non-conductive, non-field spreading dark layer of sub-micron pigments in a binder for providing an improved light absorbing function, which dark layer is disposed between the layer of polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal and the second conductor. |
136 |
Optical device having reverse mode holographic PDLC and front light guide |
US09361856 |
1999-07-27 |
US06618104B1 |
2003-09-09 |
Munekazu Date; Shiro Suyama; Kinya Kato; Kazutake Uehira |
An optical device and a display apparatus of the present invention are constructed so as to improve display characteristics of output light intensity, display contrast, and reduction of scattered light due to external light, and also to provide a large-screen. The optical device has a first stacked body and a plurality of second stacked bodies. The first stacked body includes a light guide, a fist electrode, and an optical control layer. The second stacked body includes a plurality of second electrodes, the reflection film and a substrate. A plurality of third electrodes are provided through the substrate. Each of the third electrode has a first end part connecting to the second electrode and a second end part exposed to the other side of the substrate. A further light absorption film may be disposed between the reflection film and the second electrode. |
137 |
Optical device and its manufacturing method |
US09779840 |
2001-02-09 |
US06574379B2 |
2003-06-03 |
Yasunori Miyazaki |
An optical device having superior frequency characteristics and high optical axis stability. The back surfaces of an optical modulator and a pair of transmission lines are bonded to a pedestal with the transmission lines located on opposite sides of the optical modulator. Conductive bumps are located on the transmission lines and electrode pads on the front surface of the optical modulator. A connection transmission line is bonded to the bumps, so the electrode pads of the optical modulator are connected to the transmission lines via the connection transmission line. |
138 |
Wavelength converter with modulated absorber |
US09828004 |
2001-04-06 |
US06563627B2 |
2003-05-13 |
Sung-Joo Ben Yoo |
An optical wavelength converter, particularly useful in a wavelength-division multiplexing communication system, including a semiconductor junction in one arm of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer through which a data signal at a first wavelength and a probe signal at a second wavelength counter propagate. The junction is reversed biased into avalanche to selectively absorb the data signal and thereby phase modulate the probe signal according to the data impressed on the data signal. The phase modulated probe signal is beat against an unmodulated probe signal, thereby converting the wavelength of the optical carrier. A tunable laser may produce a probe signal of selectable wavelength. The data signal may first be converted by cross-gain modulation to a third wavelength out of band from the other signals before it is interacts with the probe signal. |
139 |
Electro-optical device and projection display device including the same |
US10152096 |
2002-05-22 |
US06498672B2 |
2002-12-24 |
Hiromi Saitoh |
An electro-optical device is provided having an electro-optical panel and a case member, the electro-optical panel including a pair of substrates and a transparent member joined to at least one substrate of the pair of substrates, forming a structure which, in particular, allows the device to be made smaller and thinner, and the heat-dissipation capability to be increased in order to prevent overheating. A positioning section which accommodates one substrate of the pair of substrates, and which contacts an edge of the at least one substrate joined to the transparent member is provided in the case member accommodating the electro-optical panel. |
140 |
Reflective liquid crystal display device with improved display contrast |
US09985252 |
2001-11-02 |
US20020089625A1 |
2002-07-11 |
Joachim
Grupp |
The present invention concerns a liquid crystal display device (1) including a substrate (2) arranged on a front side, i.e. arranged on the side receiving an incident light, and a second substrate (4) arranged on a back side, so that this second substrate (4) extends facing the front substrate (2) and parallel thereto, the first and second substrates (2, 4) being connected via a sealing frame (6) in order to delimit between them a cavity for containing the liquid crystals (8) and including on their opposite faces a first (10) and a second (12) group of electrodes respectively, the display device (1 ) being connected to a control circuit for the electrodes (10, 12), this circuit being able to supply suitable control voltages to selected electrodes in order to modify the optical conditions of the liquid crystal (8) at the crossing point of the electrodes in question, i.e. to switch the liquid crystal (8) into a state in which it is reflective or into a state in which it is transparent, said display device (1) further including an absorbent black layer (14) made of an electrically non-conductive material, characterized in that the absorbent layer (14) is arranged at the same level or at a higher level in the stacking order of the substrates (2, 4) than the face of the back substrate (2) which carries the second group of electrodes. |