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| 8169681 | Thin-film coatings, electro-optic elements and assemblies incorporating these elements Electro-optic elements are becoming commonplace in a number of vehicular and architectural applications. Various electro-optic element configurations provide variable transmittance and or variable reflectance for windows and mirrors. The present invention relates to... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164816 | Stabilizing optical resonators Techniques and devices that stabilize optical resonators. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154786 | Light control device, semiconductor wafer, and light control system A light control device includes: a single crystal substrate (10); an electro-optic thin film (20) which is provided on the single crystal substrate (10) and has an electro-optic effect; and a plurality of electrodes (30, 40) which are pro... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149492 | Optical modulator An optical modulator has an optical splitter for splitting an input light beam into a first and second light beam; a first and a second wave-guide arm connected to the optical splitter for receiving and transmitting therethrough the first and second light beam, resp... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8120834 | Optical property altering apparatus An optical property altering apparatus includes an optical property altering element formed by inductors that are smaller than a wavelength of visible light, mutually connected by connecting lines, and arranged in a single plane; a photoconductor that is excited by ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111443 | Plasmonic transistor A plasmonic transistor device includes an electro-optic substrate and a conductive layer placed on said electro-optic substrate to establish an interface therebetween. The first conductive layer and electro-optics substrate are made of materials that are suitable fo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111442 | Reflection type display apparatus A display apparatus using electroplating on an electrode for modulating light includes a layer formed on the electrode. The layer has an insulator with a gap therein, and conductive fine particles are dispersed in the gap. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111441 | Treatment of crystals for the prevention of optical damage Method for treating a nominally pure crystal having non-linear optical properties. The nominally pure crystal contain foreign atoms at a residual concentration of less than 20 ppm so as to provide specific absorption of incident light. The method includes determinin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107151 | Plasmonic logic device A plasmonic logic device can include a dielectric substrate, and first and second metallic input strips that are placed on the substrate. The input metallic strips can be made of different metals that support propagation of surface plasmons at different frequencies.... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8089679 | Method and system for laser amplification using a dual crystal pockels cell A system for laser amplification includes a dual-crystal Pockels cell which is used to control emission of laser pulses from an ultra-fast laser. The Pockels cell is constructed to enable adjustment of the rotational orientation of one crystal relative to the other ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085459 | Plasmonic transistor A plasmonic transistor device includes an electro-optic substrate and a conductive layer placed on said electro-optic substrate to establish an interface therebetween. The first conductive layer and electro-optics substrate are made of materials that are suitable fo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8064118 | Control system for micromirror device This invention provides a display system that receives an image signal containing a binary data of N bits, wherein N is a positive integer, for displaying an image with a grayscale corresponding to the binary data. The display system further includes a data converte... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054526 | Electro-optic displays, and color filters for use therein A color filter array comprises orange, lime and purple sub-pixels, optionally with the addition of white sub-pixels. The color filter array is useful in electro-optic displays, especially reflective electro-optic displays. A method is provided for converting RGB ima... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045253 | Sub-diffraction-limited imaging systems and methods Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for obtaining images of objects with higher resolution than the diffraction limit. In one aspect, a method for collecting evanescent waves scattered from an object comprises electronica... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035879 | Electrowetting display device An electrowetting display device includes a first and a second transparent substrates, multiple partition walls, a polar liquid, a non-polar liquid, and a phosphor layer. The non-polar liquid is opaque and immiscible with the polar liquid. The phosphor layer is form... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035880 | Display device based on electrowetting effect In a reflective a display device based on layer break up or layer displacement having at least two different states, in which one of the fluids (5) e.g. oil in a first state adjoins at least a first support plate (3) and in the second state the other f... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023168 | Organic layers for tunable optical devices A method for manipulating light comprises receiving an incoming beam of light at a tunable optical device, the tunable optical device comprising an organic material having an optical property that can be selectively varied under the influence of an external bias. Th... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009344 | Multi-layer sheet for use in electro-optic displays A multi-layer film, useful as a front sub-assembly in electro-optic displays, comprises, in this order: a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer (114); a light-transmissive first protective layer (112); a light-transmissive moisture barrier l... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004738 | Electro-wetting display panel An electro-wetting display panel including an active device array substrate, a dielectric layer, a wall structure, a first liquid containing dyes, a second liquid, and an opposite substrate is provided. The active device array substrate includes a substrate, scan li... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999990 | Optical element, optical device, and display device An optical element includes a plurality of first beam bodies arranged in a first direction on a first plane and being parallel to each other, and second beam bodies placed between adjacent ones of the first beam bodies and provided parallel to the first beam bodies.... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990601 | System and method for display device with reinforcing substance A package structure and method of packaging an interferometric modulator with a reinforcing substance to help support the integrity of the package. In some embodiments the reinforcing substance is a desiccant integrated into the backplate or the transparent substrat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986450 | Electro-optic display and materials for use therein A polyurethane formed from an isocyanate, a polyether diol and a polyester diol, the polyester diol having a molecular weight less than about 2000, or comprising two polyester diol segments connected by a steric hindrance group, each of the polyester diol segments h... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7973995 | Designing the host of nano-structured optoelectronic devices to improve performance A nanostructured optoelectronic device is provided which comprises a nanostructured material and a host material intermingled with the nanostructured material. The host material may have a higher index of refraction than the nanostructured material. The host materia... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961373 | High-resolution digital phase modulator for a fiber-optic signal transmission or measurement device A digital phase modulator for a fiber-optic measurement device. A predetermined total number of electrodes of different lengths are arranged in parallel and on both sides of a light guidance path in or on an optical substrate. The electrodes are arranged in two or m... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7936495 | Optical modulation device A semiconductor optical modulation device includes a semiconductor optical modulator, wires, an output side line, an input side line and a resistor. The semiconductor optical modulator is an electroabsorption optical modulator. One of the wires is connected between ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936496 | Interconnection tab used with optical devices An optical device with at least one interconnection tab is provided. The optical device includes a pair of opposed substrates with a gap therebetween filled with an electro-optic material. Each substrate has a facing surface with a substrate electrode disposed there... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7920316 | Systems and methods for sensory stimulation The invention relates generally to cognitive stimulation apparatuses and systems, and methods of manufacturing the same. In certain exemplary implementations the invention provides an at least partially transparent, pliable gel having an optical property, such as br... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7898717 | Edge seals for, and processes for assembly of, electro-optic displays An electro-optic display comprises a backplane; a layer of electro-optic material disposed adjacent the backplane; a protective layer; and a sealing layer of a metal or a ceramic extending between the backplane and the protective layer, and thus sealing the layer of... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894115 | Light control apparatus having light modulating film A light control apparatus may include a substrate, a first reflection layer provided on the substrate, a light modulating film provided on the first reflection layer, a second reflection layer provided on the light modulating film, and a pair of electrodes which app... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894116 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a light-emitting layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate which is capable of emitting light from a plurality of pixels including at lea... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889412 | Electrooptical apparatus, electronic device, and apparatus and method for detecting outside light An electrooptical apparatus includes a display unit that emits display light, a light emission stopping unit that stops emission of the display light in the display unit, a light receiving unit that receives outside light around the display unit while emission of th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889413 | Field generating nanoparticles doped in light valves The present invention provides a method for automatically activating an optical light valve. The method includes providing a photorefractive cell having a birefringent medium which is doped with nanoparticles and transmitting light through the photorefractive cell t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876490 | Reflection type display apparatus A reflection type display apparatus using an electroplating for modulating light includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte solution arranged between the first and second electrodes. A first electroplating is formed from the electrolyte solut... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864395 | Light guide including optical scattering elements and a method of manufacture A method and system for fabricating a light guide is disclosed. The method and system comprise providing a light guide element which includes a plurality of scattering elements located therein and adjusting at least a portion of the scattering elements to maintain t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859736 | Method for manufacturing electro-optic device and electro-optic device A method for manufacturing an electro-optic device including: a display surface; a plurality of pixels including at least a first pixel for forming a first image and a second pixel for forming a second image and emitting light toward the display surface; a filter th... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852542 | Current mode display driver circuit realization feature The invention comprises devices and methods for driving a MEMS pixel, for example an interferometric modulator pixel. In one embodiment a device for modulating light includes a light modulator including a movable optical element positionable in two or more positions... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852543 | High performance chirped electrode design for large area optoelectronic devices An electro-optic device with a doped semiconductor base and a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor base. Pixels include oppositely doped semiconductor layer and a top electrode formed on the oppositely doped semiconductor layer. The top electrode has a grid patt... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843621 | Components and testing methods for use in the production of electro-optic displays A laminate comprising a solid electro-optic medium and an electrically conductive layer is tested by passing it over a pair of electrodes at different potentials, with the electrically conductive layer lying on the opposed side of the electro-optic medium from the e... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808690 | Electro optical device and electronic apparatus An electro optical device having a substrate, scanning lines, data lines, and pixel electrodes arranged to correspond to intersections of scanning and data lines, a counter electrode opposite the substrate from a pixel electrode, an emission layer between the pixel ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796320 | Stacked layer electrode for organic electronic devices An electrode for an electro-optic device has a wetting layer of electrically conductive material formed on a substrate. A second layer of electrically conductive material is formed on the wetting layer of electrically conductive material. The wetting layer has a fir... | 09/14/2010 |
