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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089680 | Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device is described. The device includes a substrate, first electrodes, an electrophoretic film having electrophoretic particles, and second electrodes. The substrate is has a plurality of pixel regions. First electrodes are disposed respe... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8072670 | Pixel circuit to electrode translation A spatial light modulator has an array of elements organized into element rows and element columns and an array of electrodes organized into electrode rows and electrode columns to activate the array of elements. The modulator has pixel circuitry organized into circ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068266 | Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and electrowetting display panel having the display substrate A display substrate includes a base substrate, a reflection-polarization member, a first electrode, an insulation layer and a pixel wall. The reflection-polarization member is disposed on the base substrate to reflect and polarize incident light. The first electrode... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8049947 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A display assembly comprises a backplane assembly comprising a plurality of spaced backplane areas, each backplane area comprising a plurality of electrodes, the backplane areas being separated by gutter areas free from electrodes; an adhesive layer overlying the pl... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7957048 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate. Black matrixes are formed upon the upper substrate and color filters are formed between the black matrixes. Microshutter electrodes are formed upon the lower substrate and are configured to open and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7884993 | Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device is described. The device includes a substrate, first electrodes, an electrophoretic film having electrophoretic particles, and second electrodes. The substrate is has a plurality of pixel regions. First electrodes are disposed respe... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7706044 | Optical interference display cell and method of making the same An optical interference display cell is described. A first electrode and a sacrificial layer are sequentially formed on a transparent substrate and at least two openings are formed in the first electrode and the sacrificial layer to define a position of the optical ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7701630 | External optical modulator with domain inversion for providing constant chip versus frequency The invention relates to an external optical modulator comprising a Mach-Zehnder having a signal electrode including at least four sections of unequal length to one another positioned over an alternating domain structure in an electrooptic substrate, and including a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7633667 | Apparatus and method of forming high performance integrated RF optical module An integrated electro-optical module apparatus includes in one embodiment an optical modulator configured to modulate an input optical signal coupled thereto; and a control circuit assembly configured to provide electrical control signals to the optical modulator to... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7583427 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A sub-assembly for use in forming an electro-optic display comprises (in this order) a light-transmissive substrate (120); discrete areas (204) of electro-optic material separated by gutter areas (205) essentially free from the electro-optic mat... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583428 | Transmissive active grating device Provided is a transmissive active grating device that transmits light or diffracts light according to an applied voltage. The transmissive active grating device includes: an electro optical material layer which transmits light; a first electrode formed on a bottom s... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7557979 | Electro-optic crystal, diffraction-based, beam-steering element A beam-steering element made of a more optically-active material, potassium tantalate niobate, with an improved diffraction efficiency, having a plurality of electrode layers and one electro-optic crystal layer interposed between every two adjacent electrode layers.... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7557978 | Optical element An optical waveguide is formed of a stack of electro-optic effect films. A stress-relief layer is formed between a substrate and the optical waveguide. The stress-relief layer is comprised of a metal material having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10×10−6... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7554712 | 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... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7542195 | Triple alignment substrate method and structure for packaging devices A method for aligning multiple substrates. The method includes providing a handle substrate, providing a spacer substrate, and forming a plurality of first alignment marks on a first surface of the handle substrate. The method also includes forming a plurality of se... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7505190 | Electro-optical device substrate, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device substrate includes a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate that faces the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate including recesses in non-aperture regions of a surface of the second transparent ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7466470 | Aggregate of electronic device chips, electronic device chip, aggregate of diffraction grating light modulators, and diffraction grating light modulator A diffraction grating light modulator composed of a plurality of diffraction grating light modulating elements formed on a substrate, each consisting of a lower electrode, belt-like fixed electrodes and movable electrodes supported above the lower electrode, and exp... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7436387 | Electrooptical device utilizing electrophoresis An electrooptical device comprises an electrooptical layer between electrodes. The electrooptical layer includes a dispersion medium and particles contained in the dispersion medium. The particles are colored a first color, while the dispersion medium is colored a s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433111 | Electrooptic modulation element On one pair of opposed side faces (1a, 1b) of electro-optic crystal (1), grooves (3a, 3b) are formed so as to make bottom faces of the grooves approach each other and make a distance between the bottom f... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420725 | Device having a conductive light absorbing mask and method for fabricating same A system and method for an optical component that masks non-active portions of a display and provides an electrical path for one or more display circuits. In one embodiment an optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical elements on the substrate, eac... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420726 | Mounting structure, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus, and magnetic chucking device A mounting structure for accommodating an electro-optical device having an image display area from which display light exits and for holding the accommodated electro-optical device by magnetic force includes a case and a mounting unit. The case has a window disposed... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411715 | Electrooptical devices, electrooptical thin crystal films and methods making same A method of fabrication of an electrooptical device comprises depositing a colloid system of anisometric particles onto at least one electrode and/or onto at least one substrate and/or onto at least one layer of an isotropic or anisotropic material to form at least ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411724 | Electro-optic crystal, diffraction-based, beam-steering element A beam-steering element made of a more optically-active material, potassium tantalate niobate, with an improved diffraction efficiency, having a plurality of electrode layers and one electro-optic crystal layer interposed between every two adjacent electrode layers.... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403677 | Fiberoptic reconfigurable devices with beam shaping for low-voltage operation An apparatus and method to operate on a light beam by using a lens that collimates the light beam to a collimated beam with at least one cross-sectional dimension less than a critical dimension of 400 μm or less over a working range WR. The apparatus has a bulk ele... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7388705 | Optical apparatus To provide an optical apparatus which controls an interface state to change a focal length by using an optical element having a container sealing first liquid that is conductive or polarized and second liquid that does not mutually mix with the first liquid with the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382522 | Grooved substrate Various embodiments of a grooved substrate having electrical conductors and an electro optical material are disclosed. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382512 | Resistivity phase change material Various devices and methods employing a resistive phase change material are disclosed. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375870 | Enhancement electrode configuration for electrically controlled light modulators An electrically controlled light modulator device comprises at least one cell, where two deformable dielectric layers meet at an interface, at least one of said layers consisting of viscoelastic relief forming gel. A first support electrode structure and a second si... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372607 | Apparatus for reducing drops in a transmission spectrum due to inter-pixel gaps The invention includes an apparatus for modulating an optical signal. The apparatus includes a spatial dispersion mechanism and a modulating mechanism. The spatial dispersion mechanism spatially disperses the optical signal. The spatially dispersed optical signal ha... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372530 | UV curable conductive layers in LC displays The present invention relates to a display device comprising a substrate, at least one UV curable conductive layer and an imageable layer. The present invention also relates to a display device comprising a substrate, a first transparent conductive layer, a light mo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372616 | Complex microdevices and apparatus and methods for fabricating such devices Various embodiments of the invention are directed to various microdevices including sensors, actuators, valves, scanning mirrors, accelerometers, switches, and the like. In some embodiments the devices are formed via electrochemical fabrication (EFAB™). ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369293 | Mounting case for electro-optical device, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus A mounting case for an electro-optical device accommodates an electro-optical panel that is used in the electro-optical device in which display images are displayed on the basis of electrical signals transmitted to and from the outside through the mounting case. The... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369298 | Optical scanner and laser image projector using the same Provided are an optical scanner including a micro-mirror having an improved a driving angle by using a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) technique and a laser image projector using the same are provided. The optical scanner includes: a substrate; a mirror unit ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365894 | Electrode structure including transparent electrode structure, and applications thereof Electrode structures including transparent electrode structures, in particular self supporting electrode structures, are described herein. Further, applications of the herein novel electrode structures are provided, including electronic writing tablets, electronic p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365486 | High contrast organic light emitting device with electron transport layer including fullerenes A high contrast organic light-emitting device (OLED) includes a composite electron transport layer including a generally transparent electron transport layer and a light-absorbent electron transport layer formed of buckminsterfullerene. The light-absorbent electron ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362485 | Image display medium, image writing device, and image forming apparatus An image display medium comprising: a display layer; a pair of substrates that retain the display layer therebetween, with at least parts of the pair of substrates configuring a frame portion to which an electrical connection connector for electrical connection to t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362493 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359103 | Transmission type spatial light modulator and transmission type spatial light modulation array device A transmission type spatial light modulatoris equipped with a minute transparent optical member for deflecting light in a direction different from an incident direction of incident light and emitting the light, a support member for supporting the minute transparent ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354787 | Electrode design and positioning for controlled movement of a moveable electrode and associated support structure A MEMS system including a fixed electrode and a suspended moveable electrode that is controllable over a wide range of motion. In traditional systems where an fixed electrode is positioned under the moveable electrode, the range of motion is limited because the supp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355776 | Acoustic damping material for electro-optic materials An acoustic damping material for electro-optic material has an adhesive material combined with a ceramic crystalline material such that the acoustic impedance of the combined adhesive material and the ceramic crystalline material is substantially the same as the aco... | 04/08/2008 |
