05th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210033874 | Dynamic Seals For Adjustable Display Devices - A wearable display system includes a housing, a display module positioned within the housing and including a lens and a display panel, and a seal extending between the housing and the display module. The seal is configured to allow relative movement between the lens and the display panel to adjust focus of the display panel. In one aspect, the seal includes first and second segments with generally linear configurations and a third segment with an arcuate configuration that is positioned between the first and second segments. In another aspect, the seal includes a first portion with an arcuate configuration and a second portion with a linear configuration and a bellows portion. In another aspect, the seal includes corrugations to facilitate controlled deformation of the seal during relative movement of the display module. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033875 | MULTI-USE KALEIDOSCOPES AND RELATED METHODS - Multiuse devices and systems for warping images for viewing. as well as related methods. In one illustrative embodiment, such a system or device may include a body comprising a tube and a slot structure, configured for supporting a portable electronic device. The tube may include a first front viewing end and a second image source end, which are connected by a bore stretching the length of the tube. The inner surface of the bore may be formed as a reflective surface. The slot structure may include a shelf and a backing member that define the slot. In some illustrative embodiments, the system may include a mechanism for securing a mobile device in the slot to serve as an image source or as a video recording device. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033876 | OPTICAL DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an optical device of a projector. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an optical device including a beam splitter which reflects a light beam of a display pannel unit and transmits a light beam sensing an image of the screen, or transmits a light beam of the display pannel unit and reflects a light beam sensing the image of the screen. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033877 | LASER AIMER LED LAMP - The invention discloses a laser aimer LED lamp comprising a lamp cup with a laser light set internally and an LED lamp set in the center of the lamp cup. The irradiation direction of the laser light is the same as that of centralized light of LED lamp after reflected by lamp cup. The laser aimer LED lamp is installed on other products, laser light located at any point in the annular area between the LED lamp and the shell. The laser aimer LED lamp includes a shell with a lamp cup, an LED lamp, and a laser light all inside the shell. The lamp cup is in the shape of trumpet, the opening end of which is set with a transparent protecting cover. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033878 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - Embodiments provide an optical imaging system, which includes a first aberration compensation lens group, a polarizer, an optical imaging module, and a display, where the display, the first aberration compensation lens group, the polarizer, and the optical imaging module are sequentially arranged. The display is configured to emit non-polarized light. The first aberration compensation lens group is configured to perform aberration compensation on the non-polarized light emitted by the display. The polarizer is configured to transmit polarized light in non-polarized light that is obtained after the aberration compensation and that is emitted by the first aberration compensation lens group. The optical imaging module is configured to: fold an optical path, and emit the polarized light. The embodiments of this application are applied to an optical imaging process. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033879 | BACKLIGHT MODULE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides a backlight module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The backlight module includes a base substrate, a collimation layer, and a plurality of light emitting elements. The collimation layer is disposed on one side of the base substrate, and a plurality of through holes distributed in an array are disposed on the collimation layer, and a side wall of each of the through holes can reflect light. The plurality of light emitting elements are disposed on the base substrate and located within the through holes. The backlight module provided by the present disclosure can improve the light efficiency of the backlight module in the premise of ensuring the collimation degree, at the same time, the backlight module has a simple structure and is easy to be processed. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033880 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM - An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a movable portion, a fixed portion, a driving assembly, and an assisting assembly. The movable portion is used for connecting to an optical element having a main axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is disposed on the movable portion or the fixed portion for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion through the assisting assembly. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033881 | Eyeglasses Assembly - An eyeglasses assembly includes two lenses, a frame, and two positioning blocks. The frame includes two frame portions. Each frame portion includes upper and lower portions spaced from each other by a notch. The upper portion includes an insertion hole. The lower portion includes an engaging groove aligned with the insertion hole. At least one engaging hole extends from an outer surface of the lower portion to the engaging groove in a thickness direction. Each positioning block is mounted in an associated insertion hole and an associated engaging groove. Each positioning block includes at least one assembling hole to be aligned with the at least one engaging hole. Each of a plurality of fasteners extends through the at least one assembling hole of an associated one of the two positioning blocks and the at least one engaging hole of the associated lower portion. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033882 | EYEGLASS CLIP - An eyeglass clip includes a first arm including a distal portion; a proximal portion; and a contact portion interconnecting the distal portion and the proximal portion, wherein a first bend is defined between the proximal portion and the contact portion and a second bend is defined between the distal portion and the contact portion; a second arm adjacent to the first arm, the second arm defining a free end, the second arm being planar wherein the free end of the first arm and the free end of the second arm diverge from one another; and a return bend connecting the first arm and the second arm at an end opposite to the free end of each of the first arm and second arm, the return bend defining an eyelet between the first arm and the second arm. The contact portion of the first arm is parallel to the second arm. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033883 | REMOVABLE, ADJUSTABLE WIRE ARMS FOR NOSE PADS - An assembly with removable and replaceable wire arms is used to attach different nose pad configurations to eyeglass frames for enhanced versatility. A plate with front and back surfaces and opposing side edges mounts on the bridge portion of the eyeglass frames. Opposing right and left wire members extending downwardly from the side edges of the plate terminate in a coupling mechanism adapted to receive a nose pad. The wire members are manually bendable, enabling a user to independently adjust the distance between the nose pads and the distance of the nose pads from the eyeglass frames. The coupling mechanisms may include holes to receive nose pads with posts, and screws to hold the posts in position, or barbed fins to receive nose pads with slots that engage with the barbed fins. The coupling mechanisms may receive physically separate nose pads or nose pads interconnected through an upper nose rest. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033884 | BISTABLE SPECTACLES KNUCKLE - A bistable hinge element for an eyeglasses frame, which includes a temple cage having a bottom extended laterally by two longitudinal side walls which define a housing that opens onto the proximal transverse face through an opening that is U-shaped in cross-section. The hinge element further includes a front cage which has a bottom extended laterally by two longitudinal side walls which define a housing that opens onto the proximal transverse face through an opening that is U-shaped in cross-section, and a solid body that is elastically deformable along the longitudinal axis, and which has a central portion, with a cross-section corresponding to the transverse cross-section of the U-shaped openings, which is extended at each end by a bulge of a cross-section that is complementary to the transverse cross-section of the housings of the temple and front cages. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033885 | NEUTRAL CYLINDER REFRACTOR - The present invention is a neutral cylinder refractor, which is a refractor that uses spherical power in combination with cylinder lenses to render them spherically neutral. Every cylinder lens in the refractor, excluding the Jackson Cross Cylinder, has corresponding spherical power added to it to neutralize the spherical equivalent of the cylindrical lenses. The invention can be used to measure the refractive error of a patient's eye, and specifically the cylinder aspect can be measured more easily due to a lack of interference from spherical equivalent. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033886 | LENS FOR SPECTACLES AND SPECTACLES - Provided are a lens for spectacles containing a resin having a refractive index of 1.65 or more and an ultraviolet absorbing agent A having, in a case where an absorbance at a maximum absorption wavelength is 1.0, an absorbance ratio at 410 nm of 0.10 or less and an absorbance ratio at 400 nm of 0.1 or more, where a proportion of the absorbance ratio at 400 nm to the absorbance ratio at 410 nm is 5.0 or more, and spectacles. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING OPHTHALMIC LENS INCLUDING META OPTICS - Ophthalmic lenses and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. The ophthalmic lenses include metasurface features that define a metasurface array on a lens body. The metasurface array can be tuned to modify an optical property, such as glare reduction, of the ophthalmic lens using an arrangement of metasurface building elements dimensioned from an optical wavelength, including being dimensioned smaller than an optical wavelength. The ophthalmic lenses can be subject to physical manipulation, including rolling or other folding during an installation procedure, and as such, the modified optical property induced by the metasurface array can be maintained after such manipulation. The ophthalmic lenses can be formed using a molding process, in which the metasurface array is associated with a non-solid material and formed into a lens shape with the material. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033888 | PROGRESSIVE OPHTHALMIC LENS - The progressive ophthalmic lens comprises at least one multifocal surface, in which at each point of its surface an astigmatism value and a gradient of astigmatism value can be measured, the lens comprising: a far-vision zone with a reference point (FV), a near-vision zone with a reference point (NV), an intermediate vision zone with a progression path that connects the far vision zone and the near vision zone, a foveal projection, and a para-foveal projection, and said lens defining a lens addition. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033889 | HIGH PLUS TREATMENT ZONE LENS DESIGN AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING AND/OR SLOWING MYOPIA PROGRESSION - Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00D. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033890 | LENS UNIT - This lens unit comprises: a lens having a liquid crystal lens; a rim part that covers the peripheral edge section of the lens; a control unit that controls the liquid crystal lens; a conductive part that electrically connects the control unit and an electrode end section of the liquid crystal lens which is exposed at the peripheral edge section of the lens, and that is disposed between the rim part and the peripheral edge section of the lens; and a knob part that protrudes from the lens or rim part. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033891 | VARIABLE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD - A variable optical transmission device ( | 2021-02-04 |
20210033892 | META DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A beam steering apparatus may include: a mirror; a refractive index modulation layer disposed on the mirror; a nanoantenna on the refractive index modulation layer; and an insulating layer disposed between the nanoantenna and the refractive index modulation layer, wherein the insulating layer has a thickness distribution in which a first thickness of the insulating layer on a central region of the mirror is less than a second thickness of the insulating layer on an edge region of the mirror, wherein a refractive index of the refractive index modulation layer is modulated to control propagation direction of beam. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033893 | SUPERLATTICE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE INCLUDING RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ELEMENTS - A method is provided for operating one or more one solid-state electro-optic device to provide an electrically switching shutter. The method includes forming an alternating stack of first semiconductor layers having a first dopant and second semiconductor layers having a second dopant to form at least one superlattice semiconductor device. The method further includes applying to the at least one superlattice semiconductor device a first voltage to induce a transparent state of the alternating stack such that light is transmitted through the alternating stack, and applying to the at least one superlattice semiconductor device a second voltage different from the first voltage to induce an opaque state of the alternating stack such that light is inhibited from passing through the alternating stack. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033894 | INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - A device, includes: a ring waveguide; a diode comprising a junction extending at least partly in the ring waveguide; and a first circuit configured to supply a signal representative of a leakage current in the diode. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033895 | An optical device for forming a distribution of a three-dimensional light field - An optical device for forming a distribution of a three-dimensional light field comprises: an array of individually addressable unit cells; each unit cell in the array of unit cells comprising a stack including: at least one electrode; and a resonance defining layer, comprising at least a phase change material, PCM, layer, wherein the resonance defining layer is patterned to define a geometric structure dimensioned for defining a wavelength-dependent in-plane resonance of an electromagnetic wave; wherein the at least one electrode causes a phase change of the phase change material based on receiving a control signal to alter a wavelength-dependency of resonance in the resonance defining layer for controlling the optical property of the unit cell; wherein unit cells in the array of unit cells are separated such that the PCM layer of a unit cell is separated from the PCM layer in an adjacent unit cell. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033896 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical transmission device includes a substrate, a waveguide, a signal wire, a ground wire, and a first stub wire. The waveguide is provided on the substrate and transmits an optical signal. The signal wire and the ground wire are disposed on the substrate along the waveguide and include, at end portions, bonding portions electrically connected to an external substrate by wires. The first stub wires are connected to the end portions of the ground wires. The distance between the signal wire and the first stub wire is shorter than the distance between the signal wire and the ground wire. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033897 | OPTICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical device includes an optical modulator on an optical IC chip. The optical modulator includes an optical waveguide, first and second wiring patterns that are formed along the optical waveguide and a polymer pattern. A portion of the polymer pattern is formed on the optical waveguide and located in a region between the first and second wiring patterns. Each of the first and second wiring patterns includes a modulation portion that is formed parallel to the optical waveguide, a pad portion, and a transition portion that connects the modulation portion and the pad portion. A shape of a region between the transition portion of the first wiring pattern and the transition portion of the second wiring pattern is a curve. The polymer pattern has a curved portion in the region between the transition portion of the first wiring pattern and the transition portion of the second wiring pattern. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033898 | Optical stack for privacy display - A switchable privacy display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator, a light control film, and a polar control retarder that comprises plural retarders arranged between a display polariser of the spatial light modulator and an additional polariser. The display achieves high image visibility to an off-axis user in a public mode of operation and high image security to an off-axis snooper in privacy mode of operation. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033899 | ANTI-PEEPING MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An anti-peeping module provided by an embodiment of the application includes a plurality of light transmitting films, each including at least two light transmitting sub-films having different refractive indexes which are disposed in a laminated manner, and a first optical path modulating layer on one side of the plurality of light transmitting films, the first optical path modulating layer comprising a plurality of zigzag structures, the and being configured to allow light entering into the plurality of light transmitting films at a Brewster incident angle to exit from the anti-peeping module in a travelling direction perpendicular to a plane where the anti-peeping module is located. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033900 | MODULAR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display comprises a first panel. The first panel comprises a first layer comprising an array substrate; a second layer of liquid crystal cells having a sealant at an edge of the second layer; a third layer of color filters comprising sets of filters with first non-emitting spaces between each set; and an edge of the third layer having a second non-emitting space having a length less than (e.g., half) a length of one of the first non-emitting spaces. The sealant and the second non-emitting space have an approximate equal length. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display can be constructed similarly with edge sealant on an OLED layer having a length less than (e.g., half) a length of a non-emitting area in the OLED layer. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033901 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033902 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display portion of a display device includes a gate wiring formed of a first metal layer, a signal line formed of a second metal layer, a metal wiring formed of a third metal layer. A terminal portion of the display device includes a first metal portion formed of the second metal layer, and a second metal portion that is laminated on the first metal portion and formed of the third metal layer. The second metal portion covers an upper surface and a side surface of the first metal portion, and a peripheral portion of the second metal portion is covered by an organic insulating film, and the inside of the peripheral portion of the second metal portion is exposed via a first through hole formed in the organic insulating film. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033903 | LCD PANEL AND EOA MODULE THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an emission D-IC on array (EOA) module ( | 2021-02-04 |
20210033904 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL THEREOF - The present invention relates to a lighting device comprising: a light emitter; a diffuser; one or more lenses located between the light emitter and the diffuser; and a control unit; wherein the control unit is capable of adjusting the properties of the diffuser. The present invention also relates to a lighting system comprising one or more such lighting devices, preferably wherein each of the lighting devices is arranged to be controlled using a single master control unit. The present invention also relates to a computer program product for operating such a lighting device or lighting system. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033905 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An increase in fabricating cost of a display module including a touch sensor is suppressed. A display device which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate includes a display portion. The display portion includes a sensor unit and a pixel. The sensor unit includes a first transistor, a first conductive film electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second conductive film. At least part of the first conductive film overlaps with at least part of the second conductive film. The pixel includes a second transistor, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the second transistor. At least part of the pixel electrode overlaps with at least part of the first conductive film. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033906 | ADHESION STRUCTURE FOR A CURVED PROTECTION COVER - An adhesion structure for a curved protection cover comprises: a preformed film, an optical glue of flowing liquid material, and a curved protection cover. The preformed film is formed from a flexible film. The curved protection cover has a bottom surface and four side walls connecting to the bottom surface. A turning angle is configured between each side wall and the bottom surface. Each side wall includes a bonding area and a non-bonding, area. The preformed film is adhered to the bonding area via the optical glue. A groove is formed in such non-bonding area, so that the optical glue can be filled into the groove during the adhesion process so as to avoid the conventional overflowing phenomenon. In addition, the proposed groove can also be further used for the snap positioning of the process fixture or alternatively a positioning standard for a side curing light source. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033907 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FABRICATING SAME - The present disclosure provides a display panel and a fabricating method thereof, wherein the display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate is provided with a plurality of first spacers, and the second substrate is provided with a plurality of second spacers disposed corresponding to the first spacers, a recess is disposed on a side of the second spacers adjacent to the first substrate, and an end of the first spacers away from the first substrate is placed in the recess, so that a relative displacement between the first substrate and the second substrate is reduced when the display panel is bent, thereby improving the problems of light leakage and color mixing, and reducing a risk of scratching an alignment film when the spacers slide. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033908 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device comprises a display panel, a control circuit board, a driving circuit board and one or multiple electrostatic discharge structures. The display panel has a first ground terminal. The control circuit board has a second ground terminal. The driving circuit board coupled to the display panel and the control circuit board, and the driving circuit board is a COF flexible printed circuit board, and the control circuit board drives the display panel through the driving circuit board. The one or multiple electrostatic discharge structures is coupled to the display panel and the control circuit board, and is electrically connected to the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. In a projection direction of the driving circuit board, the driving circuit board and the one or multiple electrostatic discharge structures are at least partially overlapped. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033909 | DISPLAY DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, an image display layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a gate driver disposed at a first side surface of the first substrate, a data driver disposed at a second side surface of the first substrate, and conductive layers respectively disposed in recesses recessed from the first side surface of the first substrate. The gate driver is electrically connected to the conductive layers. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033910 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In an IPS-mode liquid crystal display device, the area of a terminal portion is decreased. A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate attached to the TFT substrate with a sealing material, and includes a display region and a terminal portion formed on the TFT substrate. A shielding transparent, conductive film is formed on the outer side of the counter substrate. On the terminal portion, an earth pad formed with a transparent conductive film is formed on an organic passivation film. The shielding transparent conductive film is connected to the earth pad through a conductor. Below organic passivation film of the terminal portion, a wire is formed. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033911 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Performance of a display apparatus is improved. The display apparatus includes: a substrate having a side surface (first side surface); a backlight unit (light supply portion) having a side surface (second side surface); a flexible wiring board having a wiring electrically connected to a terminal (first terminal) and having an insulating film with flexibility covering the wiring; and a double-sided tape. The flexible wiring board is bonded to the side surface of the backlight unit through the double-sided tape. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033912 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and a cover plate. The backlight module includes a supporting frame, and the supporting frame includes a first base plate and a first side plate connected to the first base plate. A bonding layer is provided between the first side plate and the cover plate to attach the first side plate to the cover plate. A limiting portion is provided on the first side plate and/or the cover plate close to the bonding layer to block the bonding layer from flowing into an inside of the display device, thereby improving the user experiences, and increasing the product market competitiveness. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033913 | FLEXIBLE LIQUID-CRYSTAL-SCREEN MODULE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A flexible liquid-crystal-screen module and a method of assembling the flexible liquid-crystal-screen module are provided. The flexible liquid-crystal-screen module includes a groove-type middle bezel, a flexible liquid-crystal display and a backlight assembly, wherein, the backlight assembly is fixed at a bottom of a groove of the groove-type middle bezel, the flexible liquid-crystal display is fixed on an opening of the groove of the groove-type middle bezel, and the backlight assembly is spaced from the flexible liquid-crystal display. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033914 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including: a mold frame having a rectangular shape; and a polarizing member disposed on a display panel, including: a polarizing film; and a protective film disposed on the polarizing film, including: a first protective area overlapping the polarizing film; and a second protective area protruding from respective sides of the first protective area and not overlapping the polarizing film. The mold frame includes: mold side surface portions; a panel support part extending inward from respective upper ends of the mold side surface portions; and mold ribs extending upward from the upper ends of the respective mold side surface portions, having widths smaller than the respective mold side surface portions. The second protective area of the protective film is bent to cover an outer side surface of the mold rib and an outer side surface of the mold side surface portion. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033915 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, an electrode layer, and a display medium layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed on the electrode layer and includes a filler and liquid crystal capsules. The liquid crystal capsules are distributed in the filler, and the filler has a birefringence difference Δn in a range from 0.02 to 0.175. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033916 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display module configured to display an image; and an air blowing member provided on a rear-surface side of the display module to blow air toward a rear surface of the display module, wherein a first exhaust port for exhausting the air blown from the air blowing member to an outside is formed in a side surface of the display apparatus, the first exhaust port being larger in size than a region obtained by projecting, on the side surface, a space formed between the display module and the air blowing member. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033917 | Optical Member, Display, And Illuminator - An optical member is provided that achieves a desired light distribution characteristic with a simple configuration. The optical member extends along a first plane and has a thickness in a first direction perpendicular to the first plane. The optical member includes n-number of inclined surfaces. The n-number of inclined surfaces include first to n-th inclined surfaces. The first to n-th inclined surfaces are positioned in respective regions other than regions overlapping each other in the first direction. The first to n-th inclined surfaces are each inclined at an angle A | 2021-02-04 |
20210033918 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The array substrate includes at least one transparent support column for supporting the array substrate and the color filter substrate to form the liquid crystal layer, and at least one fingerprint sensor disposed at a position corresponding to the transparent support column. The display device includes the display panel. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033919 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND SUBSTRATE - A liquid crystal display panel and a substrate manufacturing method are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. A first protrusion is disposed on a surface of the array substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, a second protrusion is disposed on a surface of the color filter substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, and the first protrusion is opposite to the second protrusion. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033920 | POLARIZING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application relates to a polarizing structure, comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which has a low refractive index and is provided with multiple grooves, and an optical compensation film which has a high refractive index. Multiple convex structures that match the grooves are provided on the optical compensation film. Also provided is a display device. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033921 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a transmission polarization axis conversion unit having a first surface and a second surface, an absorption polarization unit having transmission polarization axis in a first direction and having absorption polarization axis in a second direction, and a reflective polarization unit including a region having a transmission polarization axis in the first direction and a reflective polarization axis in the second direction, and an opening. The transmission polarization axis conversion unit can switch a first/second state, the first state is an incident light entering the first surface from the absorption polarization unit is converted into a first outgoing light of linearly polarized light in the second direction, and the first outgoing light is emitted from the second surface, the second state is the incident light converted into a second outgoing light of linearly polarized light in the first direction and emitted from the second surface. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033922 | COLOUR CONVERSION FILM, AND BACK LIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - A color conversion film having:
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20210033923 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight module and a liquid crystal display device are provided. By forming a diffusion layer on a light emitting surface of each of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a light shadow and a LED light path generated by misalignment between the LEDs and a light guide plate and deformation of a reflective sheet can be effectively avoided. The backlight module emits light of uniform brightness to improve display performance of the liquid crystal display device. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033924 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a backlight module. The backlight module includes a light source, an optical film, a diffusion plate, a back plate, and LED strips disposed on the back plate. The back plate forms a receiving cavity and includes at least two coupled LED strips. The light source, the diffusion plate, and the optical film are arranged in the receiving cavity. Wherein, LED lamps which are at an end of the LED strips and adjacent to a coupling position have an illuminating inner diameter on the diffusion plate, and the illuminating inner diameter is greater than an edge length to the coupling position, which improves technical problems of poor backlight mixing in backlight modules. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033925 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight unit including: a base substrate in which a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area are defined; a wiring layer including: a lower conductive layer disposed on the base substrate; an intermediate conductive layer disposed on the lower conductive layer; and an upper conductive layer disposed on the intermediate conductive layer; a light emitting element disposed on the wiring layer in the light emitting area; a connection member electrically connecting the light emitting element and the wiring layer, the connection member contacting the intermediate conductive layer of the wiring layer and the light emitting element; a backlight flexible substrate electrically connected to the wiring layer in the non-light emitting area; and a pad connection member electrically connecting the wiring layer and the backlight flexible substrate in the non-light emitting area, the pad connection member contacting the upper conductive layer of the wiring layer. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033926 | COLOR CONVERSION SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a color conversion sheet, a backlight unit, and a display device, in which a color conversion sheet realizing white light from blue light includes a green reflection filter positioned between a green color conversion layer and a red color conversion layer, thereby independently exciting the green light and the red light and increasing the amount of green light supplied to the display panel while preventing the green light from being excited into red light. Therefore, it is possible to increase the brightness of white light supplied through the color conversion sheet and provide a backlight unit with improved luminance efficiency. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033927 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting module includes a light-guiding plate having a light-extracting surface, a plurality of first light-emitting elements and a plurality of second light-emitting elements having a light-emission characteristic different from a light-emission characteristic of the first light-emitting elements, the first light-emitting elements and the second light-emitting elements being alternately mounted on a surface of the light-guiding plate opposite to the light-extracting surface, with electrodes facing a direction opposite to the light-extracting surface of the light-guiding plate, a light-reflective member covering each of the first light-emitting elements and each of the second light-emitting elements to expose electrodes of each of the first light-emitting elements and electrodes of each of the second light-emitting elements from a first surface, first wiring formed on the first surface to connect the electrodes of the first light-emitting elements, and second wiring formed on the first surface to connect the electrodes of the second light-emitting elements. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033928 | LIGHT SOURCE SUBSTRATE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light source substrate includes a substrate portion; a plurality of light sources mounted on the substrate portion in a row; a first terminal portion that is included in any of the plurality of light sources; a second terminal portion that is included in a light source, which is adjacent to the light source including the first terminal portion, of the plurality of light sources and that is fitted to the first terminal portion to be coupled to the first terminal portion; and a common pad that is disposed at a position at which the common pad overlaps the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion which fit each other on the substrate portion and that is connected to the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion which fit each other. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033929 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN TERMINAL - The present invention provides a backlight assembly defined with a camera area. The backlight assembly comprises a substrate layer on which a reflective layer is disposed, and an optical layer is disposed on the reflective layer. The optical layer is provided with a through hole in the camera area, and an annular light-guide film circles a peripheral of the through hole, wherein an inner ring of the light-guide film is concentrically arranged with the through hole. The invention provides a backlight assembly, which introduces an annular light-guide film to control the direction of light propagation in a certain area around the under-screen camera, so that the light is evenly distributed over the camera area, and the camera area can still perform display function by a liquid crystal layer of the screen corresponding to the camera area, thereby providing a new type of under-screen camera solution. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033930 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a backlight unit comprising at least one light emitting unit emitting light in a first wavelength band, a phosphor film exciting the light in the first wavelength band emitted from the light emitting unit to emit the light in the first to a third wavelength bands, a first reflective film disposed in a position corresponding to a rim of the phosphor film and causing to reflect the light in the first wavelength band, a second reflective film disposed adjacent to the first reflective film and causing to reflect the light in the second and third wavelength bands, and a dam disposed around the light emitting unit. A display device using the backlight unit is also provided. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033931 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display device having a backlight including a plurality of light sources and an image display method, the backlight is divided into a plurality of areas arranged in the same direction as an order of writing to pixels. A backlight drive circuit sets lighting periods separately for each of the areas and causes the brightness of the light sources to rise and drop in a non-step manner during the corresponding lighting period. In a case where a first area and a second area are adjacent to each other, there is a period of overlap between a lighting period set for the first area and a lighting period set for the second area, and the period of overlap includes a middle portion in which the brightness of light sources corresponding to the first area drops and the brightness of light sources corresponding to the second area rises. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033932 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including a substrate including a display area in which a plurality of pixel groups are disposed and a peripheral area disposed around the display area, and a plurality of alignment keys disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel groups may include a plurality of pixels displaying different colors, and the plurality of alignment keys may include first alignment keys that are disposed in the pixel groups adjacent to edges of at least two corners of the display area and that are disposed in a plurality of first pixels that display the same color among a plurality of pixels included in the pixel group. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033933 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device comprises: an array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer; the display device includes sub-pixel areas including a shading area and a light-transmitting area; the sub-pixel area includes an electrode structure and a first shading part, and the electrode structure includes: first electrodes, second electrodes and third electrodes; the first electrodes are divided into first type electrodes and second type electrodes; the electrode structure is configured to: apply the same voltage to the first type electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode, apply different voltages to the first type electrode and the second type electrode to control liquid crystal molecules to form a liquid crystal lens; or apply different voltages to the second electrode and the third electrode to control the liquid crystal molecules to form a liquid crystal grating. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033934 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE MOTHERBOARD AND DISPLAY PANEL MOTHERBOARD - An array substrate motherboard includes a plurality of array substrates and a plurality of connection lines. Each of the plurality of array substrates includes an electrical test region, and the electrical test region includes a first conductive terminal, The plurality of connection lines are electrically connected to first conductive terminals of electrical test regions of the plurality of array substrates to electrically connect the plurality of array substrates together. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033935 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes a substrate, a pixel array, a circuit bridge structure, a first trace region, a second trace region, and a display film layer. The pixel array is located on the substrate. The circuit bridge structure is located at one side of the pixel array. The first trace region is located between the pixel array and a first side of the circuit bridge structure. The second trace region is located at a second side opposite to the first side. The display film layer is located on the pixel array, and an orthogonal projection of the display film layer on the substrate is spaced apart from an orthogonal projection of the circuit bridge structure on the substrate. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033936 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING CUSTOMIZED DISPLAY PANELS - The disclosed embodiments generally relate to a method, system and apparatus for forming a custom-sized display panel. An exemplary method to form a custom display from a large sheet of pixels includes: providing a sheet of pixels having a TFT substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a second substrate, the sheet of pixels having a first perimeter, the liquid crystal medium interposed between the TFT substrate and the second substrate; forming a display panel from the sheet of pixels, the display panel having a display panel perimeter, the second display having a first edge defined by the TFT substrate extending beyond the second substrate to thereby expose an electrical trace on the TFT substrate; sealing the liquid crystal layer on the first edge; conductively exposing the electrical trace on the TFT substrate; and forming a column driver line on the TFT substrate to communicate a driver signal to the second display. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033937 | Display Panel And Display Device - A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; multiple gate lines; and multiple data lines. The gate lines include regular gate lines and irregular gate lines. In the display region, the regular gate lines and the irregular gate lines are extended in a first direction, and a length of a part of the regular gate line in the display region is greater than a length of a part of the irregular gate line in the display region. The data lines include regular data lines and irregular data lines, and an extension direction of the regular data lines and the irregular data lines intersects with the first direction. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033938 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display panel provided with a display region including a plurality of pixels and with a plurality of detection electrodes. The display panel includes: a plurality of lines of first common wiring configured to transmit pixel signals to be supplied to the pixels and a detection input/output signal to be supplied to the detection electrodes; pixel signal wiring electrically coupled to the pixels; detection electrode wiring electrically coupled to the detection electrodes; a first switching circuit configured to electrically couple or uncouple the first common wiring to or from the pixel signal wiring; and a second switching circuit configured to electrically couple or uncouple the first common wiring to or from the detection electrode wiring. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033939 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - An electrochromic device includes: an electrochromic element operating in at least one of a first optical characteristic state and a second optical characteristic state; and a temperature measuring device configured to measure temperature, and circuitry to control voltage to be applied to the electrochromic element such that the second optical characteristic state becomes constant irrespective of the measured temperature. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033940 | ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT, DEVICE AND PRODUCT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND USAGE METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an electrochromic element, device, and product, and a manufacturing method therefor. The electrochromic device ( | 2021-02-04 |
20210033941 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device including an insulating substrate, an organic film on the insulating substrate, and a switching element located between the insulating substrate and the organic film and including a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the organic film including a first removed portion at a position overlapping the semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the switching element. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033942 | CONVEX PROTRUSIONS IN TIR-BASED IMAGE DISPLAYS - Total internal reflection (TIR) based image displays comprise at least one high refractive index (>˜1.5) convex protrusion interfaced with a low refractive index (<˜1.5) medium. Total internal reflection of light is frustrated at this interface by movement of electrophoretically mobile particles into and out of the evanescent wave region. The size, shape and arrangement of the convex protrusions, typically in the shape of lenses, affects TIR at the interface and ultimately the brightness of the display. The brightness is a critical aspect of reflective displays. The degree of brightness determines what applications the displays may be used for and their ultimate acceptance by consumers. For example, high brightness displays allow for the use of color filter arrays for applications requiring color. The shape of the convex protrusions may be described by a polar coordinate system. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033943 | SAW Modulators and Light Steering Methods - An electro-holographic light field generator device is disclosed. The light field generator device has an optical substrate with a waveguide face and an exit face. One or more surface acoustic wave (SAW) optical modulator devices are included within each light field generator device. The SAW devices each include a light input, a waveguide, and a SAW transducer, all configured for guided mode confinement of input light within the waveguide. A leaky mode deflection of a portion of the waveguided light, or diffractive light, impinges upon the exit face. Multiple output optics at the exit face are configured for developing from each of the output optics a radiated exit light from the diffracted light for at least one of the waveguides. An RF controller is configured to control the SAW devices to develop the radiated exit light as a three-dimensional output light field with horizontal parallax and compatible with observer vertical motion. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033944 | PRODUCTION OF WAVEGUIDES MADE OF MATERIALS FROM THE KTP FAMILY - The invention relates to a method for producing waveguides ( | 2021-02-04 |
20210033945 | ULTRASHORT PULSE LASER SYSTEM HAVING A QUICKLY TUNABLE CENTRAL WAVELENGTH - The present invention relates to a system and method for generating wavelength-tunable laser output pulses using parametric processes, wherein a simultaneous and tuned tuning of the pump pulse wavelength and repetition rate ensures a temporal overlap between pump and seed pulses in a parametric gain medium. Based on this parameter coupling, lasers with a wide tunable wavelength range can be obtained, which can be fully fiber-based and which are also suitable for modern nonlinear microscopy or fluorescence microscopy due to a particularly fast response. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033946 | Optical Element Driving Device, Camera Device and Electronic Apparatus - An optical element supporting device is provided that includes a fixed-side member, a first driving shaft, an intermediate member, a second driving shaft, a movable member and a driving mechanism. The first driving shaft extends in a first axis direction and is supported by the fixed-side member and the intermediate member is supported by the first driving shaft and rotates around the first axis with respect to the fixed-side member. The second driving shaft extends in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction and is supported by the intermediate member. The movable member is supported by the second driving shaft to rotate around the second axis with respect to the intermediate member and has a placing portion for placing an optical element. The driving mechanism applies a rotation force to the optical element that is placed on the movable member. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033947 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A technique reduces images unintended by the user captured with an electronic device by, for example, unauthorized access or an accidental operation performed by the user. An electronic device includes a camera module including a camera drive that activates or deactivates a camera function, a blade that opens or closes a lens aperture in the camera module, a blade drive that drives an actuator to open or close the blade, a controller that controls the camera drive and the blade drive, and a switch that transmits, to the controller, an opening signal or a closing signal for forcibly driving the blade drive independently of the camera drive. The controller activates the camera function in the camera drive in response to the opening signal transmitted from the switch. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033948 | BLADE OPEN-CLOSE DEVICE - A technique reduces images unintended by the user captured with an electronic device having a camera function by unauthorized access or an accidental operation performed by the user. A blade open-close device includes a blade that opens or closes a lens aperture in a camera module, an actuator that opens or closes the blade, a drive that drives the actuator, and a switch that inputs an opening signal and a closing signal into the drive. The switch includes a mechanical switch operation member that generates the opening signal and the closing signal in response to a manual operation performed by a user. The drive is independent of a drive output from the camera module. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033949 | PLATFORM APPARATUS AND PLATFORM SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A platform apparatus includes a first unit that includes a first driver and is rotatable around a first axis by a driving force of the first driver, a second unit that includes a second driver and rotates a holder configured to hold an optical apparatus by a driving force of the second driver around a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a first grip, and a second grip. The first and second drivers are located on one side of a plane that is orthogonal to a plane that includes the first axis and the second axis, and includes an imaginary line that connects the first grip and the second grip to each other. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033950 | CAMERA GIMBAL - A camera gimbal is provided having first and second arms, a support connected to the second arm and having an upper end to which a camera may be mounted and a lower end to which a counterweight is connected, and a gearbox including a gear and a rotary damper. The second arm is rotatable relative to the first arm and includes a proximal end portion forming a housing for the gearbox and a distal end portion to which the support is connected. The camera gimbal is purely-mechanical in operation and is without connection to a power source relying solely on gravity acting on a camera mounted on the support and the counterweight to cause rotation of the first arm relative to the second arm to maintain the camera in a relatively level position while the rotary damper damps the rotational movement. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033951 | A PROJECTOR AND A METHOD OF HOLDING THE PROJECTOR - A projector and a method for holding the projector, which can prevent the projector from dropping and which can prevent noise emission. The projector of the present disclosure includes resin housing having multiple mounting portions, hanging metal plate disposed inside housing, at least one metal member disposed inside housing, connected to hanging metal plate, and integrated with hanging metal plate to form a loop shape, grounding member that is connected to the loop shape and grounds hanging metal plate, hanging metal fitting for fixing housing to a wall surface or ceiling, fixing member for fixing hanging metal fitting from the outside of housing to multiple portions, the hanging metal plate being fixed to hanging metal fitting through fixing member in at least one portions. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033952 | HEAT DISSIPATING MODULE AND PROJECTION DEVICE - The invention provides a heat dissipating module configured to dissipate heat of at least one heating element of a projection device. The heat dissipating module includes a first radiator, a second radiator, a pipe, and at least one fan. The second radiator is disposed opposite to the first radiator. The heating element, the first radiator, and the second radiator are connected to each other through the pipe to form a loop. A working fluid is configured to be filled in the pipe, and the working fluid flows through the first radiator after flowing through the second radiator for heat exchange, and the working fluid flowing into the first radiator flows to the heating element for cyclic heat dissipation after heat exchange again through the first radiator. The fan is configured between the first radiator and the second radiator. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033953 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A light source system ( | 2021-02-04 |
20210033954 | PROJECTOR - A projector generates white light from a laser light source and uses the white light for image display. The white light generator has a rectangular light generating lens that generates excitation light of a rectangular shape from the blue light of a blue laser and a phosphor wheel, coated with a phosphor that is irradiated with the excitation light, to emit yellow light. In the phosphor wheel, a length in the vertical direction of a rectangular shape of an irradiation region is represented by v, and a length in the horizontal direction is represented by h, wherein h2021-02-04 | |
20210033955 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light emitting device includes resonant parts constituted by a photonic crystal structure, and rows each of which includes the resonant parts arranged along a first direction, wherein light resonating in the resonant part resonates in a first resonant direction and a second resonant direction, the rows are arranged along a second direction, the rows include a first row, and a second row, a distance between the resonant part located furthest at one side of the first direction in the first row and the resonant part located furthest at the one side of the first direction in the second row is different from a distance between the resonant part located furthest at the one side of the first direction and the resonant part located furthest at another side of the first direction in the first row, the first and second resonant directions are along the first and second axes respectively, and in a plan view a length along the first direction of the resonant part and a length along the second direction of the resonant part are equal to each other. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033956 | Light Source Module And Projector - A light source module includes a light emitting element having a resonator formed of a photonic crystal structure, and a polarization conversion element, wherein the polarization conversion element includes a polarization split layer that reflects first polarized light toward a first direction, and transmit second polarized light toward a second direction, a reflecting layer that reflects the first polarized light, toward the second direction, and a retardation layer which is disposed in a light path of one of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, and converts the one of the first polarized light and the second polarized light into another of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, the resonator has a resonant part, and in a plan view, a length of the resonant part in the first direction is shorter than a length of the resonant part in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033957 | ENHANCED GRANULAR MATERIAL EFFECTS - A granular material effect system includes a plurality of granular particles disposed in a container, a nozzle configured to activate to direct a fluid into the container, an actuator coupled to a prop and disposed in the container within the plurality of granular particles, and a controller communicatively coupled to the nozzle and the actuator. The controller is configured to instruct the nozzle to activate to direct the fluid into the container and to instruct the actuator to move the prop relative to the container while the nozzle is activated. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033958 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A RETICLE, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A RETICLE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for inspecting a reticle including a reflective layer on a reticle substrate is provided. The method may include loading the reticle on a stage, cooling the reticle substrate to a temperature lower than a room temperature, irradiating a laser beam to the reflective layer on the reticle substrate, receiving the laser beam using a photodetector to obtain an image of the reflective layer, and detect a particle defect on the reflective layer or a void defect in the reflective layer based on the image of the reflective layer. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033959 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOMASK MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are photomask manufacturing methods and semiconductor device fabrication methods. The photomask manufacturing method includes forming a reflective layer on a mask substrate having an image region and an edge region surrounding the image region, forming an absorption pattern on the reflective layer, forming a black border by irradiating a first laser beam to the reflective layer and the absorption pattern on the edge region, using a photomask having the black border to provide a test substrate with an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) beam to form a test pattern, obtaining a critical dimension correction map of the test pattern, and using the critical dimension correction map to irradiate a second laser beam to the reflective layer on a portion of the image region to form an annealed region that is thicker than the black border. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033960 | Method of Critical Dimension Control by Oxygen and Nitrogen Plasma Treatment in EUV Mask - The present disclosure describes a method of patterning a semiconductor wafer using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). The method includes receiving an EUVL mask that includes a substrate having a low temperature expansion material, a reflective multilayer over the substrate, a capping layer over the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer over the capping layer. The method further includes patterning the absorber layer to form a trench on the EUVL mask, wherein the trench has a first width above a target width. The method further includes treating the EUVL mask with oxygen plasma to reduce the trench to a second width, wherein the second width is below the target width. The method may also include treating the EUVL mask with nitrogen plasma to protect the capping layer, wherein the treating of the EUVL mask with the nitrogen plasma expands the trench to a third width at the target width. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033961 | MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A mask includes a first light-transmitting portion. The first light-transmitting portion includes a target region and at least one compensation region connected to the target region. A planar pattern of the target region includes a plurality of corners, and a planar pattern of each compensation region extends from one of the plurality of corners. An area of the planar pattern of each compensation region is less than an area of the planar pattern of the target region. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033962 | MASK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A mask for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography includes a multilayer (ML) stack including alternating metal and semiconductor layers disposed over a first surface of a mask substrate, a capping layer disposed over the ML stack, and an absorber layer disposed over the capping layer. An image pattern is formed in the absorber layer. A border layer surrounding the image pattern is disposed over the absorber layer. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033963 | Pellicle Design for Mask Application - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for a semiconductor lithography process. The apparatus includes a mask defining a circuit pattern to be transferred. The apparatus further includes a pellicle including a pattern formed in a first surface, wherein the pellicle is attached to the mask at the first surface. The apparatus also includes an adhesive material layer disposed between the mask and the first surface. The pattern may include a plurality of capillaries. Each capillary of the plurality of capillaries may have a dimension in a plane of the first surface between about 1 μm and about 500 μm. Each capillary of the plurality of capillaries may have a ratio of depth to width greater than or equal to about 100. The adhesive material layer may include an adhesive having a glass transition temperature (T | 2021-02-04 |
20210033964 | LITHOGRAPHIC MASK, A PELLICLE THEREIN AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a mask for photolithography patterning. The mask includes a substrate, a pattern layer on a surface of the substrate. The mask also includes a pellicle attached to the substrate and configured to isolate the pattern layer from ambient. The pellicle includes a membrane between the pattern layer and ambient, a frame for securing the membrane on the substrate, and an optical member disposed in the membrane. A method for manufacturing the mask is also provided. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033965 | APPARATUS FOR STORING MASK - An apparatus for storing a mask includes a main body comprising a first region and a second region, the first region having a plurality of mask containers, a gas supply pipe having an outer portion outside of the main body, a fan in the first region to propel the gas from the second region to the first region, a filter disposed at a front end and/or a rear end of the fan, a heat exchanger in the second region and configured to exchange heat with the flowing gas, a Peltier element at the outer portion of the gas supply pipe, a first sensor installed in the gas supply pipe upstream of the Peltier element, a second sensor installed in the second region in a lower position to the heat exchanger, and a controller connected to the first and second sensors and the Peltier element. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033966 | IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing imprint processing of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the imprint apparatus including a forming unit including an outlet configured to blow out a gas towards the substrate side from the mold side and configured to form, by the gas, an air flow that surrounds a space between the mold and the substrate, and a control unit configured to control the forming unit when the imprint processing is consecutively performed on a plurality of shot regions on the substrate after an uncured imprint material has been supplied thereto. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033967 | METHOD FOR DISPOSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A method of disposing a substrate on a holding unit using a pattern forming apparatus which forms a pattern on the substrate, the pattern forming apparatus comprising: a stage, the holding unit removably attached to the stage and configured to suck and hold the substrate, an optical system, and configured to detect an alignment mark of the substrate from a suction surface side of the substrate, the optical system having plural optical elements, and a detection unit configured to detect a reference mark for measuring a position of a detection field of the optical system, the method comprising: detecting a position of the reference mark, and disposing the substrate on the holding unit using the detected position of the reference mark so that the alignment mark of the substrate detected from the suction surface side of the substrate by the optical system is disposed in the detection field. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033968 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC FABRICATION OF STRUCTURES - Asymmetric structures formed on a substrate and microlithographic methods for forming such structures. Each of the structures has a first side surface and a second side surface, opposite the first side surface. A profile of the first side surface is asymmetric with respect to a profile of the second side surface. The structures on the substrate are useful as a diffraction pattern for an optical device. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033969 | CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A chemically amplified resist composition comprising a quencher containing an ammonium salt of a carboxylic acid having an iodized or brominated hydrocarbyl group exclusive of an iodized or brominated aromatic ring and an acid generator exerts a sensitizing effect and an acid diffusion suppressing effect and forms a pattern having satisfactory resolution, LWR and CDU. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033970 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a quencher in the form of an ammonium salt consisting of an ammonium cation having an iodized aromatic ring bonded to the nitrogen atom via a C | 2021-02-04 |
20210033971 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A positive resist composition comprising a base polymer comprising recurring units (a) of an ammonium salt of a carboxylic acid having an iodized or brominated hydrocarbyl group and recurring units (b1) having an acid labile group-substituted carboxyl group and/or recurring units (b2) having an acid labile group-substituted phenolic hydroxyl group has a high sensitivity and resolution and forms a pattern of good profile with reduced edge roughness and improved dimensional uniformity. | 2021-02-04 |
20210033972 | PHOTOACTIVABLE NITROGEN BASES - Compounds of the Formula (I), (II) and (III) wherein Ar is for example phenylene, biphenylene or naphthylene, all of which are unsubstituted or substituted by C | 2021-02-04 |
20210033973 | POSITIVE TONE PHOTOPATTERNABLE SILICONE - A method for producing a patterned silicone layer; said method comprising steps of: (a) depositing on a substrate a composition comprising: (i) a polysiloxane comprising alkenyl groups, (ii) a silane crosslinker comprising silicon-hydrogen bonds, (iii) a hydrosilylation catalyst, and (iv) a photolatent amine generator, to form an uncured resin; (b) exposing the uncured resin to ultraviolet light or electron beam irradiation through a mask to produce a patterned resin; (c) heating the patterned resin; and (e) removing at least a part of the uncured portion of the patterned resin to produce a final patterned silicone layer. | 2021-02-04 |