21st week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220163801 | Wearable Heads Up Displays - An optical display, including a first waveguide having a first set of surfaces, an input grating, a fold grating, and an output grating; an image input image node assembly; and a prismatic relay optics is provided. The prismatic relay optics may be configured to be optomechanically connected to the waveguide and the input image node assembly. The optical display is may also be configured to operate alone or as integrated with a headpiece to be used as a HUD. The HUD may have a first and a second configuration wherein the waveguide is decoupled or coupled. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163802 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM INCLUDING HEAD-MOUNT TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image capturing system including an image capturing apparatus and a head-mount type display device. A smartphone which is the image capturing apparatus generates a live view image and transmits the live view image and operation information associated with an operation performed on the smartphone to a smart glass which is the display device. The smart glass includes a display section and receives the live view image and the operation information from the smartphone. An image generation unit of the smart glass generates a display image to be displayed on the display section, based on the received live view image, and the generated display image is displayed on the display section. The image generation unit changes the display image to be displayed on the display section, according to the received operation information. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163803 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE FIELD OF VIEW - Display systems, such as near eye display systems or wearable heads up displays, may include a laser projector having an optical switch assembly disposed an at input to an optical scanner of the laser projector. The optical switch assembly includes at least one optical switch, and a controller selectively modifies the orientation of each optical switch to selectively change an angle at which laser light is directed onto a scan mirror of the optical scanner. Changing this angle shifts the scan region over which the scan mirror scans the laser light and, relatedly, shifts a region of a field of view of the display. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to modify the optical switch orientation(s) to correct non-idealities in the angle of the laser light. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163804 | LIGHTGUIDE WITH A FREEFORM INCOUPLER AND A HOLOGRAPHIC OUTCOUPLER - A lightguide includes an incoupler configured to receive light emitted from a microdisplay and to direct the received light into the lightguide, a first non-planar major surface and a second non-planar major surface configured to reflect the light directed into the lightguide by the incoupler, and an outcoupler comprising a non-planar, angle selective hologram configured to receive light reflected from at least one of the first major surface and the second major surface and to selectively direct the light out of the lightguide based on the angle of incidence at the hologram. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163805 | DISPLAY MODULE, VIRTUAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT-GUIDING OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is a display module including a display element, and a light-guiding optical device that guides image light emitted from the display element to form an exit pupil, in which the light-guiding optical device is an off-axis optical system. The off-axis optical system includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface, a first light-shielding portion, the first light-shielding portion being formed at the first optical surface, and a second light-shielding portion, the second light-shielding portion being formed at the second optical surface, in which the first light-shielding portion exposes, through a first aperture, a part of the first optical surface, and the second light-shielding portion exposes, through a second aperture, a part of the second optical surface, the first aperture and the second aperture having mutually different shapes. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163806 | EYEGLASS DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD OF USE - An eyeglass device includes an eyeglass frame having a pair of side arms and a pair of optics. A camera and one or more speakers are supported by the eyeglass frame. A touch sensor is supported by the eyeglass frame for at least controlling volume of the one or more speakers. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163807 | VIRTUAL REALITY, AUGMENTED REALITY, AND MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS INCLUDING THICK MEDIA AND RELATED METHODS - A head worn imaging system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes a light guiding optical element having a thickness between 0.1 and 1.5 mm and configured to propagate at least a portion of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes an entry portion and an exit portion of the light guiding optical element configured to selectively allow light addressing the exit portion to exit the light guiding optical element based on the angle of incidence of the light, the radius of curvature of the light and/or the wavelength of the light. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163808 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH POLARIZATION VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENT - An optical assembly includes a partial reflector that is optically coupled with a first polarization volume holographic element. The partial reflector is capable of receiving first light having a first circular polarization and transmitting a portion of the first light having a first circular polarization. The first polarization volume holographic element is configured to receive the first portion of the first light and reflect the first portion of the first light as second light having the first circular polarization. The partial reflector is capable of receiving the second light and reflecting a first portion of the second light as third light having a second circular polarization opposite to the first polarization. The first polarization volume holographic element is configured to receive the third light having the second circular polarization and transmit the third light having the second circular polarization. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163809 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HEAT RADIATING MEMBER - A wearable electronic device is disclosed, including: a housing including a first surface facing a same direction as a gaze of a user, a second surface facing in a second direction towards a face of the user, and a side surface surrounding a space defined between the two surfaces, a first and second light output device disposed in the housing and configured to output an image, a printed circuit board at least partially disposed between the first and second light output device, and including at least one electronic component, a supportive frame, a battery disposed between the frame and the second surface, and a first heat radiating member disposed between the frame and the battery. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163810 | PLANARIZED CRYSTALLINE FILMS FOR DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS - Optical device films and methods of forming optical device films having a RMS surface roughness less than about 2.2 μin and a refractive index greater than 2.0 are provided. In one embodiment, an optical device film is provided and includes a crystalline or nano-crystalline material having a refractive index greater than 2.0. A top surface of the optical device film has a root-mean-square (RMS) surface roughness less than about 2.2 microinches (μin). | 2022-05-26 |
20220163811 | BEAM-SPLITTING ELEMENT AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A beam-splitting element and a projection device provide an image with good uniformity. The beam-splitting element has first and second regions, and the beam-splitting element includes first and second pattern films. The first pattern film is located on the second region and allows a light beam with an emission wavelength within a first waveband range to penetrate. The second pattern film is located on the second region and reflects the light beam with the emission wavelength within the first waveband range. The first and second pattern films are not overlapped with each other, and the first and second pattern films form a beam-splitting pattern together on the second region. A ratio of an area of the first pattern film occupied in the second region is between 30% and 70%. The beam-splitting element of the invention provides an image projected from the projection device with good uniformity. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163812 | OPTICAL IDENTIFICATION MODULE AND DISPLAY PANEL - The present disclosure provides an optical identification module and a display panel. The optical identification module includes a substrate, an identification structure and a collimation optical path structure, where the identification structure is arranged on the substrate, the collimation optical path structure is arranged on a light entering side of the identification structure, the optical identification module further includes a non-visible light filtering structure, and the non-visible light filtering structure is arranged in the collimation optical path structure and configured to filter non-visible light irradiated to the identification structure. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163813 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY - An optical system including a self-emitting display and an optical element is provided. The self-emitting display emits a collimated light from a surface. The optical element is disposed on a moving path of the collimated light. A head-up display is further provided. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163814 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes: an optical image stabilization (OIS) base; an OIS holder movably coupled to the OIS base in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and fixedly coupled to an image sensor; and a first OIS actuator configured to shift the image sensor in the first direction. The first OIS actuator includes a first coil and a first magnet opposing each other in one of the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis and intersecting the first direction. The first coil is disposed at one of the OIS holder and the OIS base, and the first magnet is disposed at the other of the OIS holder and the OIS base. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163815 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a 3D display device, includes: a display panel; a lens layer arranged on a light exit side of the display panel, and including a plurality of convergent lenses arranged in an array; a human eye tracker provided on a side of the lens layer away from the display panel, the human eye tracker being used to determine spatial positions of one or more viewers' eyes relative to the display panel when facing the display panel; and a controller electrically connected to the display panel and the human eye tracker, the controller being used to receive the spatial positions and control subpixels of the display panel corresponding to the spatial positions to display image slices corresponding to the spatial positions. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163816 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A display apparatus for presenting three-dimensional imagery, including an optical combiner having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side. The second side is opposite to the first side and the fourth side being is opposite to the third side. Optical combiner further includes a first semi-transparent reflective portion arranged to reflect light incoming from the first side towards the fourth side and a second semi-transparent reflective portion arranged to reflect light incoming from the second side towards the fourth side. Light incoming from the third side passes through the first semi-transparent reflective portion and the second semi-transparent reflective portion towards the fourth side. The display apparatus further includes of a first display, a second display and a third display arranged at a first distance, a second distance and a third distance from the first side, the second side and the third side of the optical combiner, respectively, wherein a first image, a second image and a third image rendered at the first display, the second display and the third display are presented at a first focal distance, a second focal distance and a third focal distance, respectively, thereby creating the three-dimensional image. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163817 | STEREOSCOPIC EMBLEM - A stereoscopic emblem includes: a retroreflective sheeting in which a surface on one side where light is incident and emitted protrudes and a recess is formed on a surface on the other side facing the protruding surface on the one side; a cured resin provided in the recess; and an adhesive layer provided on a side opposite to the retroreflective sheeting side with respect to the cured resin. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163818 | Prescription Screen Protector - The present invention relates to a transparent prescription screen protector. The transparent prescription screen protector provides a prescribed corrected power range for a user with a presbyopia vision defect. The screen protector also protects a display screen on which the cover is applied from scratches, breakage and other damage and debris. The screen protector is a multi-layer device, wherein the top layer is touch sensitive and is configured to receive the user's touch input. The bottom layer has an adhesive backing to removably secure the screen protector to the display screen. The intermediate layer has embedded prescription lenses with a prescribed power range and configured to compensate for the farsightedness vision defect of the user, thereby allowing the user to view the content displayed on the display screen clearly. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163819 | CONTACT LENS - Disclosed herein is a contact lens. Some disclosed embodiments comprise a lenticular aspect. In some instances the lenticular aspect varies in at least one of thickness, distance from the edge of the contact lens, or lenticular height along its length. In one aspect, a superior portion of the lenticular aspect attaches to an upper eyelid of a wearer by at least a portion of the lenticular aspect interacting with an upper tarsal plate of the upper eyelid of a wearer. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163820 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTIVE ERROR USING ACTIVE STIMULATION - Systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for an active projection system that may be incorporated into spectacles, contact lenses or provided as an add-on layer to existing spectacles or lenses. The active projection system operates to generate a stimulus or stimuli for viewing by a person's eye. The stimulus or stimuli creates an image that is defocused in front of the person's retina and can assist in slowing or stopping the progression of myopia or other refractive errors in the person. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163821 | COMFORT-OPTIMIZED CONTACT LENS SYSTEM FOR NON-ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC EYE ABERRATION - A system of contact lenses includes at least two contact lenses, each lens having a visual correction for a non-rotationally symmetric eye aberration. Each lens has a different level or degree of a stabilization that is characterized by a thickness differential between a thickness of a stabilization zone and a thickness of a non-stabilization zone. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163822 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL FITTING OF EYEGLASSES - A system performs a method for fitting glasses to a person. The system includes an imaging device and a processor. The imaging device obtains an image of the person while wearing an unfitted frame. The processor determines a dimension of the person from the image and determines a dimension for a fitted frame that provides a selected lens-pupil distance for the lens based on the dimension of the person and the specifications of the lens. The unfitted glasses frame is adjusted to obtain the dimensions of the fitted frame. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163823 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY THERMAL PHASE SHIFTER - Disclosed herein are systems and architecture for thermal waveguide-based phase shifters which improve thermal efficiency by having multi-pass waveguides arranged under the heating element in a serpentine fashion, with the waveguides having mismatched propagation constants. The combination allows for an increase in phase shift without increasing the length or the power consumption of the resistive heating element by increasing the total length of waveguide being heated by a singular heating element. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163824 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optoelectronic device, including: a rib waveguide, the rib waveguide including: a ridge portion, which includes a temperature-sensitive optically active region, and a slab portion, positioned adjacent to the ridge portion; the device further comprising a heater, disposed on top of the slab portion wherein a part of the heater closest to ridge portion is at least 2 μm away from the ridge portion. The device may also have a heater provided with a bottom cladding layer, and may also include various thermal insulation enhancing cavities. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163825 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT - In order to provide an optical waveguide element that is capable of reducing coupling loss at a coupling portion with an optical fiber and of reducing propagation loss in an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide element comprises a supporting substrate and a waveguide layer consisting of a material having an electro-optic effect stacked on the supporting substrate, wherein a rib portion for forming an optical waveguide is provided protruding on an upper surface of the waveguide layer; a groove portion is formed on an upper surface of the supporting substrate directly below a part of the rib portion; and the groove portion is filled with a material having an effective refractive index comparable to that of the waveguide layer. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163826 | POLARIZATION-AGNOSTIC OPTICAL DIMMING DEVICE AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME - A device includes a polarization rotator configured to be switchable between operating in two switching states. The device also includes a controller configured to control the polarization rotator to switch between operating in the two switching states at a predetermined switching frequency, to thereby switch, a polarization of a component of an input light having an initial light intensity, between two orthogonal polarizations at the predetermined switching frequency. The device also includes a polarizer coupled with the polarization rotator, and configured to convert the input light transmitted through the polarization rotator into an output light having a light intensity reduced to a predetermined percentage of the initial light intensity of the input light. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163827 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device has a silicon (Si) substrate, a ground electrode, a lithium niobate (LN) optical waveguide, and a signal electrode. The ground electrode is an electrode that is at ground potential and that is layered on the Si substrate. The LN optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is formed by a thin film LN substrate that is layered on the ground electrode. The signal electrode is an electrode that is disposed at a position opposite the ground electrode with the LN optical waveguide interposed therebetween and that applies a high-frequency signal. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163828 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a display cell; a first light adjusting unit; and a second light adjusting unit, wherein the display cell, the first light adjusting unit and the second light adjusting unit are at least partially overlapped, and at least one of the first light adjusting unit and the second light adjusting unit is an ECB mode liquid crystal cell. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163829 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY - An optical device includes an optical member having an optical area on which light incidents, the optical area having a rectangular shape in a plan view, a first actuator configured to displace the optical member around a first axis which passes through the center of the optical area in the plan view, and which forms an angle smaller than 90° with a first side of the optical area, and a second actuator configured to displace the glass plate around a second axis which passes through the center of the optical area, and which is perpendicular to the first axis. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163830 | PIXEL STRUCTURE OF LCOS DISPLAY - An LCoS display pixel structure is disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an LCoS display pixel structure which implements a pattern or geometry having an analog pixel structure in a display having micro-display LCoS structures. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163831 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel having a flat portion and a plurality of curved portions extending from the flat portion in a bent manner. The display device further includes a front member disposed on the display panel, and an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the front m ember. The curved portion of the display panel is disposed along an entirety of an edge area of the display panel to minimize a non-display area. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163832 | INFORMATION INPUT AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR USE UNDERWATER (EMBODIMENTS) - There is provided an information input and display device for use underwater, comprising a housing, a touch screen accommodated in the housing, electronic components to provide operation of the screen, wherein the touch screen has an upper flexible layer sensitive to a mechanical stimulus sufficient to depress the flexible layer at the stimulus location, and the housing has a window for access to the upper flexible layer and is sealed with a dielectric sealant such that at least a portion of the upper flexible layer remains uncovered with the dielectric sealant to allow contact with water. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163833 | DISPLAY SCREEN MODULE AND TERMINAL - Disclosed are a display screen module and a terminal device. The display screen module may include: a backlight module, an LCD screen arranged above the backlight module, a light-transmissible cover plate arranged above the LCD screen, a first light source arranged in a backlight light source of the backlight module, a reflective component arranged between the LCD screen and the cover plate, and a light-receiving module configured to receive light reflected by the reflective component so as to carry out fingerprint recognition. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163834 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF BI-LAYER PIXEL ISOLATION IN ADVANCED LCOS BACK-PLANE - Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel isolation structure on a semiconductor substrate. The method may include forming a pixel isolation bilayer on the semiconductor substrate. The pixel isolation bilayer may include a high-k layer overlying a stopping layer. The method may include forming a lithographic mask on a first region of the pixel isolation bilayer. The method may also include etching the pixel isolation bilayer external to the first region. The etching may reveal the semiconductor substrate. The etching may form the pixel isolation structure. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163835 | FOLDING SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses a folding screen display device, and the folding screen display device includes: a main cell and a sub cell arranged in a stacked mode; a backlight module arranged on a side, facing away from the main cell, of the sub cell; a display control circuit board arranged on a side, facing away from the sub cell, of the backlight module; and a cable pinboard arranged on a side frame of the backlight module; where the display control circuit board has a timer control circuit for outputting a timer control signal to the main cell and the sub cell; the timer control circuit is electrically connected with the main cell through a first COF; the timer control circuit is electrically connected with the cable pinboard; and the cable pinboard is electrically connected with the sub cell through a second COF. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163836 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ASSEMBLY - Described herein are liquid crystal (LC) assemblies that are dimmable and techniques for manufacturing LC assemblies. In some embodiments, an LC assembly includes a Guest-Host (GH) liquid crystal layer containing nematic liquid crystals, dye molecules, and a chiral dopant. The GH liquid crystal layer is located between a pair of substrates. The LC assembly is a film assembly, with each of the substrates including a flexible film and a conductive layer formed on the flexible film. The substrates are separated by spacers that define a cell gap. The GH liquid crystal layer is configured to transition the LC assembly between darkened and lightened states depending on the voltage across the conductive layers. The flexible films allow the LC assembly to conform to the surface of a window or other rigid surface to which the LC assembly is attached. The LC assembly can be attached via a liquid or film-based adhesive. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163837 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a frame and a protective substrate, and the protective substrate is adhered to the frame. The protective substrate has a side surface, and a surface roughness of the side surface is greater than or equal to 1 micrometer and less than or equal to 15 micrometers. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163838 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a display device, including: a backlight module; side frames on different sides of the display module; a first supporting part is provided on at least one side frame, and extends toward a middle part of the backlight module; a panel assembly on a light-emitting side of the backlight module and including a first display panel, a second display panel and a connection layer between the first display panel and the second display panel, where the first display panel, the second display panel and the connection layer define an accommodation space, the first supporting part extends into the accommodation space, the first display panel is on a side of the first supporting part away from the backlight module, and the second display panel is supported by the backlight module; the first display panel and the side frame overlap in a thickness direction of the display device. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163839 | ROBOT USING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A robot using a liquid crystal display panel includes a mask, an LCD panel and a high-directional backlight module. The LCD is arranged close to the mask, and the backlight module is arranged on one side of the LCD panel and used to provide an extremely high directional backlight source to the liquid crystal display panel so that the image generated by the LCD panel can be projected onto the mask. By projecting images on the mask via the LCD panel, the disadvantage that the conventional projector needs to occupy a larger space is improved, and the design of the mask can be more flexible. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163840 | DISPLAYING SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAYING DEVICE - A displaying substrate, a display panel and a displaying device. The displaying substrate comprises: a base plate, wherein the base plate comprises a display region, a non-display region, and a transition region located between the display region and the non-display region. Pixel units are disposed in the transition region on the base plate and each comprise multiple sub-pixel units, and first light shielding layers are disposed in the sub-pixel units and are used to divide the sub-pixel units into multiple luminescent regions. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163841 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND REFLECTIVE DISPLAY PANEL - The present disclosure provides a color filter substrate, including: a base substrate, and a light-shielding pattern on the base substrate and having a plurality of openings to define a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each of the plurality of pixel regions at least includes a color filtering region, and a color filtering layer is filled in each color filtering region, and at least one of the plurality of pixel regions further includes at least one transparent region, each of which is filled with a transparent non-filtering layer. The present disclosure further provides a reflective display panel and a manufacturing method for a color filter substrate. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163842 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY PANEL - A multi-view (MV) display panel includes a flat panel display (FPD) having FPD pixels, and lenses configured to image the FPD. Each of the FPD pixels, when imaged through one of the lenses, forms a beamlet that is emitted in a direction unique from other beamlets formed by other FPD pixels through the lens. The lens and the FPD pixels which, when imaged through the lens, form beamlets emitted in different directions collectively configure an MV pixel. Each of the FPD pixels includes multiple sub-pixels. The MV display panel also includes a diffuser arranged between the FPD and the lenses, and a light block configured to isolate a diffusion of the multiple sub-pixels of each FPD pixel from its neighboring FPD pixels. The FPD may be backlit using custom lighting and optics. Lens elements may be staggered in a manner that facilitates assembly of the lenses. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163843 | DISPLAY MODULE, DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a display module, a display device and a display method. The display module includes a display panel and a lens layer on a light-exiting side of the display panel, and the display panel includes an array substrate and a color film substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel islands arranged in an array, and each pixel island includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a first direction. The color film substrate includes a plurality of black matrices and a plurality of color filter elements, the black matrices and the color filter elements are arranged alternately, and each pixel island corresponds to one color filter element. The lens layer includes a plurality of cylindrical lenses arranged consecutively in the first direction, each cylindrical lens corresponds to a pixel island, and the pixel island is arranged on a focal plane of the corresponding cylindrical lens. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163844 | POLARIZING PLATE LAMINATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - The polarizing plate laminate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a polarizer; an adhesive agent layer or a bonding agent layer provided on the polarizer; a viewing angle compensation film provided on the adhesive agent layer or the bonding agent layer; and a base film provided on the viewing angle compensation film. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163845 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF ADVANCED LCOS BACK-PLANE HAVING ROBUST PIXEL VIA METALLIZATION - Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163846 | METHOD FOR LCOS DBR MULTILAYER STACK PROTECTION VIA SACRIFICIAL HARDMASK FOR RIE AND CMP PROCESSES - Processing methods may be performed to forming a pixel material in a semiconductor structure. The methods may include forming a sacrificial hardmask overlying an uppermost layer of an optical stack of the semiconductor structure, the uppermost layer having a thickness. The methods may include forming a via through the sacrificial hardmask in the optical stack by a first etch process unselective to a metal layer of the semiconductor structure. The methods may include filling the via with a fill material, wherein a portion of the fill material extends over the sacrificial hardmask and contacts the metal layer. The methods may include removing a portion of the fill material external to the via by a removal process selective to the fill material. The methods may also include removing the sacrificial hardmask by a second etch process selective to the sacrificial hardmask while maintaining the thickness of the uppermost layer. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163847 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a backlight source, a privacy filter disposed on the backlight source, a light adjusting panel disposed on the privacy filter, and a display panel disposed on the light adjusting panel. The light adjusting panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first vertical alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a second vertical alignment film disposed on the second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal layer disposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first substrate. Here, the first electrode has a plurality of first slits, and a plurality of orthogonal projections of the first slits on the first substrate overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the first substrate. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163848 | LED ASSEMBLY, LIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an LED assembly, a light source, and a liquid crystal display device. The LED assembly includes: a substrate; a plurality of blue LED chips which are disposed on the substrate at intervals and have different emission wavelengths; a white light phosphor layer which is disposed on the substrate and covers the plurality of blue LED chips; and a sealing frame which is disposed on the substrate and is configured to encapsulate the plurality of blue LED chips and the white light phosphor layer. The LED assembly encapsulates the blue LED chips having different emission wavelengths together, which can avoid LED mixing from an LED encapsulation source, thereby saving cost. Moreover, problems such as nonuniform images and chromatic aberration are basically avoided when the LED assembly is applied to an LCD module. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163849 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT, AND DISPLAY PANEL - The present disclosure provides a light emitting device including a substrate, a conductive layer, first and second reflective layers, a light emitting element, and an encapsulation layer. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The first reflective layer covers the conductive layer and has an opening exposing a portion of the conductive layer. The light emitting element is disposed in the opening and electrically connects to the conductive layer. The second reflective layer is disposed on the first reflective layer and surrounds the light emitting element, and the second reflective layer has an outer diameter. The encapsulation layer covers the light emitting element. There is a height between a highest point of the encapsulation layer and an upper surface of the first reflective layer, and the height is 0.1 to 0.5 times the outer diameter. The present disclosure also provides a backlight and a display panel. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163850 | Display And Lighting Apparatus Including A Light-Emitting Unit That Emits High Quality Illumination Through Arrangements Of Lenses And Light Emitting Devices - A light-emitting unit includes a plurality of lenses; and two or more light-emitting devices covered by each of the lenses, and the two or more light-emitting devices covered by one lens of the lenses are electrically separated from each other. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163851 | LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light flux controlling member includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface, a third optical surface, and a fourth optical surface. A part of light emitted from the light-emitting element and entered from the first optical surface is emitted from the second optical surface to outside of the light flux controlling member after being sequentially internally reflected by the second optical surface, the third optical surface and the fourth optical surface. A part of light emitted from the light-emitting element that is incident on the first optical surface is Fresnel-reflected, reflected by a surface of the substrate toward the first optical surface to enter the light flux controlling member from the first optical surface, and then emitted from the second optical surface to the outside of the light flux controlling member. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163852 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display device including a backlight unit that includes a barrier layer disposed between a light-emitting chip and an electrode pad to reduce the contact area between a solder and the electrode pad due to the barrier layer, so that a portion of the electrode pad overlapping with the barrier layer is left behind without being diffused into the solder, and rework can be performed on a process of mounting the light-emitting chip. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163853 | PHOTO-ALIGNABLE POSITIVE C-PLATE RETARDER - The present invention relates to material compositions and methods for generating photo-alignable positive c-plate retarders. Because a planar alignment direction can be induced in the surface of the above c-plate retarder by exposure to polarized light, a slave material can be aligned on the surface of the c-plate retarder with a defined azimuthal orientation direction, without the need of an additional orientation layer. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163854 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area and an incident light control area. The camera overlaps the incident light control area. The incident light control area includes an annular line and a control electrode connected to the annular line. The annular line includes a first annular line and a second annular line disposed to be in contact with an inside of the first annular line. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163855 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area and an incident light control area. The camera overlaps the incident light control area. The incident light control area includes a first annular light-shielding portion and a second annular light-shielding portion formed inside the first annular light-shielding portion. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163856 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device as an electro-optical device includes, an insulating layer including a first recess and a second recess that is provided continuously with the first recess and is deeper than the first recess, and a capacitance element including, a first capacitance electrode provided along a bottom surface of the second recess and a side wall of the second recess and provided along a bottom surface of the first recess, a capacitance insulating layer stacked on the first capacitance electrode, and a second capacitance electrode stacked on the capacitance insulating layer, wherein an upper surface of the second capacitance electrode at a position overlapping with the second recess, an upper surface of the first capacitance electrode at a position overlapping with the first recess, and a part of the capacitance insulating layer, are provided on the same surface as an upper surface of the insulating layer. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163857 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a switching element disposed above the base, a scanning line which supplies a scanning signal to the switching element, an organic insulating layer covering the switching element and having a contact hole, a pixel electrode disposed above the organic insulating layer and connected to the switching element through the contact hole, and a metal line disposed above the organic insulating layer and extending parallel to the scanning line. The scanning line, the metal line and the contact hole overlap each other in planar view. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163858 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area and an incident light control area. The display area includes a pixel electrode. The camera overlaps the incident light control area. The incident light control area includes an annular line, and a control electrode formed inside the annular line to be connected to the annular line. A time to apply a voltage to the control electrode is shorter than a time to apply a voltage to the pixel electrode. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163859 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSOR - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first common electrode, a second common electrode spaced apart from the first common electrode, a first signal line overlapping the first common electrode and the second common electrode, a first metal line overlapping the first signal line and the first common electrode, and a second metal line overlapping the first signal line and the second common electrode and spaced apart from the first metal line. The first metal line includes an extension portion extending between the first common electrode and the second common electrode. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163860 | PI-D CONJUGATED COORDINATION POLYMER FOR ELECTROCHROMIC ENERGY STORAGE - An electrochromic energy storage device disclosed herein comprises a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in an electrolyte, wherein the first electrode comprises a coordination polymer, wherein the coordination polymer comprises a transition metal and a tetradentate ligand conjugated to the transition metal, wherein the transition metal and the tetradentate ligand render the first electrode operable to (i) store electrical energy and at the same time change its optical state upon electrical charging of the electrochromic energy storage device, and (ii) release electrical energy stored therein and at the same time change its optical state upon electrical discharge of the electrochromic energy storage device. A method of forming the electrochromic energy storage device and a method of forming an electrochromic energy storage film are disclosed herein. In a preferred embodiment, the first electrode is prepared by growing one dimensional π-d conjugated coordination polymer nanowires film comprising metallic nickel nodes and organic linkers of 1,2,4,5-benzenetetramine (BTA) on a transparent fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting substrate. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163861 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light emitting diode (LED) package includes a substrate having a pair of first wiring electrodes and a pair of second wiring electrodes, an LED chip on the substrate, the LED chip being electrically connected to the pair of first wiring electrodes, a wavelength conversion film on the LED chip, an electrochromic film on the wavelength conversion film, the electrochromic film electrically connected to the pair of second wiring electrodes, and the electrochromic film being configured to have a first color before application of a voltage and to be transparent after application of the voltage, an optical lens on the electrochromic film, and a lateral structure having a reflective layer covering at least a portion of a lateral surface of each of the LED chip and the wavelength conversion film, and a color layer on the reflective layer and having a second color. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163862 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A GLASS SUBSTRATE COATED WITH AN ELECTROCHROMIC STACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INSULATING GLAZING - A process for protecting a glass substrate coated with an electrochromic stack, includes depositing a temporary protective layer on the electrochromic stack, the temporary protective layer including an organic polymeric matrix and having a thickness of between 1 μm and 30 μm, and the temporary protective layer being removable by heat treatment at a temperature of between 300° C. and 500° C., fora period of between 180 s and 240 s. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163863 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES AND DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An example electrophoretic display assembly includes: an outer substrate; an inner substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed between the inner substrate and the outer substrate in a spaced apart relationship; and at least one substantially planar microstructure between the first and second electrodes, the microstructure containing an electrophoretic media. For example, the planar microstructures may be parallel to or perpendicular to the outer substrate. Also provided are example methods of fabricating electrophoretic display assemblies. A plurality of electrophoretic display assemblies may be combined to form an electrophoretic display, wherein each display assembly represents a pixel of the display device. The planar microstructures may increase the display quality, including the contrast or color capabilities of electrophoretic displays. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163864 | ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR - Disclosed is an electro-optic modulator. The electro-optic modulator includes a lower clad layer disposed on a substrate, an optical waveguide disposed on the lower clad layer, traveling-wave electrodes respectively disposed on both sides of the optical waveguide and each having a first distance to the optical waveguide, and ferroelectric blocks disposed between the traveling-wave electrodes and the lower clad layer and each having a second distance to the optical waveguide, which is less than the first distance | 2022-05-26 |
20220163865 | OPTICAL SWITCH EMPLOYING A VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASE-ARRAY DISPERSER - A WSS device in which a VIPA is used as a spectral disperser. In an example embodiment, the VIPA is configured to produce two or more diffraction orders on the LCOS micro-display of the WSS device. The LCOS micro-display is configurable to independently process light corresponding to different diffraction orders. For example, the LCOS micro-display may be used to implement: (i) optical-signal switching by applying different relative phase shifts to light of different diffraction orders to cause constructive interference at a selected one of the optical ports of the WSS device; (ii) optical-signal splitting by steering light of different diffraction orders to at least two different selected optical ports of the WSS device; and (iii) controllable optical-signal attenuation by applying different relative phase shifts to different diffraction orders to control the relative degree of constructive and destructive interference at a selected one of the optical ports of the WSS device. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163866 | ALL-OPTICAL OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR - An all-optical optical parametric oscillator includes a laser module, a temperature control module, a plurality of filters and a beam splitter arranged in sequence. A bulk material or waveguide material is arranged in the temperature control module. Both ends of the bulk material are provided with a first OPO cavity mirror M | 2022-05-26 |
20220163867 | IMAGING DEVICE, SHUTTER UNIT, AND SHUTTER CONTROL METHOD - A weight of a movable portion in a shutter unit is reduced. For this purpose, an imaging device according to the present technology includes: an imaging element that receives light from a subject and performs photoelectric conversion; a control unit that controls a timing of a charge reset of the imaging element; and a shutter unit including a base part that is disposed on a front surface of the imaging element and includes an opening through which light passes, an opening and closing blade that shields a part of the opening from light depending on the timing of the charge reset, and a support part that supports the opening and closing blade. As a result, only one opening and closing blade is included, a width of the opening and closing blade in a traveling direction is smaller than a width of the opening in the traveling direction, and the weight of the movable portion in the shutter unit can be reduced. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163868 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION METHOD FOR DISPLAY SCREEN, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an optical compensation method for a display screen, a storage medium and an electronic device, and the method includes: determining a refresh time of a to-be-compensated screen; determining an exposure time as N times the refresh time, wherein N is a positive integer; controlling a camera to shoot the to-be-compensated screen based on the exposure time; acquiring an original image of the to-be-compensated screen captured by the camera; and performing optical compensation on the display effect of the to-be-compensated screen based on the original image. The present disclosure can avoid a split-screen phenomenon of the display effect of the screen after performing optical compensation on the display screen based on the original image. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163869 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - An information device has a camera cover unit that is fixed to an upper edge in the outside of a display device in a back cover. The camera cover unit includes a cover case that is fixed to the upper edge and a cover body that is housed in the cover case and is slidable between a first position and a second position. The cover body includes an end that is placed in the first position to cover the front of the camera and placed in the second position to avoid the front of the camera, and a leaf spring that is elastically deformable inward and outward of the frame of the upper edge. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163870 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes: a lens module including a lens and movably disposed in a housing; a first displacement identification layer disposed on the lens module, configured to move according to movement of the lens module, and having a width varying according to coordinates in one direction in the lens module; and a second displacement identification layer disposed on the lens module, configured to move according to the movement of the lens module, and having a width varying according to the coordinates in the one direction in the lens module. The first and second displacement identification layers are arranged such that a coordinate, among the coordinates in the one direction, corresponding to a maximum width of the first displacement identification layer is different from a coordinate, among the coordinates in the one direction in the lens module, corresponding to a maximum width of the second displacement identification layer. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163871 | LENS STRUCTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a lens structure and a photographic device. The lens structure includes a lens barrel, a ball assembly, and a sleeve. The ball assembly is disposed on an outer surface of the lens barrel. The sleeve receives the lens barrel and the ball assembly. The sleeve is in rolling contact with the lens barrel via the ball assembly. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163872 | HELMET CARRYING A CAMERA | 2022-05-26 |
20220163873 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes: a first driving unit including a rotating plate disposed in a housing so as to be rotatable about an optical axis, and a first shape memory alloy (SMA) wire configured to rotate the rotating plate in response to a first applied current; and an optical module disposed in the housing and coupled to the rotating plate. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163874 | GIMBAL CONTROL METHOD, GIMBAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A gimbal control method, a gimbal, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining a target motor to be rotated and a target joint angle; generating a corresponding rotation control instruction based on a deviation between a current joint angle of the target motor and the target joint angle; and controlling the target motor to rotate based on the rotation control instruction. This disclosure improves convenience of switching between a horizontal shooting mode and a vertical shooting mode. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163875 | ACCESSORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF BEING ATTACHED TO OR DETACHED FROM ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An accessory device capable of preventing setting information to be written from being destroyed is provided. The accessory device capable of being attached to or detached from an electronic apparatus, comprising an operation member, a lock mechanism configured to perform a locking operation to lock the accessory device and the electronic apparatus in response to an operation of the operation member, a movement restriction release mechanism configured to release a restriction on a movement of the operation member, and an operation restricting member configured to restrict an operation of the movement restriction release mechanism. The operation restricting member makes it more difficult to perform the operation of the movement restriction release mechanism when a power of the accessory device is in an on state than when the power of the accessory device is in an off state. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163876 | COLOR WHEEL MODULE AND PROJECTOR - A color wheel module and a projector are provided. The projector includes the color wheel module, and the color wheel module includes a disk, an isolation framework, an assembly member, and a colloidal filler. The disk is configured to rotate around an axis. The isolation framework and the assembly member are disposed on the disk. The isolation framework is located between the disk and the assembly member. An air layer is formed between the assembly member and the isolation framework. The colloidal filler is disposed on the assembly member. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163877 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A light source system, comprising a first light source, a first wavelength conversion device, a second wavelength conversion device, a light path conversion element, and a light combining unit. The light path conversion element is configured to make an excitation light emitted by the first light source irradiate the first wavelength conversion device and the second wavelength conversion device in turn, so as to correspondingly excite and generate a first excited light and a second excited light. The light combining unit is configured to combine the first excited light and the second excited light. A projector system, comprising the light source system. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163878 | LIGHT SOURCE LIGHTING DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source lighting device includes: a laser light source unit; a converging lens that converges a plurality of light beams emitted from the laser light source unit; a diffuser plate that diffuses a plurality of light beams converged by the converging lens; and a second collimating lens that collimates a light beam diffused by the diffuser plate. The converging lens has an aspherical surface, the second collimating lens has a spherical surface, the aspherical surface of the converging lens has an aspherical surface coefficient that is set to cancel a positive spherical aberration of the second collimating lens. A luminous flux density in a proximity of an optical axis is lower than a luminous flux density in a peripheral part away from the optical axis, the optical axis being an axis of a light beam emitted from the second collimating lens. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163879 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK FOR EUV EXPOSURE, AND REFLECTIVE MASK - A reflective mask blank includes a multilayer reflective film, and a pattern film to be partially etched when processing into a mask. The multilayer reflective film and the pattern film are placed on/above a substrate in this order from the substrate side. The pattern film includes an absorber film and a surface reflection enhancing film in this order from the substrate side. The relation of ((n−1) | 2022-05-26 |
20220163880 | MASK BLANK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTIVE MASK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A light shielding film made up of a material containing one or more elements selected from silicon and tantalum and a hard mask film made up of a material containing chromium, oxygen, and carbon are laminated on a transparent substrate. The hard mask film is a single layer film having a composition gradient portion with increased oxygen content on the surface and on the neighboring region. The maximum peak for Nis in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis is the lower limit of detection or less. The portions excluding the composition gradient portion of the hard mask film have a 50 atom % or more chromium content, and the maximum peak for Cr2p in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis has a binding energy of 574 eV or less. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163881 | PHASE-SHIFT RETICLE FOR USE IN PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - A phase-shift reticle for a photolithography process in semiconductor fabrication is provided. The reticle includes a substrate, a reflective structure, a pattern defining layer and a phase shifter. The reflective structure is disposed over the substrate. The pattern defining layer includes a first material and is deposited over the reflective structure. The pattern defining layer comprises a pattern trench. The phase shifter includes a second material and disposed in the pattern trench. A transmittance of the second material is different from a transmittance of the first material. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163882 | Extreme Ultraviolet Mask Blank With Alloy Absorber And Method Of Manufacture - Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer made from an alloy of at least two absorber materials. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163883 | METHODS OF MAKING A BONDED ASSEMBLY AND A RE-ENTRANT STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF TRANSFER PRINTING A MASKING LAYER - A method of making a bonded polymeric assembly by transfer printing comprises contacting a stamp with a solid-phase ink comprising a photoresist to form an inked stamp, where the solid-phase ink is reversibly bound to the stamp. The inked stamp is aligned with an object comprising the photoresist and is stamped onto the object. The stamp is then removed, thereby transferring the solid-phase ink onto the object. The solid-phase ink is thermally joined with the object. Thus, a bonded polymeric assembly comprising a bonded joint between the solid-phase ink and the object is formed. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163884 | COMPOSITION, FILM, OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, INFRARED SENSOR, AND SENSOR MODULE - A composition includes a pigment, a pigment derivative which has at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented Formula (2): -L-NH—R | 2022-05-26 |
20220163885 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A photosensitive coloring composition includes a magenta pigment having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or less, a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and an ultraviolet absorber, in which the magenta pigment has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 500 to 600 nm, the magenta pigment is Color Index Pigment Violet 19, and in a case where an absorbance of the maximum absorption wavelength is 1, a wavelength at which an absorbance is 0.5 is 450 nm or more on a side where a wavelength is shorter than the maximum absorption wavelength and is 650 nm or less on a side where a wavelength is longer than the maximum absorption wavelength. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163886 | PHOTOACID GENERATOR - The present invention relates to a novel photoacid generator compound cation, comprising an element having for 92 eV photons (extreme ultraviolet (EUV)) an absorption cross section of at least 0.5×10 | 2022-05-26 |
20220163887 | COLORED PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MULTILAYER CURED FILM PREPARED THEREFROM - The colored photosensitive resin composition of the present invention maintains excellent resolution, visibility, and the like while it has excellent reflectance R | 2022-05-26 |
20220163888 | POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME - A positive type resist composition capable of forming a pattern shape suitable for lift-off is provided. A positive type resist composition comprising (A) a certain polymer, (B) an acid generator having an imide group, (C) a dissolution rate modifier and (D) a solvent. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163889 | METALLIC PHOTORESIST PATTERNING AND DEFECT IMPROVEMENT - A multilayer structure for lithography patterning is provided. The multilayer structure includes a substrate, a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) layer over the substrate, and a photoresist layer over the BARC layer. The BARC layer includes a polymer and a hydrolysis promoting agent. The photoresist layer includes an organometallic dimer obtained by partial hydrolysis of a precursor organometallic compound comprising hydrolysable ligands. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163890 | RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM MATERIAL, PATTERNING PROCESS, AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM - A resist underlayer film material contains: one or more compounds shown by the following general formula (1); and an organic solvent. W represents an organic group with a valency of “n” having 2 to 50 carbon atoms; X represents a terminal group structure shown by the following general formula (2) or (3); when a ratio of the structure of the following general formula (2) to that of (3) is “a” to “b”, “a” and “b” satisfy the relations 0.70≤a≤0.99 and 0.01≤b≤0.30. “n” represents an integer of 1 to 10. Z represents an aromatic group with a valency of (k+1) having 6 to 20 carbon atoms. “A” represents a single bond or —O—(CH | 2022-05-26 |
20220163891 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a treating vessel having an inner space, a support unit that supports and rotates the substrate in the inner space, and an exhaust unit that releases an air flow in the inner space. The exhaust unit includes an air-flow guide duct into which the air flow is introduced in a tangential direction with respect to a rotating direction of the substrate supported on the support unit. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163892 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - The inventive concept provides an apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus comprises a processing container having an inner space; a support unit configured to support and rotate the substrate in the inner space; a liquid supply unit configured to supply a treating liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit; and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust an air flow from the inner space, wherein the exhaust unit includes an air flow guide duct with an inlet provided to introduce the air flow into the air flow guide duct in a tangential direction to a rotating direction of the substrate supported on the support unit. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163893 | Curing a Shaped Film Using Multiple Images of a Spatial Light Modulator - A shaping system and method of shaping with the shaping system. The shaping system may include a spatial light modulator. The shaping system may include a radiation source to illuminate the spatial light modulator with actinic radiation. The shaping system may include a beam splitter configured to receive actinic radiation from the spatial light modulator and emit a first image of the spatial light modulator and a second image of the spatial light modulator. The shaping system may include a beam combiner configured to receive the first image and the second image and emit a combined image. The combined image may include the first image; and the second image offset from the first image. The shaping system may include a projection system configured to receive the combined image and illuminate formable material between a template and a substrate with a projected image at a plane of the formable material. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOUBLE-SIDED DIGITAL LITHOGRAPHY OR EXPOSURE - A double-sided digital lithography or exposure system and method are provided. The system includes a first optical engine | 2022-05-26 |
20220163895 | Method for Controlling a Lithographic System - A lithographic system comprises a radiation source and a lithographic apparatus. The radiation source provides radiation to the lithographic apparatus. The lithographic apparatus uses the radiation for imaging a pattern onto multiple target areas on a layer of photo-resist on a semiconductor substrate. The imaging requires a pre-determined dose of radiation. The system is controlled so as to set a level of a power of the radiation in dependence on a magnitude of the pre-determined dose. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163896 | IMAGE SENSOR FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - An image sensor for immersion lithography, the image sensor including: a grating; an absorber layer on the grating, the absorber layer configured to absorb radiation; and a liquidphobic coating at an upper surface of the image sensor, wherein a protective layer is provided between the absorber layer and the liquidphobic layer, the protective layer being less reactive than the absorber layer to an immersion liquid. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163897 | OPTICAL ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR GUIDING EUV RADIATION - An optical illumination system guides EUV radiation between a source region of an EUV light source and an object field, in which an object to be imaged is arrangeable. The illumination system has at least two EUV mirror components which reflect the EUV radiation and sequentially guide the EUV radiation between the source region and the object field. An optical diffraction component for suppressing extraneous light radiation is arranged on each of the two EUV mirror components. The two optical diffraction components are designed to suppress different extraneous light wavelengths. A first of the two optical diffraction components, which is arranged on a first of the EUV mirror components, is a grating with at least one first structure depth. A second of the two optical diffraction components, which is arranged on a second of the EUV mirror components, is a grating with at least one second different structure depth. The result can be improved suppression of extraneous light. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163898 | OPTIMIZATION-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR METROLOGY - One or more images of a device feature are acquired using an imaging tool. A geometrical shape is defined encompassing the relevant pixels of each image, where the geometrical shape is represented in terms of one or more parameters. A cost function is defined whose variables comprise the one or more parameters of the geometrical shape. For each image, numerical optimization is applied to obtain optimal values of the one or more parameters for which the cost function is minimized. The optimal values of the one or more parameters are reported as metrology data pertaining to the device feature. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING USING NARROWED BANDWIDTH - Systems, methods, and computer programs for increasing a contrast for a lithography system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of optimizing a process for imaging a feature on a substrate using a photolithography system is disclosed, the method including obtaining an optical spectrum of a light beam for the imaging, wherein the light beam includes pulses having a plurality of different wavelengths, and narrowing the optical spectrum of the pulses of the light beam for the imaging to improve a quality metric of the imaging. | 2022-05-26 |
20220163900 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a processing container having an inner space; a support unit having a support plate configured to support and rotate the substrate in the inner space; a liquid supply unit configured to supply treating liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit; and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust an air flow in the inner space, wherein the exhaust unit includes an air flow guide duct guiding a flow direction of an air flow flowing on the substrate to an outer side of the substrate due to a rotation of the substrate supported by the support unit, and the air flow guide duct having an inlet into which an air flow is introduced, the inlet provided at a substantially same level with the substrate supported by the support unit. | 2022-05-26 |