49th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090295971 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section having unit pixels arranged two-dimensionally in a matrix form. Each of the unit pixels includes a charge generation section configured to generate a signal charge, charge transfer sections configured to transfer the signal charge generated by the charge generation section, and a signal output section configured to generate and output a target signal commensurate with the charge of the signal generated by the charge generation section. The plurality of charge transfer sections are provided for each of the charge generation sections. The plurality of charge transfer sections are connected, on the side opposite to the charge generation section, to the signal output sections in different rows. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295972 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - In a solid-state imaging device, a VDr controls charge transfer performed by a column CCD such that: the column CCD consecutively transfers plural packets each of which is the charge transferred in well regions which are successive and segmentalized by barrier regions; a waiting period in which the charge transfer of the packets is halted is longer than a transfer period in which the charge transfer of the packets is performed; the charge transfer stages which operate as the barrier region are at least three adjacent stages among seven or more charge transfer stages in the waiting period; and a charge transfer stage in which a potential shape is inclined in a charge transfer direction is positioned most downstream among adjacent charge transfer stages which operate as the barrier region in the waiting period. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295973 | Solid-State Image Pickup Device - This invention is a solid-state image pickup device that solves the problem of limited dynamic range in the high luminance region in an image sensor having white pixels. White pixels or yellow pixels and at least red pixels, green pixels or blue pixels are arranged in array form on the light receiving surface of a semiconductor substrate. White pixels or yellow pixels have an additional capacitance C | 2009-12-03 |
20090295974 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF RESETTING THE SAME - A solid-state image pickup device comprises for each pixel a photoelectric converter PD, an input terminal FD of a signal amplifier and a transfer switch TX for transferring an optical signal from the photoelectric converter to the input terminal. The device additionally comprises means for resetting the photoelectric converter by opening the transfer switch TX under a condition of holding the voltage of the input terminal FD to a fixed high level before storing the optical signal in the photoelectric converter PD. With this arrangement, any residual electric charge in the photoelectric converter can be eliminated without paying the cost of reducing the manufacturing yield and degrading the chip performance. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295975 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a hinge unit that couples a display unit to an apparatus body rotatably around first and second rotational axes along different directions. When the display unit and the hinge unit are rotated together around the first rotation axis, the display unit is opened or closed with respect to the apparatus body. When the display unit is rotated with respect to the hinge unit, the display unit inverted or not inverted. A single detection object is provided in the hinge unit. An open/close detection sensor at a position deviated from the first rotation axis detects an open/close state of the display unit in accordance with a positional relationship relative to the detection object. An inversion detection sensor at a position deviated from the second rotation axis detects whether the display unit is inverted or not in accordance with a positional relationship relative to the detection object. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295976 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A terminal and method of controlling the same are disclosed, by which a user's convenience for photography using a terminal can be further enhanced. The terminal includes a camera, a display, a user input having a camera shutter key for photography, and a controller controlling at least one of more menu icons displayed in a standby mode to be displayed by being overlapped with a preview image obtained for the photography by the camera. A see-through image seen through a transparent display can become a camera preview image. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295977 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - To provide an image display device capable of carrying out a data reading process in advance on data of a plurality of images in an order according to the likelihood of becoming a display target. There is provided an image display device for displaying on a display device ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090295978 | Apparatus for processing digital image and method of controlling the same - An apparatus for processing a digital image capable of recognizing user input by motion of a user through a voice coil motor (VCM) is provided. Also, a method of controlling the apparatus is provided. The apparatus for processing a digital image includes: a body; a VCM installed to the body generating motion signals according to motion of the body; an operation recognition interface processing the motion signals and generating motion data of a digital signal; and a controller recognizing motion of the body from the motion data and recognizing user input according to the motion. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295979 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and a field-effect transistor are arranged on a semiconductor substrate so that a light-receiving surface is disposed at a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a peripheral circuit unit provided at a periphery of the image pickup pixel unit of the semiconductor substrate; and a multilayered wiring layer in which a plurality of wiring layers for driving the field-effect transistor of the image pickup pixel unit are laminated at a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a wiring in each of the wiring layers constituting the multilayered wiring layer is disposed so that a coverage of the wiring located at least in the image pickup pixel unit of the semiconductor substrate reaches 100%, viewed from the second surface side. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295980 | FOCUS ERROR ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided are a digital image processing device and an operation method therefor, and more particularly, a focus error adjusting apparatus and a method therefor whereby a focus error can be adjusted when a digital image processing device is manufactured or used. The focus error adjusting apparatus includes a photographing unit photographing a first image whose focus is adjusted, and photographing a plurality of images by changing movement values of a focus motor by referring to the first image; and a digital signal processing unit outputting a focus motor control signal to the photographing unit for the photographing, detecting an image having the greatest evaluation value of a high frequency component from among the first image and the plurality of images, and adjusting movement of the focus motor by as little as a variation value of the focus motor with respect to the image having the greatest evaluation value of the high frequency component. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295981 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD - An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensor, a driving unit that drives the image sensor so as to output electrical signals through multiple readout modes including at least a full pixel readout mode and a thinning readout mode, an acquisition unit that acquires lens magnification chromatic aberration correction information, a correction coefficient calculation unit that obtains a coefficient for a first magnification chromatic aberration correction method during full pixel readout and a coefficient for a second magnification chromatic aberration correction method during thinning readout, and a digital signal processor that corrects the electrical signals using the obtained coefficients. In the second magnification chromatic aberration correction method, the thinned and read-out electrical signals are corrected based on positions in the image sensor of pixels corresponding to the electrical signals. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295982 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a zoom lens system including a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a negative optical power, and a rear unit including at least one lens unit, which are disposed in the stated order from an object side to an image side. At least two lens units move for zooming so that a distance between adjacent lens units is changed. In this zoom lens system, the first lens unit includes a composite optical element in which a first optical element having a positive optical power and a second optical element having a negative optical power are cemented to each other. Refractive indexes and Abbe numbers of materials of the first optical element and the second optical element are set appropriately so that high optical performance is realized. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295983 | Camera module and electronic device including the same - In a camera module | 2009-12-03 |
20090295984 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus includes an operation button; and an operation member turnably mounted around the operation button, having an operation portion, and configured to allow a user to select a plurality of operation states by turning the operation portion. The operation portion is formed such that a user's finger placed on the operation button comes into contact with the operation portion at one or more positions to which the operation portion is turned. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295985 | CAMERA DEVICE - The present invention provides a camera device including: an image pickup element; a substrate mounted with the image pickup element thereon; and a housing accommodating the image pickup element therein. The housing is provided with a plurality of support members which extend upright and to which an external edge portion of the substrate is stuck with an adhesive. The substrate is provided with an application area to which the adhesive is applied, at the external edge portion stuck with the support members. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295986 | CAMERA LENS ACTUATION APPARATUS - A camera lens actuation apparatus for driving motion of a camera lens supported on a support structure by a suspension system. The apparatus incorporates a subassembly comprising SMA wire connected to at least one mounting member which is mounted to the support structure. At least one pair of lengths of SMA wire are held in tension between the camera lens element and the support structure at respective acute angles to the optical axis applying a tensional force having a component along the optical axis. The lengths of SMA wire in the pair are held at angle as viewed along the optical axis. There may be plural pairs with a balanced arrangement in which the forces generated have no net component perpendicular to the optical axis and generate no net torque around any axis perpendicular to the optical axis. A control circuit controls heating of the SMA wire in response to a measure of its resistance. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295987 | Apparatus and Method for Processing a Vertical Blanking Interval Signal - Apparatus and method for processing a vertical blanking interval (VBI) signal and video signal are provided. An exemplary apparatus comprises a VBI decoder, a mixer, and a TV encoder. The VBI decoder is configured to receive and decode the VBI signal to generate a decoded VBI signal. The mixer is configured to mix the video signal and decoded VBI signal to generate a mixed signal. The TV encoder is configured to encode the mixed signal to generate a first TV compatible signal for TV display. After receiving the first TV compatible signal, the TV not equipped with a VBI decoder can display the contents of the video signal and VBI signal. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295988 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A transmission apparatus is disclosed. A buffer memory stores first image data and second image data having a higher resolution than the first image data as image data to be transmitted. A transmission section transmits either the first image data or the second image data as streaming data. A communication section receives from a reception terminal device a control message representing a network situation and a level of a load imposed on a processing device performing upscaling in the reception terminal device. A control section transmits the first image data when the message denotes the network situation is bad, transmits either the first image data or second image data when it denotes the network situation is good, and controls the reception terminal device not to perform the upscaling when it denotes the network situation is good and the level of the load imposed on the processing device is high. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295989 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING CONTENT - Provided are method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving broadcasting content. The method of transmitting broadcasting content includes generating metadata including at least one of information about an acquisition route of at least one additional content related to the broadcasting content and information about a target device to use the at least one additional content and transmitting the metadata and a broadcasting signal including the broadcasting content. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295990 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ON THE FLY CEC MODIFICATION - A CEC on the fly modification function, operated by a manipulating switch including at least one HDMI-CEC input port and at least two HDMI-CEC output ports, enables the manipulating switch to receive a CEC block which was initiated by a certain device, modify one or more bits in the received CEC block, optionally on the fly, and supply the modified CEC block to one or more devices. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295991 | System and Method for Digital Picture Frame Syndication - A system and method for synchronizing feeds for multiple digital picture frames. Pictures are received. Each of the pictures is associated with one or more feeds. One or more of a number of digital picture frames are designated to receive each of the one or more feeds. User preferences are received for delivering the one or more feeds. The one or more feeds are communicated to the one or more digital picture frames designated to receive the one or more feeds. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295992 | Method and Apparatus for Audio and Video Synchronization Timestamp Rollover Correction - There are provided methods and apparatus for audio and video synchronization timestamp rollover correction. A synchronization apparatus includes a synchronizer for providing synchronization information for synchronizing a video stream with an audio stream during any point in a broadcast thereof irrespective of whether the video stream and the audio stream have different rollover points for their respective timestamps. The synchronization information is encoded for an out of band transmission with respect to the broadcast of the audio and video streams. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295993 | Control systems and methods using markers in image portion of audiovisual content - An example filtering system for filtering audiovisual content includes a detector arranged to detect presence of a specified marker in an image portion of the audiovisual content and a control system, responsive to the detector, for filtering the audiovisual content. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295994 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA WITHIN VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device includes: a first microprocessor transmitting character string data having a plurality of data elements, each data element including a character code and information on a position in which a character corresponding to the character code is displayed or information on an order in which the character corresponding to the character code is displayed; a second microprocessor receiving the character string data transmitted from the first microprocessor to produce a video signal with the character string data; and a display portion displaying a video according to the video signal produced by the second microprocessor. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295995 | RAPID CHANNEL SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION - An apparatus, for use in a receiver configured to receive electronic signals, for identifying digital signals that are available for reception, includes a timing recovery device configured to receive an incoming signal, related to a transmitted signal, the incoming signal having a first symbol rate, and to re-sample the incoming signal to provide a second symbol rate, and an analyzer that is in communication with the timing recovery device and that is configured to make a determination as to whether a difference between the second symbol rate and a third symbol rate of a transmitter providing the transmitted signal is within an acceptable tolerance and to use the determination in an analysis of whether the transmitted signal is available for reception. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295996 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CEC PROPAGATION CONTROL - A CEC propagation control function, operated by a manipulating switch including at least one HDMI-CEC input port and at least two HDMI-CEC output ports, enables the manipulating switch to receive a CEC block which was initiated by a certain device, and pass or intercept the received CEC block to one or more devices, optionally on the fly, and without modifying the received block. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295997 | MULTIPLE SINK CONFIGURATION SUPPORTING HDMI-CEC - Methods and devices for enabling a chain of displays to communicate with HDMI-CEC sources using HDMI-CEC. Also disclosed is a display device supporting picture-in-picture through two HDMI-CEC input ports, where each port communicates using HDMI-CEC with an HDMI-CEC source. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295998 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a first content reproduction unit to acquire and reproduce first content data, a second content reproduction unit to acquire and reproduce second content data, a display control unit to generate a multiple image for displaying a first image reproduced by the first content reproduction unit and a second image reproduced by the second content reproduction unit on one screen, a display unit to display the multiple image generated by the display control unit, and an operation processing unit to cause the display control unit to change at least one of a position, a size and a transparency of the first image or the second image according to operation information input by a user. | 2009-12-03 |
20090295999 | System of edge direction detection for comb filter - A system of edge direction detection for comb filter includes a buffer, first and second filters, first and second oblique detectors, and a comparator. The buffer receives and stores a composite signal. The first filter performs filtering operation on the composite signal to produce a first filter signal. The second filter performs filtering operation on the composite signal to produce a second filter signal. The first oblique detector detects an oblique in the first filter signal to produce a first oblique indication signal and a first oblique direction signal and output a first minimum oblique difference. The second oblique detector detects an oblique in the second filter signal to produce a second oblique indication signal and a second oblique direction signal and output a second minimum oblique difference. The comparator compares the first and second oblique indication signals and the first and second oblique direction signals to produce edge information. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296000 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING DATA BETWEEN TELEVISION RECEIVERS OVER A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK - Systems, method and apparatus are described for facilitating the collection of data from television receivers. First and second television receivers exchange data over a wireless communication link. The first television receiver transmits the data received from the second television receiver to a data collection system associated with a television provider. The data collection system processes the received data to analyze the operation of the second television receiver. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296001 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING TV BOX CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS NETWORK CARD CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit board includes a TV box circuit, a wireless network card circuit and a hub chip. The TV box circuit receives a TV signal. The wireless network card circuit receives or transmits a wireless communication signal. The hub chip is electrically connected to the TV box circuit and the wireless network card circuit for processing the TV signal and the wireless communication signal and transmitting the processed TV signal and the processed wireless communication signal to an electronic device. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296002 | NETWORK VIEWS FOR A MULTI DISPLAY NETWORK SUPPORTING CEC - Method and devices for discovering, maintaining and updating network views of a multi display network supporting CEC. Some embodiments include determining CEC logical addresses of HDMI-CEC devices coupled to HDMI-CEC ports using selective CEC message generation and handling. Other embodiments eliminate an HDMI-CEC device from selected cluster trees upon identifying TMDS communication. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296003 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SPOOFING CEC MESSAGES - Methods and devices for emulating HDMI-CEC devices, sub networks, or messages, including selecting the properties of an HDMI-CEC device to be emulated from at least two devices representing different functionalities, and initiating spoofed CEC messages. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296004 | Information processing device and information processing method - An information processing device of the present invention includes: a display portion that displays an image; a remote control information receiving portion that receives operation information transmitted from an external operation device; a content determination portion that determines, based on the received operation information, an instructed position and an operation content that are instructed by the external operation device with respect to the display portion; a cursor screen inside-outside determination portion that determines whether the instructed position is on an inside of the display portion; and a screen outside operation portion that performs control such that an action in accordance with the instructed position and the operation content is performed when it is determined that the instructed position is on an outside of the display portion. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296005 | LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention provides a luminance control method and a luminance control device for use with a projection system having a light source and a color wheel. The luminance control device includes a processing module, a power supply unit and a lamp driver. The luminance control method includes steps of issuing a power control signal to define a plurality of time segments in a cycle period, wherein luminance messages composed of different numbers of pulses are included in respective time segments; reading out the luminance messages included in the respective time segments in receipt of the power control signal; and adjusting luminance values of the light emitted by the light source to be projected to the color wheel according to the luminance messages. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296006 | VEHICLE MEDIA DEVICE - A media device door for a vehicle has a door configured to be coupled to a vehicle part. The door has an interior side facing the vehicle part and an exterior side facing a vehicle passenger compartment. The door has an open position and a closed position. A media device is incorporated into the door and remains operational regardless of the door position. A control for the media device is hidden behind the door when the door is in the closed position. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296007 | LIQUID CRYSTAL BLIND, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND REDUCED PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A liquid crystal blind includes a transparent first electrode layer, a transparent second electrode layer intersecting with the first electrode layer, and a liquid crystal cell formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the liquid crystal blind has an irradiation pattern, and a voltage is applied between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, thereby setting an irradiation area adapted to apply irradiation light to a semiconductor substrate and determining the irradiation pattern. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296008 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT, POLARIZED LIGHT ILLUMINATION OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A prism sheet is bonded to the bottom faces of rectangular prisms constituting a polarization beam splitter array. In the front face of the prism sheet, a plurality of rectangular prism elements are arranged in parallel to each other and a phase difference compensation film is formed on the surface. The edge lines of the rectangular prism elements are inclined at 45 degrees relative to the edge lines of the rectangular prisms. Linear polarized light of S-polarization component reflected by a polarized light separation film is reflected twice sequentially in a phase difference compensation film formed in a pair of oblique faces of the rectangular prism elements, so that the polarization direction is rotated by 90 degrees and then the light reenters the rectangular prism. Then, the light is transmitted through the polarized light separation film and then extracted from the rectangular prism. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296009 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device incorporating the same are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first base, a dielectric layer and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a reflective electrode. The dielectric layer covers at least part of the storage capacitor. The second substrate is substantially paralleled to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a second base, a black matrix and a common electrode. The black matrix corresponds to the storage capacitor. The black matrix includes an opening corresponding to the reflective electrode. The opening is provided to let an outside light enter into the liquid crystal display panel such that the reflective electrode reflects the outside light to provide a light source to the liquid crystal display panel. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296010 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a storage line, a main-storage electrode branched from the storage line, and sub-storage electrodes branched from the main-storage electrode. The main-storage electrode and the sub-storage electrodes form storage capacitors with a pixel electrode. The main-storage electrode has a structure that is suitable for improving an aperture ratio of the display apparatus, and the sub-storage electrodes has a structure that is suitable for improving a driving capability of the display apparatus. Thus, a desired aperture ratio and a desired driving capability may be obtained by adjusting lengths of the main-storage electrode and the sub-storage electrodes. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296011 | MOTHER SUBSTRATE FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY PANEL - A mother substrate for a liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of antistatic circuits connected with driving signal lines, respectively, and a plurality of switching circuits interposed between adjacent antistatic circuits of the antistatic circuits, respectively. Each switching circuit is controllable to electrically interconnect the adjacent antistatic circuits to one another when an inspection of a post-production available area is performed, and to electrically isolate the adjacent antistatic circuits from one another when a normal operation of the post-production available area is performed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296012 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a countering substrate facing the TFT substrate, a sealant, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the TFT substrate and the countering substrate. The TFT substrate includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, a first TFT formed in the peripheral area and including a semiconductor layer and a resistive contact member formed on the semiconductor layer, a light blocking semiconductor pattern, a second TFT formed in the display area and including a gate electrode. The sealant couples the TFT substrate to the countering substrate, and covers the first TFT. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296013 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A BROKEN LINE OF A FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a circuit and a method for repairing a broken line of a flat panel display device. The circuit includes a second repairing line and a resistance access port is disposed on the second repairing line. The method includes: disposing a resistance access port on a second repairing line of the flat panel display device; and connecting a resistance meeting a display requirement to the resistance access port. The above solutions enable the circuit for repairing to adjust the load resistance so as to adjust the display effect by disposing the resistance access port; thereby improving the repairing effect and making the display quality of the repaired flat panel display device meet the requirement. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296014 | Touch Panel Display Device - A touch panel display device has a touch panel and a liquid crystal module. The liquid crystal module has a frame and a liquid crystal panel positioned in the frame. The frame has a top surface formed as a rectangular rim shape. The frame has a first arm and a second arm projected from two adjacent edges of the top surface respectively. While the touch panel is adhered on the top surface of the frame, two adjacent edges of the touch panel are against the first arm and the second arm respectively. Therefore, the touch panel is aligned with the liquid crystal module and adhered on the top surface of the frame of the liquid crystal module without an extra tool for more convenience and accuracy of assembling the touch panel display device. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296015 | LCD display holder with sliding coupling - A device for holding an LCD display includes a substantially U-shaped support adapted to stably rest upon a flat surface, the support having two upright arms; a fastening plate threadedly secured to the LCD display; and a hollow coupling extending rearward of the fastening plate, the coupling comprising two vertically aligned first holes proximate one side, two vertically aligned second holes proximate the other side, a first threaded hole at one side, and a second threaded hole at the other side. The arms are adapted to pass through the first and second holes, a first fastener is adapted to drive through the first threaded hole to secure to one arm, and a second fastener is adapted to drive through the second threaded hole to secure to the other arm. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296016 | Liquid Crystal Display and Frame Set Thereof - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display that includes a plastic frame, a printed circuit board, a pin, a slot, a first constraining part and a liquid crystal panel. The printed circuit board has at least one hole therein. The pin is disposed on the plastic frame. The slot is formed on the pin and extends along the major axis of the pin. The first constraining part is disposed on the side surface of the pin for constraining the printed circuit board between the first constraining part and the plastic frame. The liquid crystal panel is held by the plastic frame and electrically connected to the printed circuit board. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296017 | Line light source device, plane light emission device, plane light source device, and liquid crystal display - In the line light source device and the plane light emission device, first recesses | 2009-12-03 |
20090296018 | Light-Emitting Device - A light-emitting device, comprising: a radiation source ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090296019 | OPTICAL SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical sheet, a backlight unit including the optical sheet, and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit may be provided. The optical sheet may include a reflective polarizing film, a base film on one surface of the reflective polarizing film, and a plurality of projections on the base film. The base film may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first thickness T | 2009-12-03 |
20090296020 | LIGHT DIFFUSION DEVICE, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A light diffusion device including a light incident surface and a light exit surface is provided. The light exit surface has at least one light scattering pattern. A trajectory of the light scattering pattern is a continuous curve. The continuous curve is winded to form a plurality of closed patterns in sequence on the light exit surface, and two adjacent closed patterns at least overlap partly. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296021 | OPTICAL SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical sheet, a backlight unit including the optical sheet, and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit may be provided. The optical sheet may include a reflective polarizing film, a base film on one surface of the reflective polarizing film, and a projection portion on the base film. The projection portion may include a plurality of diffusion particles, a plurality of peaks, a plurality of valleys formed from the plurality of peaks, and a base portion between the base film and the peaks and the valleys. A height of the base portion is approximately 5% to 50% of a height of one of the peaks. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296022 | OPTICAL SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical sheet, a backlight unit including the optical sheet, and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit may be provided. The optical sheet may include a reflective polarizing film, a first adhesive layer on one surface of the reflective polarizing film, and a first diffusion layer on the first adhesive layer. The first diffusion layer may include a first light transmitting material and a plurality of first diffusion particles provided therein. A difference between a refractive index of the first adhesive layer and a refractive index of the first light transmitting material is less than or equal to approximately 0.2. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296023 | OPTICAL SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical sheet, a backlight unit including the optical sheet and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit are disclosed. The optical sheet includes a reflective polarizing film, and a first diffusing layer on the reflective polarizing film. The first diffusing layer includes a plurality of first diffusion particles. The first diffusion particles have a volume distribution as a function of diameter. For a diameter D of a first diffusion particle corresponding to a maximum value of the volume distribution, a summation of volumes of a portion of the first diffusion particles having diameters between D−2 μm and D+2 μm is about 40% to 80% of a total volume of the first diffusion particles. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296024 | LIGHT DIFFUSER PLATE WITH PRIMER LAYER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, LAMINATED OPTICAL MEMBER, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a light-diffuser-plate-with-primer-layer, which permits lamination of an optical film or the like thereon with a sufficient bonding strength, and a process for producing the same efficiently and at a lower cost. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296025 | LAMP ASSEMBLY, LIGHT SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A lamp assembly, light supplying module and LCD device using the same are provided. The LCD device includes the light-supplying module for generating a first light, a light distribution-changing module for receiving the first light and changing the optical characteristics of the first light to output a second light, and a display module for receiving the second light having improved optical characteristics, the light distribution-changing module being coupled to the light-supplying module by means of a first engaging member, the display module being coupled to the light distribution-changing module by means of a second engaging member, and the display module, light distribution-changing module and light-supplying module being coupled to each other by means of a third engaging member. Therefore, each component of the LCD device having above structure is easily separated, replaced and easily repaired. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296026 | Led back-light unit and liquid crystal display device using the same - An LED back-light unit and other devices using the LED back-light unit are discussed. According to one embodiment, an LED back-light unit includes a light guide portion that includes a light guide plate and a reflection plate coupled to the light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a light input part and a first connection part, and wherein the reflection plate has a second connection part connected to the first connection part, and a light source including at least one light emitting diode, the light source emitting light toward the light guide portion. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296027 | ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are an elliptically polarizing plate that is excellent in contrast in an oblique direction and has a broadband and a wide viewing angle, and an image display device using the elliptically polarizing plate. The elliptically polarizing plate of the present invention includes in order: a polarizer; a protective layer; a first birefringent layer having a refractive index profile of nz>nx=ny; a second birefringent layer that functions as a λ/2 plate; and a third birefringent layer that functions as a λ/4 plate. A ratio Rth | 2009-12-03 |
20090296028 | OPTICAL SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical sheet and a liquid crystal display including the same are disclosed. The optical sheet includes a reflective polarizing film, a first adhesive layer on one surface of the reflective polarizing film, and a first diffusion layer on the first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer has first and second thicknesses. The first diffusion layer includes a first light transmitting material and a plurality of first diffusion particles. At least one of the first diffusion particles has a portion protruding above a surface of the first light transmitting material, and a height of the portion, h | 2009-12-03 |
20090296029 | Hard Coat Film, Coating Liquid For Forming A Hard Coat Layer, Polarizing Plate And Transmission Type LCD - The present invention provides a hard coat film and a coating liquid for forming a hard coat layer having excellent antifouling properties with low costs. It is a feature of the present invention that the coating liquid for forming a hard coat layer has at least an ionizing radiation curable material, a fluorosurfactant or a silicone surfactant, and a solvent and a weight mean solubility δ of the component excluding the solvent component and the fluorosurfactant or the silicone surfactant component from the coating liquid for forming a hard coat layer is 21.5 or more. In addition, it is also a feature of the present invention that the weight mean solubility δ of the component excluding the fluorosurfactant or the silicone surfactant component from the coating liquid for forming a hard coat layer is 19.0 or more. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296030 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a first light shielding layer that is formed along the second direction in a region, which is positioned between the pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction, of a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a first electrode that is formed within the pixel of a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and has an electrode portion extending in a predetermined direction; a second electrode that is disposed corresponding to a region, which is positioned between the pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction, of the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and that is formed such that at least a part thereof overlaps the first light shielding layer in plan view and has an electrode portion extending in a direction along the electrode portion of the first electrode; a third electrode that has an electrode portion formed along the first direction in a region, which is positioned between the pixels adjacent to each other in the second direction, of the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the first and second substrates and is aligned in an in-plane direction of the first or second substrate according to an electric field generated between the first and second substrates. The first electrode has extending electrodes that are formed at both ends thereof to extend in opposite directions along the third electrode. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296031 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - One of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode includes, on a protective film formed so as to cover the thin film transistor, a planar metal electrode formed so as to cover routh surface formed in the reflective pixel part; and a planar transparent electrode formed in the reflective pixel part and the transparent pixel part so as to cover the metal electrode. Another one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode includes, on an insulating film formed so as to cover the one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, a plurality of linear electrodes provided in parallel with one another so as to overlap the one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. The transparent electrode included in the one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode is formed of a transparent conductive film which is formed through application. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296032 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate formed with a number of switching elements and photosensors, a countersubstrate arranged opposite to the array substrate with a gap between the array substrate and the countersubstrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the countersubstrate and formed from a liquid crystal material which is negative in dielectric anisotropy, and an alignment control structure set on at least one of the array substrate and countersubstrate to control the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer, wherein each of the photosensors being placed opposite to the alignment control structure. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296033 | Resin Composition and Display Unit - A thin display unit that incorporates a high-luminance, high-contrast display part that is free of image detects caused by the deformation of the display part is provided. The display unit of the present invention includes an image display part | 2009-12-03 |
20090296034 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display, the method including; disposing a thin film transistor having an input terminal and an output terminal on a first substrate, connecting a pixel electrode to the output terminal, disposing an organic layer on the pixel electrode, forming a first alignment layer having at least tow different alignment directions by disposing a mask on the organic layer and radiating an ion beam to the organic layer, disposing a common electrode on a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, forming a second alignment layer having at least tow different alignment directions on the common electrode, and disposing a liquid crystal layer between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296035 | Backlight driving circuit and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first substrate includes a plurality of first region-dividing structures; the second substrate includes a plurality of second region-dividing structures. The first substrate, the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer form a plurality of pixel elements, each of the pixel elements is divided into a plurality of regions by the first region-dividing structures and the second region-dividing structures, and the liquid crystal molecules have gradually and continuously changed alignments in at least one of the regions. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296036 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An LCD having pixels arrayed along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction includes: opposite first and second substrates having facing first and second surfaces, respectively; a first light shielding layer formed along the second direction between the pixels adjacent in the first direction on the first surface; a first electrode formed within each pixel on the second surface and having a first electrode portion; a second electrode positioned between the pixels adjacent in the first direction on the second surface to at least partially overlap the first light shielding layer in plan view and having a second electrode portion extending along the first electrode portion; a third electrode having a third electrode portion formed along the first direction between the pixels adjacent in the second direction on the second surface. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296037 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided and includes pixel electrodes, each of the pixel electrodes including a plurality of electrode sections which are arranged parallel to each other. Each electrode section is bent approximately in the middle along its extension direction in plan view. The pixel electrodes include a center connection portion adapted to connect together the electrode sections at their bent portions, and include end connection portions adapted to connect together the electrode sections at their end portions, and include protruding portions each of which is formed by extending the end connection portion in such a manner as to protrude from the arranged electrode sections. The display device also includes a substrate on which the pixel electrodes are arranged, an opposed substrate provided to face the side of the substrate on which the pixel electrodes are formed, and a liquid crystal layer filled and sealed between the substrate and opposed substrate. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296038 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same - A gate-in-panel type liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from and facing each other, the first and second substrates including a display area and a non-display area; gate lines, data lines, thin film transistors and pixel electrodes in the display area on the first substrate, the gate lines and the data lines crossing each other to define pixel regions, the thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and the data lines, the pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors; gate pads and data pads in the non-display area on the first substrate, the gate pads and the data pads receiving direct current (DC) signals and alternating current (AC) signals; gate link lines connected to the gate pads and including first gate link lines and second gate link lines, the first gate link lines transmitting the DC signals and disposed to be adjacent to and parallel to each other, the second gate link lines transmitting the AC signals and disposed to be adjacent to and parallel to each other; connection lines connected to the gate link lines; gate circuit blocks connected to the connection lines, the gate circuit blocks generating gate signals using the DC signals and the AC signals and providing the gate signals to the gate lines; and a seal pattern between the first and second substrates and overlapping the gate link lines. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296039 | Thin Film Transistor Array Panel With Improved Connection to Test Lines - A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel with improved contact between the display signal lines and test lines is presented. The TFT array panel includes: gate lines and data lines intersecting each other, switching elements connected to the gate lines and the data lines, and at least one test line disposed near end portions of the gate lines or the data lines. An insulating layer covers the gate lines, the data lines and the switching elements and has first contact holes exposing the end portions of the gate lines or the data lines and second contact holes exposing the test lines. Auxiliary test lines are formed on the insulating layer and commonly connected to conductive layers, wherein the conductive layers connect at least one test line to the gate lines or the data lines via the first and the second contact holes. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296040 | SYNTHETIC RESIN LENS AND EYE LENS ARTICLE THEREOF - The synthetic resin lens has a function to generate heat by selectively absorbing infrared rays with wavelengths of 780 to 3000 nm. The synthetic resin lens includes an infrared absorber. Selective absorption of infrared rays allows the synthetic resin lens itself to generate heat and thus the lens of the present invention has the same function as being electrically heated to prevent fogging. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296041 | EYEGLASS SET - The present invention aims to provide an eyeglass set that is easy to manufacture and that can be used as a prescription sunglass having excellent designability. The present invention provides an eyeglass set | 2009-12-03 |
20090296042 | Eyeglasses having interchangeable frames - Eyeglasses having interchangeable frames comprise an eyeglass frame mounted with at least one lens frame. The eyeglass frame is formed with at least one receiving cavity having at least one first insertion slot near a nose pad portion of the eyeglass frame, at least one through hole having a same shape as a mating lens, and at least one second insertion slot adjacent to an outward end of the through hole. When the lens frame mounted with the lens is pressed into the receiving cavity, at least one first engaging portion and at least one second engaging portion extending from the lens frame are engaged with the first and second insertion slots, respectively. Thus, the eyeglass frame is stably combined with the lens frame through a simple and rapid assembling process, allowing eyeglass manufacturers to match such eyeglass frames and lens frames of different colors as needed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296043 | Ophthalmic lens and a display including such a lens and an optical imager - The invention relates to an ophthalmic lens for constituting an ophthalmic display, associated with an optical imager for shaping light beams and directing them towards the eye of the wearer so as to enable information content to be viewed, said optical imager being secured to said lens. According to the invention, the lens is associated with marking including referencing for the position of said imager relative to said lens as a function of the correction parameters of said lens. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296044 | Eyewear supporting electrical components and apparatus therefor - Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. The electrical components can be partially or completely internal to eyewear. The electrical components can also be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. Apparatus for presenting after-market electrical components are also disclosed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296045 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system includes at least one light source capable of generating light of at least three wavelength sections; at least three integrator modules for receiving the light of each wavelength section and performing a uniformization process on the light of each wavelength section; at least three first lens modules for receiving the after the uniformization process light and converging angles of the light into a predetermined range; a light coupling module for receiving the converged light and performing a light-coupling process on the light; and a polarization conversion module for receiving the coupled light and performing a polarization conversion process on the light. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296046 | Projector - A projector having a first lens array with a plurality of first lenses in a plane substantially orthogonal to an optical axis of the light beam from a light source that divides the light beam into a plurality of partial light beams, a second lens array having a plurality of second lenses corresponding to the plurality of first lenses, and a polarization converter that is disposed on a light beam emitting-side of the first lens array. A focal position in a first direction of the first lens is set in the vicinity of the second lens array in the optical direction of the light beam irradiated from the first lens. A focal position in the second direction of the first lens is set in the vicinity of the polarization converter in the optical direction of the light beam irradiated from the first lens. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296047 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes an illumination optical system that includes first and second beam splitting units, a first polarization conversion element, third and fourth beam splitting units, a second polarization conversion element, a first beam combining unit configured to combine a plurality of first polarized light beams with a plurality of second polarized light beams, a third polarization conversion element configured to convert a plurality of combined light beams into a plurality of polarized light beams, and a condensing unit configured to superimpose the plurality of polarized light beams onto the image display element, wherein each of the first and third beam splitting units includes a cylinder lens array. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296048 | Lighted Image Rendering Lamp - Disclosed herein is an illuminating apparatus for rendering lighted images of different shapes in different directions. The illuminating apparatus comprises a lamp fixture, a perforated dish affixed to the lamp pipe, a lamp shade affixed over the perforated dish, and a dome cover affixed on top of the lamp shade. The lamp fixture comprises a light bulb socket, a lamp pipe, and a lamp base. A light bulb is affixed to the light bulb socket and enclosed within the lamp shade. The dome cover comprises multiple inscriptions. The lamp shade comprises a layered mesh. The layered mesh may comprise wires crossing at right angles. On lighting the light bulb, the light passes through the perforations of the perforated dish, the inscriptions of the dome cover, and between the wires of the layered mesh, thereby rendering the lighted images of the different shapes in different directions. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296049 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes a three-color LED source having a red LED, a green LED and a blue LED, a light pipe for making uniform illumination distribution of light emitted from the three-color LED source, an optical lens for making the light from the light pipe into parallel light, and a light modulation element for modulating the light from the optical lens. The optical lens includes a first toroidal lens element provided with a first entrance face on which the light whose angle with respect to an optical axis is a predetermined angle is incident to image the light, and a first exit face which emits the light incident from the first entrance face, and a second lens element provided with a second entrance face which is adjacently disposed to the first exit face in an optical axis direction. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296050 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY - A projection type display includes an optical system that includes a focus lens and is configured to project an image, a driver configured to move the focus lens along an optical axis, a phase difference sensor configured to receive light of the image that has been projected, and a controller configured to calculate a phase difference based on an output of the phase difference sensor, to calculate an in-focus position based on the phase difference that has been calculated, and to move the focus lens via the driver to the in-focus position for a focus control of the optical system, wherein the controller provides the focus control while a current position of the focus lens is located within an allowable range that is previously set in a movable range over which the focus lens can move along the optical axis. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296051 | POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR INTEGRATION ROD - A position adjustment device for an integration rod includes a fixed plate, two resilient members, and two adjusting screws. The first resilient member is positioned between the fixed plate and the rod for exerting an elastic force on the rod in a first direction, and the second resilient member is positioned between the fixed plate and the rod for exerting an elastic force on the rod in a second direction different from the first direction. The first adjusting screw is inserted through the part of the housing and has a first end surface that presses against one side surface of the rod opposite the first resilient member. The second adjusting screw is inserted through the part of the housing and has a second end surface that presses against one side surface of the rod opposite the second resilient member. The first and the second end surface are arc surfaces. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296052 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHODS - A system for cleaning a limited area of a top surface of a substrate table or an object positioned on a top surface of a substrate table is disclosed. The optical system used during normal imaging is adjusted to limit the cross-sectional area of a radiation beam to form a cleaning radiation beam which impinges on the limited area. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296053 | Apparatus and method for providing fluid for immersion lithography - A lithographic projection apparatus projects a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system. The apparatus has a liquid supply system to supply a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate. The apparatus also has a fluid removal system including a chamber to hold liquid and having an open end adjacent to a volume in which fluid will be present. The open end removes, through a pressure differential across-the open end when liquid is present in the chamber, substantially only liquid from the volume when liquid in the volume is adjacent to the open end but not gas from the volume when gas in the volume is adjacent to the open end. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296054 | IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY METHOD - An immersion lithography method includes preparing an exposure tool having an exposure stage, a projection lens having an immersion head movable on the stage and used to form an immersion region and an illumination light source provided on the projection lens via a mask, placing a to-be-exposed substrate on the stage, supplying a liquid by use of the immersion head and forming the immersion region disposed between a surface portion of the substrate and a lower end portion of the projection lens, and relatively moving the stage and projection lens while holding the immersion region and exposing a region of the substrate covered with the immersion region. A first distance between the projection lens and the substrate is kept unchanged and a second distance between the immersion head and substrate is changed according to an exposure sequence. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296055 | LENS HEATING COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods for calibrating a photolithographic system are disclosed. A cold lens contour for a reticle design and at least one hot lens contour for the reticle design are generated from which a process window is defined. Aberrations induced by a lens manipulator are characterized in a manipulator model and the process window is optimized using the manipulator model. Aberrations are characterized by identifying variations in critical dimensions caused by lens manipulation for a plurality of manipulator settings and by modeling behavior of the manipulator as a relationship between manipulator settings and aberrations. The process window may be optimized by minimizing a cost function for a set of critical locations. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296056 | SUBSTRATE TABLE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A table is disclosed in which measures are taken to seal between the table and an edge of an object, in use, supported on the table. In particular, a capillary passage is formed between the object on the table and the table itself. A meniscus pinning feature and/or the presence of an overpressure at the radially inward side of the capillary passage holds the liquid in the passage and helps prevent it from advancing further radially inwardly. The features to perform this function may be associated with or formed in a member surrounding the object. The member may be thermally decoupled from a part of the table. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296057 | AUTOMATED DETERMINATION OF HEIGHT AND TILT OF A SUBSTRATE SURFACE WITHIN A LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - Method and apparatus are provided for automated determination and adjustment of height and tilt of a substrate surface within a lithography system. The method includes: directing a beam of light onto the substrate surface, which reflects off the substrate surface as a reflected beam; optically splitting the reflected beam into a first reflected beam portion and a second reflected beam portion; impinging the first reflected beam portion onto a first detector plane of a first optical detector to generate intensity data, and impinging the second reflected beam portion onto a second detector plane of a second optical detector to generate intensity data, and utilizing the generated data in determining height and tilt of the substrate surface relative to a nominal writing plane of the lithography system. Responsive to the determination, focus or tilt of the system's writing beam, or position of the substrate surface within the system, is adjusted. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296058 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A detection method for detecting a property of an extended pattern formed by at least one line generally extending in a first direction. The extended pattern is formed on a substrate or on a substrate table and may extend, for example, over a length of at least 50× the width of the line. The extended pattern is focus sensitive. The detection method includes moving the substrate table in a first direction and measuring along that first direction a property of the extended pattern. The property can be a result of a physical property of the extended pattern in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In a next step a calibration of the substrate table position can be derived from the measured position of the extended pattern. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296059 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a wavefront aberration of a measurement target optical system, the apparatus including a fringe scanning unit configured to perform fringe scanning by changing a phase difference between test light and reference light, a determination unit configured to determine a nonlinear error representing a nonlinear change in feature amount, which is derived from an interference pattern between the test light and the reference light, with respect to predetermined control data by performing fringe scanning by the fringe scanning unit in accordance with the control data in a plurality of phase states, and a correction unit configured to correct, based on the nonlinear error determined by the determination unit, a wavefront aberration of the measurement target optical system calculated from the interference pattern between the test light and the reference light. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296060 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a phase adjuster to adjust a phase of an optical wave traversing an optical element of the phase adjuster during exposure of a pattern on a substrate. In an embodiment, the optical element is a heat controllable optical element in a projection system of the lithographic apparatus. In use, the pattern is illuminated with an illumination mode including an off-axis radiation beam. This beam is diffracted into zeroth-order and first-order diffracted beams oppositely and asymmetrically inclined with respect to an optical axis. An area is identified where the first-order diffracted beam traverses the optical element. An image characteristic of an image of the pattern is optimized by calculating a desired optical phase of the first-order diffracted beam in relation to the optical phase of the zeroth-order diffracted beam. The phase adjuster is controlled to apply the desired optical phase to the first order diffracted beam. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296061 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND A METHOD OF CONVERTING AN APPARATUS - A detector detects liquid in the path of a projection beam or alignment beam. A controller then determines which one or more of a plurality of compensating optical elements may be provided in the optical path of the projection beam or alignment beam in order to focus the projection beam or alignment beam on the surface of the substrate. The appropriate optical element may be placed in the path of the projection beam or alignment beam directly as a final element of the projection system or alignment system respectively. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296062 | METHOD OF MEASURING POSITION ERROR OF BEAM OF EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of measuring a position error of a beam of an exposure apparatus and an exposure apparatus using the same are provided. An exposure apparatus using a digital micromirror device (DMD) element instead of a mask measures a radiation amount of a beam that passes through each pinhole using a mask including a pinhole, and when the radiation amount is less than a reference value, it is determined that an exposure beam has a position error. By using the exposure apparatus and a method of measuring a position error of a beam, a measurement time period is reduced, and a position error of a beam is simply and accurately determined. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296063 | Exposure apparatus - In order that an exposure apparatus for producing exposed structures in a photosensitive layer arranged on an object, comprising an object carrier and an exposure device, wherein the object carrier and the exposure device can be moved relative to one another in an advance direction and wherein exposure spots can be produced on the photosensitive layer in a position-controlled manner by means of the exposure device transversely with respect to the advance direction, is improved in such a way that a highest possible exposure power is available, i.e. a largest possible number of exposure spots can be produced per unit time, it is proposed that the exposure device has at least one exposure unit with a series of radiation exit regions which are arranged successively in a series direction and from which exposure beams emerge, by means of each of which, passed through an imaging optical system, an exposure spot can be produced on the photosensitive layer and each of which can be deflected by a deflection unit in a deflection direction running transversely with respect to the series direction, such that each exposure beam can produce exposure spots that at least partly overlap one another in a multiplicity of successive exposure spot positions in the deflection direction. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296064 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR SIZING FOCUSED SPOTS OF A PATTERNING SYSTEM FOR MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY - An optical system for producing a pattern of focused spots, such as a maskless lithographic projection system, includes an illuminator, a pattern generator, and an imager. The illuminator includes a light source for generating a light beam, a homogenizer for evenly dispersing light within the light beam, and a condenser for coupling the light source to the homogenizer. The pattern generator has individually addressable elements illuminated by the light beam from the illuminator. The imager images the addressable elements of the pattern generator onto corresponding focusing elements for forming focused spots that are conjugate to aperture stops in both the imager and the illuminator. The illuminator underfills the imager aperture stop for reducing the size of the focused spots. The condenser underfills the illuminator aperture stop for further controlling the size and shape of the focused spots. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296065 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE APPARATUS - A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed that includes a table, a shutter member, a fluid handling structure, and a fluid extraction system. The fluid handling structure may be configured to supply and confine liquid between a projection system and (i) a substrate, or (ii) the table, or (iii) a surface of the shutter member, or (iv) a combination selected from (i)-(iii). The surface of the shutter member may adjoin and be co-planar with a surface of the table. The surfaces of the shutter member and the table may be spaced apart by a gap. The fluid extraction system may be configured to remove liquid from the gap. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296066 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEPOLARIZER - The disclosure relates to an exposure system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus that includes a light source which produces substantially linearly polarised light which is propagated along a light propagation direction. The system also includes a light mixing system and an effectively depolarising system which is arranged upstream of the light mixing system in the light propagation direction. The effectively depolarising system causes a variation in the polarisation direction over the light beam cross-section such that the light mixing effected by the light mixing system substantially produces light without a polarisation preferred direction in an illumination plane, wherein the effectively depolarising system has at least one element of optically active crystal material with at least one portion extending substantially wedge-shaped in the light propagation direction, wherein the optical crystal axis is substantially parallel to the light propagation direction. The disclosure also provides a depolarizer which can be used in an illumination system. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296067 | Stage drive method and stage unit, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - When a transition from a first state where one stage is positioned at a first area directly below projection optical system to which liquid is supplied to a state where the other stage is positioned at the first area, both stages are simultaneously driven while a state where both stages are close together in the X-axis direction is maintained. Therefore, it becomes possible to make a transition from the first state to the second state in a state where liquid is supplied in the space between the projection optical system and the specific stage directly under the projection optical system. Accordingly, the time from the completion of exposure operation on one stage side until the exposure operation begins on the other stage side can be reduced, which allows processing with high throughput. Further, because the liquid can constantly exist on the image plane side of the projection optical system, generation of water marks on optical members of the projection optical system on the image plane side is prevented. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296068 | SUBSTRATE TABLE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A table is disclosed in which an opening is provided for the provision of immersion fluid onto a top surface of the table. In an embodiment, there are two such openings. The first of the openings surrounds a substrate support of the table and the second of the openings extends around an outer edge of the table. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296069 | Stage drive method and stage unit, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - When a transition from a first state where one stage is positioned at a first area directly below projection optical system to which liquid is supplied to a state where the other stage is positioned at the first area, both stages are simultaneously driven while a state where both stages are close together in the X-axis direction is maintained. Therefore, it becomes possible to make a transition from the first state to the second state in a state where liquid is supplied in the space between the projection optical system and the specific stage directly under the projection optical system. Accordingly, the time from the completion of exposure operation on one stage side until the exposure operation begins on the other stage side can be reduced, which allows processing with high throughput. Further, because the liquid can constantly exist on the image plane side of the projection optical system, generation of water marks on optical members of the projection optical system on the image plane side is prevented. | 2009-12-03 |
20090296070 | Systems and Methods for Targeting Directed Energy Devices - Systems and methods for targeting a directed energy system are provided. A particular system includes a first laser and a second laser. The system also includes a scanning system coupled to the first laser and the second laser. The scanning system is adapted to movably direct the second laser in a pattern around a pointing location of the first laser. | 2009-12-03 |