Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical device
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Application No.: US15567470Application Date: 2016-05-10
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Publication No.: US10345675B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Hirofumi Kubota , Yuko Suzuka
- Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2015-103935 20150521
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/002296 WO 20160510
- International Announcement: WO2016/185692 WO 20161124
- Main IPC: G02F1/29
- IPC: G02F1/29 ; G02B5/04 ; G02F1/1333

Abstract:
An optical device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a refractive index adjustment layer that has a refractive index changing in response to an electric field and is changeable between a transparent state and a state in which the refractive index adjustment layer distributes incident light; and a textured layer including a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the second electrode. The refractive index adjustment layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The textured layer is provided between the first electrode and the refractive index adjustment layer. The plurality of protrusions is in the form of stripes. The protrusion has a substantially trapezoidal cross-section. A trapezoid which is a cross-sectional shape of the protrusion has a base angle θ at both ends of the lower base ranging from 70 degrees to 85 degrees.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180120667A1 OPTICAL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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