Abstract: The present invention relates to a triboelectric energy harvesting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The triboelectric energy harvesting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first frictional layer provided with a first surface having first electron affinity, and a second frictional layer facing the first surface and having second electron affinity, wherein at least one of the first and second frictional layers is formed of an elastic material and is provided in an elastic structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a triboelectric energy harvesting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The triboelectric energy harvesting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first frictional layer provided with a first surface having first electron affinity, and a second frictional layer facing the first surface and having second electron affinity, wherein at least one of the first and second frictional layers is formed of an elastic material and is provided in an elastic structure.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a display element includes a first electrode; a dielectric layer having recessed regions therein over the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer; and a fluid with colorant particles within the display element, wherein a voltage signal applied to the first electrode and the second electrode controls movement of the colorant particles such that a first voltage signal provides a first optical state by compacting the colorant particles into the recessed regions and a second voltage signal provides a second optical state by spreading the colorant particles in the fluid.

Abstract: Systems and a method for routing optical signals are disclosed. One system includes a first large core hollow metal waveguide configured to guide a substantially coherent optical beam. A second large core hollow waveguide is optically coupled to the first waveguide with a coupling device. The coupling device is configured to divide the coherent optical beam into a transmitted beam and a reflected beam. Beam walk-off within the coupling device causes the transmitted beam to be shifted by an offset amount. The second large core hollow metal waveguide is shifted from the first large core hollow metal waveguide by approximately the offset amount to receive the shifted transmitted beam.

Abstract: An optical interconnect assembly provides board to board interconnect in an electronic system. The optical interconnect assembly can include a plurality of optical fibers, having a connector disposed at the first ends, and a rigid optical mount disposed at the second ends. The rigid optical mount holds the optical fibers in alignment and in optical communication with a plurality of optical transducers mounted on the optical mount. Electrical contacts coupled to the optical transducers enable solder-attachment of one end of the optical interconnect assembly to a circuit board.

Abstract: An optical splitter device and method are provided. The device can include a waveguide having walls forming a large hollow core. The waveguide can be configured to direct an optical signal through the large hollow core. An optical tap can be formed through at least one wall of the waveguide. In addition, a prism can be located in the large hollow core of the waveguide and aligned with the optical tap. A splitter coating can be provided on the prism to direct a portion of the optical signal outside of the waveguide through the optical tap.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a pellicle beam splitter includes etching an aperture in a support substrate; bonding a beam splitter substrate to an upper surface of the support substrate so that the beam splitter substrate covers the aperture; and depositing at least one optical coating on the beam splitter substrate. A pellicle beam splitter includes a support substrate, an aperture created in the support substrate using a semiconductor fabrication processes and a beam-splitting coating covering the aperture.

Abstract: A dynamically tunable diffuser having a dynamically tunable scattering angle is provided. The dynamically tunable diffuser has a first diffuser having a first series of microstructures and at least one second diffuser having a second series of microstructures that is rotated relative to the first series of microstructures to provide an angle offset between the first diffuser and the at least one second diffuser. The first diffuser and the at least one second diffuser are integrated together in a display screen to provide good quality, continuous 3D images to viewers regardless of their position and height.

Abstract: A dual color electronically addressable ink includes a positively charged ink and a negatively charged ink. The positively charged ink includes a non-polar carrier fluid, pigment-loaded basic resin particles having a first color, and an acceptor charge adjuvant. The negatively charged ink includes the non-polar carrier fluid, pigment-loaded acidic resin particles having a second color that is different than the first color, and a donor charge adjuvant. The dual color electronically addressable ink also includes at least one charge director.

Abstract: There is provided a display including a display including a number of display cells (400). Each of the display cells (400) includes a first electrode (414), which is transparent and disposed over a front surface of a display cell (400). A second electrode (418) is disposed opposite the first electrode (414). A dielectric layer (404) is disposed between the first electrode (414) and the second electrode (418), and is patterned to create a plurality of recessed volumes (408). A fluid is disposed in a volume defined by the first electrode (414), the dielectric layer (404), and the recessed volumes (408). The fluid (410) comprises a dye of a different color from an adjacent display cell (400). Charged particles (412) are disposed within the fluid (410).

Abstract: A transparent conductor structure includes a transparent, insulating substrate and a discontinuous, transparent conducting layer established on the substrate. The discontinuous conducting layer is partitioned into a plurality of segments, each of which has a thickness ranging from about 1 nm to about 10 ?m. Two or more of the segments are connected together by i) a metal trace disposed on or between them, or ii) a mesh, formed from a plurality of metal traces, disposed across a surface of the segments.

Abstract: A display element includes a first electrode including conductive lines, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer on the first electrode. The dielectric layer has recess regions therein exposing at least portions of the conductive lines. The display element includes a fluid with colorant particles between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A display includes a plurality of display elements. Each display element includes two opposed electrodes, a first dielectric layer, a fluid including a plurality of colorants, and a second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the electrodes and has at least one reservoir defined therein. The second dielectric layer exhibits non-linear resistance, and is disposed on at least one of the electrodes and adjacent to the fluid. The fluid is disposed in a space defined between the electrodes, and the plurality of colorants is configured to move in response to an applied electric field.

Abstract: A dual color electronically addressable ink includes a positively charged ink and a negatively charged ink. The positively charged ink includes a non-polar carrier fluid, pigment-loaded basic resin particles having a first color, and an acceptor charge adjuvant. The negatively charged ink includes the non-polar carrier fluid, pigment-loaded acidic resin particles having a second color that is different than the first color, and a donor charge adjuvant. The dual color electronically addressable ink also includes at least one charge director.

Abstract: Data processing modules including a housing and optical interfaces associated with the exterior of the housing, and systems including the same.

Abstract: A transflective display includes a backlight and a display stack. The display stack includes a liquid crystal layer and an addressing layer operatively connected to the liquid crystal layer. A white electro-optic layer is positioned between the backlight and the display stack.

Abstract: Pigment-based inks with fluorinated material-surface modified pigments are provided. The inks include a non-polar carrier fluid, and pigment particles suspended in the non-polar carrier fluid. The pigment particles either have fluorinated acidic functional groups, which are charged through basic charge directors to give negatively charged pigment dispersions, or have fluorinated basic functional groups, which are charged thorough acidic charge directors to give positively charged pigment dispersions. A combination of an electronic display and an electronic ink is also provided, as is a method for modifying the pigment particles.

Abstract: The display element(s) (14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D, 14E, 14F, 14?, 14?, 14??, 14??) have i) a substrate (12, 13), ii) an electrode (24, 24?) adjacent to, and disposed on at least a portion of the substrate (12, 13), iii) another electrode (26) distal to the substrate and opposed to the electrode (24, 24?), iv) a dielectric layer (16) established on the substrate (12, 13) and/or the electrode (24, 24?) or distal electrode (26), v) an electrically activatable medium including colorant particles (22) disposed between the electrode (24, 24?) and the distal electrode (26), vi) at least one reservoir (18) having an area that is less than an area of the display element(s) (14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D, 14E, 14F, 14?, 14?, 14??, 14??), and vii) a gate electrode (28, 28?) having at least a portion thereof disposed between the electrode (24, 24?) and the distal electrode (26).

Abstract: An electro-optical display includes colorant particles that are suspended in a carrier fluid. The colorant particles are controlled by three different types of electrodes. An exposed electrode acts on the colorant particles in an electrokinetic manner by compacting the colorant particles. A passivated electrode acts on the colorant particles in an electrostatic manner by holding the colorant particles once compacted. A reference electrode attracts the colorant particles to compaction areas.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a display element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a display cell defined by a dielectric material between the first electrode and the second electrode. The display cell includes a narrower portion adjacent the first electrode and a wider portion. The narrower portion has a first cross-sectional area and the wider portion has a second cross-sectional area. A cross-sectional area of the display cell gradually transitions between the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area. The display element includes a fluid with colorants within the display cell.