Multilayer Filter Or Multilayer Reflector Patents (Class 359/359)
  • Patent number: 11977207
    Abstract: Fully artificial, adaptive composite materials and systems, having variable transmittance, reflectance, and/or absorptance to radiation in visible, infrared, or other desired region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and methods of the manufacture and use thereof are provided. The adaptive composite materials and systems possess an unprecedented combination of properties and are, therefore, poised to enable a broad range of practical applications. The adaptive composite material incorporates at least one size-variable active area having a variable transmittance, reflectance, and/or absorptance in at least a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and comprises at least: an elastomer substrate, a texturizing layer disposed on top of the substrate, and an optional reflective coating disposed on top of the texturizing layer. In operation, the stretching and relaxation of the elastomer substrate causes changes in the surface morphology of the texturized layers (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alon A. Gorodetsky, Chengyi Xu, George Stiubianu
  • Patent number: 11971565
    Abstract: An absorption type near-infrared filter comprising a first multilayer film, a second multilayer film, and an absorption film, wherein in the ultraviolet band, the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 80% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 80% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between 25 nm and 37 nm, the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 50% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 50% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between 6 nm and 14 nm, and the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 20% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 20% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between ?6 nm and 2.5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: PTOT (SUZHOU) INC., PLATINUM OPTICS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Han Lu, Hsiao-Ching Shen, Chun-Cheng Hsieh, Ming-Zhan Wang
  • Patent number: 11959164
    Abstract: This invention provides a process or fabrication method of forming broadband anti-reflective (AR) coating over the mid-IR fluoride fiber for high power laser applications in mid-IR wavelength range. The AR coating consists of multiple-pair Lithium fluoride (LiF) and Al2O3, and was deposited by electron beam physical vapor deposition with an iron assistant source at low temperature (<60° C.). A thin encapsulation layer of Al2O3 was applied over the AR coating by atomic layer deposition technology. The measurements show the coating has a reflectivity of <1-1.5% in the range of 1.5-5.5 ?m. The laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) test shows the damage threshold is greater than 8.9 MW/cm2 with no sign of any damage on the coating exposed to atmosphere. The durability and environmental tests of the AR coating with PVD coated encapsulation layer show good humidity resistance in open air and no degradation of film quality and optical performance are observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yimin Hu, Feng Niu, Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 11962118
    Abstract: A multilayer mirror comprises a reflector section including a plurality of alternating layers of a high index material and a low index material, and a filter section over the reflector section. The filter section comprises a first filter layer including a low index material on a layer of high index material of the reflector section; a second filter layer on the first filter layer, the second filter layer comprising a high index material that is different than the high index material in the reflector section; and a third filter layer on the second filter layer, the third filter layer comprising a low index material. Each filter layer has an optical thickness greater than or equal to the optical thickness of each layer of the alternating layers. The filter section substantially blocks ultraviolet (UV) energy, thereby preventing UV energy from substantially impinging on the high index material of the reflector section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Ramberg, Lance Vrieze, Steven C. Albers, Dean Eivind Johnson
  • Patent number: 11952476
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film with which a glass plate-including laminate that looks different in color tone depending on the direction or angle can be obtained. A thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and a pigment, and when the thermoplastic resin film is planarly viewed with a transmission electron microscope, a number of pigments having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 50 or less is 3 or more and 100 or less in a rectangular region of 13 ?m long and 18 ?m wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shougo Yoshida, Atsushi Nohara
  • Patent number: 11953652
    Abstract: Disclosed is an article that includes an antiglare surface. When measuring surface shapes of six adjacent areas obtained by dividing the antiglare surface into dimensions of 103 ?m×118 ?m, the antiglare surface includes a surface shape such that an average value of an arithmetic mean height Sa of the six areas is 20 nm or greater and a variation coefficient CV1, which is obtained from the average value and a standard deviation of the arithmetic mean height Sa of the six areas, is 0.020 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kajioka
  • Patent number: 11953653
    Abstract: An anti-reflective waveguide assembly comprising a waveguide substrate having a first index of refraction, a plurality of diffractive optical elements disposed upon a first surface of the waveguide and an anti-reflective coating disposed upon a second surface of the waveguide. The anti-reflective coating preferably increases absorption of light through a surface to which it is applied into the waveguide so that at least 97 percent of the light is transmitted. The anti-reflective coating is composed of four layers of material having different indices of refraction that the first index of refraction and an imaginary refractive index less than 1×10?3 but preferably less than 5×10?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Peroz, Kevin Messer
  • Patent number: 11947138
    Abstract: Broadband visible reflectors are disclosed. In particular, broadband visible reflectors with reduced on-axis blue reflectivity are described. Broadband visible reflectors that appear yellow in reflection are described. Such broadband visible reflectors may be used in backlights and displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward J. Kivel, Ryan T. Fabick, Timothy J. Nevitt
  • Patent number: 11935980
    Abstract: A filtering panel includes a molding layer part; a pattern layer part having an incident surface through which light emitted from a light source and viewing light transmitted to an observer enter, and an accommodation surface which is the reverse surface of the incident surface, wherein the molding layer part is stacked on the incident surface so as to be adjacent thereto, and the pattern layer part adjusts the optical paths of the emitted light and the viewing light; and a filtering layer part formed on a lower incident surface of the pattern layer part having the incident surface of the viewing light that enters from a lower region below a horizontal reference line, wherein the reflectivity of the visible light in the viewing light incident on the lower region is made greater than that of an upper region above the reference line by means of mirror reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: POSCO CO., LTD, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung-Ju Tark, Kun-Hoon Baek, Jun-Hong Kim, Youn-Joung Choi, Ji-Sang Park
  • Patent number: 11913833
    Abstract: An optical device may comprise an array of sensor elements and an array of optical channels disposed on the array of sensor elements. At least one optical channel of the array of optical channels may be configured to pass bandpass filtered light to at least one sensor element of the array of sensor elements. At least one other optical channel of the array of optical channels may be configured to pass non-bandpass filtered light to at least one other sensor element of the array of sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Valton Smith, William D. Houck
  • Patent number: 11906700
    Abstract: A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Christian Henn, Thorsten Damm
  • Patent number: 11891328
    Abstract: A method of tinting or coloring glass. The following layers are deposited onto the glass: a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer; a primer layer; and a second dielectric layer. Alternatively, these layers may be deposited onto the glass: a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer; and a second dielectric layer. Alternatively, the invention is a coated article that includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, an absorbing layer, and a second dielectric layer over the primer layer. The absorbing layer can be Inconel, titanium nitride, cobalt chrome (stellite), or nickel chrome material, and has a thickness in the range of 50 ? to 150 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Adam D. Polcyn, Paul A. Medwick, Andrew V. Wagner, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jr., Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy, James P. Thiel
  • Patent number: 11884790
    Abstract: A near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body, and others, having excellent near-infrared shielding function, low haze value and excellent design, with suppressed change in color tone during outdoor use and blue haze phenomenon, using near-infrared shielding ultrafine particles transparent in visible light range, having excellent near-infrared shielding properties, and produced with high productivity, and a near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body in which ultra-fine particles having near-infrared shielding properties are dispersed in solid medium, wherein the ultrafine particles are composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles represented by general formula MxWyOz, and have XRD peak top intensity ratio value of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kennichi Fujita, Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan
  • Patent number: 11885993
    Abstract: An optical filter (1a) includes a UV-IR-absorbing layer and has the following characteristics (i) to (v) when light with wavelengths of 300 nm to 1200 nm is incident at an incident angle of 0°: (i) an average transmittance of 78% or more in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 600 nm; (ii) a spectral transmittance of 1% or less in the wavelength range of 750 nm to 1080 nm; (iii) a spectral transmittance of 1% or less in the wavelength range of 300 nm to 350 nm; (iv) a decreasing spectral transmittance with increasing wavelength in the wavelength range of 600 nm to 750 nm and a first IR cut-off wavelength in the wavelength range of 620 nm to 680 nm; and (v) an increasing spectral transmittance with increasing wavelength in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 450 nm and a first UV cut-off wavelength in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 430 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuichiro Kubo
  • Patent number: 11884580
    Abstract: A glass article having anti-sun properties includes a glass substrate having a stack of layers, which includes, successively from the surface of the substrate: a first module M1 having a layer based on a dielectric material with a thickness e1 or of a set of layers, a layer TN1 including titanium nitride with a thickness of between 2 nanometers and 80 nanometers, a second module M2 including a layer based on a dielectric material with a thickness e2 or of a set of layers based on dielectric materials with a cumulative thickness e2, an intermediate layer including at least one element selected from silicon, aluminum, titanium or a mixture of at least two of these elements is deposited between the layer TN1 and the first module M1 and/or between the layer TN1 and the second module M2, the intermediate layer having a thickness of between 0.2 nm and 6 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Corentin Monmeyran, Lorenzo Mancini, Alexandre Dehaupas, Laura Jane Singh
  • Patent number: 11880018
    Abstract: An optical window for a hypersonic vehicle includes a window substrate and an optical coating on the window substrate, with the coating including multiple alternating layers of different materials. The coating may have many layers, for example having five or more alternating bi-layers and may be configured to still perform its optical function with some of the layers removed, such as by ablation of some of the layers through exposure to hypersonic flow. The different materials of the different layers may have different properties, for example with one of the materials being more resistant to ablation and/or chemical reaction than another of the layers. Coatings for anti-reflection additionally include a region of graded optical index between the sequence of bi-layers and the substrate. The hypersonic vehicle may include an optical sensor which operates by receiving light through the optical window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Gary A. Frazier
  • Patent number: 11872785
    Abstract: A glass laminate includes a non-glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A glass sheet is laminated to the first surface of the non-glass substrate. A barrier film is laminated to the second surface of the non-glass substrate and includes a first surface adjacent to the non-glass substrate, a second surface opposite the first surface. A thickness of the barrier film can be at most about 0.5 mm. The second surface of the barrier film can define an outer surface of the glass laminate. The barrier film can be a multi-layer barrier film with a metal layer and a polymer layer. An absolute value of a flatness of the glass laminate determined according to European Standard EN 438 after exposure to 23° C. and 90% relative humidity for 7 days can be at most about 3 mm/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jhee-mann Kim, Goo-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11851812
    Abstract: Disclosed is a grain-finished leather-like sheet including a polyurethane skin film containing a polyether-based polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane skin film contains a quinacridone-based red pigment, and is colored in a red color having an L* value of ?80, an a* value of ?20, and a b* value of ?15 in an L*a*b* color system, and the number of cycles of a flexing endurance test at which cracking occurs in a surface of the polyurethane skin film is 100000 or more, when the flexing endurance test is performed on the grain-finished leather-like sheet under an environment of 20° C. using a flexometer after the grain-finished leather-like sheet has been irradiated with carbon arc at a black panel temperature of 63° C. for 100 hours with an irradiance of 500±50 W/m2, using ultraviolet carbon arc lamp light compliant with JIS B 7751.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ashida, Kansai Hara
  • Patent number: 11833785
    Abstract: An optical web comprising includes a substrate with an anterior coating applied to the anterior side of the substrate and a posterior coating applied to the posterior side of the substrate. The refractive index of the anterior coating and the posterior coating is less than that of the substrate. A second coating layer may be applied to the anterior coating layer and/or the posterior coating layer, where the second coating layer has a refractive index less than that of the coating layer it is applied to. Additional coating layers may be applied to produce a stack of layers that decrease monotonically in refractive indexes moving outward from the substrate. The optical webs may be laminated together to form tear-off laminated lens stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart E. Wilson, Stephen S. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11814326
    Abstract: A method of forming a doped substrate comprises heating a substrate comprising a layer of a dopant on at least one surface to a predetermined temperature; applying a predetermined degree of isostatic external pressure on the surface of said substrate at said predetermined temperature for a time sufficient to induce thermal migration of the dopant into the substrate to provide a doped substrate; and removing the isostatic pressure and cooling the doped substrate to about room temperature. The substrate is a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material, and the substrate may be optically transparent. The dopant comprises one or more transition metals, one or more rare earth elements, or a combination of both. The layer of a dopant comprises one or more segregated layers of distinct chemical species. The isostatic pressure and elevated temperature may be applied simultaneously or sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Gary Cook, Ronald W. Stites
  • Patent number: 11807797
    Abstract: A dynamic thermal infrared stealth composite material based on dual phase change is a VO2/mica-based phase change thermal storage thin layer composite material composed of a VO2 nanoparticle coating and a mica-based phase change thermal storage thin layer, wherein the mica-based phase change thermal storage thin layer consists of stearic acid and a vanadium-extracted mica substrate in a mass ratio of 3-5:5-7. The composite material based on dual phase change is prepared by extracting vanadium from vanadium mica using a roasting and acid leaching process to prepare VO2 nanoparticles and a vanadium-extracted mica, embedding a phase change functional body into the vanadium-extracted mica as a support substrate to prepare a mica-based phase change thermal storage thin layer, and coating the VO2 nanoparticles on the mica-based phase change thermal storage thin layer. The dynamic thermal infrared stealth composite material can synergistically reinforce thermal infrared stealth performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chuanchang Li, Baoshan Xie, Jian Chen
  • Patent number: 11809085
    Abstract: A microlithographic projection exposure mirror has a mirror substrate (12, 32), a reflection layer system (21, 41) for reflecting electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the mirror's optical effective surface, and at least one piezoelectric layer (16, 36), which is arranged between the mirror substrate and the reflection layer system and to which an electric field for producing a locally variable deformation is applied by a first electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the reflection layer system, and by a second electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the mirror substrate. One of the electrode arrangements is assigned a mediator layer (17, 37, 51, 52, 53, 71) for setting an at least regionally continuous profile of the electrical potential along the respective electrode arrangement. The mediator layer has at least two mutually electrically insulated regions (17a, 17b, 17c, . . . ; 37a, 37b, 37c, . . . ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Michael Stiepan, Toralf Gruner
  • Patent number: 11780728
    Abstract: A forming method of a thin layer with a pore is provided. The method includes forming a thin layer on a substrate, stacking a first mask and a second mask on the thin layer in this order, and forming a pore in the thin layer by dry etching. The first mask includes at least a self-assembling material. The second mask is more resistant to reactive etching or physical etching than the first mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Jinichi Kasuya, Kazunari Tada, Yasushi Mizumachi
  • Patent number: 11782197
    Abstract: A wavelength selective filter includes a filter material. The filter material includes a host matrix doped with metal ions. The filter material has a transmission region within a deep ultraviolet (UV) range such that UV light at wavelengths within the transmission region is transmitted through the filter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam F. Gross, Brett Yurash
  • Patent number: 11774637
    Abstract: Disclosed are transparent articles having a substrate adapted for carrying a transparent and electrically conductive thin film thereon. The thin film includes an optical matching-stress releasing layer directly deposited on the substrate; a first antireflection layer directly deposited on the optical matching layer; a metal layer adapted for infra-red reflection and electrical conductivity directly deposited on the first antireflection layer; a second antireflection layer deposited directly on the metal layer adapted for high visibility and infra-red transmission, and an optionally visible and infra-red region transparent outermost protective layer deposited on the second antireflection layer. In certain aspects, no buffer layer is positioned between the metal layer adapted for infra-red reflection and electrical conductivity and the second antireflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ECLIPSE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Hulya Demiryont
  • Patent number: 11768439
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an interference filter, a lithography system incorporating an interference filter, and a method of fabricating an interference filter. The interference filter includes a transparent substrate having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of alternating material layers formed over the front surface of the transparent substrate that form a bandpass filter, and an anti-reflective structure formed over the back surface of the transparent substrate. The alternating material layers alternate between a relatively high refractive index material and a relatively low refractive index material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wolf Hung, Chung-Nan Chen, Hong-Hsing Chou, Chao-Li Shih, Yeh-Chieh Wang
  • Patent number: 11760854
    Abstract: The present invention is a gas barrier laminate comprising a base unit that comprises a base and a modification-promoting layer, and a gas barrier layer that is formed on a side of the modification-promoting layer with respect to the base unit, the modification-promoting layer having a modulus of elasticity at 23° C. of less than 30 GPa, the base unit having a water vapor transmission rate at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of 1.0 g/(m2·day) or less, and the gas barrier layer being a layer formed by applying a modification treatment to a surface of a layer that comprises a polysilazane-based compound and is formed on the side of the modification-promoting layer with respect to the base unit, and a method for producing the gas barrier laminat, and an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier laminate, and an electronic device comprising the electronic device member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Mimura, Yuuta Suzuki, Satoshi Naganawa
  • Patent number: 11762139
    Abstract: Provide is an ultraviolet ray transmissive filter in which a crystal structure of a hafnium oxide layer is controlled to improve the light resistance of an optical interference film, and which can suppress reduction of the transmissivity in a transmission band even under long-term irradiation with ultraviolet rays. The optical interference film includes the hafnium oxide layer, and in the crystal structure of the hafnium oxide layer, spectral peak intensities from X-ray diffraction which are derived from the orthorhombic crystal structure and a tetragonal crystal structure are lower than a spectral peak intensity from X-ray diffraction which is derived from the monoclinic crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OPTICAL COATINGS JAPAN
    Inventors: Tomonori Enyo, Hiroto Ito, Daiki Sano
  • Patent number: 11754352
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a visible light-transparent and radiative-cooling multilayer film, including N layers of films which have different thicknesses and are arranged alternately. The visible light-transparent and radiative-cooling multilayer film adopts a new film layer arrangement, so that the multilayer film has an extremely high visible light transmittance while achieving radiative cooling. Among others, the multilayer film is composed of two materials having high visible light-transmittance. Since there is a difference between dielectric constants of the two materials, a resonant cavity or resonant cavities may be formed among material layers. The resonant cavity may enhance the electric field therein, thereby increasing the radiance of the structure greatly. The present disclosure has the advantages of simple structure, easy to process, good cooling effect, high visible light transmittance and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Institute of Optics and Electronics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xiangang Luo, Xiaoliang Ma, Mingbo Pu, Xiong Li, Yinghui Guo
  • Patent number: 11747524
    Abstract: A meta lens includes a first lens surface, and a second lens surface provided opposite to the first lens surface, wherein at least one of the first lens surface and the second lens surface is a metasurface including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength dimension that is less than a central wavelength ?0 in an operation wavelength band of the meta lens, and wherein a deflection property of the first lens surface and a deflection property of the second lens surface based on positions of incident light are opposite to each other in at least some regions of each of the first lens surface and the second lens surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunsung Park, Hyeonsoo Park, Seunghoon Han
  • Patent number: 11735889
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and associated methods are described that provide an optical device with sealed optoelectronic component(s) without impacting effective optical performance of the optical device. An example optical device includes a substrate that defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The optical device further includes an optoelectronic component supported by the first surface of the substrate where the optoelectronic component operates with optical signals. The optical device further includes a conformal coating applied to the first surface of the substrate such that at least a portion of the conformal coating is disposed on the optoelectronic component. The conformal coating substantially seals the optoelectronic component from an external environment of the optical device without impacting effective optical performance of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Anders Larsson, Dimitrios Kalavrouziotis, Attila Fulop, Filip Leonard Hjort, Elad Mentovich
  • Patent number: 11714300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermochromic intelligent window with an adjustable emissivity. The thermochromic intelligent window includes a window frame. A glass assembly is assembled in the window frame and includes a glass substrate. One side of the glass substrate is deposited with a metal oxide coating for adjusting the glass substrate, the metal oxide coating has a low-emission function, and the metal oxide coating is a layer of transparent indium tin oxide film. A solar-adjusted high-emission portion is assembled on the other side of the glass substrate and includes a first polyethylene layer. A hydroxypropyl cellulose hydrogel layer is assembled on an upper portion of the first polyethylene layer. A second polyethylene layer is further assembled on the hydroxypropyl cellulose hydrogel layer. The hydroxypropyl cellulose hydrogel layer is wrapped between the first polyethylene layer and the second polyethylene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA-SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL JOINT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yi Long, Shancheng Wang, Yang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11693163
    Abstract: An optical filter includes an absorption layer which increases a visible light transmittance while having a good near-infrared blocking characteristic, and which is excellent in not only adhesiveness with respect to a layer to be abutted, but also light resistance. The optical filter includes: an absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium-based dye and a transparent resin; and an inorganic or organic material in contact with the absorption layer. The squarylium-based dye has a squarylium skeleton and condensed ring structures bonded thereto respectively on both sides thereof, the condensed ring structures each including a benzene ring and a nitrogen atom as an annular atom, each benzene ring having an urethane structure in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shiono, Keigo Matsuura, Sayuri Higashitamori, Hiroki Hotaka
  • Patent number: 11650361
    Abstract: An optical filter may include a set of optical filter layers disposed onto a substrate. The set of optical filter layers may include a first subset of optical filter layers comprising a first material with a first refractive index. The first material may comprise at least silicon and hydrogen. The set of optical filter layers may include a second subset of optical filter layers comprising a second material with a second refractive index. The second material is different from the first material and the second refractive index is less than the first refractive index. The set of optical filter layers may include a third subset of optical filter layers comprising a third material different from the first material and the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Rowlands, Georg J. Ockenfuss, Tim Gustafson, Marius Grigonis
  • Patent number: 11635557
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate having a good whiteness and a high infrared-shielding property. Provided are also a kit forming the above-mentioned laminate, a method for producing a laminate, and an optical sensor. The laminate includes an infrared-shielding layer and a white layer, in which the infrared-shielding layer is a layer that shields at least a part of a wavelength range at 800 to 1,500 nm, and the white layer has a value of L* of 35 to 100, a value of a* of ?20 to 20, and a value of b* of ?40 to 30 in a L*a*b* color coordinate system of CIE 1976.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Taguchi, Keisuke Arimura
  • Patent number: 11604095
    Abstract: A hyperspectral imager (HSI) includes a first thin film filter, the first thin film filter including a first quarter wave mirror, a second quarter wave mirror, and a low-refractive-index wedge between the first quarter wave mirror and the second quarter wave mirror. The low-refractive-index wedge has a height dimension such that a distance between the first quarter wave mirror and the second quarter wave mirror increases linearly along a length of the low-refractive-index wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shuoqin Wang, Joseph Nedy, Brett Z. Nosho, Minh B. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11592604
    Abstract: Provided is a composition with which a film that allows transmission of infrared light in a state where noise generated from visible light is small can be formed. In addition, provided are a film, a laminate, an infrared transmitting filter, a solid image pickup element, and an infrared sensor. This composition includes: a coloring material that allows transmission of infrared light and shields visible light; an infrared absorber; and a curable compound, in which the infrared absorber includes a material that shields light in a wavelength range of longer than 1000 nm and 1200 nm or shorter. In the composition, a ratio A/B of a minimum value A of an absorbance of the composition in a wavelength range of 400 to 1100 nm to a maximum value B of an absorbance of the composition in a wavelength range of 1400 to 1500 nm is 4.5 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Takahashi, Shunsuke Kitajima, Tokihiko Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11576456
    Abstract: An optical filter includes a first layer including a first notch filter arranged to attenuate electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength ?1 incident normally thereupon. The optical filter includes a second layer including a second notch filter arranged to attenuate electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength ?2 incident normally thereupon. The first wavelength ?1 and the second wavelength ?2 are different. The second layer is stacked upon the first layer. In use, the first notch filter attenuates the electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined wavelength ? incident thereupon at a first angle of incidence ?1 and the second notch filter attenuates the electromagnetic radiation having the predetermined wavelength ? incident thereupon at a second angle of incidence ?2, wherein the first angle of incidence ?1 and the second angle of incidence ?2 are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Mark Edgar Bray
  • Patent number: 11565489
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods and materials for optical device fabrication. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an optical device is provided. The method includes depositing a dielectric film on a substrate, depositing a wetting layer on the dielectric film, and depositing a metal containing film on the wetting layer. In another embodiment, an optical device is provided. The device includes a substrate, a dielectric film deposited on and contacting the substrate, a wetting layer deposited on and contacting the dielectric film, and a metal containing film deposited on and contacting the wetting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl J. Armstrong, Jinxin Fu, Wilson Banez
  • Patent number: 11567389
    Abstract: A display is described which comprises a plurality of pixels (12), wherein each pixel (12) comprises a plasmonic resonator (26) including first and second metallic material elements (16, 22) and incorporating a layer (18) of a phase change material, the plasmonic resonator (26) being arranged such that in one material state of the phase change material (18) the electric field coupling between the second metallic material element (22) and the phase change material layer (18) is strong and so strong absorption of selected wavelengths of the incident light occurs, whereas in another state of the phase change material (18) the electric field coupling between the metallic material elements (16, 22) and the phase change material layer (18), and between the first and second metallic material elements (16, 22) is weak and so re-radiation of incident light occurs, the pixel (12) being of high reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: University of Exeter
    Inventors: Santiago Garcia-Cuevas Carrillo, Christopher David Wright
  • Patent number: 11567250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a near-infrared absorbing article and an optical filter utilizing the same, wherein the near-infrared absorbing article comprises a glass substrate including a compressive stress layer having a predetermined thickness, thus to provide a thin thickness and a certain level of strength or more. Therefore, it has an advantage that can be cut by using a blade or a laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Chung, Seonho Yang, Taekwang Park, Namwoo Kang, Sunghwan Moon, Seungman Han, Hoseong Na
  • Patent number: 11561433
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal display panel (10) and a backlight device (50) which emits light toward the back surface (10r) of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight device comprises: an LED substrate (21) that has a front surface (21s) on which a plurality of LED chips (22) are arranged so as to emit excitation light toward the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a phosphor layer (25) which contains a phosphor (25q) that emits fluorescent light upon reception of the excitation light; a wavelength selective reflection layer (28) which is arranged between the phosphor layer and the LED substrate, and wherein the transmittance of the excitation light is higher than the transmittance of the fluorescent light; and an optical layer laminate (30) which is arranged on the liquid crystal display panel side of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Iwamoto, Mayumi Hori, Kazuhiko Negoro
  • Patent number: 11520147
    Abstract: Optical combiners are provided. The optical combiner may have a see through optically transparent substrate and a patterned region included in the optically transparent substrate and disposed along a wave propagation axis of the substrate. The patterned region may be partially optically reflective and partially optically transparent. The patterned region may comprise a plurality of optically transparent regions of the optically transparent substrate and a plurality of optically reflective regions inclined relative to the optical transparent substrate wave propagation axis. Augmented reality optical apparatus, such a head up display, may include the optical combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Leighton, Iain Wellington, Adrian Stannard, Philip A Greenhalgh, Nan Ma
  • Patent number: 11497553
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for the treatment of diseases of the skin, glands, mucousae, connective tissue, nerves and/or horny tissue. The device is adapted for the treatment of diseases of the skin, glands, mucousae, connective tissue, nerves and/or horny tissue and has at least one applicator, which applicator is arranged outside the device housing; at least one radio wave module, which radio wave module is adapted to generate an adjustable electromagnetic radiation with a variable frequency or with at least one constant frequency with an adjustable variable or at least one adjustable constant intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Katharina Reinhard, Andreas Hafner, Arend Poppner
  • Patent number: 11500137
    Abstract: A multilayer mirror for reflecting Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and a method for producing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment a multilayer mirror includes a layer sequence having a plurality of alternating first layers and second layers, the first layers including lanthanum or a lanthanum compound and the second layers including boron, wherein the second layers are doped with carbon, and wherein a molar fraction of carbon in the second layers is 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Philipp Naujok, Sergiy Yulin, Norbert Kaiser
  • Patent number: 11500526
    Abstract: Implementations of various computer methods to couple a computerized ball device which acts as a mobile computing device to record the users environment and project light towards waveguide eyeglasses or contacts which then allows a user to view imbedded light structure holograms in the waveguide while viewing the actual world. The computer ball device additionally has the ability to be docked in a drone cradle which creates a database map of the user's environment while not being utilized by the user for an immediate task. The device may also attach to a wrist band for mobility. The device also has the ability to couple the projected light structures so that a plurality of users may view the same light structure content to build an environment of trust. The device decouples the traditional design of head mounted virtual and mixed reality that place together the camera with the head mounted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CIRCLESX LLC
    Inventors: Erik Mowery Simpson, Kenneth Simpson
  • Patent number: 11495572
    Abstract: A semiconductor package device includes a transparent carrier, a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer, and a first insulation layer. The transparent carrier has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a third surface extended between the first surface and the second surface. The first patterned conductive layer is disposed on the first surface of the transparent carrier. The first patterned conductive layer has a first surface coplanar with the third surface of the transparent carrier. The second patterned conductive layer is disposed on the first surface of the transparent carrier and electrically isolated from the first patterned conductive layer. The first insulation layer is disposed on the transparent carrier and covers the first patterned conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yung-Shun Chang, Teck-Chong Lee
  • Patent number: 11487087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; and an eighth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.50?f1/f?4.50; f2?0; and 1.55?n6?1.70, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; and n6 denotes a refractive index of the sixth lens. The present disclosure can achieve ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having a big aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Ma
  • Patent number: 11480720
    Abstract: An infrared-cut filter structure is disclosed. The infrared-cut filter structure uses a glass substrate having an upper side and a lower side, with a first multilayer film formed on the upper side and a second multilayer film formed on the lower side so that the infrared-cut filter can effectively filter out infrared light and transmit visible light to produce normal colored images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KingRay Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsing Tsou, Wei-Hao Cheng, Pei-Yuan Ni
  • Patent number: 11468281
    Abstract: A data carrier having one optically variable element, at least one background element, which is arranged after the at least one optically variable element when seen along an extension direction, and at least one security element, which is constituted by at least a part of the at least one optically variable element and at least a part of the at least one background element. At least one tamper-indicating element is provided, which is arranged at least in a region between the at least one optically variable element and the at least one background element with respect to the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
    Inventors: Christopher Knud Haas, Justin Brittain