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Liquid crystal devices

US11249349B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2020
Grant dateFeb 15, 2022
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2201/123
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal (LC) device comprising a stack of at least first and second LC cells in optical series, each of the first and second LC cells comprising two half-cells and LC material contained in a space at least partially defined by spacer structures forming an integral part of one or both half-cells; wherein the arrangement within an active area of the device of the spacer structures in one of the first and second LC cells is different to the arrangement within the active area of the device of the spacer structures in the other of the first and second LC cells; and wherein the difference between the two arrangements comprises an ordered aspect.

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