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Planar dimmer

US4874229A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1988
Grant dateOct 17, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/155
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A planar dimmer comprising a transparent base, a dimming part, capable of dimming, disposed on the base, the dimming part comprising a first electrode layer formed on the base, a second electrode layer set facing the first electrode layer, a coloring part disposed between the two electrode layers, and colors or discolors in response to the stimulus from the two electrode layers, and a conducting part disposed between the base and the first electrode layer in such a way as to be in contact with the first electrode layer in order to apply a uniform voltage throughout the first electrode layer.

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