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Color display device with light incident substrate having color filters on the outside and microlenses on the inside surface

US5682215A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1995
Grant dateOct 28, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133514
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided a color display device comprising a first substrate provided on the light source side to accept an incident light, a second substrate joined with the first substrate via a space to emit an outgoing light, an electro-optical substance held in the space, a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix on the second substrate to modulate an incident light and emit an outgoing light, a plurality of microlenses, arranged on the incident light side of the picture elements, for condensing incident light to individual picture elements and a color filter, arranged on the incident light side of the microlenses, for coloring individual picture elements.

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