Patent · US Expired

Sight line detector, display unit, view finder and unit and camera with the same display unit

US5873003A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1997
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2213/025
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a liquid crystal unit having an on-chip photodetector. On a transparent substrate are laid down a metallic wiring, an n-type a-Si, an a-SiGe, and a p-type a-Si successively, an insulating film is formed, and then a transparent electrode is formed to have a light detection region.

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