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Variable focal length lens panel and fabricating the same

US6191881A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 1999
Grant dateFeb 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/294
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There are provided a circular transparent electrode provided on a first substrate at the center thereof, a plurality of annular transparent electrodes which are disposed outside the circular transparent electrode concentrically and narrowed in width and interval as they are directed outward, extension electrodes which extend crosswise outward from the center to an external terminal electrode, and an alignment layer on these electrodes. There are also provided a transparent electrode on an entire surface of a second substrate, and an alignment layer on the transparent electrode, wherein the first and second alignment layers are subjected to a parallel aligning treatment. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other while keeping a given internal by gap members disposed outside the annular transparent electrodes, and a nematic liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate.

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