Liquid crystal optical device
US6469683B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/341
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical device includes a transparent layer having a desired curved surface configuration, a layer including a variable refractive index material having a dielectric constant anisotropy, at least two transparent electrodes arranged to sandwich the transparent material layer and the variable refractive index material, and a driving device supplying a voltage including driving frequencies f1 and f2 between the transparent electrodes. The difference &Dgr;∈ in the dielectric constant of the variable refractive index material due to the anisotropy is positive at one of the driving frequencies and negative at the driving frequency.
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