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Liquid crystal on silicon device

US6686977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2001
Grant dateFeb 3, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/136227
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal on silicon device comprises a mirror layer comprising a plurality of mirror electrodes, a passivation layer formed on the surface of the mirror layer comprising a plurality of openings to the mirror electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer being arranged on top of the alignment layer. Ions trapped in the alignment layer are discharged through the opening by means of the mirror electrodes of the mirror layer.

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