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7623142 Flexure  
An apparatus includes a first member, a second member and a flexure. The flexure has a central portion connected to the first member, outer portions connected to the second member and an...
7612947 Controllable optical lens  
A controllable electrowetting lens system has a feedback control loop for controlling the electrode arrangement drive signals to implement an autofocus function. The feedback control loop...
7609954 Lens module and camera module using the lens module  
A lens module includes a lens barrel, at least one fixed focus lens fixed in the lens barrel, and at least two variable focus lenses fixed in the lens barrel. Each variable focus lens includes two...
7606501 System and method for generating optical return-to-zero signals with alternating bi-phase shift and frequency chirp  
A system and method for generating an optical return-to-zero signal with frequency chirp. The system includes a bit separator configured to receive an electrical non-return-to-zero signal and...
7605972 Electro-optical panel, electro-optical device, driving method of electro-optical device  
An electro-optical panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on...
7599628 Method for modulating an optical signal and optical transmitter  
A method for modulating an optical signal includes the following steps: modulating the intensity of the optical signal with a nonreturn-to-zero bit signal, and modulating the phase of the optical...
7599107 Electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and driving method  
An electro-optical device includes a controller, a reference current source, a correction current source, a combining unit, and an electro-optical element. The controller generates a reference...
7595011 Stabilized electrochromic media  
Disclosed are compositions, which are stabilized against degradation and yellowing during exposure to ultraviolet light by the presence of certain hindered amine additives, a method of stabilizing...
7589881 Electro-optic device and electronic apparatus  
An electro-optic device includes first and second pixels that form first and second images, respectively. The first and second pixels are arranged alternately in a first direction. A light blocking...
7589880 Apparatus and methods for manipulating light using nanoscale cometal structures  
An apparatus and methods for manipulating light using nanoscale cometal structures are disclosed. A nanoscale optics apparatus for manipulating light includes a plurality of nanoscale cometal...
7589515 Method for reducing temperature-dependent error in photocurrent sensor, and photocurrent sensor device  
[Problem] To permit reduction in the temperature dependence of a sensor, which is ascribable to the temperature dependence of the Verdet constant of a sensor fiber, at a low cost. [Means for...
7586666 Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle  
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a reflective element having a transparent glass substrate with a transflective reflector...
7586664 Transparent electrode for an electrochromic switchable cell  
An electrochromic switchable transparency, e.g. a window and/or a mirror includes an electrochromic switchable medium between a pair of electrode assemblies. At least one of the electrode...
7583427 Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays  
A sub-assembly for use in forming an electro-optic display comprises (in this order) a light-transmissive substrate ( 120 ); discrete areas ( 204 ) of electro-optic material separated by gutter...
7582231 Essentially water-free polymerized crystalline colloidal array composites having tunable radiation diffracting properties  
The present invention is directed to a composite having tunable radiation diffracting properties which includes a flexible, water-free polymeric matrix and a crystalline colloidal array of...
7580172 MEMS device and interconnects for same  
A microelectromechanical systems device having an electrical interconnect between circuitry outside the device and at least one of an electrode and a movable layer within the device. At least a...
7577367 Optical communication using duobinary modulation  
Optical techniques, devices and systems for combining duobinary modulation and optical subcarrier multiplexing in optical communication applications. An analog mixer is used to mix a duobinary...
7573631 Hybrid analog/digital spatial light modulator  
One embodiment relates to a hybrid micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) based spatial light modulator (SLM) capable of operating in both analog and digital modes. The hybrid SLM includes a...
7570415 MEMS device and interconnects for same  
A microelectromechanical systems device having an electrical interconnect between circuitry outside the device and at least one of an electrode and a movable layer within the device. A layer of the...
7567369 Optical apparatus  
To provide an optical apparatus which controls an interface state to change a focal length by using an optical element having a container sealing first liquid that is conductive or polarized and...
7561806 Method and system for keeping timing alignment between driving signals in optical double modulation  
A method and system is disclosed for making timing alignment for a data transmission system, the method comprising providing a reference clock signal with a first frequency to a multiplexer through...
7561324 Electro-optic displays  
The invention provides an electrophoretic medium comprising at least two types of particles having substantially the same electrophoretic mobility but differing colors. The invention also provides...
7561320 Modulation of electromagnetic radiation with electrically controllable composite material  
An apparatus and related methods for modulating an electromagnetic radiation beam are described. A composite material is positioned in the path of the radiation beam, the composite material...
7557980 Optical path switching device  
An optical path switching device is provided. The optical path switching device utilizes the electro-optic effect to apply an electric field on different reflective elements without moving an...
7557979 Electro-optic crystal, diffraction-based, beam-steering element  
A beam-steering element made of a more optically-active material, potassium tantalate niobate, with an improved diffraction efficiency, having a plurality of electrode layers and one electro-optic...
7555226 Automatic bias control for an optical modulator  
An automatic bias controller for an optical modulator is provided. The automatic bias controller comprises a driver for providing an electrical data signal to the modulator and a bias voltage...
7555223 UWB signal generator using optical FSK modulator  
A UWB signal generator includes: a laser light source for generating laser light, an optical intensity modulator for modulating an intensity of laser light from the laser light source, a signal...
7554712 Edge seals for, and processes for assembly of, electro-optic displays  
An electro-optic display comprises a backplane; a layer of electro-optic material disposed adjacent the backplane; a protective layer; and a sealing layer of a metal or a ceramic extending between...
7551346 Electro-optic displays, and materials for use therein  
An electro-optic display comprises a layer of solid electro-optic material; a backplane comprising at least one electrode; and an adhesive layer disposed between the layer of electro-optic material...
7551342 Optical frequency comb generator and optical modulator  
A resonance system ( 14, 15 ) is formed by a light incident side reflection mirror and a light exiting side reflecting mirror, arranged parallel to each other. The light incident on an incident...
7545550 Systems and methods of actuating MEMS display elements  
Apparatus and methods of actuating MEMS display elements are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments can be incorporated into other drive schemes for MEMS display elements. In one embodiment, an...
7544922 Near-field light-emitting element and optical head  
A near-field light-emitting element includes a transparent medium having a plane of incidence into which a laser beam enters, and a light-condensing plane on which the laser beam having entered the...
7538934 Surface force driven suspended particle devices  
An optical device employs a fluid host medium ( 30 ) including a polar liquid ( 31 ) and an apolar liquid ( 32 ). The optical device further employs one or more electro-optically sensitive flakes (...
7533254 Volatile memory persistence during warm reboot in an optical transceiver  
An operational optical transceiver configured to preserve a portion of volatile memory during a warm reboot process. The optical transceiver includes a persistent memory, a processor, and a system...
7532778 Optical waveguide modulator equipped with an output light monitor  
An optical waveguide element having a plurality of surface waveguide portions. A connecting portion for connecting the surface waveguide portions. An output light-outputting waveguide portion...
7532386 Process for modifying offset voltage characteristics of an interferometric modulator  
An interferometric modulator manufactured according to a particular set of processing parameters may have a non-zero offset voltage. A process has been developed for modifying the processing...
7532382 Display element  
The present invention provides a display element including a layered body. The layered body includes a layered portion comprising a plurality of transparent thin films with different refractive...
7532381 Method of making a light modulating display device and associated transistor circuitry and structures thereof  
An Interferometric Modulator (IMod) is a microelectromechanical device for modulating light using interference. The colors of these devices may be determined in a spatial fashion, and their...
7532379 Optical modulator with side access  
An electro-optic semiconductor device (e.g., an optical modulator) having side access and beam propagation within the device is provided. Side access for the optical input and/or output facilitates...
7519249 Semiconductor optical modulator  
Semiconductor optical modulator devices exhibiting improved chirp characteristics are constructed from a Mach-Zehnder structure having resonators positioned within each arm and a number of phases...
7515833 Optical double sideband modulation technique with increased spectral efficiency  
An all optical network for optical signal traffic has at least a first ring with at least one transmitter and one receiver. The first ring includes a plurality of network nodes. At least a first...
7515794 Periodically poled element having a suppressing structure for the domain spreading  
A periodically poled element comprises a ferroelectric substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a top electrode structure including at least one conductor positioned on the top surface,...
7515776 Temperature-controlled optical modulator  
SiGe quantum wells where the well material has a lowest conduction band energy minimum at k=0 (the Γ point of the first Brillouin zone) are provided. Quantum well structures that satisfy this...
7515324 System and method for resolving reset conflicts in a phased-reset spatial light modulator system  
A system for, and method of resolving reset conflicts in a phased-reset SLM system and a projection visual display system incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system...
7511725 Apparatus and method for providing a three-dimensional moving image from a non-fixed pixel display  
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for providing a three-dimensional moving image from a non-fixed pixel display. In one embodiment, a display having a plurality of pixels is...
7509006 Optical device  
An optical device wherein an optical waveguide is formed on a dielectric substrate, the optical device includes an input part and an output part where the optical waveguide and corresponding...
7505190 Electro-optical device substrate, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus  
An electro-optical device substrate includes a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate that faces the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate including...
7502161 Electrophoretic display medium and device  
An electrophoretic display medium includes at least one set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, wherein the dielectric fluid is a silicone fluid, and wherein the display medium has an...
7499603 Range extended electrooptic modulator  
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for an electrooptical modulator. One method embodiment includes receiving an optical input signal to an electrooptical modulator. A first voltage input is...
7499211 Display medium and display device  
The present invention provides a display medium, comprising: a display medium, comprising: a pair of substrates, at least one of the pair of substrates having transparency; a particle group...