Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080232753 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided an optical waveguide including: a waveguide core through which light propagates; a cavity that is present inside the waveguide core so as to be open at least one end in the thickness direction of the waveguide core; a layer-form first cladding having a lower refractive index than the waveguide core, and sealing at least one of the at least one opening of the cavity to thereby close the opening of the cavity; and a second cladding having a lower refractive index than the waveguide core, and surrounding the waveguide core. There is also provided a method of manufacturing the optical waveguide. | 09-25-2008 |
20080279504 | OPTICAL SUBSTRATE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SUBSTRATE - An optical substrate includes: a submount; a planar optical element which is mounted on the submount; a pair of positioning members which are disposed at an interval across the planar optical element on the submount; an optical waveguide in which a core and a clad are formed by a flexible material; and a holding member which holds the optical waveguide to allow a tip end of the optical waveguide to be inserted between the pair of positioning members, and the optical waveguide to be bent to extend parallel to the submount. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282741 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A production method of an optical waveguide includes: preparing a laminated body that includes a first clad layer and, on the first clad layer, a core layer and a second clad layer alternately laminated in this order so that two or more of the core layer are included in the laminated body; forming a light-propagating waveguide core by cutting the laminated body so as to reach but not cut through the first clad layer from a side where the core layer and the second clad layer are laminated; and embedding at least a cut portion of the laminated body with a third clad layer. | 11-20-2008 |
20080289366 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A production method of an optical waveguide includes: preparing a laminated body that includes a first clad layer and at least a core layer laminated on the first clad layer; forming a light propagating optical waveguide core by cutting the core layer by use of a dicing saw from a side where the core layer is laminated while intruding an edge of a blade portion of the dicing saw into the first clad layer so as to partially cut the first clad layer; and embedding at least a cut portion of the laminated body with a second clad layer. | 11-27-2008 |
20090067796 | POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polymer optical waveguide includes: an optical waveguide portion that includes a core and a cladding each formed of polymer material; and a conductive line that is installed along the core integrally with the optical waveguide portion, and that has an electrode surface for external connection exposed on a surface different from an end surface of the optical waveguide portion. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068766 | OPTICAL ELEMENT MOUNTING METHOD AND OPTICAL ELEMENT MOUNTING DEVICE - An optical element mounting method includes: illuminating ultraviolet light onto a polymer optical waveguide device; under the ultraviolet light illumination, capturing, by an image pickup device, the polymer optical waveguide device including a light incident/exiting position of a waveguide core; and judging, from a difference between bright and dark in a captured image, that a portion brighter than other portions or a portion darker than other portions is the light incident/exiting position of the waveguide core. | 03-12-2009 |
20090079099 | METHOD OF FABRICATING POLYMER OPTICAL CIRCUIT - A polymer optical circuit having a waveguide core and a clad surrounding the waveguide core is fabricated by: structuring a mold by a main mold and an auxiliary mold, the main mold being formed from an elastomer for mold formation and having a concavity corresponding to a portion of the waveguide core except for an end portion of a specific shape, an injection hole for injecting a resin for core formation into the concavity, and a suction hole for suctioning-out the resin for core formation injected in the concavity from the injection hole, and the auxiliary mold being formed from an elastomer for mold formation and having a concavity of a shape corresponding to the end portion of the specific shape of the waveguide core; firmly sticking a clad base film, that structures a portion of the clad, to a surface of the mold at a side where the concavity is formed; filling a resin for core formation into the concavity by injecting the resin for core formation into the concavity from the injection hole of the mold and suctioning the resin for core formation from the suction hole; and forming a waveguide core by curing the resin for core formation. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080848 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an optical waveguide including: a cladding; at least one core embedded in the cladding; and a colored layer that is provided at a portion substantially overlapping with the core when viewed from a direction substantially perpendicular to the principal surfaces of the optical waveguide, and that is not in contact with the core. | 03-26-2009 |
20090103856 | OPTICAL RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION MODULE - An optical waveguide film of an optical reception and transmission module guides light. A first optical path converting part of an optical transmission unit guides light. A mirror surface of a first optical path converting part bends light which is emitted from a light emitting element and which enters the first optical path converting part. A first holding member holds the light emitting element and the first optical path converting part. A second optical path converting part of an optical reception unit guides light. A mirror surface of a second optical path converting part bends the guided light. A second holding member holds the light receiving element and the second optical path converting part. A first supporting member supports the first end portion of the optical waveguide film. A second supporting member supports the second end portion of the optical waveguide film. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103857 | OPTICAL RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION MODULE - An optical transmission unit of an optical reception and transmission module holds a first end portion of the optical waveguide film on the first holding member so that light emitted from the light emitting device is coupled to an incident end surface of the optical waveguide. An optical reception unit holds a second end portion of the optical waveguide film on the second holding member so that light emitted from an emitting end surface of the optical waveguide is received by the light receiving device. At least the optical waveguide film is covered with flame-retardant resin having flame retardancy of HB or higher according to a UL-94 test and a minimum bending radius of the optical waveguide film covered with the flame-retardant resin and having a flame-retardant resin layer formed on its surface is from 1 mm to 3 mm. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103858 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION MODULE - An optical waveguide film includes an optical waveguide film main body having an optical waveguide core through which light is propagated, and a cladding portion that encloses the optical waveguide core and has a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core; and an electric wiring layer formed on at least a part of a principal surface of the optical waveguide film main body. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103873 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes a layer A and a plurality of cores enclosed in a cladding. During production of the optical waveguide, a layered film including alternate layers of a core layer and a cladding layer is cut so as to form a groove that penetrates through the layered film in a thickness direction and so as to form a plurality of core portions, and the layer A is provided so as to partially fill the groove depthwise and so as to maintain spacing between the plurality of core portions before the core portions is enclosed by the cladding. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103875 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes: a center layer including at least two core layers whose edges are on substantially the same plane, and a first cladding layer provided between adjacent core layers; and a second cladding layer provided at least on both of front and rear surfaces of the center layer. At least surfaces of the core layer and the first cladding layer that are in contact with the second cladding layer include at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a resin having a hydroxyl group and a resin containing a silicon-silicon bond at a main chain thereof, and the second cladding layer includes a silicone resin. | 04-23-2009 |
20100021109 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER MODULE - An optical waveguide includes: an optical waveguide core through which light propagates, at least one end portion of the optical waveguide core in a longitudinal direction thereof having an inclined surface; a reflective layer provided on the inclined surface and formed by a metal layer of silver or a silver alloy; a protective layer disposed to cover the reflective layer; and a cladding portion enclosing the optical waveguide core and having a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021119 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER MODULE - An optical waveguide film includes: an optical waveguide film main body including an optical waveguide core through which light travels and a cladding portion that surrounds the optical waveguide core and has a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core; an electric wiring portion including silver or a silver alloy and formed on at least a part of a principal surface of the optical waveguide film main body; and a protective layer including a titanium layer or a titanium alloy layer and disposed to cover the electric wiring portion. | 01-28-2010 |
20100040337 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH POSITION RECOGNITION MARK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes: a core portion through which light propagates, a cladding portion enclosing the core portion along a direction of light propagation, and a colored resin for position recognition marking, the optical waveguide having substantially planar outer surfaces including principal surfaces thereof, and the colored resin being embedded in the optical waveguide at a position that does not substantially overlap the core portion when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a principal surface of the optical waveguide and does not substantially contact the core portion. | 02-18-2010 |
20100074579 | POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer optical waveguide includes: a core; and a cladding enclosing the core and extending along a direction of light propagation, the polymer optical waveguide having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the polymer optical waveguide having, at least at a position near one end thereof in a longitudinal direction, a groove that has a surface inclined at an angle of 45° with respect to the light propagation direction which reflects light propagating through the core so as to change the light propagation direction by 90°. | 03-25-2010 |
20100074585 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM WITH MARK FOR POSITIONING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An optical waveguide film includes: an optical waveguide film main body including an optical waveguide core through which light travels and a cladding portion that encloses the optical waveguide core and has a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core; and a marking member that is disposed at least at a portion of a principal surface of the optical waveguide film main body so as to protrude from the principal surface and that includes, at a surface thereof, a groove-shaped mark for positioning. | 03-25-2010 |
20100156848 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TYPE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide includes forming a core layer on a first clad layer, forming a second clad layer on the core layer, forming a first groove including at least one inclined surface in the second clad layer and the core layer to be in substantially parallel to and near one end of the second clad layer and one end of the core layer, the at least one inclined surface of the first groove having such an angle that the core layer is exposed when viewed above the second clad layer, forming a second groove including at least one inclined surface in the second clad layer on a inner side of the first groove, forming a separation groove in the clad layers and the core layer in a direction intersecting the first groove, and forming a plurality of cores intersecting the first groove. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166362 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL MODULE, METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL MODULE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An optical waveguide comprising: a waveguide core through which light propagates; a cladding that surrounds the waveguide core and has a refractive index that is less than the refractive index of the waveguide core; a metal layer that is formed on a surface of at least one end of the optical waveguide in a longitudinal direction, the surface being inclined so as not to be perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and a channel that is formed at a portion of an outer surface of the cladding, the outer surface forming an acute angle with the inclined surface, and the channel being positioned such that light entering the optical waveguide adjacent the channel is reflected by the inclined surface into the waveguide core. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166380 | POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A polymer optical waveguide includes: at least one core through which light propagates; a cladding which surrounds the core and has a refractive index less than that of the core; at least one conductive wire being provided on at least one side of the cladding, the polymer optical waveguide having a sheet shape, the conductive wire including a conductive layer which is provided on the at least one side of the cladding and being partitioned by a first groove, and the core being formed between second grooves each of which is formed in at least a part of the first groove. | 07-01-2010 |
20110181798 | EXPOSING DEVICE - An exposing device includes: a first light-emitting element that emits first light; a second light-emitting element that emits second light; and a liquid crystal panel that is disposed between the first and second light-emitting elements and a photoreceptor body to be exposed to the second light, and focuses the second light on the photoreceptor body by a convex refractive index distribution that is formed in the liquid crystal panel by an orientation variation that is caused by illumination with the first light. | 07-28-2011 |
20110205606 | EXPOSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an exposing device including: a light emitting element array of plural light emitting elements arrayed in a row with a first separation along a predetermined direction; and a hologram element array in which plural hologram elements are multiplex recorded in a recording layer disposed above the light emitting element array, the plural hologram elements corresponding to each of the plural light emitting elements such that diffracted beams of light emitted from the plural light emitting elements are converged to form focused beam spots in a row along the predetermined direction with a second separation smaller than the first separation at an surface to be exposed. | 08-25-2011 |
20120236280 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure device includes at least one light emitting element that emits light in a normal direction of the substrate; at least one hologram element that is recorded on a recording layer arranged on the substrate to diffract light emitted from the light emitting element and condense the diffracted light on a condensing point on a normal line of the light emitting element; and at least one light inhibiting part that is arranged on a straight line that connects the light emitting element and the condensing point such that the light diffracted by the hologram element passes through the outside of the light inhibiting part and condenses at the condensing point, to inhibit transmission of zeroth-order light that goes straight toward the condensing point from the light emitting element without being diffracted by the hologram element. | 09-20-2012 |
20130149404 | LENS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A lens manufacturing apparatus includes a concave-convex shape forming unit that makes a notch in the surface of a workpiece to form a concave-convex shape portion, a resin supply unit that supplies resin for a lens onto the surface of the workpiece, a resin curing unit that cures the supplied resin for a lens, a moving unit that moves the concave-convex shape forming unit, the resin supply unit, and the resin curing unit relative to the workpiece, and a control unit that controls driving of the concave-convex shape forming unit, the resin supply unit, the resin curing unit, and the moving unit so as to form the concave-convex shape portion extending in a predetermined direction, supply the resin for a lens between adjacent concave-convex shape portions and cure the supplied resin for a lens. | 06-13-2013 |
20130220217 | LENS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A lens manufacturing apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a workpiece having a sheet member and a resin base on the sheet member, an unevenness forming unit that moves a cutting blade in a direction different from the conveying direction of the workpiece and that makes a cut in the surface of the resin base to form concave and convex portions, a resin supply unit that includes nozzles supplying a lens resin to areas, in which the concave portions are not formed, between the convex portions formed on the surface of the resin base, and a resin curing unit that cures the supplied lens resin. | 08-29-2013 |
20140293428 | LENS ARRAY, AND LENS ARRAY MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a lens array including a plate-shaped light-absorbing material that is provided with plural holes separated from each other, and a lens formed of a polymer in each of the holes. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293429 | LENS ARRAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a lens array including plural lenses, wherein each lens has a curvature in a first direction and a curvature in a second direction which is different from the first direction, the curvatures being different from each other. | 10-02-2014 |
20140346690 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LENS ARRAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS ARRAY - An apparatus for manufacturing a lens array includes a first lens forming unit that has a plurality of blades forming partition walls on a polymer substrate on which a parallax image is formed and a plurality of nozzles discharging a polymer, a detecting unit that detects a position of the parallax image, and a scanning control unit that adjusts a scanning start position of the first lens forming unit based on the position of the parallax image detected by the detecting unit and controls forming of the partition walls by the blades and discharging of the polymer to a region between the partition walls through the nozzle on a surface of the polymer substrate on which the parallax image is formed. | 11-27-2014 |