Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218670 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device of semi-transmissive reflective type includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, a pixel region having a reflection display region and a transmission display region, a first electrode having a plurality of strip electrode portions electrically connected to each other, a second electrode provided in the first substrate and facing the first electrode to produce an electric field between the first and the second electrodes, an electrode insulating film interposed between the first and the second electrodes, the electrodes and the electrode insulating film being arranged in a side of the first substrate toward the liquid crystal layer, a reflective polarizing layer for selectively reflecting a predetermined polarized light component of incident light, a light scatterer for scattering reflected light, and a layer for adjusting a thickness of the liquid crystal layer to make the thickness thereof in a light-scatterer formation region different from the thickness thereof in a light-scatterer non-formation region, the reflective polarizing layer, the light scatterer and the liquid-crystal-layer thickness adjusting layer being provided in the reflection display region. | 09-11-2008 |
20110310328 | POLARIZATION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a method of manufacturing a polarization device having a plurality of metal layers provided on a substrate in a stripe shape in a plan view, and a dielectric layer provided on a surface of one metal layer among the plurality of metal layers, includes forming the dielectric layer by oxidizing a surface of one of the plurality of meal layers in an oxide gas atmosphere. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310329 | POLARIZATION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The wire grid type polarization device includes a substrate, and a metal layer formed on one face of the substrate in a substantially stripe shape in a plan view, a first dielectric layer provided on two side faces opposite to each other among a plurality of side faces of the metal layer and in a top part of the metal layer, and a second dielectric layer provided on the first dielectric layer. A substrate side end portion of the second dielectric layer is located between the one surface of the substrate and the top part of the first metal layer. | 12-22-2011 |
20120105745 | POLARIZATION ELEMENT, PROJECTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZATION ELEMENT - A polarization element according to the invention includes a substrate, a metal layer and an absorber layer formed on the substrate to form a stripe in a plan view and stacked in a thickness direction of the substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on a surface of the metal layer and a second dielectric layer formed on a surface of the absorber layer. The first dielectric layer is made of an oxide of a metal constituting the metal layer, and the second dielectric layer is made of an oxide of a material constituting the absorber layer. | 05-03-2012 |
20120234046 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING ELEMENT - A method for producing a polarizing element includes the steps of: forming an island-shaped film of a metal halide on a glass substrate; forming needle-shaped particles of the metal halide by stretching the glass substrate through heating to elongate the island-shaped film; and forming needle-shaped metal particles composed of a metal by reducing the metal halide of the needle-shaped particles, wherein the metal halide is deposited on the glass substrate by a reactive physical vapor deposition method. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237674 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING ELEMENT - A method for producing a polarizing element includes the steps of : forming a coating film of a metal on a glass substrate; forming an island-shaped film composed of a metal halide on the glass substrate by partially removing the coating film and also halogenating the metal; forming needle-shaped particles of the metal halide by stretching the glass substrate through heating to elongate the island-shaped film; and forming needle-shaped metal particles composed of a metal by reducing the metal halide of the needle-shaped particles. | 09-20-2012 |
20130002999 | POLARIZING ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A polarizing element includes a plurality of first needle-shaped particles that have transmittance for first polarized light, which is in a first polarization state, that is different from transmittance for second polarized light, which is in a second polarization state different from the first polarization state, in a first wavelength region and a plurality of second needle-shaped particles that have transmittance for the first polarized light that is different from transmittance for the second polarized light, in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region. | 01-03-2013 |
20130120672 | POLARIZER, POLARIZER PRODUCING PROCESS, PROJECTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A polarizer includes a first grating and a second grating. The second grating contains at least one of chromium nitride, tungsten nitride, and tantalum nitride. | 05-16-2013 |
20130227992 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING ELEMENT - A method for producing a polarizing element includes: forming particulate materials containing a metal halide on a glass substrate; forming a protective film that covers the particulate materials in a plasma environment while reducing the metal halide constituting the particulate materials; and stretching the particulate materials by stretching the glass substrate and the protective film at a temperature at which the glass substrate is softened. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228549 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING ELEMENT - A method for producing a polarizing element includes: forming particulate materials of a metal halide on a glass substrate; forming a protective film that covers the particulate materials in a non-plasma environment; stretching the particulate materials by heating and stretching the glass substrate; and forming acicular metal particles by reducing the metal halide constituting the stretched particulate materials. | 09-05-2013 |
20140293196 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING ELEMENT, POLARIZING ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for producing a polarizing element includes: forming a moth-eye structure on one surface of a base material; forming a dielectric thin film, in which metal nanoparticles are dispersed, on the moth-eye structure of the base material; and forming a polarizing layer on the base material by stretching the base material so as to stretch the metal nanoparticles thereby forming acicular metal particles. | 10-02-2014 |