Phase grating liquid crystal (pglc) device and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorJae-won Huh
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Abstract
Provided is a phase grating liquid crystal (PGLC) device including a transparent substrate; a first electrode on the transparent substrate; a second electrode on the transparent substrate; and a liquid crystal (LC) layer on the first and second electrodes; wherein the first electrode includes a first bus line, and a plurality of first branch electrodes connected to the first bus line, and a plurality of second branch electrodes connected to the second bus line, and wherein the first and second electrodes are at the same level with respect to the transparent substrate.
Claims21
A phase grating liquid crystal (PGLC) device comprising:
- a transparent substrate;
- a first electrode on the transparent substrate;
- a second electrode on the transparent substrate;
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- a liquid crystal (LC) layer on the first and second electrodes;
- wherein the first electrode includes a first bus line extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the transparent substrate, and a plurality of first branch electrodes connected to the first bus line,
- wherein the second electrode includes a second bus line extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second branch electrodes connected to the second bus line, and
- wherein the first and second electrodes are at the same level with respect to the transparent substrate.
A method of manufacturing a phase grating liquid crystal device (PGLC), the method comprising:
- depositing a transparent electrode material layer on a transparent substrate;
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- patterning, through a metal lithography process, the transparent electrode material layer to form first and second electrodes,
- wherein the first electrode includes a first bus line extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the transparent substrate, and a plurality of first branch electrodes connected to the first bus line, and
- wherein the second electrode includes a second bus line extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second branch electrodes connected to the second bus line.
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