Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jesada Ungnapatanin

Seokho Yun

Doyoon Kim

Hoon Song

Hong-seok Lee

Sunghyun Nam

Youngjun Yun

Ilhwan Kim

Young-eal Kim

Provided is a tunable electro-optic filter including a reflective structure including a first reflective layer including a first pattern layer having a first meta-surface structure disposed on a first side of the liquid crystal layer and a second reflective layer including a second pattern layer having a second meta-surface structure disposed on a second side of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first meta-surface structure and the second meta-surface structure includes multiple dielectric materials which are alternately stacked, and a thickness of each dielectric material gradually increases. Alternately, the tunable electro-optic filter may include a pattern layer having a meta-surface structure disposed on at least a side of the liquid crystal layer.

Tunable electro-optic filter

A spectrometer and a spectrometer module are disclosed. The spectrometer includes a liquid crystal (LC) filter including an LC layer configured to pass light having a wavelength that is tunable based on an electrical stimulus that is applied to the LC layer, and a photodetector configured to detect the light passed through the LC filter.

Spectrometer and spectrometer module

A two-side illuminated image sensor includes: a first optical sensor layer and a second optical sensor layer each including a plurality of optical sensing cells, and a signal wiring layer disposed between the first and second optical sensor layers. The first and second optical sensor layers may include a first color filter layer and a second color filter layer each including a plurality of color filters corresponding to the plurality of optical sensing cells.

Two-side illuminated image sensor

Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) interaction apparatus capable of recognizing a user's motions in a 3D space for performing a 3D interaction function, a display device including the 3D interaction apparatus, and a method of driving the 3D interaction apparatus. The 3D interaction apparatus includes a depth camera which obtains a depth image including depth information of a distance between an object and the depth camera; an active optical device disposed in front of the depth camera and configured to adjust a propagation path of light by refracting incident light so as to adjust a field of view of the depth camera; and a driving unit which controls operation of the active optical device.

3D interaction apparatus, display device including the same, and method of driving the same

An image sensor including a color filter and a method of manufacturing the image sensor are provided. The image sensor includes a light-sensing layer configured to detect incident light, and convert the incident light to an electrical signal. The image sensor further includes a color filter layer disposed on the light-sensing layer, the color filter layer including color filters, each of the color filters being configured to transmit, among the incident light, light in a wavelength band to the light-sensing layer. The image sensor further includes an isolation layer disposed between the color filters, the isolation layer being configured to optically isolate the color filters from each other. An upper portion of each of the color filters has a cylindrical shape, and a lower portion of each of the color filters has a hemispherical shape.

Image sensor including color filter and method of manufacturing the image sensor

A color filter array, a method of manufacturing the same, and an image sensor including the same are provided. The color filter array includes: a color filter arrangement including a plurality of color filters on a substrate; and an isolation wall which isolates each of the color filters and includes a solid including a plurality of air spaces.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Jesada Ungnapatanin