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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2021
Applicant:

Leia Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Hoekman, Menlo Park, CA (US);

David A. Fattal, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Ming Ma, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Zhen Peng, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

LEIA SPV LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/11 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0065 (2013.01); B29D 11/00769 (2013.01); G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0051 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G03F 7/0002 (2013.01); G03F 7/001 (2013.01); G03F 7/11 (2013.01); G03F 7/2008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Diffractive backlight fabrication employs a diffraction grating to scatter light from a light guide and define a reflective island that is aligned with the diffraction grating. A method of fabricating a diffractive backlight includes providing the light guide having the diffraction grating, diffractively scattering guided light out of the light guide using the diffraction grating to selectively expose photoresist and provide an opening in the photoresist, and depositing a reflective material into the opening to form a reflective island that is aligned with the diffraction grating. A reflective diffraction grating element of the diffractive backlight includes the diffraction grating and reflective island.


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