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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Wei-Lin Chen, Tainan, TW;
Ching-Chung Su, Tainan, TW;
Jung-Huei Peng, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Chun-Wen Cheng, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chun-Hao Chou, Tainan, TW;
Kuo-Cheng Lee, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/00 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/0075 (2013.01); B29D 11/00817 (2013.01); G02B 13/006 (2013.01); G01J 1/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first lens. The first electrode and the second electrode are over the substrate and configured to generate a first electric field. The first lens is between the first electrode and the second electrode and has a focal length that varies in response to the first electric field applied to the first lens.