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Patent No.:

US 12547046 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

May. 24, 2024

Light modulating device and electronic apparatus including the same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Byunggil Jeong, Anyang-si, KR;

Sunil Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Junghyun Park, Seoul, KR;

Duhyun Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Sharrief I Broome

Assistant Examiner:

Journey F Sumlar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/31 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/015 (2006.01); G02F 1/017 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/31 (2013.01); G02B 5/0816 (2013.01); G02B 5/085 (2013.01); G02B 5/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/2856 (2013.01); G02B 6/3576 (2013.01); G02B 6/4269 (2013.01); G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); G02F 1/0151 (2021.01); G02F 1/017 (2013.01); G02F 2201/30 (2013.01); G02F 2201/346 (2013.01); G02F 2203/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided a light modulating device including a variable mirror including a plurality of lattice structures, the plurality of lattice structures including a material having a refractive index that changes based on a temperature of the material, a distributed Bragg mirror spaced apart from the variable mirror and provided above the variable mirror, the distributed Bragg mirror including a first material layer and a second material layer that are alternately stacked, and a refractive index of the first material layer being different from a refractive index of the second material layer, and a heating portion configured to heat the plurality of lattice structures and provided below the variable mirror opposite to the distributed Bragg mirror.

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