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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toyoji Chino, Toyonaka, JP;
Kenichi Matsuda, Moriguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 85 ; 257 82 ; 257 83 ; 257 97 ; 257103 ; 257187 ; 257446 ; 257447 ; 257462 ; 257466 ; 385130 ; 385132 ;
Abstract
A shift register according to the present invention includes: a plurality of first electrodes; at least one second electrode; a voltage application unit for applying a voltage to each of the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of optically bistable elements connected to each of the plurality of first electrodes and at least one second electrode; and an optical waveguide layer for optically coupling the plurality of optically bistable elements to each other.