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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

May. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Ion Bita, San Jose, CA (US);

Sapna Patel, San Jose, CA (US);

Clayton Ka Tsun Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

Suryaprakash Ganti, San Jose, CA (US);

Brian W. Arbuckle, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ion Bita, San Jose, CA (US);

Sapna Patel, San Jose, CA (US);

Clayton Ka Tsun Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

SuryaPrakash Ganti, San Jose, CA (US);

Brian W. Arbuckle, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0065 (2013.01); G02B 26/001 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133616 (2013.01);
Abstract

Illumination devices and methods of making same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device includes a light modulating array and a light guide configured to receive light into at least one edge of the light guide. The light guide can be characterized by a first refractive index. The display device can also include a light turning layer disposed such that the light guide is at least partially between the turning layer and the array. The turning layer can comprise an inorganic material characterized by a second refractive index that is substantially the same as the first refractive index.


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