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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Byoung-lyong Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Eun-kyung Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-nam Cha, Yongin-si, KR;
Sun-il Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/14 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); Y10S 977/742 (2013.01); Y10S 977/762 (2013.01);
Abstract
A varifocal lens including a first liquid crystal layer; a first electrode portion disposed below the first liquid crystal layer and having a flat shape; a first non-uniform electric field generator which generates a non-uniform electric field in the first liquid crystal layer together with the first electrode portion, and the first non-uniform electric field generator including a second electrode portion having a flat shape.