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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Clearink Displays, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lorne A. Whitehead, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
ClearINK Displays, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/167 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/19 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/32 (2006.01); G03F 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/167 (2013.01); G02F 1/1336 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133553 (2013.01); G02F 1/195 (2013.01); G03F 7/0005 (2013.01); G03F 7/2002 (2013.01); G03F 7/32 (2013.01); G03F 7/36 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133616 (2013.01);
Abstract
The brightness of a TIR-based display is enhanced with a registered reflective element by recycling and reflecting light that passes through the dark pupil region of each hemi-spherical protrusion in the hemi-spherical surface back to the viewer. A method to fabricate a brightness enhanced TIR display comprising an apertured membrane with a thin conductive reflective metal layer facing and registered with the pupils of the hemi-spherical surface.