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A compact and versatile multi-spot inspection imaging system employs an objective for focusing an array of radiation beams to a surface and a second reflective or refractive objective having a large numerical aperture for collecting scattered radiation from the array of illuminated spots. The scattered radiation from each illuminated spot is focused to a corresponding optical fiber channel so that information about a scattering may be conveyed to a corresponding detector in a remote detector array for processing. For patterned surface inspection, a cross-shaped filter is rotated along with the surface to reduce the effects of diffraction by Manhattan geometry. A spatial filter in the shape of an annular aperture may also be employed to reduce scattering from patterns such as arrays on the surface. In another embodiment, different portions of the same objective may be used for focusing the illumination beams onto the surface and for collecting the scattered radiation from the illuminated spots simultaneously. In another embodiment, a one-dimensional array of illumination beams are directed at an oblique angle to the surface to illuminate a line of illuminated spots at an angle to the plane of incidence. Radiation scattered from the spots are collected along directions perpendicular to the line of spots or in a double dark field configuration.

In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimize the cost of the illumination optics and the size of the display unit of the present invention, the light source is placed orthogonal to the rows (or columns) of the array, and/or the light source is placed orthogonal to a side of the frame defining the active area of the array. The incident light beam, though orthogonal to the sides of the active area, is not however, orthogonal to any substantial portion of sides of the individual micromirrors in the array. Orthogonal sides cause incident light to diffract along the direction of micromirror switching, and result in light ‘leakage’ into the ‘on’ state even if the micromirror is in the ‘off’ state. This light diffraction decreases the contrast ratio of the micromirror. The micromirrors of the present invention result in an improved contrast ratio, and the arrangement of the light source to micromirror array in the present invention results in a more compact system. Another feature of the invention is the ability of the micromirrors to pivot in opposite direction to on and off positions (the on position directing light to collection optics), where the movement to the on position is greater than movement to the off position. A further feature of the invention is a package for the micromirror array, the package having a window that is not parallel to the substrate upon which the micromirrors are formed. One example of the invention includes all the above features.

The present invention provides a touch panel having pluralities of projections, each of the projections having a predetermined shape, formed on inner surfaces of a lower substrate and an upper substrate, respectively. The projections being formed in at least two directions with a substantially periodical pitch that is shorter than any wavelength of visible light. The touch panel can also include a lower transparent electrode and an upper transparent electrode formed over the inner surfaces of the lower substrate and the upper substrate having the pluralities of projections, respectively. The cross-sectional area of each of the projections parallel to the outer surface of the lower substrate is configured to decrease continuously from bottom to top of the projection. The same applies to the combination of each of the projections, the bottom and a top thereof, and the upper substrate. Accordingly, this structure reduces the light reflection and diffraction at the boundary between an air space and the transparent electrode, thereby providing a resistive contact-type touch panel or a electrostatic capacitive coupling-type touch panel having high light transmittance.

In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimize the cost of the illumination optics and the size of the display unit of the present invention, the light source is placed orthogonal to the rows (or columns) of the array, and/or the light source is placed orthogonal to a side of the frame defining the active area of the array. The incident light beam, though orthogonal to the sides of the active area, is not however, orthogonal to any substantial portion of sides of the individual micromirrors in the array. Orthogonal sides cause incident light to diffract along the direction of micromirror switching, and result in light ‘leakage’ into the ‘on’ state even if the micromirror is in the ‘off’ state. This light diffraction decreases the contrast ratio of the micromirror. The micromirrors of the present invention result in an improved contrast ratio, and the arrangement of the light source to micromirror array in the present invention results in a more compact system. Another feature of the invention is the ability of the micromirrors to pivot in opposite direction to on and off positions (the on position directing light to collection optics), where the movement to the on position is greater than movement to the off position. A further feature of the invention is a package for the micromirror array, the package having a window that is not parallel to the substrate upon which the micromirrors are formed. One example of the invention includes all the above features.

The invention provides a display device, a display panel thereof, and a transparent display panel. A first sub-pixel of the transparent display panel is arranged to comprise a light-transmitting area and a non-light-transmitting area, wherein the non-light-transmitting area is provided with a first light reflecting anode, a first light-emitting structure layer and a first cathode in a stacked mode, and the light-transmitting area completely wraps the non-light-transmitting area, or the non-light-transmitting area completely wraps the light-transmitting area. The light emitted by the first light-emitting structure layer can be reflected back and forth between the first light-reflecting anode and the first cathode for multiple times to form a microcavity effect, so that the light-emitting efficiency is enhanced, the frequency spectrum is narrowed, and the display quality of the transparent display panel is improved; when the full screen displays, the color coordinates of the light-transmitting display area and the non-light-transmitting display area are basically consistent, and deviation is avoided. The non-light-transmitting area is completely wrapped by the light-transmitting area, or the non-light-transmitting area is completely wrapped by the light-transmitting area, so that light emitted by one first sub-pixel can be uniformly diffused to all pixels around, the color coordinate offset is reduced, and the color rendering consistency under different visual angles is improved.

A video display device is provided with a light source, a display element, and an eyepiece optical system (14). The light source emits light which has at least one emission peak wavelength and has a wavelength width including one emission peak wavelength. The display element modulates the light emitted from the light source and displays video. The eye-piece optical system (14) comprises a volume phase reflective HOE (23) with diffracts and reflects video light from the display element and leads the light to a viewing pupil. An HOE surface (23a) is divided into a plurality of flat surfaces (31, 32, 33) disposed so as to be recessed on the viewing pupil side, and the plurality of flat surfaces (31, 32, 33) are continuous so as to have a common ridge line at a boundary between the flat surfaces adjoining to each other.

The anti electromagnetic interference material is composed of several layers: the impedance matching layer is made of absorbing type sendust powder, manganese-zinc ferrite and resin; the absorbing layer is made of absorbing type sendust powder, nickel zinc ferrite and resin; the reflecting layer is made of reflection type sendust powder, iron powder and resin.

An optic mouse includes a casing and a circuit board fixed inside the casing. The casing has a bottom in which a first opening is defined for receiving and fixing a lens module. The lens module includes a support fixed to the first opening and forming a carrier that carries first and second lenses and a reflection portion located adjacent to the second lens and having a top connected to a bottom of the first lens. The circuit board includes a single circuit chip having integrated therewith a light emitter and an optic sensor positioned in correspondence to the first and second lenses, respectively. With the light emitter and the optic sensor integrated in the single circuit chip, the lens module is constructed and arranged to shorten an optic path for a light beam transmitting from the light emitter to the optic sensor whereby the light beam can travel in a more concentrated manner with reduced diffraction and deterioration thereof. Thus, performance of the optic mouse is enhanced.

An updateable system and method of recording a hologram on a media simultaneously reduces the writing time and increases persistence without sacrificing diffraction efficiency. A voltage kick-off technique controls the bias electric field applied to a photorefractive polymer media in conjunction with the application of the writing beams and dark decay. Essentially the voltage kick-off technique applies a high electric field above the optimal field while the writing beams are on and reduces the electric field when the writing beams are off during dark decay. The voltage kick-off technique produced two separate unexpected results. First, when the writing beams are turned off and the electric field is lowered the diffraction efficiency continues to increase until it reaches a maximum efficiency that is within a few percent of that achieved by writing at the optimal field until steady-state is achieved. Second, the decay time constant is much larger than expected producing a much longer persistence without sacrificing diffraction efficiency or writing time.

The invention discloses a display panel and a display device, and the display panel comprises a first display area which comprises a plurality of first repeating units arranged in an array; a second display area which comprises a plurality of second repeating units arranged in an array mode, wherein the first repeating units and the second repeating units each comprise a plurality of sub-pixels, the density of the sub-pixels of the second display area is smaller than that of the sub-pixels of the first display area, and the second repeating units and the first repeating units are the same in outline shape. According to the display panel provided by the embodiment of the invention, the pixel density of the second display areas is relatively reduced, so that the array wiring in the second display area is reduced, the diffraction phenomenon of the wiring to incident light is reduced, the integration of the photosensitive module at the second display area is facilitated, and the non-display area of the display panel is reduced. The second repeating units and the first repeating units are the same in outline shape, so that the sub-pixels in the first display area and the sub-pixels in the second display area can be formed by using the same mask plate, and the design cost is reduced.

The invention provides a display panel and a display device, and relates to the technical field of display. The display panel comprises a display area, wherein the display area comprises a first display area and a light sensing element arranging area, and the light sensing element arranging area comprises a light transmission area and a shading area; and an underlying substrate and a plurality ofpixel units located on the underlying substrate, wherein the shading area comprises at least one pixel unit, and each pixel unit comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, and in the direction perpendicularto the plane where the underlying substrate is located, the shading area at least comprises one first outwards-protruding arc-shaped edge. According to the display panel and the display device, the diffraction phenomenon of the light sensing element arranging area can be reduced.

In an acoustic wave resonator, an IDT electrode is provided on a piezoelectric substrate. The IDT electrode is apodization-weighted such that a plurality of maximum values of cross widths are provided in acoustic wave propagation directions. Alternatively, in apodization weighting, weighting is applied such that at least one of a pair of envelopes located at outer side portions of the IDT electrode in directions substantially perpendicular to acoustic wave propagation directions includes a plurality of angled envelope portions angled from a central portion of the IDT electrode toward an outer side portion of the IDT electrode in a direction substantially perpendicular to the acoustic wave propagation directions.

A semiconductor wafer is aligned using a double patterning process. A first resist layer having a first optical characteristic is deposited and foams at least one alignment mark. The first resist layer is developed. A second resist layer having a second optical characteristic is deposited over the first resist layer. The combination of first and second resist layers and alignment mark has a characteristic such that radiation of a pre-determined wavelength incident on the alignment mark produces a first or higher order diffraction as a function of the first and second optical characteristics.