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Liquid lenses and liquid lens articles with low reflectivity electrode structures

A technology of liquid lens and reflectivity, which is applied in the direction of lens, instrument, optics, etc., and can solve the problem of airtight combination

Pending Publication Date: 2021-11-09
CORNING INC
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These substrates may be made of glass, glass-ceramic, ceramic, polymers, and other high modulus materials, which create challenges in forming a reliable hermetic bond

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[0034]As used herein, the term "about" means that amounts, dimensions, formulations, parameters and other quantities and characteristics are not exact and need not be exact, but may be approximate and / or larger or smaller as required, such as reflective tolerances, conversions factors, rounding, measurement errors, etc., and other factors known to those skilled in the art. When the term "about" is used to describe a value or endpoint of a range, it is to be understood that the disclosure includes the specific value or endpoint to which reference is made. Whether or not a range value or endpoint is recited with "about" in the specification, the range value or endpoint is intended to include both embodiments: one modified with "about" and the other unmodified by "about." It should also be understood that the endpoints of each range are important both in relation to the other endpoints and independently of the other endpoints.

[0035] As used herein, the terms "substantially", ...

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[0067] In this example, a liquid lens article 100a of the present disclosure was prepared (see Figure 2A ) consistent liquid lens preparation. As described in Table 1 below, the substrate has a glass composition, and the electrodes include the following layers successively disposed on the substrate: a Cr film (e.g., conductive structure 134a) with a thickness of 110 nm; an ITO film (e.g., metal oxide layer 234); a Cr film (eg, metal layer 236) with a thickness of 6.5 nm; and an ITO film (eg, metal oxide layer 234) with a thickness of 36.4 nm. refer to Figure 4 , the figure provides the simulated reflectance of the liquid lens article model of this embodiment, which is incident in air (Ex. 1A) and incident in glass (Ex. Material 108 exists, as figure 1 shown), and reflectance measured on actual samples from this example, as incident in air (Ex. 1C) is provided. According to this embodiment has Figure 4 The reflectance versus wavelength curves for the combined design of...

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[0073] In this example, a liquid lens article 100a of the present disclosure was prepared (see Figure 2A ) consistent liquid lens preparation. As described in Table 2 below, the substrate has a glass composition, and the electrodes include the following layers successively disposed on the substrate: a Ni film (e.g., conductive structure 134a) with a thickness of 60 nm; an ITO film (e.g., metal oxide layer 234); a Cr film (eg, metal layer 236) with a thickness of 6.5 nm; and an ITO film (eg, metal oxide layer 234) with a thickness of 36.4 nm. refer to Figure 5 , the figure provides the simulated reflectance of the liquid lens article model of this embodiment, which is incident in air (Ex. 2A) and incident in glass (Ex. Material 108 exists, as figure 1 shown), and reflectance measured on actual samples from this example, as incident in air (Ex. 2C) is provided. According to this embodiment has Figure 5 The reflectance versus wavelength curves for the combined design sho...

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Abstract

A liquid lens article that includes: a first substrate; and an electrode disposed on a primary surface of the first substrate. The electrode comprises an electrically conductive structure disposed on the primary surface of the first substrate and an optical absorber structure disposed on the electrically conductive structure. The electrode comprises a reflectivity minimum of about 3% or less at a visible wavelength within a range of 390 nm to 700 nm, and a reflectivity of about 25% or less at an ultraviolet wavelength within a range of 100 nm to 400 nm. Further, the absorber structure comprises at least two metal oxide layers and at least one metal layer, each metal layer between two of the metal oxide layers. In addition, the electrode can comprise a sheet resistance from about 5 ohm / sq to about 0.5 ohm / sq.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 796,373, filed January 24, 2019, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates to liquid lenses and liquid lens articles having low reflectivity electrode structures, and more particularly to such liquid lenses and articles having electrode structures suitable for laser bonding process steps. Background technique [0004] Liquid lenses generally include two immiscible liquids disposed in a chamber. Changing the electric field applied to the liquids changes the wettability of one of the liquids relative to the chamber walls, which has the effect of changing the shape of the meniscus formed between the two liquids. Additionally, changes in the shape of the meniscus can cause controlled changes in the focal length of the lens i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02B5/00G02B26/00
CPCG02B26/005G02B5/003G02B3/12
Inventor R·A·贝尔曼R·M·卡兰M·B·欧瑞甘
Owner CORNING INC