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A device having a light-absorbing mask and a method for fabricating same

CA 2490975 C · Owner: Iridigm Display Corporation · Inventors: Miles, Mark W.

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The invention provides a method for fabricating an optical device comprising at least one optical component formed on a transparent substrate. The method comprises determining an area of the substrate that is to be light~absorbing; and fabricating a light-absorbing mask on the determined area prior to fabricating the at least one optical component. The invention also provides an optical device comprising a substrate (102); and first and second optical components formed on the substrate, wherein the first optical component (104) has two modes, each mode producing a different optical response to light incident thereupon, and wherein the second optical component (108) absorbs light …

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  • Filed June 27, 2003 and granted February 4, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 27, 2023.
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FiledJune 27, 2003
GrantedFebruary 4, 2014
Term endedJune 27, 2023
Patent numberCA 2490975 C
Classification (IPC)G02F1/01 +2 more

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