Optical systems having overdriven fLCOS display panels

    公开(公告)号:US11804197B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US17459731

    申请日:2021-08-27

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G09G3/36 G02F1/135

    摘要: A display may include illumination optics, a ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon (fLCOS) panel, and a waveguide. The display may include a temperature sensor that gathers temperature sensor data. Control circuitry may select a non-square wave drive voltage waveform based on the gathered temperature sensor data and/or based on frame history information for the fLCOS display panel. The control circuitry may control the fLCOS panel to produce image light by driving the fLCOS panel using the selected non-square wave drive voltage waveform. The non-square wave drive voltage waveform may be an overdrive waveform or an underdrive waveform. This may serve to optimize the reflectance of the fLCOS display panel and thus the optical performance of the display module regardless of operating temperature and frame history.

    Monolithic Semiconductor-Based Optically Addressable Light Valve

    公开(公告)号:US20240152009A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18499677

    申请日:2023-11-01

    发明人: Selim Elhadj

    IPC分类号: G02F1/135

    摘要: A monolithic transmissive or reflective light valve system able to withstand operation with high optical fluence and high average power lasers is described. The light valve includes a liquid crystal layer on an alignment layer, a first epitaxial doped semiconductor transparent electrode on a photoconductor layer made of a first wide bandgap or ultrawide bandgap semi- insulating semiconductor layer (or wafer). A second epitaxial semiconductor transparent electrode layer brackets the light valve and includes a second wide bandgap or ultrawide bandgap semi-insulating, or conductive semiconductor layer (or wafer). In some embodiments, the doped epitaxial or ion implanted transparent electrode and photoconductor layers have matched coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and further matched CTE to the second wide bandgap material bracketing the light valve. In some embodiments, the transparent electrode and photoconductor layers have matched index of refraction, along with matched photoexcitation levels.