| US 7,495,815 B2 | ||
| Electro-optical modulator | ||
| Ron Naaman, Rehovot (Israel); Erez Halahmi, Bazra (Israel); Gilad Diamant, Haifa (Israel); Dmitry Shvarts, Kiryat Ono (Israel); Leeor Kronik, Rehovot (Israel); and Nili Kloner-Gendel, Kfar Saba (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Nova Trans Group S.A., Vaumarcus NE (Switzerland) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/337,800. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/645754, filed on Jan. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0181764 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/07 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 2/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—245 [359/315; 359/237; 359/238; 359/244; 359/253; 359/298; 359/299; 359/325; 365/49; 365/45] | 36 Claims |
| 1. An electro-optical modulator device comprising:
a light modulator unit having a first Cathode for exposing to input light; and
an electric field source configured and operable to create a change in a potential difference between two opposite surfaces
of the first Cathode
to create an electric field effecting a change in the refractive index of the first Cathode, thereby effecting a change in
the propagation of light reflected from or transmitted through the first Cathode,
thus enabling to affect the operation for an external light sensitive electrode device.
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