Windows with liquid crystal layers

    公开(公告)号:US12130521B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US17989447

    申请日:2022-11-17

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A vehicle or other system may have windows. A window may include an outer glass layer having a concave inner surface and an inner glass layer having a convex inner surface. Transparent conductive electrodes may be formed on the concave inner surface and the convex outer surface. A liquid crystal layer such as a nanocapsule guest-host liquid crystal layer may be interposed between the transparent conductive electrodes. During manufacturing, a first layer of liquid crystal may be coated onto the transparent electrode on the outer glass layer, and a second layer of liquid crystal may be coated onto the transparent electrode on the inner glass layer. The two coated glass layers may then be pressed together in a vacuum chamber so that the first and second liquid crystal layers merge and become a homogenous layer, thereby removing surface irregularities in the liquid crystal layers and reducing undesired haze.

    Electronic device
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12125308B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18200585

    申请日:2023-05-23

    摘要: An electronic device includes a first substrate, a switch element disposed on the first substrate, a sensor unit disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a light blocking layer. The sensor unit is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light blocking layer is disposed at a side of the second substrate opposite to the sensor unit. The light blocking layer blocks at least a portion of a light entering the sensor unit.