Beam deflection apparatus and holographic display apparatus including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11899399-B2
Application number	US-202117505823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2021
Priority date	Nov 23, 2020
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

A beam deflection apparatus includes a first beam deflector that deflects light in a first direction and a second beam deflector that deflects light in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first beam deflector and the second beam deflector each include a first region for deflecting light of a first wavelength and a second region for deflecting light of a second wavelength, and a ratio of a spatial period of a signal applied to first drive electrodes arranged in the first region of the first beam deflector to the first wavelength is the same as a ratio of a spatial period of a signal applied to second drive electrodes arranged in the second region of the first beam deflector to the second wavelength.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beam deflection apparatus comprising:
a first beam deflector comprising a first region that deflects light of a first wavelength in a first direction and a second region that deflects light of a second wavelength in the first direction; and
a second beam deflector comprising a third region that deflects the light of the first wavelength in a second direction and a fourth region that deflects the light of the second wavelength in the second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein the first beam deflector comprises a plurality of first drive electrodes and a plurality of second drive electrodes in the first region and the second region, respectively, and
wherein a ratio of a spatial period of a signal applied to the plurality of first drive electrodes to the first wavelength is the same as a ratio of a spatial period of a signal applied to the plurality of second drive electrodes to the second wavelength.

2. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of first drive electrodes extends in the second direction and is arranged at intervals in the first direction, and the plurality of second drive electrodes extends in the second direction and is arranged at intervals in the first direction, and
wherein a first voltage is independently applied to the plurality of first drive electrodes and a second voltage is independently applied to the plurality of second drive electrodes.

3. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the first beam deflector comprises a plurality of the first regions and a plurality of the second regions which are alternately arranged in the second direction, and
wherein each of the plurality of first regions and each of the plurality of second regions extend in the first direction in the first beam deflector.

4. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first beam deflector further comprises:
a substrate;
a plurality of connection electrodes arranged on the substrate; and
an interlayer insulating layer arranged to cover the substrate and the plurality of connection electrodes,
wherein the plurality of first drive electrodes and the plurality of second drive electrodes are arranged on the interlayer insulating layer.

5. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of connection electrodes extends in the second direction over the first region and the second region of the first beam deflector and is arranged in the first direction.

6. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of connection electrodes comprises a plurality of first connection electrodes connected to the plurality of first drive electrodes and a plurality of second connection electrodes connected to the plurality of second drive electrodes, and
wherein the plurality of first connection electrodes and the plurality of second connection electrodes are alternately arranged in the first direction.

7. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 6 , wherein one of the plurality of first drive electrodes faces one of the plurality of first connection electrodes and one of the plurality of second connection electrodes, and
wherein one of the plurality of second drive electrodes faces one of the plurality of first connection electrodes and one of the plurality of second connection electrodes.

8. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 7 ,
wherein the first beam deflector further comprises a plurality of via holes penetrating the interlayer insulating layer, each of the plurality of via holes electrically connecting one of the plurality of first drive electrodes and the plurality of second drive electrodes to one of the plurality of first connection electrodes and the plurality of second connection electrodes, and
wherein each of the plurality of first connection electrodes is electrically connected to the plurality of first drive electrodes through the plurality of via holes in the first region of the first beam deflector without being electrically connected to any of the plurality of second drive electrodes, and each of the plurality of second connection electrodes is electrically connected to the plurality of second drive electrodes through the plurality of via holes in the second region of the first beam deflector without being electrically connected to any of the plurality of first drive electrodes.

9. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a first arrangement period of the plurality of first drive electrodes in the first direction is different from a second arrangement period of the plurality of second drive electrodes in the first direction, and
wherein a ratio of the first arrangement period to the first wavelength is the same as a ratio of the second arrangement period to the second wavelength.

10. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the second beam deflector comprises a plurality of third drive electrodes extending in the first direction and arranged at intervals in the second direction, and
wherein a ratio of a spatial period of a signal applied to the plurality of third drive electrodes arranged in the third region to the first wavelength is the same as a ratio of a spatial period of a signal applied to the plurality of third drive electrodes arranged in the fourth region to the second wavelength.

11. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second beam deflector comprises a plurality of the third regions and a plurality of the fourth regions which are alternately arranged in the second direction,
wherein the plurality of third regions and the plurality of fourth regions extend in the first direction, and
wherein some of the plurality of third drive electrodes are arranged in the plurality of third regions and some of the plurality of third drive electrodes are arranged in the plurality of fourth regions.

12. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein a first signal having a first period is applied to the plurality of third drive electrodes arranged in the plurality of third regions, and a second signal having a second period different from the first period is applied to the plurality of third drive electrodes arranged in the plurality of fourth regions, and
wherein a ratio of the first period to the first wavelength is the same as a ratio of the second period to the second wavelength.

13. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a common substrate; and
a halfwave plate,
wherein the first beam deflector is arranged on a first surface of the common substrate, and the second beam deflector is arranged on a second surface of the common substrate facing the first surface, and
wherein the halfwave plate is arranged on the first surface of the common substrate or the second surface of the common substrate.

14. The beam deflection apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first beam deflector and the second beam deflector further comprises a first color filter arranged in the first region or the third region, respectively, that transmits only light of the first wavelength and a second color filter arranged in the second region or the fourth region, respectively, that transmits only light of the second wavelength.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Hoon
• Song Byonggwon
• Kim Yunhee
• Choi Chilsung
• Hong Jong-Young

Classifications

• G03H1/2294 Primary

  Addressing the hologram to an active spatial light modulator · CPC title

• G02B5/3083

  Birefringent or phase retarding elements (G02B5/3008, G02B5/3016 take precedence; systems for polarisation control G02B27/286; manufacturing phase modulating patterns by lithographic processes G03F7/001) · CPC title

• G02B27/005

  for correction of secondary colour or higher-order chromatic aberrations · CPC title

• G02F1/29

  for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection · CPC title

• G03H1/2202

  Reconstruction geometries or arrangements · CPC title