US 12,405,506 B2
Article including light valves
Kangning Liang, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Jaroslaw Zieba, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Johannes P. Seydel, Petaluma, CA (US)
Assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,335.
Application 18/446,335 is a continuation of application No. 16/222,710, filed on Dec. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,740,532.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019754 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/128 (2006.01); G02B 5/22 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/17 (2019.01)
CPC G02F 1/17 (2013.01) [G02B 5/128 (2013.01); G02B 5/223 (2013.01); G02F 2201/34 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article, comprising:
a valve layer including at least one color-rendering portion and at least one light valve, wherein the valve layer is a selective light modulator layer (SLML); and
a metal reflector portion;
wherein the at least one light valve is positioned in the valve layer to provide reflection of incident light through the at least one light valve, and wherein the at least one light valve comprises at least one of a round-shaped void or a dissolvable bead, wherein the round-shaped void is formed when the dissolvable bead is dissolved.