Angled facets for display devices
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a flexible substrate having a plurality of indentations formed in a first surface of the substrate;
reflective facets located at least partially within the indentations, wherein the reflective facets include;
a reflective surface located on the side of the facet facing the indentations; and
a facet masking structure on the side of the reflective facet opposite the substrate, wherein the facet masking structure is less reflective than the reflective surface; and
a plurality of masked wires located on the flexible substrate, wherein each of the plurality of masked wires includes;
a strip of conductive material; and
a wire masking structure having at least one wire masking layer, wherein the wire masking layer is less reflective than the strip of conductive material, and wherein the strip of conductive material is located between the wire masking structure and the substrate.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for provided masked structures on an embossed substrate. In one aspect, these masked structures may be reflected facets for use as part of a frontlight film. In another aspect, these masked structures may be masked wiring for use as part of a capacitive touchscreen array. In one aspect, the structures may have a discrete mask formed thereon, while in other aspects, these structures may have self-masking attributes, and may include an interferometric black mask.
41 Citations
27 Claims
-
1. An apparatus, comprising:
-
a flexible substrate having a plurality of indentations formed in a first surface of the substrate; reflective facets located at least partially within the indentations, wherein the reflective facets include; a reflective surface located on the side of the facet facing the indentations; and a facet masking structure on the side of the reflective facet opposite the substrate, wherein the facet masking structure is less reflective than the reflective surface; and a plurality of masked wires located on the flexible substrate, wherein each of the plurality of masked wires includes; a strip of conductive material; and a wire masking structure having at least one wire masking layer, wherein the wire masking layer is less reflective than the strip of conductive material, and wherein the strip of conductive material is located between the wire masking structure and the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A method of fabricating an apparatus, comprising:
-
providing a substrate having a plurality of indentations formed in a first surface of the substrate; forming a reflective layer over the first surface of the substrate; forming a patterned masking layer over the reflective layer; and
patterning the reflective layer using the patterned masking layer as a mask to form masked reflective facets within the indentations in the first surface of the substrate and to form masked wiring extending over flat portions of the first surface of the substrate located between the indentations in the first surface of the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
-
Specification