IP Library Granted Patent US 7,672,046
Granted Patent B2
US 7,672,046 · App. 11/694,305 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Optical multilayer filter, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,672,046
App. No.
11/694,305
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical multilayer filter comprises a substrate, and an inorganic thin film that is composed of a plurality of layers and formed on the substrate. An uppermost surface layer of the inorganic thin film is a silicon oxide layer having a density of from 1.9 g/cm 3 to 2.2 g/cm 3 .

Claims (10)

1. An optical multilayer filter, comprising:

a substrate; and

an inorganic thin film that is composed of a plurality of layers and formed on the substrate, an uppermost surface layer of the inorganic thin film being a silicon oxide layer having a density from 1.9 g/cm 3 to 2.04 g/cm 3 and others of the plurality of layers being silicon oxide layers having a density of 2.21 g/cm 3 or more.

2. The optical multilayer filter according to claim 1 , wherein a layer adjacent to the silicon oxide layer serving as the uppermost surface layer is a transparent conductive film.

3. The optical multilayer filter according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic thin film is one of an ultraviolet infrared cut film and an infrared cut film.

4. The optical multilayer filter according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is one of a glass substrate and a quartz substrate.

5. An electronic apparatus, comprising the optical multilayer filter according to claim 1 .

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , the uppermost surface layer of the inorganic thin film is grounded.

7. A method for manufacturing the optical multilayer filter according to claim 1 , comprising:

forming the inorganic thin film composed of the plurality of layers on the substrate, wherein a pressure in forming an uppermost surface layer of the inorganic thin film by vacuum deposition is from 5×10 −4 Pa to 5×10 −2 Pa.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2007
From: SHIBUYA, MUNEHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019107/0808 →