IP Library Granted Patent US 11,600,102
Granted Patent B2
US 11,600,102 · App. 17/517,109 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Detection device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Higano (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Nishiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G06V40/1318G06V40/1329H01L27/14643H01L27/14685
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Patent No.
US 11,600,102
App. No.
17/517,109
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes a plurality of light-receiving elements configured to receive light, and a light guide portion one surface of which faces the light-receiving elements. The light guide portion includes a plurality of light guide paths provided throughout from the one surface to the other surface of the light guide portion, and a light-absorbing portion having higher absorbance of the light than that of the light guide paths. When viewed from a direction in which the light-receiving elements and the light guide portion are stacked, more than one of the light guide paths overlap one of the light-receiving elements.

Claims (19)

1. A detection device comprising:

a plurality of light-receiving elements configured to receive light; and

a light guide portion having one surface that faces the light-receiving elements, wherein

the light guide portion comprises a plurality of light guide paths provided throughout from the one surface to an other surface of the light guide portion, and a light-absorbing portion having higher absorbance of the light than that of the light guide paths,

when viewed from a direction in which the light-receiving elements and the light guide portion are stacked, more than one of the light guide paths overlap one of the light-receiving elements, and

the light-absorbing portion comprises a first light-absorbing portion configured to absorb visible light but transmit infrared light, and a second light-absorbing portion configured to absorb visible light and infrared light.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light guide paths is formed of a solid member having higher light transmittance than that of the light-absorbing portion.

3. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide paths overlapping the one light-receiving element have aspect ratios different from one another, the aspect ratios being ratios of lengths from the one surface to the other surface to diameters of the respective light guide paths.

4. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide paths have diameters decreasing toward the other surface.

5. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide portion further comprises low-refractive-index portions having a lower light refractive index than that of the light guide paths.

6. The detection device according to claim 5 , wherein the low-refractive-index portions surround peripheries of the respective light guide paths, and the light-absorbing portion surrounds a periphery of each of the low-refractive-index portions.

7. The detection device according to claim 5 , wherein the low-refractive-index portions surround peripheries of the respective light guide paths, and the light-absorbing portion is provided on an other surface side of the low-refractive-index portions.

8. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide portion is formed of an organic material.

9. A method for manufacturing a detection device, the detection device comprising a plurality of light-receiving elements configured to receive light and a light guide portion having one surface that faces the light-receiving elements, wherein the light guide portion comprises a plurality of light guide paths provided throughout from the one surface to an other surface of the light guide portion, and a light-absorbing portion having higher absorbance of the light than that of the light guide paths, when viewed from a direction in which the light-receiving elements and the light guide portion are stacked, more than one of the light guide paths overlap one of the light-receiving elements, and the light guide portion is formed of an organic material, the method comprising:

applying a first organic material onto a substrate;

emitting light to an area of the first organic material applied onto the substrate where the light guide paths are to be formed, and curing the first organic material in the area irradiated with the light to form the light guide paths made of the cured first organic material;

removing uncured first organic material from the substrate;

applying a second organic material to an area on the substrate where the light guide paths are not formed; and

forming the light-absorbing portion by emitting light or heat to the second organic material on the substrate and curing the second organic material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: TOMIOKA, YASUSHI; MATSUNAGA, KAZUKI; HIGANO, TOSHIYUKI; NISHIYAMA, KAZUHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 058022/0216 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-088396 · May 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020014905 · Mar 31, 2020
Related Publication 20220058365A1 · Feb 24, 2022
Cited By (1)
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