US Patent 11496090 Light-modulating device

A light-modulating device includes optical microstructures, each including a topmost layer, a bottommost layer, and in-between layers. The topmost layer extends in a first predetermined axis. The bottommost layer extends in a last predetermined axis which turns about a center axis such that an incident light beam passing through the topmost layer in an incident route is modulated to permit the light beam emitting from the bottommost layer to impinge upon a solar concentrator disposed below the light-modulating device along an impinging route different from the incident route. The in-between layers are sequentially turned about the center axis by an incremental degree toward the last predetermined axis.