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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144385 | Method and device for multistate interferometric light modulation A multi-state light modulator comprises a first reflector 104. A first electrode 142 is positioned at a distance from the first reflector 104. A second reflector 14 is positioned between the first reflector 104 and the first electr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8115989 | Anti-stiction electrode Anti-stiction systems may include one or more anti-stiction electrodes driven to provide an electrical force that counteracts a stiction force acting upon a moveable portion of an interferometric modulator. The anti-stiction electrode(s) may be disposed on a back gl... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102592 | Reflective display using calibration data for electrostatically maintaining parallel relationship of adjustable-depth cavity component Interferometric modulators include a movable mirror that is actuated by voltage applied to a plurality of electrodes relative to at least one other electrode, to define a cavity relative to a partially reflective mirror formed by a top plate. The depth of the cavity... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8081374 | Display device A flat panel display device displays an image using a micro-shutter electrode and a diffusive reflection layer. The display device has a wide viewing angle and reduces a loss of light to thus improve light efficiency. In addition, gray levels can be determined by an... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077380 | Method and apparatus for providing brightness control in an interferometric modulator (IMOD) display Methods and systems for providing brightness control in an interferometric modulator (IMOD) display are provided. In one embodiment, an interferometric modulator display pixel is provided that includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) interferometric modulato... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8035885 | TWDM element, imager, and method for temporally and spatially modulating by using the same A tri wavelength diffracting modulation (TWDM) element, a TWDM imager, and methods of temporally and spatially modulating by using the same are disclosed. The TWDM element includes first and second sets of movable reflective rigid plates under independent electrical... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023175 | Dynamic imaging and/or identification apparatus and method thereof A preferred embodiment comprises a dynamic display based on a program image element which will only generate a preprogrammed image. As an example, the image element may comprise electrically-driven MEMS mirrors. This example may be embedded in an ID card. At the tim... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004743 | Method and apparatus for providing brightness control in an interferometric modulator (IMOD) display Methods and systems for providing brightness control in an interferometric modulator (IMOD) display are provided. In one embodiment, an interferometric modulator display pixel is provided that includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) interferometric modulato... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990604 | Analog interferometric modulator Methods and devices for calibrating and controlling the actuation of an analog interferometric modulator configured to have a plurality of actuation states. Devices and methods for calibrating an analog interferometric modulator to respond in linear relation to an a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7957050 | Mirror device comprising layered electrode The present invention provides an image display system implemented with a mirror device comprises a plurality of pixel elements formed on a substrate: wherein: each of said pixel elements comprises a micromirror disposed above and supported on a hinge extended from ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952780 | Microactuator, optical device and exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A pair of support members each having a spring section in a part thereof support a mirror element, and a pair of drive mechanisms arranged respectively corresponding to a pair of the support members transform the spring sections of the corresponding support members,... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944605 | Color display apparatus A color display apparatus includes a color changeover unit for changing over colors of an illumination light or a projection light, and a control circuit for applying a video signal for generating a control signal for controlling a spatial light modulator, wherein t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7911680 | Micromirror device having a vertical hinge A mirror device comprises: a plurality of electrodes disposed on a substrate; a hinge connected to at least one of the electrodes; a mirror connected to the hinge and corresponding to at least one of the electrodes. The mirror device further comprises a barrier laye... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7889418 | Electro-optical display, electrophoretic display, and electronic device An electro-optical display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposing to each other, a display layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a cover layer covering a surface of the second substrate on an opposite side of th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7835062 | Mircromirror device having a vertical hinge A mirror device comprises: a plurality of electrodes disposed on a substrate; a hinge connected to at least one of the electrodes; a mirror connected to the hinge and corresponding to at least one of the electrodes, wherein a barrier layer is comprised between the h... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7813030 | Display and fabricating method thereof A display and fabricating method thereof is provided. The display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a hydrophobic layer, a nonpolar liquid layer, a hydrophilic separator, a polar liquid layer, and a protruding spacer. The first and second substrates re... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7796321 | Mirror device A spatial light modulator supported on a device substrate includes a plurality of light modulation elements to modulate a light emitted from a light source. The spatial light modulator and the device substrate further comprises a cyclic structure on a surface of the... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787173 | System and method for multi-level brightness in interferometric modulation A display having a plurality of reflective display elements. In one embodiment, the display elements comprise at least one electrode having a plurality of active areas. In one embodiment, at least two of the sizes of the active areas are different with respect to ea... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7773289 | Method and apparatus for providing brightness control in an interferometric modulator (IMOD) display Methods and systems for providing brightness control in an interferometric modulator (IMOD) display are provided. In one embodiment, an interferometric modulator display pixel is provided that includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) interferometric modulato... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768690 | Backlight displays A transmissive backlit display is disclosed. In one aspect, the backlit display comprises a backlight and an array of transmissive interferometric modulators. Each interferometric modulator comprises a fixed and moving dielectric mirror stack. The interferometric mo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7710636 | Systems and methods using interferometric optical modulators and diffusers Various embodiments include interferometric optical modulators comprising a substrate layer having a thickness between about 0.1 mm to about 0.45 mm thick and a method for manufacturing the same. The interferometric modulator can be integrated together with a diffus... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7684106 | Compatible MEMS switch architecture A method of fabricating a display device includes forming a switch and forming a plurality of display elements in parallel electrical communication with the switch. The switch includes an electrode, a first contact, and a second contact. The switch is responsive to ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675671 | Micro electro mechanical systems device An aspect of the embodiment, a MEMS device includes a rotating unit, a first hinge, a first frame and an actuator. The actuator has a plurality of electrodes for rotating the rotating unit. The first frame has one of the electrodes. A portion of silicon layer by the... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7656574 | Method and device for reduction of polarization-dependent effects in a tunable optical component A device and a method for reducing polarization-dependent effects in dynamical optical components based on surface modulation of a polymer gel or membrane is disclosed. The device and method modifies, removes or leads away unwanted reflections from incident light or... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7646529 | Method and device for multistate interferometric light modulation A multi-state light modulator comprises a first reflector 104. A first electrode 142 is positioned at a distance from the first reflector 104. A second reflector 14 is positioned between the first reflector 104 and the first electr... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7508572 | Charging guard with paschen stacking A MEMS-based mirror is provided with trenches between adjacent electrodes in order to be able to withstand relatively high applied voltages, and thus has a substantially reduced exposure to uncontrolled surface potentials. The MEMS-based mirror, thus avoids voltage ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7466476 | Sloped cantilever beam electrode for a MEMS device A method of tilting a micromirror includes providing a substrate, a sloped electrode outwardly from the substrate, and a sloped electrode positioning system outwardly from the substrate. The method also includes applying, by the sloped electrode positioning system, ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7440160 | Electro-optical light modulating element, electro-optical display and modulating medium The invention relates to electrooptical light modulating elements, to electrooptical displays containing elements of this type, and to display systems, e.g. television screens and computer monitors, and to the modulating media used therein. The inventive light modul... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439948 | Electrophoretic display device In electrophoretic displays, grey values are realized using at least three electrodes for bistable operation. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436572 | Micromirrors and hinge structures for micromirror arrays in projection displays A spatial light modulator is disclosed, along with methods for making such a modulator. The spatial light modulator comprises an array of micromirrors each having a hinge and a micromirror plate held via a hinge on a substrate, the micromirror plate being attached t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436575 | Small thin film movable element, small thin film movable element array and method of driving small thin film movable element array A small thin film movable element comprises; a movable portion supported elastically deformably and having a movable electrode at at least a portion of the movable portion; and a fixed electrode arranged to be opposed to the movable portion, wherein the movable port... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436574 | Frequency tunable resonant scanner Provided is a one-axis driving optical scanner which includes a substrate, a stage separated from the substrate to a predetermined height and having an upper surface where an optical scanning surface is formed, a torsion spring supporting the stage from middle porti... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436571 | Micro-displays A micro-display has a device chip with a transparent layer overlying one or more micro-electromechanical system devices. A transparent cover overlies the transparent layer. An index-of-refraction-matching medium is interposed between the transparent layer and the tr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428092 | Fast-response micro-mechanical devices A spatial light modulator includes a mirror plate comprising a reflective upper surface, a lower surface having a conductive surface portion, and a substrate portion having a first cavity having an opening on the lower surface, a second cavity in the substrate porti... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423798 | Addressing circuit and method for bi-directional micro-mirror array A control substrate of spatial light modulator for a bi-directional micro mirror array includes a plurality of unit cells, each includes a common electrode at a fixed constant potential and an addressing electrode under the mirror plate on opposite sides of a pivot ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423794 | Device and method for stacked multi-level uncoupled electrostatic actuators A multi-level decoupled micro-actuator device comprising a first level substrate (410), a second level frame (420) stacked on said first level substrate (410), a third level frame (430) stacked on said second level frame (420).... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420725 | Device having a conductive light absorbing mask and method for fabricating same A system and method for an optical component that masks non-active portions of a display and provides an electrical path for one or more display circuits. In one embodiment an optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical elements on the substrate, eac... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417778 | Light deflector, light deflection array, image forming apparatus, and image projection display apparatus A light deflector can be driven by a low voltage by reducing contact area with a plate shape member and other members. The light deflector can be driven by a low voltage by reducing a contact area with a plate shape member and other members. More particularly, a fri... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411717 | Micromirror device A spatial light modulator comprises an array of micromirror devices each of which has a reflective and deflectable mirror plates. The mirror plates are moved between an ON and OFF state during operation, wherein the OFF state is a state wherein the mirror plate is n... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405860 | Spatial light modulators with light blocking/absorbing areas A projection system, a spatial light modulator, and a method for forming a micromirror array such as for a projection display are disclosed. The spatial light modulator can have two substrates bonded together with one of the substrates comprising a micro-mirror arra... | 07/29/2008 |
