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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426073 | Digital micromirror device and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a digital micromirror device (DMD). The DMD includes a first metal line, a second metal line, a third metal line, and a mirror. The first metal line is formed to have a predetermined line width and a predetermined thickness, and the second metal line is ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7345809 | Mirror device with anti-reflective coating layer and method for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a mirror device with anti-reflective coating layer. The method of the invention comprises: (a) forming an anti-reflective metal film on a first surface of a mirror material to be a mirror device; (b) defining a plu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7190417 | Optical address type spatial light modulator An optical address type spatial light modulator has a plurality of optical address type light modulation layers stacked on each other, each having a liquid crystal layer for reflecting visible light in a specific wavelength band or a liquid crystal layer for absorbi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7126741 | Light modulator assembly A light modulator assembly includes a substrate, a micro-electro mechanical semiconductor device (MEMS device) formed on the substrate, and a temperature control device coupled to the substrate and configured to maintain the MEMS device at or above an elevated thres... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092138 | Elastomer spatial light modulators for extreme ultraviolet lithography A new design and fabrication process of an elastomer spatial light modulator (eSLM). The present invention resolves many known challenges and enables the eSLM to operate as programmable masks for the EUV lithography systems. Bottom electrodes are deposited and patte... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073910 | Image projection lighting device An improved image projection lighting device is disclosed. Commands received by a communications port of the base housing may be acted upon to change zoom and focus values of a zoom and focus lens. A cooling system may be provided which compares an input air tempera... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7023607 | Double substrate reflective spatial light modulator with self-limiting micro-mechanical elements A spatial light modulator including first and second substrate, and an array of deflectable elements disposed within a gap between the first and second substrates is disclosed herein. For electrostatically actuating the deflectable elements, an array of electrodes a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012733 | Double substrate reflective spatial light modulator with self-limiting micro-mechanical elements A spatial light modulator including first and second substrate, and an array of deflectable elements disposed within a gap between the first and second substrates is disclosed herein. For electrostatically actuating the deflectable elements, an array of electrodes a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6947200 | Double substrate reflective spatial light modulator with self-limiting micro-mechanical elements A spatial light modulator includes an upper optically transmissive substrate held above a lower substrate containing addressing circuitry. One or more electrostatically deflectable elements are suspended by hinges from the upper substrate. In operation, individual m... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924921 | Layered photonic crystals A three dimensional photonic crystal and layer-by-layer processes of fabricating the photonic crystal. A substrate is exposed to a plurality of first microspheres made of a first material, the first material being of a type that will bond to the templated substrate ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6642913 | Light modulation element, exposure unit, and flat-panel display unit A light modulation element which has a light guide body 11 for guiding light from a light source and a flexible thin film 12 having a phosphor 13 being provided facing the light guide body 11. The distance between the flexible thin film 12 and the light g... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6417019 | Phosphor converted light emitting diode A method of fabricating a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting diode that emits primary light, and locating proximate to the light emitting diode a (Sr1-u-v-x Mgu Cav Bax)(Ga2-y-z... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6411270 | Display apparatus capable of selecting display picture or screen sizes for displaying static picture of images written in a spatial light modulator A spatial light modulator includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed with a prescribed gap therebetween and each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer and a photoconductor layer disposed between the substrates, with th... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6124593 | Far infrared thermal imaging system A far-infrared image is directed onto a transducer having a planar array of absorbing discs on one side. The discs are supported by a thin membrane ich expands and bulges as the discs heat up. The discs thus change their spacing with respect to a partial... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5936757 | Thin film actuated mirror array There is provided an array of M×N thin film actuated mirrors for use in an optical projection system comprising an active matrix, an array of M×N thin film actuating structures, each of the thin film actuating structures including at least a thin film l... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5706123 | Switched control signals for digital micro-mirror device with split reset A method of providing control signals for resetting mirror elements (10,20) of a digital micro-mirror device (DMD) having reset groups (FIG. 4), or for resetting moveable elements of other micro-mechanical devices that operate with similar principles. A b... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5652672 | Optical modulation device with deformable cells Modulation mirrors including the deformable cells (CD1 to CDn) locally modified the planarity of a reflecting surface 18. The deformable cells deform under the effect of a voltage and the control of these deformable cells is such that a control voltage V | 07/29/1997 |
| 5153761 | High performance light valve having double layer photoconductor A high performance light valve for optimizing the switching of a liquid crystal on an area basis. The light valve uses a transparent charge separation layer to allow for the accumulation of photo-generated charges. The light valve concentrates the light a... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4698602 | Micromirror spatial light modulator A micromirror spatial light modulator having an associated silicon photodiode for photoaddressing a micromirror array, and a readout system for providing intensity-to-position encoding and for providing a color image from coded monochromatic input light.... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4586780 | Directional diffusing screen with suppressed zero-order light Optical assembly (34) has a transmission holographic optical element (46) which refracts the incoming ray (38) at an angle through the angularly oriented fiber (56) in fiber optic faceplate (48). Holographic optical element (50) refracts the ray (66) to b... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4494826 | Surface deformation image device A device capable of spatially modulating a collimated read-out light beam with an input image is described. The most essential elements of the key unit in this device include a photoconducting layer, charged grille-structure, an elastomer, and a thin meta... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4472029 | Integrated wavefront compensator An integrated wavefront compensator for an active optics system in which the components for detecting distortions in a wavefront and the components for correcting the detected wavefront distortions are integrated into one unit. The parallel processing cha... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4041477 | Ferroelectric-photoconductor optical storage This invention is concerned with a ferroelectric photoconductive optical storage, comprising a sandwich arrangement constituted by a plurality of alternating ferroelectric and photoconductive layers enclosed between a pair of transmissive layer electrodes... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4013345 | Deformable mirror light valve and method of operating the same A deformable mirror light valve includes a plurality of substantially transparent parallel electrodes which are disposed on one surface of a transparent substrate. The electrodes are electrically insulated from each other. A photoconductor layer is on the... | 03/22/1977 |
