|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
7453508 |
Camera having optical viewfinder
In a camera system of this invention, a light beam coming from a photographing lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in the widthwise direction of a body unit, and is reflected by a second...
|
|
|
7450296 |
Method and system for patterning alignment marks on a transparent substrate
Disclosed is a method and a system for forming alignment marks on a transparent substrate. A light reflective layer is deposited over an optically transparent substrate of a wafer. A region is...
|
|
|
7446927 |
MEMS switch with set and latch electrodes
A MEMS device is electrically actuated with a voltage placed across a first electrode ( 702 ) and a moveable material ( 714 ). The device may be maintained in an actuated state by latch electrodes...
|
|
|
7446911 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning apparatus for optical scan that oscillates at least partially an oscillating body having a reflective mirror portion, to thereby modulate a direction in which the reflective...
|
|
|
7441897 |
Optical imaging apparatus
An optical imaging apparatus, in particular an ophthalmoscope or microscope or transillumination microscope, comprising a light source arrangement ( 20 ) and an illumination beam path ( 3 ) which...
|
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7426067 |
Atomic layer deposition on micro-mechanical devices
A micro-electromechanical device or MEMS having a conformal layer of material deposited by atomic layer deposition is discussed. The layer may provide physical protection to moving components of...
|
|
|
7422928 |
Process for fabricating a micro-electro-mechanical system with movable components
A process for fabricating a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) composed of fixed components fixedly supported on a lower substrate and movable components movably supported on the lower...
|
|
|
7420729 |
Small thin film movable element, small thin film movable element array and method of driving small thin film movable element
A small thin film movable element comprises: a movable portion supported elastically deformably and having a movable electrode at least a portion of the movable portion; and a fixed electrode...
|
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7417783 |
Mirror and mirror layer for optical modulator and method
Described herein are systems, devices, and methods relating to packaging electronic devices, for example, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices, including optical modulators such as...
|
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7414503 |
Torsional hinged device with improved coupling between a magnet mounted to said device and an electrical coil
A pivoting device such as a MEMS mirror provides improved coupling between a permanent magnet on the device and an adjacent electrical coil that may provide a drive force or position sensing. The...
|
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7411714 |
Micromirror unit with torsion connector having nonconstant width
A micromirror unit is provided which includes a frame, a mirror forming base upon which a mirror surface is formed, and a torsion connector which includes a first end connected to the mirror...
|
|
|
7408688 |
Method for driving optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting device, and image projection displaying apparatus
A method for driving an optical deflecting device array is disclosed, including in a series of processes for the light deflection operation, at least, a state of a first stage writing and recording...
|
|
|
7405854 |
Fibrous micro-composite material
Fibrous micro-composite materials are formed from micro fibers. The fibrous micro-composite materials are utilized as the basis for a new class of MEMS. In addition to simple fiber composites and...
|
|
|
7404909 |
Mirror including dielectric portions and a method of manufacturing the same
The invention provides a method for manufacturing a microelectronic device and a microelectronic device. The method for manufacturing the microelectronic device, without limitation, may include...
|
|
|
7403321 |
Optical microelectromechanical device
An optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device includes a transparent substrate with a plurality of discrete conductive lines, an dielectric layer disposed on the substrate and the...
|
|
|
7402255 |
MEMS scanning mirror with trenched surface and I-beam like cross-section for reducing inertia and deformation
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes a mirror having a top surface with trenches, a beam connected to the mirror, rotational comb teeth connected to the beam, and one or more...
|
|
|
7400792 |
Methods and apparatus to make substantially uniform losses in optical cross connects
A method for cross connecting optical signals includes using a common beam steerer to direct a set of optical signals from a set of input ports to a set of output ports. The method further includes...
|
|
|
7394583 |
Light-beam scanning device
A light-beam scanning device includes a base plate having a torsion beam portion formed therein, and a mirror portion supported by the torsion beam portion and adapted to be oscillated. The...
|
|
|
7393793 |
Tunable-wavelength optical filter and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a tunable wavelength optical filter. The method includes steps of forming a first sacrificial oxide film for floating a lower mirror on a semiconductor substrate;...
|
|
|
7391553 |
Low cost torsional hinge mirror package with non-rotating magnetic drive
A torsional hinge structure for supporting a functional surface such as a mirror is disclosed. The structure includes at least one torsional hinge extending between a functional surface such as for...
|
|
|
7388706 |
Photonic MEMS and structures
An interference modulator (Imod) incorporates anti-reflection coatings and/or micro-fabricated supplemental lighting sources. An efficient drive scheme is provided for matrix addressed arrays of...
|
|
|
7388191 |
Mirror positioning unit of laser scanning unit and laser scanning unit employing the same
A mirror positioning structure of a reflection mirror for correcting skew and bow and a laser scanning unit employing the same are provided. The mirror positioning structure includes a mirror...
|
|
|
7385762 |
Methods and devices for inhibiting tilting of a mirror in an interferometric modulator
Interferometric modulators having a separable modulator architecture are disclosed having a reflective layer suspended from a flexible layer over a cavity. The interferometric modulators have one...
|
|
|
7385744 |
Support structure for free-standing MEMS device and methods for forming the same
A microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes a functional layer including a first material and a deformable layer including a second material. The second material is different from the first...
|
|
|
7385268 |
Method for linearizing deflection of a MEMS device using binary electrodes and voltage modulation
A micromechanical device comprising one or more electronically movable structure sets comprising for each set a first electrode supported on a substrate and a second electrode supported...
|
|
|
7379230 |
Electronically controlled stage lighting system
A lighting system operating using a digital mirror as its operative device. The digital mirror is used to shape the light which is a passed through advanced optical devices in order to produce an...
|
|
|
7379227 |
Method and device for modulating light
“Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each...
|
|
|
7378632 |
Image display apparatus and image pickup apparatus using the same
Provided is an image display apparatus, including: a light source for emitting a modulated light beam based on image information; a conversion optical system for converting the light beam from the...
|
|
|
7375873 |
Method of repairing micromirrors in spatial light modulators
Disclosed herein is method of operating a device that comprises an array of micromirrors. The method comprises a process usable for repairing stuck micromirrors of the micromirror array during the...
|
|
|
7375867 |
Transmissive electromechanical light valve and system
An apparatus, system, and method for a transmissive electromechanical light valve including a gate pivotable between a first position to allow light to pass through a valvelet and a second position...
|
|
|
7372620 |
Micromirror and micromirror device
There is provided a micromirror which includes a holding unit, a mirror that is held by the holding unit to be pivotable about a rotation axis of the mirror, a first fixed electrode group including...
|
|
|
7372613 |
Method and device for multistate interferometric light modulation
A multi-state light modulator comprises a first reflector. A first electrode is positioned at a distance from the first reflector. A second reflector is positioned between the first reflector and...
|
|
|
7369296 |
Device and method for modifying actuation voltage thresholds of a deformable membrane in an interferometric modulator
By varying the spacing between a partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surface and a highly reflective surface positioned behind the partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surface, an...
|
|
|
7362494 |
Micromirror devices and methods of making the same
A method for making a micromirror device comprises is disclosed herein.
|
|
|
7358966 |
Selective update of micro-electromechanical device
The present invention provides a data controller for controlling an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on...
|
|
|
7354169 |
Pattern generator using a dual phase step element and method of using same
A system and method are used to pattern light using an illumination system, an array of individually controllable components, and a projection system. The illumination system supplies a beam of...
|
|
|
7345816 |
Optical microscope
An optical microscope includes a light source which irradiates a sample with illuminating light. A mirror, which has a variable reflection surface, reflects the illuminating light. A correction...
|
|
|
7345802 |
Laser and fiber coupling control
One or more single mode waveguide devices are fiber coupled such that signals to an optical element affect the coupling of the waveguide device to an optical fiber. A number of systems and methods...
|
|
|
7342702 |
Light deflecting method and apparatus efficiently using a floating mirror
Method of deflecting light includes the steps of providing a substrate and forming a supporting member on the substrate. Next forming step forms electrodes at predetermined positions on the...
|
|
|
7336431 |
Image reading device and image forming device
A device includes a light source; a first guiding unit that guides the light from the light source to an object at prescribed incident angles including a first incident angle and a second incident...
|
|
|
7330312 |
Image blur compensation device
An image blur compensation device for use with an image capture device including an imaging optical system and an imaging unit which converts a subject image captured on a light receiving surface...
|
|
|
7327508 |
Display device using light modulator and having improved numerical aperture of after-edge lens system
A display device using a light modulator and having an improved numerical aperture (NA) of an after-edge lens system is disclosed. The display device includes an illumination lens, a diffractive...
|
|
|
7321456 |
Method and device for corner interferometric modulation
A display is described, wherein the display includes surfaces arranged at a non-zero angle to one another. A least one of the surfaces may include an interferometric modulator. Compensation for...
|
|
|
7320899 |
Micro-displays and their manufacture
A method of forming a micro-display includes forming a device that includes forming a partially reflecting layer on a first substrate and forming a plate overlying the partially reflecting layer,...
|
|
|
7319552 |
Micro-electro mechanical light modulator device
A micro-electro mechanical light modulator device includes a movable reflective plate, a fixed partial reflective plate, an optical gap defined between the reflective plate and the fixed plate, and...
|
|
|
7316356 |
Optical scanner having a balanced mirrored spinner
An optical scanner having a balanced mirrored spinner. The optical scanner includes a laser for producing a laser beam, a mirrored spinner for directing the laser beam to produce scanning light...
|