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7616368 Light concentrating reflective display methods and apparatus  
Improved apparatus and methods for displays are disclosed that utilize light concentration array between mechanical light modulators and the viewing surface of the display. The light concentration...
7604353 Deformable mirror device and apparatus for observing retina of eye  
It is made possible to improve the variations in the “generated force (load)—deflection characteristics”. A deformable mirror device includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided...
7583430 Method of sealing an array of cell microstructures using microencapsulated adhesive  
A method for sealing microstructured cells, which are defined by at least a first substrate and a wall microstructure extending from the first substrate, includes a step of applying a plurality of...
7580178 Image-guided microsurgery system and method  
The present invention provides an image-guided microsurgery system comprising a real-time three-dimensional microscopic imaging device and a three-dimensional display device. The imaging device...
7570418 Method of driving electrophoretic display device, and electrophoretic display device  
An electrophoretic display device includes a transparent element substrate, a transparent opposite substrate, an electrophoretic display layer, and a selector. The element substrate has at least...
7570415 MEMS device and interconnects for same  
A microelectromechanical systems device having an electrical interconnect between circuitry outside the device and at least one of an electrode and a movable layer within the device. A layer of the...
7564614 Electrode protection film for electrophoretic displays  
The invention is directed to methods and compositions useful for enhancing adhesion and protecting electrode layers from corrosion, rust or oxidation.
7564612 Photonic MEMS and structures  
An optical device includes a non-transparent substrate. The optical device further includes a first optical layer which is at least partially transmissive and at least partially reflective to...
7564535 Seamless exposure with projection system comprises array of micromirrors with predefined reflectivity variations  
A lithographic scanning apparatus includes a light projection device for seamlessly and uniformly projecting a scanning light onto a light exposing area. The light projecting device further...
7561334 Method and apparatus for reducing back-glass deflection in an interferometric modulator display device  
Methods and apparatus for reducing back-glass deflection in an interferometric modulator display device are provided. In one embodiment, an interferometric modulator display is provided that...
7554711 MEMS devices with stiction bumps  
An interferometric modulator comprising a substrate, a movable membrane and one or more stiction bumps disposed between the substrate and the movable membrane. The stiction bumps are configured to...
7548365 Semiconductor device and method comprising a high voltage reset driver and an isolated memory array  
A method of operating a semiconductor device, a semiconductor device and a digital micromirror system are presented. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a grounded substrate, a...
7542198 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...
7535618 Discretely controlled micromirror device having multiple motions  
A discretely controlled micromirror device provides multiple motions of a micromirror using stepper plate and micromirror bottom support. The discretely controlled micromirror device can be...
7532377 Movable micro-electromechanical device  
Improvements in an interferometric modulator that has a cavity defined by two walls.
7529018 Temperature adaptive optical modulator  
The present invention relates to a spatial optical modulator, more specifically to a temperature adaptive optical modulator. The spatial optical modulator according to an aspect of the present...
7528932 SLM direct writer  
The present invention relates to an apparatus ( 100 ) for patterning a workpiece arranged at an image plane and sensitive to electromagnetic radiation, comprising a source emitting electromagnetic...
7525730 Method and device for generating white in an interferometric modulator display  
Various embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for generating the color white in displays created from interferometric modulators and more specifically, to the generation of the...
7525718 Spatial light modulator using an integrated circuit actuator and method of making and using same  
A spatial light modulator (SLM) includes an integrated circuit actuator that can be fabricated using photolithography or other similar techniques. The actuator includes actuator elements, which can...
7515329 Driving a MEMS scanner with a combined actuator drive signal  
A MEMS oscillator, such as a MEMS scanner, has an improved and simplified drive scheme and structure. Drive impulses may be transmitted to an oscillating mass via torque through the support arms....
7511876 Dispersion for electrophoretic display, and electrophoretic display device  
In a dispersion for electrophoretic display, used in an electrophoretic display device having i) charged electrophoretic particles and ii) a dispersion medium in which the charged electrophoretic...
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...
7495821 Display device and method of preparing particles for use in image display of a display device  
A thin display device is provided which is capable of displaying images at a lowered driving voltage in a shortened response time by causing fine particles to travel in a gaseous phase. The display...
7495818 Microelectromechanical device array and method for driving the same  
In a microelectromechanical device array including an array of devices arranged at least one of one-dimensionally and two-dimensionally each of which includes a movable portion that is supported to...
7483200 Multiple stop micro-mirror array display  
A micro mirror device is described. The device has a tiltable mirror plate with a reflective surface configured to reflect incident light to form a reflected light beam. A controller is configured...
7477219 Micro-mirror and method  
According to one embodiment of the present invention a method of reflecting light is disclosed including providing an element having a surface having an edge on which the element is capable of...
7474455 Deformable mirror  
A deformable mirror includes a deformable section on which a reflecting surface and a COM electrode are formed, a fixing section which fixes the deformable section, a driving and sensing electrode...
7473878 High power bimorph wave-front correction mirror  
A laser beam correction system and related methods of use and manufacture are provided. In one example, a laser beam correction system includes a mirror having a first surface and a second surface....
7471445 Fast-response micro-mechanical devices  
A spatial light modulator includes a mirror plate comprising a reflective upper surface, a lower surface, and a substrate portion comprising a cavity having an opening on the lower surface, a...
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...
7463408 Fast full color electrophoretic display with improved driving  
The present invention provides a novel design for color electrophoretic displays. In the display, each pixel ( 200 ) comprises at least two sub-pixels ( 210, 220, 230 ), and each sub pixel is...
7463406 Method for fabricating microelectromechanical optical display devices  
A microelectromechanical optical display devices is provided. An optical layer is disposed on a substrate. A plurality of posts are disposed on the optical layer. A reflective layer is disposed on...
7460289 Electrochromic display device  
The invention concerns an electrochromic device comprising a single supporting substrate ( 1 ) on which are disposed a working electrode ( 6 ) which is electrochromic per se and/or bears an...
7453624 Projection display system including a high fill ratio silicon spatial light modulator  
A display system includes a light source and a first optical system coupled to the light source and adapted to provide an illumination beam along an illumination path. The display system also...
7453621 Micro mirrors with piezoelectric release mechanism  
A spatial light modulator includes a substrate; a hinge in connection with the substrate; a mirror plate that is connected with the hinge and is configured to tilt about the hinge; and a...
7446928 Micro-electro-mechanical systems element array device and image forming apparatus  
A micro-electro-mechanical systems element array device in which plural micro-electro-mechanical systems elements each having a movable portion are arranged in an array, said movable portion being...
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...
7445723 Optical scanner and method of fabricating the same  
An optical scanner and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The optical scanner includes a base substrate, a frame, a H-shaped stage, supporters, and a stage driving structure. An...
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...
7439948 Electrophoretic display device  
In electrophoretic displays, grey values are realized using at least three electrodes for bistable operation.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 )...
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...
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...
7405862 Spatial light modulator having a cantilever anti-stiction mechanism  
A spatial light modulator includes a mirror plate comprising a reflective upper surface, a louver surface having a recess in the lower surface, a first cavity having an opening on the lower...
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