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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...
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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...
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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...
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7372619 |
Display device having a movable structure for modulating light and method thereof
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...
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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...
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7369294 |
Ornamental display device
An ornamental display device having an interferometric modulator for displaying an ornamental image. The ornamental device may have a patterned diffuser formed on a transparent substrate to provide...
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7349136 |
Method and device for a display having transparent components integrated therein
A display panel includes an array of interferometric modulators arranged over a transparent substrate and a transparent electrical device arranged between the array of interferometric modulators...
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7327510 |
Process for modifying offset voltage characteristics of an interferometric modulator
An interferometric modulator manufactured according to a particular set of processing parameters may have a non-zero offset voltage. A process has been developed for modifying the processing...
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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...
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7317568 |
System and method of implementation of interferometric modulators for display mirrors
A specular interferometric modulator array is configured to be at least partially selectably reflective. As such, the array forms a mirror surface having the capability of displaying information to...
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7304784 |
Reflective display device having viewable display on both sides
An interferometric light modulating device having two viewing surfaces is provided. In some embodiments, the device can generate two distinct images, one on each side of the device, simultaneously.
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7302157 |
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...
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7301704 |
Moveable micro-electromechanical device
A MEMS device is provided. The MEMS device may include a first plate and a second plate defining a cavity with the first plate. The MEMS device may also include a first transducer configured to...
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7289259 |
Conductive bus structure for interferometric modulator array
Embodiments of an interferometric modulator are disclosed having various enhancements and features including a conductive bus. In certain embodiments, the interferometric modulator has a first...
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7280265 |
Interferometric modulation of radiation
An Interferometric Modulator (IMod) is a microelectromechanical device for modulating light using interference. The colors of these devices may be determined in a spatial fashion, and their...
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7236284 |
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...
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7172915 |
Optical-interference type display panel and method for making the same
An optical-interference type display panel and a method for making the same are disclosed, wherein the display panel has a substrate on which multiple first conductive optical film stacks,...
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7161728 |
Area array modulation and lead reduction in interferometric modulators
A light modulator is arranged as an array of rows and columns of interferometric display elements. Each element is divided into sub-rows of sub-elements. Array connection lines transmit operating...
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7138984 |
Directly laminated touch sensitive screen
A touch screen display having a touch screen directly coupled to a display is described herein. The display may be an interferometric modular display. The touch screen may be directly laminated to...
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7130104 |
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...
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7126738 |
Visible spectrum modulator arrays
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 of...
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7119945 |
Altering temporal response of microelectromechanical elements
An array of movable elements is arranged on a substrate. Each element has a cavity and a movable member to move through the cavity. The pressure resistance of the elements varies, allowing...
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7042643 |
Interferometric modulation of radiation
An Interferometric Modulator (IMod) is a microelectromechanical device for modulating light using interference. The colors of these devices may be determined in a spatial fashion, and their...
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7012732 |
Method and device for modulating light with a time-varying signal
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 of...
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6897995 |
Method and device for variable optical attenuator
A variable optical modulator for optical communication systems using a tunable dynamic grating comprises a gel or membrane layer attached adjacent to a prism communicating light to/from the optical...
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6710908 |
Controlling micro-electro-mechanical cavities
Among other things, a cavity having a cavity dimension is configured so that the cavity dimension changes in response to electrostatic forces applied to the cavity, and at least two electrical...
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6663790 |
Method for manufacturing a mechanical conformal grating device with improved contrast and lifetime
A method of manufacturing a mechanical grating device, including the steps of: forming a spacer layer on a substrate; removing portions of the spacer layer to define an active region; forming a...
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6663788 |
Method for manufacturing a mechanical conformal grating device
A method of manufacturing a conformal grating device, that includes the steps of: forming a spacer layer on a substrate; removing portions of the spacer layer to define an active region with at...
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6639710 |
Method and apparatus for the correction of optical signal wave front distortion using adaptive optics
An adaptive optics system is disclosed whereby at least one mirror in the system is manipulated using electrostatic force to selectively attract or repel a portion of the mirror to or from a...
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6594060 |
Electromechanical conformal grating device with improved optical efficiency and contrast
An electromechanical conformal grating device having a period Λ, that includes: an elongated ribbon element including a light reflective surface; a pair of end supports for supporting the...
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6476848 |
Electromechanical grating display system with segmented waveplate
A display system, including: a light source providing illumination; a linear array of electromechanical grating devices of at least two individually operable devices receiving the illumination...
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6411425 |
Electromechanical grating display system with spatially separated light beams
A display system, that includes a light source for providing illumination; a linear array of electromechanical grating devices of at least two individually operable devices receiving the...
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6307663 |
Spatial light modulator with conformal grating device
A mechanical grating device for modulating an incident beam of light by diffraction includes an elongated element including a light reflective surface; a pair of end supports for supporting the...
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5517348 |
Voltage controlled transparent layer for a bi-directinal device
A voltage controlled layer for a bi-directional device (106) is provided. A bi-directional device (106) having a working portion (110) and a surface (103) is operably coupled to substrate. An...
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5002360 |
Frequency doubling optical waveguide with active phase matching
An actively phase matched waveguide structure suitable for use as a frequency doubling device is described. The device includes a non-linear optical waveguide and phase matching of the waveguide is...
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