Television – Video display – Projection device
Patent
1996-06-10
1997-12-16
Kostak, Victor R.
Television
Video display
Projection device
348744, H04N 574
Patent
active
056991304
ABSTRACT:
Applications of digitally-controlled nano-mechanical structures are described, including both digital video and audio systems. For video systems, the nano-mechanical structures comprise resonant membrane spatial light modulators (SLMs), which are used in either transmissive mode or reflective mode operations to generate images. For audio systems, the nano-mechanical structures comprise resonant membrane spatial acoustic modulators (SAMs), which are used in reflective mode operations to generate sounds. For both SLMs and SAMs, a flexible support layer is deformed upon application of an electrical potential to the device, thus altering either the optical or acoustical characteristics of the device, respectively.
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Kostak Victor R.
Taylor Group of Companies, Inc.
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