Display methods and apparatus

Details Display methods and apparatus Display methods and apparatus

2007-10-01

2009-12-22

Choi, William C (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Optical modulator

Light wave temporal modulation

C359S230000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07636189

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to spatial light modulators for use in display apparatus. In particular, the invention relates to spatial light modulators that include a substrate defining a plane and a shutter suspended over the substrate by a compliant beam. The compliant beam has a cross-sectional thickness, in a dimension parallel to the plane of the substrate, between about 0.2 μm and about 10 μm. In one embodiment, a thickness of the compliant beam in a dimension perpendicular to the plane of the substrate is at least about 1.4 times the cross-sectional width of the compliant beam in the dimension parallel to the plane of the substrate.

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