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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Yap, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Robert Y Loo, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Juan Lam, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3151693 ; 3151691 ; 3151692 ; 359230 ;
Abstract
A display includes a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged as a matrix of pixels and an addressing circuit coupled to each respective light-emitting device. The addressing circuit includes a plurality of micromachined electromechanical (MEM) switches operable to control the plurality of light-emitting devices. Each MEM switch includes a cantilever beam and a control electrode spaced therefrom to deflect the cantilever beam electrostatically in order to close or open the switch.