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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Michael Geraint Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
Craig Tombling, Stadhampton, GB;
Nicholas Mayhew, Oxford, GB;
Paul Bonnett, Littlemore, GB;
Michael John Towler, Botley, GB;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A spatial light modulator includes at least three picture elements, each of which includes a plurality of first elongate electrodes which are connected together and a plurality of second elongate electrodes which are connected together and which are interdigitated with the first electrodes. The first electrodes of a second of the picture elements are connected to the second electrodes of a first of the picture elements and the second electrodes of the second picture element are connected to the first electrodes of a third of the picture elements.