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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David K Fork, Los Altos, CA (US);
G A Connell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric Peeters, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert L Thornton, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Patrick Y Maeda, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ross D Bringans, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas L Paoli, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joel A Kubby, Rochester, NY (US);
Decai Sun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Philip D Floyd, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347134 ; 347243 ; 359224 ;
Abstract
A solid state laser array is multiplexed using an array of micromirrors to permit high resolution printing in a wide format. Each laser in the laser array and each micromirror in the mirror array is individually controlled. The laser array may be an array of VCSELs produced on a GaAs substrate.