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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Frank C. Sulzbach, Dallas, TX (US);
Brian L. Ray, Richardson, TX (US);
G. Sreenivas, Dallas, TX (US);
Duane E. Carter, Plano, TX (US);
Henry W. Trombley, Bristol, VT (US);
Austin L. Huang, Vancouver, WA (US);
James D. Huffman, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A spatial light modulator with an anti-reflective coating (ARC),integrated into its structure. The manufacturing of the device is altered to include deposition of an ARC,and any necessary patterning and etching to allow the elements of the array to operate properly. The ARC could reside in several places of the element structure including over the addressing circuitry,over a middle layer,or on the underside of the reflective structure,Micromechanical spatial light modulators, as well as non-moving modulators, such as reflective and transmissive LCD modulators can use the invention.