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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2004
Stephen D. Russell, San Diego, CA (US);
Randy L. Shimabukuro, Kapolei, HI (US);
Bruce W. Offord, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen D. Russell, San Diego, CA (US);
Randy L. Shimabukuro, Kapolei, HI (US);
Bruce W. Offord, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes: a) a sapphire substrate; b) a single crystal silicon structure disposed on the sapphire substrate to create a silicon-on-sapphire structure; c) a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors disposed on the silicon-on-sapphire structure; d) integrated self-aligned circuitry formed from the crystal silicon structure, where the circuitry modulates the liquid crystal capacitors in response to an input control signal; and e) a receiver disposed on the silicon-on-sapphire structure for receiving electromagnetic radiation and generating the input control signal responsive to the received electromagnetic radiation.