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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Device and method for a damping function to reduce undesirable mechanical transient responses to control signals. In one aspect of the present invention, the damping function may be used to reduce overshoot and oscillation when a digital micromirror is driven from a landing plate to the flat or neutral position. In another aspect of the present invention, the damping function may be used to reduce transient resonance of a digital micromirror when the micromirror is driven to a landing plate.