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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
Anurag Gupta, Corvallis, OR (US);
Peter Guy Howard, Junction City, OR (US);
Anurag Gupta, Corvallis, OR (US);
Peter Guy Howard, Junction City, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A digital micromirror device arrangement and devices using the arrangement are disclosed. The arrangement includes a digital micromirror device (DMD) having an active area, a cover plate disposed substantially adjacent to the DMD and having a thickness and a light blocking area having an aperture formed therein. The active area is adapted to receive incoming light and to reflect the incoming light as outgoing light. The light-blocking layer is offset from a plane of the active area by at least the thickness of the cover plate and is adapted to block light from passing therethrough. The aperture is dimensioned to produce a beam of outgoing light having desired dimensions.