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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2004
Applicants:
William R. Wagner, Escondido, CA (US);
Winthrop D. Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
William R. Wagner, Escondido, CA (US);
Winthrop D. Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light modulator assembly includes a substrate, a micro-electro mechanical semiconductor device (MEMS device) formed on the substrate, and a temperature control device coupled to the substrate and configured to maintain the MEMS device at or above an elevated threshold temperature.