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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Adel Jilani, Corvallis, OR (US);
James Z. Guo, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles G. Schmidt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Steve P. Hanson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeff Obert, Corvallis, OR (US);
Adel Jilani, Corvallis, OR (US);
James Z. Guo, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles G. Schmidt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Steve P. Hanson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeff Obert, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An electron beam actuated light modulator, including an actuatable mirror element carried by a pedestal and hinge portion, having an electrostatically more neutral first position and an electrostatically more charged second position, the mirror being actuatable in a first direction from the first position to the second position by charge accumulation, and is actuatable in a second direction from the second position to the first position by dissipation of the charge accumulation and a stop element positioned adjacent the mirror element in the first position, configured to limit movement of the mirror element in the second direction after the mirror reaches the first position traveling in the second direction.