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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2005
Satyadev Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew Huibers, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chris Spindt, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peter H Heureux, Felton, CA (US);
Satyadev Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew Huibers, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chris Spindt, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peter H Heureux, Felton, CA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a micromirror array device that comprises an array of reflective deflectable mirror plates each being associated with one single addressing electrode to be deflected to an ON state angle. A light transmissive electrode is disposed proximate to the mirror plates for deflecting the mirror plates to a non-zero OFF angle. The mirror plates are arranged in the array with a center-to-centre distance of 10.17 microns or less.