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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
John Walter Hartzell, Camas, WA (US);
Changqing Zhan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Michael Barrett Wolfson, Somerville, MA (US);
John Walter Hartzell, Camas, WA (US);
Changqing Zhan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Michael Barrett Wolfson, Somerville, MA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
A MEMS pixel sensor is provided with a thin-film mechanical device having a mechanical body, with a mechanical state responsive to a proximate environment. A thin-film electronic device converts the mechanical state into electrical signals. A pixel interface supplies power to the electronic device and transceives electrical signals. The sensor is able to operate dynamically, in real-time. For example, if the mechanical device undergoes a sequence of mechanical states at a corresponding plurality of times, the electronic device is able to supply a sequence of electrical signals to the pixel interface that are responsive to the sequence of mechanical states, at the plurality of times. Each MEMS pixel sensor may include a number of mechanical devices, and corresponding electronic devices, to provide redundancy or to measure a broadband response range.