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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Andrew Ian Russell, Plano, TX (US);
Steven M. Penn, Plano, TX (US);
Jeffrey Scott Farris, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Ian Russell, Plano, TX (US);
Steven M. Penn, Plano, TX (US);
Jeffrey Scott Farris, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting one or more light beams by a first portion of a light modulator formed outwardly from a substrate. The one or more transmitted light beams are spatially integrated. A second portion of the light modulator is formed outwardly from the substrate. The second portion of the light modulator spatially integrates the transmitted light beams.