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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
James L. Sanford, Camas, WA (US);
Howard V. Goetz, Tigard, OR (US);
Steven H. Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James L. Sanford, Camas, WA (US);
Howard V. Goetz, Tigard, OR (US);
Steven H. Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Compound Photonics Limited, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A spatial light modulator has an array of elements organized into element rows and element columns and an array of electrodes organized into electrode rows and electrode columns to activate the array of elements. The modulator has pixel circuitry organized into circuit rows and circuit columns with the pixel circuitry being electrically coupled to the array of electrodes, such that there is at least one translation of either circuits in a column to electrodes in a row or circuits in a row to electrodes in a column.