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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Teruo Sasagawa, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Lior Kogut, Haifa, IL;
Ming-hau Tung, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to interferometric display devices comprising an interferometric modulator and a solar cell and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the solar cell is configured to provide energy to the interferometric modulator. The solar cell and the interferometric modulator may be formed above the same substrate. A layer of the solar cell may be shared with a layer of the interferometric modulator.