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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Pixtronix, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Jasper Lodewyk Steyn, Campbell, CA (US);
Timothy J. Brosnihan, Natick, MA (US);
Joyce H. Wu, Somerville, MA (US);
Mark B. Andersson, Northborough, MA (US);
Richard S. Payne, Andover, MA (US);
John J. Fijol, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Roger W. Barton, South Aston, MN (US);
Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Gloucester, MA (US);
Pixtronix, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a light modulator including a substrate having a surface and a modulation assembly coupled to the substrate that includes a modulation element and a first compliant beam. The first compliant beam includes a first segment that extend away from a first anchor and a second segment that extends back towards the first anchor. The length of the first segment is different than the length of the second segment.