Selective update of micro-electromechanical device
First Claim
1. A data controller for controlling an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on control data, the data controller comprising:
- a data comparator configured to receive control data of a present update cycle, to compare the control data of the present update cycle to control data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is presently based, and to provide an update signal having a first state when the control data of the present update cycle is substantially equal to the control data of the previous update cycle; and
an update circuit configured to receive the control data of the present update cycle, to receive the update signal, and to provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device when the update signal is in the first state.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a data controller for controlling an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on control data. The data controller comprises a data comparator and an update circuit. The data comparator is configured to receive control data of a present update cycle, to compare the control data of the present update cycle to control data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is presently based, and to provide an update signal having a first state when the control data of the present update cycle is substantially equal to the control data of the previous update cycle. The update circuit is configured to receive the control data of the present update cycle, to receive the update signal, and to provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device when the update signal is in the first state.
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1. A data controller for controlling an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on control data, the data controller comprising:
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a data comparator configured to receive control data of a present update cycle, to compare the control data of the present update cycle to control data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is presently based, and to provide an update signal having a first state when the control data of the present update cycle is substantially equal to the control data of the previous update cycle; and
an update circuit configured to receive the control data of the present update cycle, to receive the update signal, and to provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device when the update signal is in the first state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A micro-electromechanical system comprising:
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an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (M EMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on control data; and
a data controller comprising;
a data comparator configured to receive control data of a present update cycle, to compare the control data of the present update cycle to control data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is presently based, and to provide an update signal having a first state when the control data of the present update cycle is substantially equal to the control data of the previous update cycle; and
an update circuit configured to receive the control data of the present update cycle, to receive the update signal, and to provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device when the update signal is in the first state. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A light modulating system comprising:
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a charge-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device configured to modulate light based on a stored charge on a variable capacitor to display, at least partially, a pixel of a displayable image, wherein the stored charge is based on frame data representative of the displayable image; and
a data controller comprising;
a data comparator configured to receive frame data of a present frame, to compare the frame data of the present frame to frame data of a previous frame on which a presently stored charge of the MEMS device is based, and to provide an update signal having a first state when the frame data of the present frame is substantially equal to the frame data of the previous frame; and
an update circuit configured to receive the frame data of the present frame, to receive the update signal, and to provide the frame data of the present frame to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the frame data of the present frame to the MEMS device when the update signal is in the first state. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A micro-electromechanical system comprising:
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an M-row by N-column array of micro-electromechanical cells configured to perform a task, each cell comprising;
an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on control data; and
an update circuit configured to receive control data of a present update cycle, to receive an update signal, and to provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device when the update signal has a first state; and
a data comparator configured to compare for each cell of the array the control data of the present update cycle to frame data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the cell is presently based, and to provide to each cell of the array the update signal having a first state when the control data of the present update cycle is substantially equal to the control data of the previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic is presently based. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A light modulating system for displaying an image, the system comprising:
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an M-row by N-column array of light modulating cells, each cell comprising;
a charge-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device configured to modulate light based on a stored charge to display, at least partially, a pixel of the image, wherein the stored charge is based on frame data representative of the image; and
an update circuit configured to receive frame data of a present frame, to receive an update signal, and to provide the frame data of the present frame to the MEMS device, wherein the update circuit does not provide the frame data of the present frame to the MEMS device when the update signal has a first state; and
a data comparator configured to compare for each cell of the array the frame data of the present frame data to frame data of a previous frame on which a presently stored charge of the cell is based, and to provide to each cell of the array the update signal having a first state when the frame data of the present frame is substantially equal to the frame data of the previous frame on which the presently stored charge is based. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of updating control data for an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on the control data, the method comprising:
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receiving control data of a present update cycle;
comparing the control data of a present update cycle to control data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is presently based; and
updating the MEMS device with the control data of the present update cycle only when the control data of the present update cycle is not substantially equal to the control data of the previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is presently based such that the variable operating characteristic of the MEMS device is modified to reflect the control data of the present update cycle. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50)
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51. A data controller for controlling an electrostatically-controlled micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device having a variable operating characteristic based on control data, the data controller comprising:
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means for receiving and comparing control data of a present update cycle to control data of a previous update cycle on which the variable operating characteristic is presently based and for providing an update signal having a first state when the control data of the present update cycle is substantially equal to the control data of the previous cycle on which the variable operating characteristic is presently based; and
means for receiving the update signal and for providing the control data of the present update cycle to the MEMS device, wherein the control data of the present update cycle is not provided to the MEMS device with the update signal has the first state. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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