Enhancements to optical flat panel displays
First Claim
1. A circuit, comprising:
- a plurality of conductive structures arranged in a first plane;
a contiguous conductive equipotential surface in a second plane parallel to said first plane;
activation means configured to adjust an electric field between said first and second planes thereby activating one or more structures in said first plane by increasing a potential difference between said first and said second planes to a threshold level deemed to constitute an active state; and
deactivation means configured to adjust said electric field between said first and second planes thereby deactivating one or more structures in said first plane by decreasing said potential difference between said first and said second planes below a threshold level deemed to constitute a deactivated state.
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Abstract
A circuit for implementing a registration-free, contiguous conductive plane. A circuit may include a plurality of conductive structures in a first plane. The circuit may further include a contiguous conductive equipotential surface in a second plane parallel to the first plane. The circuit may further include activation means configured to adjust an electric field between the first and second planes thereby activating one or more structures in the first plana by increasing a potential difference between the first and second planes to a threshold level deemed to constitute an active state. The circuit may further include deactivation means configured to adjust the electric field between the first and second planes thereby deactivating one or more structures in the first plane by decreasing the potential difference between the first and second planes below a threshold level deemed to constitute a deactivation state.
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14 Claims
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1. A circuit, comprising:
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a plurality of conductive structures arranged in a first plane;
a contiguous conductive equipotential surface in a second plane parallel to said first plane;
activation means configured to adjust an electric field between said first and second planes thereby activating one or more structures in said first plane by increasing a potential difference between said first and said second planes to a threshold level deemed to constitute an active state; and
deactivation means configured to adjust said electric field between said first and second planes thereby deactivating one or more structures in said first plane by decreasing said potential difference between said first and said second planes below a threshold level deemed to constitute a deactivated state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14)
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- 6. The circuit as recited in 3, wherein said deformation of said second plane induces frustrating the total internal reflection (TIR) of light in a substrate of said first plane.
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11. The circuit as recited 1 further comprising:
an interstitial dielectric between said first and second plane, wherein said activation of said one or more structures in said first plane results in changes in said interstitial dielectric, wherein said deactivation of said one or more structures in said first plane results in a reversal of said changes in said interstitial dielectric. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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