Deflection mechanisms in micromirror devices
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating spatial light modulator have been disclosed herein. The spatial light modulator comprises an array of micromirror devices, each of which further comprises a reflective deflectable mirror plate attached to a deformable hinge, and an addressing electrode for addressing and deflecting the mirror plate.
-
Citations
100 Claims
-
1-17. -17. (canceled)
-
18. A method for operating a micromirror device having a deflectable reflective mirror plate that is attached to a deformable hinge held on a substrate, and an addressing electrode that is positioned proximate to the mirror plate, the method comprising:
upon receiving an ON state signal, applying a first voltage to the mirror plate and a second voltage to the addressing electrode such that the mirror plate is rotated to an ON state angle of 12°
degrees or more from a non-deflected state, wherein the difference between said two voltages is 30 volts or more.- View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
-
36-1. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
- placing the addressing electrode at a position such that the distance between the mirror plate and the addressing electrode is around 5.5 microns.
-
37. A method for operating a micromirror device having a deflectable reflective mirror plate that is attached to a deformable hinge held on a substrate, and an addressing electrode that is positioned proximate to the mirror plate, the method comprising:
upon receiving an OFF state signal, applying a first voltage to the mirror plate and a second voltage to the addressing electrode such that the voltage difference between the addressing electrode and mirror plate is 17 volts or less under which the mirror plate returns to its natural resting state. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 87, 88, 89, 90)
-
54. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
-
an array of micromirrors, each of which comprises;
a substrate; and
a deflectable mirror plate attached to a deformable hinge that is held on the substrate such that the mirror plate is operable to rotate to an ON state and an OFF state; and
an array of addressing electrodes for addressing and deflecting the mirror plates, wherein a change of a voltage on the addressing electrode when the mirror plate switches between the ON and OFF state is 10 volts or more. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
-
-
91. A method of operating a spatial light modulator that comprises an array of micromirror devices, each of which comprises a reflective deflectable mirror plate attached to a deformable hinge;
- and an addressing electrode for addressing deflecting the mirror plate, the method comprising;
applying a mirror voltage on the mirror plate;
applying a first voltage on the addressing electrode so as to rotate the mirror plate to a first operation state; and
applying a second voltage state on the addressing electrode such that the mirror plate rotates to a second operation state, where in the second voltage and first voltage have opposite polarities. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
- and an addressing electrode for addressing deflecting the mirror plate, the method comprising;
Specification