Spatial light modulator implemented with a mirror array device
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1. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
- a plurality of pixel units arranged as a pixel array along a vertical and a horizontal directions;
a plurality of row lines each comprises a word line and a plate line and each connected to a plurality of the pixel units;
a first address decoder connected to said word lines for selecting and activating selected word lines;
a second address decoder connected to said plate lines for selecting and activating selected plate lines; and
a level retention circuit interconnected between the plate line and the second address decoder to retain the voltage level of the plate line.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a plurality of pixel units configured as a two dimensional array extending in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction; a plurality of row lines each comprises a word line and a plate line connected to a plurality of the pixel units along a row in the horizontal direction; a first address decoder for selecting the word line; a second address decoder for selecting the plate line; and a level retention circuit interconnected between the plate line and second address decoder to retain a voltage level of the plate line.
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1. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
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a plurality of pixel units arranged as a pixel array along a vertical and a horizontal directions; a plurality of row lines each comprises a word line and a plate line and each connected to a plurality of the pixel units; a first address decoder connected to said word lines for selecting and activating selected word lines; a second address decoder connected to said plate lines for selecting and activating selected plate lines; and a level retention circuit interconnected between the plate line and the second address decoder to retain the voltage level of the plate line. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
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a plurality of pixel units arranged as a two-dimensional pixel array extending along a vertical and a horizontal directions; a plurality of row lines each includes a word line and a plate line and each connected to a plurality of the pixel units; a first address decoder connected to the word lines for selecting and activating selected word lines; and a second address decoder and a third address decoder share and select the plate lines. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
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a plurality of pixel units configured as a two-dimensional pixel array extended along a vertical direction and a horizontal direction; a plurality of row lines each comprises a word line and a plate line connected to a plurality of the pixel units disposed along a row in said two-dimensional pixel array; a first address decoder connected to the word lines for selecting and activating the selected word line; and a second address decoder connected to said plate lines for selecting and activating the selected plate line. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A mirror array device, comprising:
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a video image controller for transmitting a digital image data according to a video image signal; a plurality of mirror elements arranged as a pixel array for modulating an illumination light in accordance with the digital image data corresponding to the video image signal; each of the mirror elements further comprises a memory circuit; a bit line for transmitting a first data signal to the memory circuit; a word line for selecting a plurality of memory circuits disposed on a selected row; a plate line for transmitting a second data signal to the memory circuits disposed on a selected row; a first address decoder for selecting the word line in accordance with the digital image data; and a second address decoder for selecting the plate line when a predetermined delay time elapses after the word line is selected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
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a plurality of pixel units arranged as a two-dimensional pixel array extending in a vertical and a horizontal directions; a plurality of row lines, each of row lines comprise a plurality of the pixel units along the horizontal direction wherein said row lines are divided into an upper region and a lower region in the vertical direction; each of the row lines further comprises a word line and plate line; a first address decoder for controlling the word line; a second address decoder for controlling the plate lines of the upper region; and a third address decoder for controlling the plate lines of the lower region. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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