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Thin-film structure with dense array of binary control units for presenting images

  • US 5,491,347 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1994
  • Issued: 02/13/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A product comprising:

  • a substrate that has a surface; and

    a thin-film structure formed at the surface of the substrate;

    the thin-film structure comprising;

    an array of binary control units for causing presentation of images;

    each binary control unit having a lead for receiving a unit drive signal;

    each binary control unit responding to its unit drive signal by causing presentation of a segment of images presented by the array;

    each binary control unit being able to present a segment with either of first and second colors, each binary control unit'"'"'s first color having a maximum intensity the binary control unit can provide, each binary control unit'"'"'s second color having a minimum intensity the binary control unit can provide;

    each binary control unit'"'"'s unit drive signal causing the binary control unit to present its first and second colors;

    the array extending in first and second directions that are perpendicular;

    the binary control units in the array having densities in the first and second directions that are both greater than 60/cm;

    the array having an area large enough to present images for direct viewing.

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