Abstract:
A display apparatus comprises a first substrate (504) having a front-facing surface and a rear-facing surface and a second substrate (522) in front of the front-facing surface of the first surface. A reflective aperture layer (506) including a plurality of apertures (508) is disposed on the front-facing surface of the first substrate. A plurality of MEMS (503) light modulators modulate light directed towards the plurality of apertures to form an image.
Abstract:
A display apparatus comprises an array of pixels including a transparent substrate, and a plurality of MEMS-based light modulators; and a control matrix disposed on the substrate. The control matrix includes, for a pixel in the array of pixels, i) a writc-enabling interconnect for enabling the pixel to respond to a data voltage, ii) an actuation voltage interconnect for providing a voltage sufficient to actuate the pixel, iii) a first switch for selectively governing the application of the voltage provided by the actuation voltage interconnect to the pixel, and iv) a data voltage interconnect for controlling the first switch. The control matrix thereby regulates the application of the actuation voltage across an actuator included in a respective light modulator, thereby empowering the light modulator to change states to form an image.
Abstract:
A portable device, comprises a housing, a display panel seated within the housing and having a light modulating layer with a plurality of transversely moveable shutters formed on a transparent substrate, a control matrix coupled to the display panel for providing control over respective ones of the transversely moveable shutters for moving the transversely moveable shutters substantially parallel to the transparent substrate, and transverse to a path of a propagating ray of light, to set a respective pixel illumination level, and a light source disposed within the housing beneath the transparent substrate to direct light through the light modulating layer.
Abstract:
An electromechanical device comprising a substrate and a light blocking element (2304) formed on the substrate and having a first actuator and a second actuator opposing the first actuator for moving the light blocking element between at least a first position and a second position. A flip-flop circuit (2300) is disposed on the substrate and electrically couples the first and second actuators. The flip-flop circuit is configured to maintain an opposite logical state on the first and second actuators, the logical state corresponding to the position of the light blocking element.
Abstract:
A display apparatus comprises an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns including a transparent substrate, and a plurality of MEMS-based light modulators. A control matrix is disposed on the substrate and includes a common electrical connection among a set of pixels, the set of pixels including pixels in at least two of the columns and in at least two of the rows, a data voltage interconnect corresponding to one of the columns, and a switch incorporated into one of the pixels for controlling actuation of a corresponding MEMS-based light modulator in response to a voltage applied by the data voltage interconnect.
Abstract:
A display apparatus comprises a substrate and an array of pixels. Each pixel includes at least one actuator; at least one MEMS device capable of modulating light, and a control matrix for driving each of the MEMS devices in the array of pixels into one of at least three states including: a substantially open state, a substantially closed state, and a partially open state.