Method and device for a display having transparent components integrated therein
AssigneeIdc, LLC
InventorClarence Chui
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Abstract
A display panel includes an array of interferometric modulators arranged over a transparent substrate and a transparent electrical device arranged between the array of interferometric modulators and the transparent substrate. The transparent electrical device may be electrically connected to the array of interferometric modulators or to other parts of the display panel. Examples of suitable transparent electrical devices include capacitors, resistors, inductors and filters. The use of such transparent electrical devices may provide various advantages, such as increased design flexibility, by allowing the electrical devices to be included in various parts of the array, including the viewing regions.
Claims32
A display panel comprising:
- an array of interferometric modulators arranged over a transparent substrate;
- and
- a transparent electrical device arranged between the array of interferometric modulators and the transparent substrate, the transparent electrical device being electrically connected to the array of interferometric modulators.
A display device comprising:
- a substrate comprising an array region;
- an interferometric modulator attached to the substrate in the array region;
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- a transparent passive electrical device attached to the substrate in the array region.
A method of making a display device, comprising:
- forming a transparent electrical device on a substrate;
- depositing an insulating layer over the transparent electrical device;
- forming an interferometric modulator over the insulating layer;
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- forming an electrical connection between the transparent electrical device and the interferometric modulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.