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US 5,216,537 AGranted
Architecture and process for integrating DMD with control circuit substrates
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorLarry J. Hornbeck
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Abstract
DMD projection light values for HDTV have various manufacturing requirements, including the high yield integration of the DMD superstructure on top of an underlying CMOS address circuit. The CMOS chip surface contains several processing artifacts that can lead to reduced yield for the DMD superstructure. A modified DMD architecture and process are disclosed that minimizes the yield losses caused by these CMOS artifacts while also reducing parasitic coupling of the high voltage reset pulses to the underlying CMOS address circuitry.
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A method of forming a spatial light modulator comprising:
- a. forming a first spacer layer over a substrate;
- b. patterning said first spacer layer;
- c. forming at least one electrode support post at a location where said first spacer layer has been patterned;
- d. forming at least one electrode over said first spacer layer and said electrode support post;
- e. forming a second spacer layer over said electrode;
- f. patterning said second spacer layer;
- g. forming at least one beam support post at a location where said second spacer layer has been patterned;
- h. forming at least one electrostatically deflectable element, each having a beam and at least one hinge, over said second spacer layer and said beam support post;
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- i. removing said first and second spacer layers.
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