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US 7,466,475 B2Granted
Light blocking electrical interconnect
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorEric T. Martin
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Abstract
An electrical interconnect to block light for use with an array of micro electromechanical machines separated by the first breaks includes a layer of an electrically conductive and an electrically isolated portions separated by second breaks configured to cross the first breaks on multiple sides of one of the micro electromechanical machines.
Claims14
A device comprising:
- a circuitry layer;
- a movable member;
- a conductive layer between the circuitry and the movable member;
- a conductive plate between the movable member and the conductive layer;
- a first charge transmitting flexure extending from the conductive layer to the movable member;
- and
- a second charge transmitting flexure extending from the conductive layer to the movable member.
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A light modulator comprising:
- a pixel plate;
- a circuitry layer;
- a conductive plate between the circuitry layer and the pixel plate;
- and
- means spanning the pixel plate for transmitting electrical charge from the circuit layer to the pixel plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.