Display device with an addressable movable electrode
AssigneesSilicon Quest Kabushiki-Kaisha, Olympus Corporation
InventorsKazuma Arai, Yoshihiro Maeda, Naoya Sugimoto, Fusao Ishii
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Abstract
A display device implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprising a plurality of pixel elements arranged in array to modulate incident light and display an image, wherein each of the pixel elements comprises a movable electrode and a stationary electrode; a drive circuit connected to the movable electrode and receives image data for applying a voltage applied to control the movable electrode in accordance with image data, and a voltage application circuit for applying and controlling a voltage applied to the stationary electrode to control a moving speed of the movable electrode.
Claims25
A display device implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprising a plurality of pixel elements arranged in array to modulate incident light and display an image, wherein:
- each of the pixel elements comprises a movable electrode and a stationary electrode;
- a drive circuit comprises a memory cell connected to the movable electrode and receives image data for applying a voltage to control the movable electrode in accordance with image data, and a voltage application circuit for applying and controlling a voltage applied to the movable electrode or the stationary electrode to control a moving speed of the movable electrode.
A display device implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprising a plurality of pixel elements arranged in array to modulate an incident light and display an image, wherein:
- each of the pixel elements comprises a movable electrode and at least a stationary electrode;
- a drive circuit comprises a memory cell connected to the movable electrode and receives image data for applying a voltage applied to control the movable electrode in accordance with image data, and a voltage application circuit connected to the moveable electrode or stationary electrode for adjusting a voltage applied to the moveable electrode and the stationary electrode for preventing a sticking between the movable electrode and the stationary electrode.
A micromirror device implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprising a plurality of mirror elements arranged in an array to deflect an incident light for displaying an image, wherein:
- each of the mirror elements comprises a mirror electrode and two stationary electrodes disposed on both sides of a deflection axis of the mirror electrode
- an elastic hinge for supporting and deflecting the mirror electrode, a drive circuit comprises a memory cell connected to a mirror electrode through the elastic hinge wherein the drive circuit comprises the memory cell receives image data to apply and control a voltage applied to the mirror electrode;
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- a voltage application circuit for controlling a voltage applied to the mirror electrode or the stationary electrode for generating an imbalanced electrostatic force between each stationary electrode and mirror electrode.
A micro electromechanical system (MEMS)device implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprising a plurality of pixel elements arranged in an array to modulate an incident light for displaying an image, wherein:
- each of the pixel elements comprises a moveable electrode and a stationary electrode;
- a drive circuit comprises a memory cell connected to the moveable electrode and receives image data for applying a voltage to control the moveable electrode in accordance with the image data;
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- a voltage application circuit for applying and controlling a voltage applied to the moveable electrode or the stationary electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.