Spatial light modulator with improved light shield

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5953153
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08958018

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A spatial light modulator (10) having a micromechanical active portion (12) encompassed by a light shield (14). The light shield (14) is fabricated upon a substrate (36) and has a plurality of openings (72, and 80) to permit underlying layers of photoresist (90, 92) to be undercut from beneath the light shield. Removal of the photoresist layers provides a sufficiently flat light shield, and eliminates the possibility that particles from the photoresist layer could migrate to beneath active micromirrors (30) of the spatial light modulator (12).

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  • TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clark, Jeffrey W Garland, TX 17 342
Conner, James L Rowlett, TX 12 961
Groller, Herman A Mesquite, TX 1 15
Overlaur, Michael J Plano, TX 4 245

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