Patent ID: 8842359
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a spatial light modulator (SLM) assembly including a plurality of one-dimensional (1D) diffractor arrays to modulate light from a light source, the plurality of 1D diffractor arrays integrally formed on a die; illumination optics disposed in a light path between the plurality of 1D diffractor arrays and the light source to illuminate a substantially linear portion of at least one of the plurality of 1D diffractor arrays; and imaging optics disposed in a light path between the SLM assembly and an image plane on a target-substrate, the imaging optics adapted to transmit modulated light from the SLM assembly to a substantially linear portion of the image plane, wherein the SLM assembly comprises a plurality of electrostatically deflectable ribbons supported by support structures above a surface of the die, and wherein the support structures divide each of the plurality of electrostatically deflectable ribbons into regions along a long axis thereof to form the plurality of 1D diffractor arrays.