Patent ID: 6912082
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: B81B,B81C,H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate; a driver circuit including a plurality of high-voltage thin-film transistors (HVTFTs) formed on the substrate, each HVTFT including a controlling gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrodearranged such that the source electrode is separated from the controlling gate electrode by a first distance, and the drain electrode is spaced from the controlling gate electrode such that a shortest distance between any part of the drain electrode and the controlling gate electrode is significantly larger than the first distance, and such that a first break down voltage between the drain electrode and the source electrode is larger than a second break down voltage between the controlling gate electrode and the source electrode; and a plurality of actuated MEMS devices formed on the substrate, wherein each of the actuated MEMS device is connected to the drain electrode of an associated HVTFT of the plurality of HVTFTs.